1934-19391930s NEWSREELS
FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRESENTS THE FORD ROUGE PLANT 1937.
FORD COLLECTION
FORD COLLECTION
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FORD MOTOR CO PRESENTS - FORD ROUGE PLANT
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AERIAL OF HUGE PLANT
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SMOKESTACKS & FACTORY BUILDINGS - "1096 ACRES"
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7,250,000 SQ FEET OF FLOOR SPACE - STACKS &
BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND (NARRATED) |
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345 ACRES OF GLASS WINDOWS - GLASS WINDOWED FACTORY BUILDINGS
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90 MILES OF RR TRACKS - SMOKING LOCOMOTIVE PASSES
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| 04:01:12 64.8 |
MORE THAN 80,000 MEN NORMALLY EMPLOYED
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| 04:01:17 69.8 |
CU BOW OF HUGE FREIGHTER MOVING PAST CAMERA
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| 04:01:26 78.8 |
FREIGHTER RIDES UNDER RAISED BRIDGE
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| 04:01:28 80.8 |
CAPTAIN AT WHEEL OF SHIP (THE HENRY FORD II)
RIDES INTO FACTORY AREA |
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ENGINEER SPINS WHEEL AMID SHIP PIPES &
MACHINERY |
| 04:01:50 102.8 |
CU LARGE BOAT PISTONS RISE UP & DOWN
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| 04:02:03 115.8 |
CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON HUGE STACKS ATOP POWER HOUSE
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| 04:02:14 126.8 |
WORKER TURNS PUMP WHEEL IN POWER HOUSE & INSPECTS GAUGES AS HE SLOWLY TURNS WHEEL UNTIL RIGHT
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| 04:02:27 139.8 |
CU HANDS ON GAUGES POINT TO DIFFERENT PRESSURES
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| 04:02:41 153.8 |
CU WORKER INSPECTS OTHER GAUGES IN HUGE PLANT
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| 04:02:50 162.8 |
HUGE DYNAMOS SIT SIDE BY SIDE
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| 04:02:57 169.8 |
WORKER INSPECTS WALL OF GAUGES IN CONTROL ROOM
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| 04:03:20 192.8 |
HUGE MECHANISED CRANE SCOOPS BUCKET OF COAL FROM LONG LINE OF BINS ON TANKER
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| 04:04:07 239.8 |
MOLTEN STEEL POURED INTO BINS AS HUGE CLOUDS OF STEAM RISE WHEN STEEL MEETS WATER
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| 04:04:10 242.8 |
HUGE MECHANIZED MACHINERY WORK ON MOLTEN STEEL PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS
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| 04:05:17 309.8 |
WORKER AT FOUNDRY WORKS ON CASTINGS OF V-8 ENGINES
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| 04:06:33 385.8 |
CASTED ENGINES MOVE THROUGH ASSEMBLY LINE AS WORKERS GRIND THEM SMOOTH WITH POWER GRINDERS
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ENGINES MOVE ON CONVEYOR BELTS
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| 04:07:03 415.8 |
DRILLING MACHINES DRILL PISTON & VALVE HOLES IN BLOCK OF ENGINE
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| 04:07:24 436.8 |
WORKER WATCHES AS DRILLING MACHINES ARE COOLED BY WATER AS THEY BORE HOLES IN ENGINE BLOCK
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ENGINES MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYOR & TO NEXT STAGE OF DRILLING & COMPLETION
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| 04:08:00 472.8 |
CU GAUGE MEASURES ACCURACY OF PARTS
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| 04:08:06 478.8 |
MACHINIST WORKS LARGE LATHE & USES GAUGE TO MEASURE THICKNESS OF PART
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| 04:08:19 491.8 |
WORKER HANGS CAM SHAFT ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR FULL OF HANGING SHAFTS
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| 04:08:44 516.8 |
WORKERS TEST & CHECK PARTS AS THEY MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYOR
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| 04:08:52 524.8 |
CU LIQUID STEEL POURS OUT OF BUCKET & INTO MOLD. FIRE RISES FROM HANGING ENGINE PARTS AFTER BEING MOLDED
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| 04:09:00 532.8 |
CU FOUR CRANK SHAFTS FORMED FROM ONE MOLD
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MOLDED PARTS MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYOR & WORKERS WATCH AUTOMATED MACHINERY GRIND & POLISH PARTS THEN USE GAUGES TO MEASURE ACCURACY
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRESENTS FORD ROUGE PLANT, A FILM STORY OF MEN, METHODS & MOTORCARS
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UAW ORGANIZERS 1937
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UNION PICKETS HAND OUT PAMPHLETS TO WORKERS OUTSIDE HUGE FORD PLANT
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| 04:10:37 629.8 |
AERIAL UNION PICKET HANDS PAMPHLETS TO WORKERS IN CARS AS THEY DRIVE BY UPON LEAVING WORK
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| 04:10:56 648.8 |
TROLLEY CARRYING WORKERS TO PLANT PASSES BY HUGE FORD PARKING LOT FILLED WITH CARS. CROWD OF UNION WORKERS OUTSIDE PLANT
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| 04:10:57 649.8 |
AERIAL HEAVY TRAFFIC (1930s) CARS & TRUCKS GOING & COMING FROM PLANT. CROWD OF PICKETERS GATHERING AROUND WORKERS FILING OUT OF TROLLEY & WALKING ONTO RAMP LEADING TO FORD PLANT
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| 04:11:00 652.8 |
ENTIRE AREA AROUND PLANT, INCLUDING TROLLEYS CARRYING MEN TO WORK, HUGE PARKING LOT WITH NEW CARS, PICKETS CROWDING AROUND HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS & TRAFFIC TO & FRO
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AERIAL: 6 FORD EXECUTIVES STANDING NEAR RR TRACKS WAVE TO CAMERA
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CU ENGINEER PEERS OUTSIDE WINDOW AS HE GUIDES LOCOMOTIVE SLOWLY ALONG TRACKS
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AERIAL BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC OF VINTAGE CARS (1930s) & TRUCKS MOVE SLOWLY ON ROAD OUTSIDE PLANT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
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WORKERS PEER OVER BRIDGE LOOKING DOWN AT TRAFFIC
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| 04:18:28 1100.8 |
CU WELL DRESSED MAN HANDS OUT PAMPHLETS
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| 04:19:00 1132.8 |
TRAFFIC TO & FRO PLANT WITH CARS (1930s) IN TRAFFIC, INCLUDING CAR CARRYING TRUCKS & ALL SORTS OF VEHICLES & TROLLEYS
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HUGE FORD COMPLEX WITH ROWS & ROWS OF CARS IN PARKING LOT & RAILROAD HOPPER CARS & BOXCARS
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OVERHEAD CONVEYORS MOVE CAR ENGINES INSIDE PLANT
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AERIAL WORKERS AT POSTS AS CONVEYORS MOVE PARTS IN FRONT OF THEM ON ASSEMBLY LINES
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WORKERS BUSILY OPERATE MACHINERY ASSEMBLY LINE
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AUTOMATED MACHINE POURS MOLTEN STEEL ONTO MOLDS CAUSING SPARKS & FLAMES, THEN HOOKS PICK UP MOLDS & MOVE THEM ALONG
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| 04:21:59 1311.8 |
SPOKED WHEELS HANG ON MOVING CONVEYOR AS ROTATING MACHINES OF SORTS PERFORM DIFFERENT TASKS
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AERIAL WORKERS LIFT PRE-FORMED FENDERS FROM MACHINES & GRIND THEM SMOOTH. HUGE PRESS FORMS FENDERS & HOODS
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| 04:23:15 1387.8 |
WORKERS LIFT COMPLETED ENGINES FROM CONVEYORS
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FLATBED TRUCKS PULL INTO PLANT CARRYING EARLY VINTAGE (USED) FORDS. FOREMAN SIGNS FOR DELIVERY
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TOW TRUCK TOWS OLD CARS INTO PLANT TWO AT A TIME
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WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE DISMANTLE PARTS OFF OLD AUTO
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WELDER CUTS OFF PARTS OF USED CAR WHICH IS THEN MOVED ONTO HUGE MACHINE & CRUSHED
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CARS MOVED 1 BY 1 INTO MACHINE & CRUSHED
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CRUSHED AUTOS PLACED IN BLAST FURNACE & MELTED INTO MOLTEN STEEL
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CROWD IN RAIN WATCH PRES HOOVER RIDE BY IN OPEN LIMO
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| 04:29:00 1732.8 |
CROWD IN RAIN STAND BY AS TRAIN SLOWLY PULLS INTO STATION. HOOVER EXITS TRAIN HOLDING ARM OF VIP (EDISON?)
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CROWD OF WORKERS EXIT TRAIN & WALK TO WORK AT FORD PLANT. THEY CLIMB STAIRS LEADING TO RAMP WHICH GOES OVER HIGHWAY
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POLICE WATCH AS PICKETS CARRYING SIGNS GO BY
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WORKERS RUN IN ALL DIRECTIONS AS POLICE ATTACK WITH TEAR GAS
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VINTAGE CAR SPEEDS ACROSS BUMPY ROAD SKIDDING AT TURNS FOLLOWED BY PURSUING CAR
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ARMORED VEHICLES EXIT BUILDING ON WAY TO STRIKE SITE
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| 04:31:27 1879.8 |
PRESIDENT SETTLES AUTO INDUSTRY WAR, AVERTING BIG STRIKE
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CU UNION PRESIDENT (?) SPEAKS ON AGREEMENT WITH AUTO INDUSTRY FOLLOWED BY CU OF FDR & U.S. FLAG
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| 04:32:23 1935.8 |
TROOPS STAND BY AS DEADLOCK HALTS AUTO STRIKE PEACE
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| 04:32:31 1943.8 |
SMOKE RISES FROM TENTS USED BY TROOPS
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| 04:32:34 1946.8 |
HELMETED TROOPS STAND AT ATTENTION
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| 04:32:41 1953.8 |
TROOPS UNLOAD SUPPLIES FROM TRUCK
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| 04:32:44 1956.8 |
INJURED WORKER CARRIED ON GURNEY, COVERED WITH BLANKET, & PLACED IN AMBULANCE
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| 04:32:50 1962.8 |
CU 3 HELMETED SOLDIERS DRINK MILK FROM BOTTLES
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| 04:33:06 1978.8 |
CU VIPS (UNION OR INDUSTRY?) SIT AT MEETING TABLE
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| 04:33:14 1986.8 |
AS HEAVY TRAFFIC ROLLS BY, CROWD OF UNION STRIKERS PEER OUTSIDE WINDOWS OF FACTORY
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| 04:33:18 1990.8 |
CU STRIKERS LEAN OUT OF FACTORY WINDOWS
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| 04:33:25 1997.8 |
CU STRIKER HOLDS CHILD WHO WAVES TO CAMERA
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| 04:33:30 2002.8 |
WATER BASEBALL NEW GAME FOR BATHING BEAUTIES
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| 04:33:38 2010.8 |
BEAUTIES IN SWIMSUITS & CAPS WALK SINGLE FILE ALONG EDGE OF POOL
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| 04:33:46 2018.8 |
CU THEY CHOOSE SIDES USING BASEBALL BAT WITH HAND OVER HAND METHOD
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AERIAL GIRLS DIVE INTO POOL
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AERIAL GIRL HITS BALL WITH HAND THEN SWIMS TO BASES FLOATING ON WATER
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| 04:34:06 2038.8 |
CU BEATY OUTSIDE WATER ALT AS UMPIRE & GIVES "OUT" SIGN. AFTER ANOTHER HIT, SHE GIVES "SAFE"
SIGN |
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WPA MARCHERS DEMAND BILLION IN WASHINGTON
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| 04:34:35 2067.8 |
MARCHERS CARRYING BANNERS PICKET WHITE HOUSE
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| 04:34:41 2073.8 |
MARCHERS PARADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ALONGSIDE TRAFFIC PASSING CAPITOL DOME IN BACKGROUND
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| 04:34:53 2085.8 |
HANDLES FOR DOGS - NEWEST IDEA IN PET PROTECTION
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| 04:35:03 2095.8 |
CU WOMAN PLACES HARNESS AROUND DOG'S MIDSECTION
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| 04:35:05 2097.8 |
3 WOMEN CARRY SMALL DOGS ACROSS INTERSECTION HOLDING DOGS BY HANDLE AS COP WATCHES
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| 04:35:12 2104.8 |
WOMAN EXITS CAR (1930s) CARRYING DACHSHUND LIKE A VALISE
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5 WOMEN WALK THEIR SMALL DOGS ALONG BOARDWALK, APPROACHING WOMAN CARRYING HER DOG LIKE VALISE.
ALL 5 BEND DOWN & PICK UP DOGS BY HANDLES |
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IMAGINE SOUTHERN CALIF WITH A SNOW QUEEN!
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| 04:35:35 2127.8 |
CHUNKS OF ICE BEING SPREAD ON SIDEWALK & SNOW BLOWER BLOWS SNOW ON GROUND
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| 04:35:44 2136.8 |
BEAUTY QUEEN SITS ON THRONE & CROWNED AS SNOW BLOWER CREATES FEELING OF A SNOWFALL
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| 04:35:50 2142.8 |
CU SNOW BLOWER SHOOTS OUT SNOW AS GROUP OF GIRLS IN SWIMSUITS RUN ONTO SCENE & START THROWING SNOWBALLS
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| 04:36:07 2159.8 |
HORSE RACE "WHOPPER" WINS INAUGURAL RACE AT HIALEAH
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SWANS & FLAMINGOS IN POND AT PARK
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LARGE GROUP OF FLAMINGOS PARADE ACROSS LANDSCAPE
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AERIAL CROWD OF FANS LINE UP AT BETTING WINDOWS
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| 04:36:30 2182.8 |
CU WOMAN PLACES BET
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HORSES LEAVE POST & RUN AROUND TRACK
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| 04:36:53 2205.8 |
LARGE CROWD STRETCH THEIR NECKS FOR VIEW AS THEY HOLD PROGRAMS
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| 04:36:57 2209.8 |
CU MAN SHAKES BOTH FISTS AS HE PRODS ON FAVORITE
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HORSES MAKE TURN IN CLOUD OF DUST
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| 04:37:17 2229.8 |
WHOPPER COMES IN FROM BEHIND & WINS BY A NOSE
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| 04:37:21 2233.8 |
2 DIE 11 HURT IN CRACK UP OF COAST AIRLINER
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| 04:37:31 2243.8 |
WRECK OF PLANE LIES ON HILLY MOUNTAINSIDE
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| 04:38:01 2273.8 |
CU RESCUE WORKER EXAMINES REMAINS OF ENGINE
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| 04:38:17 2289.8 |
RESCUE WORKERS CARRY BLANKETED BODY ON STRETCHER WORKIN THEIR WAY DOWN HILLY SLOPE
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| 04:38:56 2328.8 |
FAMOUS CARIOCA CARNIVAL GAYEST IN ALL WORLD (RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL)
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| 04:39:06 2338.8 |
COLORFUL FLOATS WITH GIRLS IN COSTUME ROLL BY IN NIGHTTIME
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| 04:39:19 2351.8 |
CU FLOAT WITH HUGE STUFFED CAT PEERS INTO CAGE WITH STUFFED BIRD INSIDE
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| 04:39:28 2360.8 |
MEN & WOMEN DANCE IN STREET AS HUNDREDS OF BALLOONS HELD ABOVE ARE RELEASED
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| 04:39:39 2371.8 |
WOMEN SHAKE & DANCE TO MUSIC AS CROWD GETS IN FRENZY WITH BALLOONS
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WORLDWIDE NEWS EVENTS
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| 04:39:50 2382.8 |
AFL & CIO LEADERS MEET TO SEEK LABOR TRUCE IN DC
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| 04:39:58 2390.8 |
JOHN L. LEWIS & 5 MEMBERS OF OTHER UNIONS SIT AROUND CONFERENCE TABLE
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| 04:40:30 2422.8 |
CU AFL LEADER SPEAKS AS JOHN L. LEWIS LOOKS ON
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CU JOHN L. LEWIS MAKES SPEECH
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| 04:41:15 2467.8 |
CU WOMAN LEADER SPEAKS
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| 04:41:20 2472.8 |
CU HUGE FREIGHTER SITS IN DRY DOCK AWAITING LAUNCHING (QUINCY, MASS. SHIPYARD)
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| 04:41:25 2477.8 |
CU WOMAN HOLDS BOUQUET OF ROSES & CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE IN PREPARATION OF LAUNCH AS CROWD LOOKS ON
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| 04:41:33 2485.8 |
HUGE SHIP SLIDES DOWN WAYS AFTER LAUNCH
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| 04:41:36 2488.8 |
GROUP OF NAVAL CADETS WATCH LAUNCH
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| 04:41:50 2502.8 |
PILED UP REMAINS OF TRAIN WRECK IN SO. WALES
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| 04:41:58 2510.8 |
CRANE HOOKS HOVER OVER WRECKED BOXCARS
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| 04:42:26 2538.8 |
"GET LEPKE" IS CRY AS POLICE LAUNCH RECORD MANHUNT
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| 04:42:38 2550.8 |
NEWSMEN PULL WANTED PHOTOS FROM ROLLING PRESS
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| 04:42:43 2555.8 |
PRINTING PRESS ROLLS OUT WANTED POSTERS WITH PICTURE OF LEPKE & $25,000 REWARD NOTICE
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| 04:42:50 2562.8 |
DESK OFFICER HANDS OUT POSTERS TO POLICEMEN
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| 04:42:55 2567.8 |
COPS WATCH AS POSTER TACKED TO PRECINCT BULLETIN BOARD
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| 04:43:03 2575.8 |
CU LEPKE WANTED POSTER
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CU GOV. TOM DEWY MAKES "DEAD OR ALIVE SPEECH
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