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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 6/22/20
BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN BAPTIZING IN SAN ANTONIO RIVER. GENERAL SCENES OF BAPTIZING. LARGE CROWD OF BLACK PEOPLE, DRESSED IN THEIR SUNDAY CLOTHING, GATHER AT RIVER FOR BAPTISMS. CROWD WALKS DOWN SLOPE TOWARDS WATER. MINISTER BAPTIZES FOLKS IN RIVER. |
01:03:08 117.13 |
FLOOD IN EASTERN ARKANSAS. 2/5/27.
MORE THAN A MILLION ACRES ARE INUNDATED WHEN WHITE RIVER OVERFLOWS BANKS. NATURAL DISASTER. (USED 8/039) HIGHLIGHTS: 01 03 14 AERIAL VIEWS OF FLOODING AROUND TRUMAN: RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES, WOODED FORESTS, FARMLANDS, FACTORIES IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS. |
01:05:11 240.13 |
SMALL CHILDREN IN "REFUGEE" CAMPS EATING ON THE GRASS OUTSIDE. CHILDREN OF FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS FROM FLOOD.
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01:05:28 257.13 |
TODDLER SPOON FEEDS SMALLER CHILD.
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01:05:34 263.13 |
VARIOUS SCENES OF FLOODED AREAS TAKEN FROM ATOP MOVING TRAIN CAR. INCLUDES: FOREST AREA SWIMMING IN WATER, SMALL TOWN, HOMES UNDER WATER, OPEN FARMLAND, SHACKS
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01:07:16 365.13 |
FLOODED MULTI-STORY HOUSE WITH PEOPLE STILL LIVING ON THE UPPER PORCHES
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01:07:26 375.13 |
REFUGEE TENT CITY. FAMILIES POSE IN FRONT OF THEIR TENTS
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01:08:27 436.13 |
CHILDREN FROM EVACUATED FAMILIES POSE IN LARGE GROUP.
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01:09:07 476.13 |
RED CROSS WORKERS DISTRIBUTING FOOD & BLANKETS. "RELIEF HEADQUARTERS" SIGN ON TENT. ARMY PERSONNEL
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01:09:28 497.13 |
MORE CHILDREN INCLUDING GIRL WITH SAD TODDLER & TWO GIRLS HOLDING THEIR PUPPY DOGS.
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01:09:56 525.13 |
VARIOUS SCENES PEOPLE RECEIVING FOOD FROM RED CROSS WORKERS: CHILDREN & MOTHERS LINE UP IN FRONT OF TABLES.
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01:10:13 542.13 |
LITTLE KIDS BEING HANDED APPLES
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01:10:22 551.13 |
"OLD-FASHIONED" COUPLE POSE
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01:10:33 562.13 |
PEOPLE RECEIVE FOOD IN SOUP-LINER MANNER, WORKERS DISH OUT HOT MEAL
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01:11:04 593.13 |
CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND & EAT.
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01:11:27 616.13 |
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD MOVES SOUTHWARD. GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. 4/23/27.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VICTIMS COPING WITH FLOOD. COULD BE USED AS BLACK MIGRATION TO NORTH. BLACK CULTURE. HISTORY OF BLUES. (USED 8/062) HIGHLIGHTS: 01 11 32 VARIOUS SCENES BLACK FOLKS UNLOADING BELONGINGS FROM ROWBOATS & THEN LOADING THEM ONTO FREIGHT TRAIN BOXCARS & FLAT CARS. LOADING BELONGINGS TAKEN FROM AUTOS & WAGONS INTO RAILROAD BOX CARS PARKED ALONGSIDE LEVEE. |
01:11:49 638.13 |
BLACK MAN CARRIES TWO ROCKING CHAIRS ON HIS HEAD, PLACES THEM ON RAILROAD FLAT CAR WITH OTHER BELONGINGS.
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01:12:02 651.13 |
BLACK FOLKS ALONGSIDE RAILROAD TRACK WITH THEIR LIVESTOCK, MOSTLY COWS. MAN & BOY PLAY WITH PIG ON LEASH.
PLAYFULLY SLAPS THE UNHAPPY HOG. |
01:12:20 669.13 |
MEN LIFT HEAVY TRUNK ONTO BOX CAR, WHILE MAN INSIDE HELPS PULL IT IN.
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01:12:33 682.13 |
CU TRAIN PASSING CAMERA WITH FAMILIES SITTING ON BELONGINGS ATOP FLATBED CAR
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01:12:56 705.13 |
LONG SHOT LINE OF ROW BOATS BEING PULL BY OUTBOARD MOTOR-DRIVEN ROW BOAT FILLED WITH REFUGEES APPROACHING RAILROAD TRACK EMBANKMENT.
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01:13:02 711.13 |
GETTING OUT OF BOATS ON SHORE
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01:13:10 719.13 |
SCENES BLACK FAMILY REFUGEES IN TENT CITY CAMP.
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01:13:25 734.13 |
VINTAGE CARS LINED UP WITH BLANKETS & WASHING STREWN ABOUT ON THEM.
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01:13:39 748.13 |
FLOODED TOWN STREETS: BLACK MAN STANDING IN ROWBOAT PADDLING WITH SHOVEL AS ANOTHER WITH TROUSERS ROLLED UP WALKS IN KNEE-DEEP WATER PULLING BOAT ALONG. PASS
HORSE-DRIVEN CART WADING IN WATER. |
01:13:59 768.13 |
TENT CITY SCENES: THROWING OUT WATER FOR COOKING, STOVE SET UP IN CAMPSITE, PEOPLE REST ON LEVEE ALONGSIDE RIVER.
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01:14:21 790.13 |
LONG SHOT OF FLOODED MAIN STREET LINED BY SHOPS WITH CARS & TRUCKS ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER ON EDGE OF HIGH SPOT.
FLOOD WATERS FILL STREET OF TOWN. |
01:14:27 796.13 |
VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF FLOODED AREAS.
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01:15:11 840.13 |
SINGLE MAN RIDING HORSE IN CENTER OF FLOODED TOWN STREET.
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01:15:20 849.13 |
TOWNSPEOPLE WALK TEMPORARY WOODEN SIDEWALK PLANKS SPANNING STREET CORNERS & ALONG STORE FRONTS. IDLE TROLLEY CARS SIT IN WATER.
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01:15:24 853.13 |
MORE SCENES REFUGEE CAMP TENT CITY. BLACK FOLKS GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN TENT "CITY" AT BASE OF LEVEE SEPARATING THEM FROM RIVER. *EMULSION DETERIORATION.
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01:16:27 916.13 |
MAN GIVES SHAVE TO ANOTHER IN TENT BARBER SHOP. LATHERS UP FACE
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01:16:39 928.13 |
LINES OF TENTS IN TENT CITY
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01:16:46 935.13 |
FLOODED MAIN STREET
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01:16:54 943.13 |
CU VIEWS OF FAMILIES IN TENTS
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01:17:16 965.13 |
RAILROAD TRACK ON DRY PART OF LEVEE WHILE FLOOD WATERS FLOW PAST. HOUSES UNDER WATER.
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01:17:25 974.13 |
LARGE WILD BIRD POSSIBLY TURKEY OR PHEASANT ON UPPER REACHES OF TELEPHONE POLE.
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01:17:31 980.13 |
BLACK REFUGEES ON SHORE
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01:17:38 987.13 |
PARTIAL RAILROAD BRIDGE, WASHED OUT. SECTION OF BRIDGE LEFT SPANS HALFWAY ACROSS WATERS.
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01:17:50 999.13 |
TRAIN BOX CARS PRECARIOUSLY CLOSE TO RIVER ARE LOADED WITH BELONGS BY BLACK MEN FROM ROW BOATS. REFUGEES BOARDING FREIGHT TRAIN.
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01:18:19 1028.13 |
REFUGEE FAMILIES IN ROWBOATS COME ASHORE
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01:18:36 1045.13 |
AERIAL VIEW SHOWS ENORMOUS AREA INUNDATED BY WATER. RARE HIGH SPOTS AND TREE TOPS ARE VISIBLE ABOVE WATER.
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01:19:56 1125.13 |
AERIAL HUNDREDS OF CATTLE BEING DRIVEN ACROSS NARROW STRIP OF LAND NOT INUNDATED BY WATER.
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01:20:09 1138.13 |
AERIAL PAN OVER STRIP OF HIGH GROUND WHERE REFUGEE TENT CITY IS LOCATED SURROUNDED BY WATER ON BOTH SIDE.
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01:20:34 1163.13 |
AERIAL FLOODED TOWN
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01:21:18 1207.13 |
GRACE BISHOP. NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. 9/2/29.
BLACK RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. TITLE CARD: ARMY OF PENITENTS SEEKS SALVATION IN THE RIVER. AFRICAN AMERICANS FLOCK TO BAPTIZING IN SEASON'S LAST IMMERSION. ECSTATIC PEOPLE IN RAPTUROUS DELIGHT. AFTER BEING IMMERSED, THEY ARE IN A TRANCE-LIKE STATE. REPENTING OF SINS. RELIGIOUS FRENZY. ROOTS OF ROCK & ROLL. ROOTS OF GOSPEL. REVIVAL. BLACK SANCTIFIED MUSIC CAMP MEETING. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 20 06 FAMOUS HARLEM PREACHER "DADDY GRACE" GIVING OUTDOOR BAPTISMAL SERMON AS HE STANDS ON SOAPBOX IN CENTER OF CONGREGATION. |
01:21:26 1215.13 |
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01:21:57 1246.13 |
CHOIR & CONGREGATION SINGING, CLAPPING HANDS, DANCING
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01:22:43 1292.13 |
TITLE CARD: RELIGIOUS FRENZY REACHES IT'S CLIMAX!
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01:22:48 1297.13 |
WOMAN BEING BAPTIZED IN RIVER. REVEREND HOLDS HER NOSE AS HE PUSHES HER INTO WATER. COMES BACK UP AS IF SHE'S RIDDING HERSELF OF HER SINS, TWO MEN HELP HER OUT OF
RIVER |
01:23:03 1312.13 |
PAN LARGE GATHERING CONGREGATION WATCHING BAPTIZING CEREMONY
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01:23:07 1316.13 |
ANOTHER WOMAN IS BAPTIZED, ACTING POSSESSED & WRITHING AROUND IN ECSTASY.
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01:23:31 1340.13 |
WOMAN IN CONGREGATION OVERCOME WITH JOY
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01:23:32 1341.13 |
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01:23:34 1343.13 |
GOOD-BYE TO OUR CYPRESS TREES. SICILY ISLAND, LOUISIANA; NATCHEZ, TENNESSE. 4/30/30.
TIMBER CUTTING BY BLACK LUMBERJACKS. LUMBERING RIVER. SHOT IN FOG AT NATCHEZ CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 23 49 MEN CUTTING TREES IN BAYOU |
01:24:15 1384.13 |
TWO MEN CUTTING AT HUGE TREE WITH TWO-MAN TANDEM SAW.
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01:25:14 1443.13 |
SCENES OF LUMBERJACKS WADING THRU SWAMPS, CHOPPING WOOD
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01:26:45 1534.13 |
LOGGERS STARTING TO CHOP HUGE CYPRESS TREE. MEN DWARFED BY SIZE OF TREE
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01:27:26 1575.13 |
CU WOOD CHOPPER CUTTING GROOVE IN TREE WITH AX-AXE.
PUTS PIECE OF WOOD IN GROOVE TO USE TO STAND & CLIMB UP TREE & SAW UP HIGHER ON TREE |
01:30:31 1760.13 |
CUT LUMBER TIMBER FLOATING DOWN RIVER ON HUGE RAFT
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01:31:57 1846.13 |
SHOTS OF SICILY ISLAND AREA, LOUISIANA. LOGGING CAMP.
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01:32:11 1860.13 |
PAN TO RAFT CARRYING LUMBER ON RIVER
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01:33:12 1921.13 |
WRESTLING. LAWRENCEVILLE, NEW JERSEY. 2/19/29.
FOUR PAIRS OF YOUNG WRESTLERS PERFORM WRESTLING MOVES ON OUTDOOR MAT AS COACH CALLS INSTRUCTIONS. WRESTLERS CHEER. LONG LINE OF BOXERS DEMONSTRATE MOVES. BOXERS SPAR. |
01:37:42 2191.13 |
AUSTRIAN ALPS. 11/25
AUSTRIAN MOUNTAIN MEN IN OUTDOOR WRESTLING MATCH. HUGE CROWD GATHER AROUND LARGE SANDY AREA ON HILLSIDE AS TWO MEN PUT ON WRESTLING MATCH, REFEREE CIRCLES COMBATANTS. SPECTATORS HOLD UMBRELLAS AS IT STARTS TO RAIN. THE TWO COMBATANTS HOLD ONE HAND AS THEY TRY TO UNSEAT OPPONENT WITH OTHER HAND. THEY DO A SORT OF DANCE IN THIS POSITION AS THEY CIRCLE AROUND A LONG TIME LOOKING FOR OPENING. THEY FINALLY WRESTLE EACH OTHER TO GROUND. ROLLING AROUND IN SAND. SAME IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER. ANOTHER PAIR TAKES THE CIRCLE. WRESTLE. |
01:42:15 2464.13 |
ON THE HOMEFRONT. RED CROSS WORKERS TAKE BLOOD FOR WOUNDED. NEW YORK CITY. 3/4/43.
NEW YORKERS FROM 28 NATIONALITIES GIVE BLOOD ON ALL NATION'S DAY. UNITED NATIONS BLOOD DONORS WAITING TO REGISTER. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 42 29 FRENCH SAILORS FROM WARSHIPS IN PORT |
01:42:32 2481.13 |
MALE & FEMALE GREEKS IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING WAITING TO GIVE BLOOD
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01:42:35 2484.13 |
CZECH GIRLS IN TRADTIONAL CLOTHING TALKING WITH NURSES, GIVING MEDICAL INFORMATION
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01:42:46 2495.13 |
NURSE SHAKES THERMOMETER & PUTS IN PATIENT'S MOUTH]
IN EXAMINATION ROOM |
01:42:48 2497.13 |
TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE
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01:42:51 2500.13 |
PATIENTS LIE ON TABLE & GIVE BLOOD IN BLEEDING ROOM.
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01:42:57 2506.13 |
MOUNTAINEER MINSTRELS. ASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. 10/7/28.
ACOUSTIC STRING QUARTET (VIOLIN, GUITAR, TWO BANJOS) TUNING UP & PLAYING ON FRONT STEPS OF MOUNTAIN CABIN. WOMAN PLAYS GUITAR. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 43 03 MOUNTAIN MUSICIANS PLAYING HILLBILLY STOMPIN' MUSIC |
01:46:32 2721.13 |
CU VIOLIN PLAYER & VOCALIST BASCOM LUNSFORD
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01:47:11 2760.13 |
CU MUSICIAN TAPPING FOOT, THEN DANCES LITTLE SHUFFLE
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01:47:51 2800.13 |
CU BANJO PICKER
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01:48:34 2843.13 |
THE GLOBAL WAR. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. 10/5/42.
SHIPS OF BRAZILIAN TROOP CONVOY PROTECTED DURING VOYAGE BY UNITED STATES & BRAZILIAN NAVY UNITS. ARRIVING AT PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 48 58 SAILORS LINED UP ON DECK WEARING LIFE BELTS. |
01:49:08 2877.13 |
SCOUTING OCEAN WITH BINOCULARS.
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01:49:15 2884.13 |
SHIPS SAFE IN PORT IN NORTH BRAZIL
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01:49:18 2887.13 |
DECK OF SHIP FILLED WITH TROOPS
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01:49:22 2891.13 |
TROOPS DISEMBARKING.
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01:49:35 2904.13 |
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ALASKA HIGHWAY NEAR COMPLETION IN RECORD TIME. EDMONTON, CANADA. 10/42. ARMY BUILDS ROAD TO TRANSPORT WAR SUPPLIES. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING HIGHLIGHTS: 01 49 44 CAR DRIVES PAST HIGHWAY SIGN: "ALBERTA RT. 2" |
01:49:48 2917.13 |
CU ALASKA HIGHWAY SIGN: "START-ALASKA HIGHWAY. EDMONTON-
ALBERTA" |
01:49:52 2921.13 |
TRUCK DRIVES PAST WORKERS WALKING UP DIRT ROAD.
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01:50:00 2929.13 |
VARIOUS SCENES BULLDOZER CLEARING TREES
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01:50:08 2937.13 |
BEARDED MEN WORKING CHOPPING DOWN SMALL PINE TREES.
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01:50:15 2944.13 |
BULLDOZER PUSHING LARGE PILES OF DIRT.
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01:50:21 2950.13 |
CHOPPING DOWN HILLSIDES. WORKERS CHOPPING PICK AXES ON ROCK
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01:50:27 2956.13 |
LS WORK HOUSES WITH LAKE & MOUNTAINS
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01:50:30 2959.13 |
CU BULLDOZER & LEVELING MACHINERY. TOWING CYLINDER WITH SPIKES FOR CHOPPING UP GROUND DURING ROAD CONSTRUCION
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01:50:48 2977.13 |
CU SURVEYORS.
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01:50:51 2980.13 |
STEAM SHOVEL DUMPS DIRT INTO DUMP TRUCK
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01:50:55 2984.13 |
TRUCK CONVOY ACROSS MAKE-SHIFT MILITARY BRIDGE.
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01:51:03 2992.13 |
TRUCKS DUMPS DIRT TO FILL IN ROAD BED. WORKERS SPREAD DIRT WITH SHOVELS
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01:51:13 3002.13 |
TWO TRUCKS DRIVE TOWARD CAMERA SMOOTHING OUT DIRT ON ROAD
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01:51:18 3007.13 |
HIGH ANGLE TRUCK DRIVES ALONG DIRT ROAD CUT INTO PINE TREE WILDERNESS.
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01:51:56 3045.13 |
NEWSETTES. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 5/3/43.
OLYMPIA CIRCUS AT THE CHICAGO STADIUM. CIRCUS ACTS. 18-YEAR OLD VICTORIA ZACCHINI SHOT FROM CANNON 200 FEET INTO AIR TRAVELING 100 MILES PER HOUR BECOMES HUMAN CANNONBALL. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 51 46 AMBROSIA SISTERS IN WINGS OVERHEAD. AIRPLANE STUNTS. BALANCE ON SPINNING ARM WITH FIREWORKS GOING OFF. |
01:51:57 3046.13 |
AERIALIST ACROBATS. WOMAN SPINS FROM HER MOUTH.
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01:52:05 3054.13 |
BENDING & BALANCING FROM LONG POLE
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01:52:11 3060.13 |
PERFORMER SPEEDS PAST ON HIGH WIRE HELD UP BY HAIR.
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01:52:16 3065.13 |
MUSCLE MAN TAKES BOW AFTER HE LANDS: SELDON, THE STRATOSPHERE MAN.
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01:52:21 3070.13 |
CU VICTORIA ZACCHINI BEING FIRED FROM CANNON INTO NET.
FEMALE HUMAN CANNONBALL STANDS ATOP CANNON WITH TWO FINGER PEACE SYMBOL, V FOR VICTORY SALUTE |
01:52:50 3099.13 |
KENDO (JAPANESE FENCING). KOBE, JAPAN. 3/6/29.
JAPANESE SCHOOL BOYS PRACTIC KENDO AT GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL. GROUP OF 12 BOYS LINED UP FOR FENCING, ATTACKING EACH OTHER. SCHOOL CHAMPION FIGHTING HIS OPPONENT. CU BATTLE. BOYS WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR, ARMOR, MASKS. KENDO IS FOUGHT WITH WOODEN SWORDS. MARTIAL ARTS. GOOD VS EVIL, LIGHT VS DARK. |
01:59:43 3512.13 |
COTTON PICKING CONTEST. BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS. 9/22/42.
AGRICULTURE. WOMAN HOLDS CHILD IN FIELD. CARRYING LARGE SACKS. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 59 53 YOUNG & OLD, BLACK & WHITE PICKING COTTON. |
01:59:56 3525.13 |
CU HANDS PICKING COTTON.
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02:00:09 3538.13 |
WORKERS WITH SACKS OVER THEIR SHOULDERS LEAVING FIELD AFTER TWO HOURS OF WORK.
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02:00:13 3542.13 |
BLACK MAN LYING IN PILE OF COTTON HOLDING COTTON &
GRINNING. |
02:00:15 3544.13 |
B.G. WEST, PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COTTON PICKING CONTEST, GIVES WINNER ELIGAN GORDON $1000. GORDON WITH HUGE SMILE
& WAD OF MONEY. EXTREMELY HAPPY |
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