1920-19291920s NEWSREELS
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"MANSION TURNED INTO FINE HOME FOR BOYS, TREMENDOUS THRONGS ATTEND DEDICATION UNDER AUSPICES OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS"
PAN OF CROWD AND BUILDING. |
| 00:29:49 17.77 |
"REVEREND FRANCIS T. JANSEN CELEBRATES MASS AND THE RIGHT REVEREND JOSEPH CHARTRAND, OF INIANAPOLIS, DELIVERS AN IMPRESSIVE SERMON"
PAN OF REVERENDS AND CROWD. CLERGY, RELIGION. |
| 00:30:32 60.77 |
"A MEMENTO FROM BABE RUTH FOR STATE DEPUTY JOSEPH M.
NURRE" CU OF MAN TURNING BASEBALL IN HAND. |
| 00:30:44 72.77 |
"AMERICA'S BIG FOUR AT THE IMPENDING ARMS CONFERENCE POSE FOR THE MOVIES"
CU PAN (L-R) ELIHU ROOT, SENATOR UNDERWOOD, SECRETARY OF STATE HUGHES AND SENATOR LODGE. "BIG FOUR" ARMS CONFERENCE |
| 00:31:14 102.77 |
"PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING MEET 2,000 POSTMASTERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY"
VARIOUS ANGLES OF PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING. WIFE GESTURES STRENGTH WITH ARM. CIVIL SERVANTS, GOVERNEMENT WORKERS |
| 00:31:28 116.77 |
"FROM GOPHER PRAIRIE"
CU OF ELDERLY MEN TALKING. OLD MEN WITH WHITE BEARDS. |
| 00:31:33 121.77 |
"SIR HARRY LAUDER GOES TO PRISON BUT IT'S ONLY TO CHEER UP THE SING SING UNFORTUNATES"
PAN PEOPLE WALKING. MEN GESTURE WITH CANES. DISTINGUISHED MAN SMOKING PIPE WITH BAD TEETH. |
| 00:31:51 139.77 |
"IMPERIAL WIZARD WILLIAM J. SIMMONS APPEARS BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE KKK IS A NUISANCE OR A MENACE WORTH INVESTIGATING"
MONTAGE MEN SITTING IN ROOM. KU KLUX KLAN. RACISM. JUDICIAL COMMITTEES |
| 00:32:15 163.77 |
CU SMALL, WHITE DOG EMERGES FROM BLACK MAILBOX, AND BACKS BACK IN. POODLE ?.
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| 00:32:26 174.77 |
"THE NEW CHAMPIONS OF THE BASEBALL UNIVERSE THE NEW YORK GIANTS". PAN OF TEAM.
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| 00:32:40 188.77 |
"AND FIGHTIN' JOHN MCGRAW THEIR MANAGER"
CU OF JOHN MCGRAW. |
| 00:32:46 194.77 |
"MAYOR JOHN F. HYLAN UNVEILS A BUST OF COLUMBUS AT A GREAT CELEBRATION IN THE DISCOVERER'S HONOR"
MEN ON PLATFORM. ROSTRUM, STAGE. MEN TAKE OFF FLAG TO DISPLAY BUST OF COLUMBUS. |
| 00:33:05 213.77 |
"SCHOONER ELSIE WINS CONTEST TO REPRESENT U.S. IN HALIFAX RACE"
SAILBOATS, AQUATIC SPORTS, SAILING, CREW RAISING THE SAILS, HOIST THE SAIL. MEN CLIMBING THE MAST. CAPTAIN STEERS BOAT, PILOT THE BOAT, TEAMWORK. |
| 00:33:29 237.77 |
"THE ELSIE GETS UNDER WAY WITH CAPTAIN MARTY WELCH, WHO BEAT THE CANADIANS IN LAST YEAR'S CLASSIC, AS SKIPPER". SHIP. SAILING AWAY.
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| 00:33:42 250.77 |
"SPEED'S HER MIDDLE NAME" SHIP "ELISE".
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| 00:33:51 259.77 |
"GRAPHIC PICTURES OF THE GREAT FAMINE IN SOVIET RUSSIA"
RUSSIAN PEASANTS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH SCARVES ON HEADS, BABUSHKAS. PLAGUE, FAMINE, NATURAL DISASTERS. RUSSIANS WALKING WITH BUNDLES, SUITCASES, POSSESSIONS. DISPLACED PERSONS, REFUGEES, RUSSIAN HORSE AND WAGONS, PEOPLE STARVING |
| 00:34:55 323.77 |
"THESE SCENES AT KASAN ON THE VOLGA ARE BUT TYPICAL OF THE SITUATION IN ALMOST EVERY SECTION OF RURAL RUSSIA"
RUSSIAN PEASANTS WAITING. CU OLDER MEN WITH FUR HATS AND BEARDS. |
| 00:35:13 341.77 |
"CHILDREN DYING IN THEIR STARVING MOTHER'S ARMS INFANTS ABANDONED BY THE ROADSIDE THESE ARE COMMONPLACES"
CU OF RUSSIAN MOTHER ROCKING BABY. PEASANTS TRYING TO STAY WARM. RUSSIAN CLOTHES. COLD, FREEZING. |
| 00:35:26 354.77 |
"STUNNED, HELPLESS, RESIGNED THEY AWAIT THEIR INEVITABLE FATE"
CU OLD WOMAN WITH CANE AND CHILD. HANDICAP, ELDERLY, OLD LADY. HOMELESS, STREET PEOPLE. |
| 00:35:34 362.77 |
"OLD AND YOUNG, RICH AND POOR, THE FAMINE KNOWS NO CLASS LINES WHERE MONEY MEANS NOTHING"
MONTAGE OF RUSSIAN PEASANTS COOKING, EATING OUTSIDE, LIVING IN TENTS, FREEZING TEMPERATURES, SICKNESS, SLEEPING. |
| 00:36:06 394.77 |
"FOR A CRUST OF BREAD"
CU CROWD BEGGING FOR BREAD FROM SOLDIER. MOB, PUSHING, SWARMING. |
| 00:36:26 414.77 |
"IN ALL THIS DREADFUL MISERY ONE RAY OF HOPE THE AMERICAN RELIEF ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPLIES HAVE ARRIVED ON THE HUNGER FRONT"
MEN LOADING WAGONS FROM TRAIN. SUPPLIES, RATIONS, FOOD, SUSTENANCE. |
| 00:36:46 434.77 |
"THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD IS WELL UNDER WAY"
MONTAGE OF WEAKENED PEASANTS STANDING IN FOOD LINE. BREAD LINE, OUTSIDE SOUP KITCHEN. RELIEF, DOLING OUT FOOD FROM A CAULDRON. SALVATION. |
| 00:37:10 458.77 |
"AMERICA'S RESPONSE WILL, IT IS HOPED, SAVE A MILLION CHILDREN SUCH AS THESE"
CHILDREN SITTING AT RECTANGULAR TABLES EATING. ADULTS STANDING BEHIND, LOOKING ON. |
| 00:37:21 469.77 |
"DR. KELLOGG AND ELMER BURLAND, AMERICAN RELIEF EXPERTS, INSPECT THE FEEDING"
CHILDREN WITH SHAVED HEADS EATING FROM BOWLS WITH LARGE WOODEN SPOONS. |
| 00:37:32 480.77 |
"THEIR FIRST REAL NOURISHMENT IN MONTHS"
CU MALNOURISHED CHILD EATING. |
| 00:37:53 501.77 |
"AMERICA'S TRIBUTE TO FRANCE'S UNKNOWN HERO. GENERAL PERSHING LAYS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR ON THE POILU'S GRAVE AT THE ARCH OF TRIUMPH"
CEREMONY. CU SPEECH, MOS. CU MEDAL ON FRENCH FLAG. |
| 00:38:23 531.77 |
"AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM GERMANY MARCH THROUGH PARIS AS A TRIBUTE TO THE UNKNOWN HERO"
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| 00:38:46 554.77 |
"COBLENZ, GERMANY, GENERAL PERSHING MEETS THE ALLIED COMMANDERS ON THE RHINE."
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| 00:38:56 564.77 |
"AND THE AMERICAN FORCES PASS IN REVIEW IN HONOR OF THEIR CHIEF'S VISIT"
MOUNTED OFFICERS REVIEW SOLDIERS MARCHING AND MOUNTED TROOPS. |
| 00:39:38 606.77 |
TAPE ENDS.
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