1927-19281920s NEWSREELS
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| 03:01:02 1.5 |
MS LOWELL THOMAS STANDING BY FIREPLACE REMEMBERS: "THE GREAT STORY FOR 1927 WAS LINDBERGH'S SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTI......", "AS 1927 TURNED INTO
1928 THERE WAS GROWING ENTHUSIASM FOR FLYING". |
| 03:01:43 43.5 |
MS SHORTLY AFTER HIS NOTED FLIGHT HE LAUNCHED A NATION-WIDE TOUR OF THE U.S. LINDBERGH POSES WITH TWO OTHER PILOTS, IN FRONT OF BI-PLANE.
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| 03:01:54 54.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS THREE BI-PLANES (LINDBERGH AND 2 OTHER PILOTS) TAKING OFF FROM FIELD DURING AIR SHOW. VARIOUS SHOTS THE THREE PLANES DOING AERIAL STUNTS DURING AIR SHOW,
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| 03:02:13 72.5 |
MS PILOT STRAPS HIMSELF IN OPEN SEAT, BEFORE TAKING OFF IN 1910 VINTAGE PLANE.GOOD SHOTS 1910 VINTAGE PLANE IN FLIGHT.
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| 03:02:28 88.5 |
LS LINDBERGH PERFORMING FOR CROWD DOES STUNTS INCLUDING RIDING BI-PLANE UPSIDE DOWN.
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| 03:02:50 110.5 |
AERIAL VIEW PLANE FLYING OVER SPEEDING RAILROAD TRAIN, AND PASSING IT, POV PLANE. VOICE OVER THOMAS: "NOW THE PLANE WILL GET YOU THERE FASTER..........",
"THE BIGGEST AVIATION NEWS WAS THE BREAKING OF RECORDS". |
| 03:03:07 126.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS GIANT RI-MOTOR PLANE (FORD ?) PULLED OUT TO RUNWAY BY TRACTOR. SIGN ON SIDE OF PLANE ("CONGRATULATIONS, ALL RECORDS BROKEN".
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| 03:03:21 140.5 |
MS LINDBERGH AND TWO PILOT COMPANIONS POSE, ARE MOBBED AS THEY GET INTO LIMO.
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| 03:03:38 158.5 |
CARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH HUGE EXPERIMENTAL PLANE "THE INFLEXIBLE" IS ROLLED OUT TO RUNWAY. MS BRITISH SOLDIER IS DWARFED BY THE HUGE PLANES WHEEL, HAS TO STRETCH HIS ARM TO TOUCH THE TOP OF IT. GROUND CREWS WORKING ON THE HUGH 3 ENGINE "INFLEXIBLE". "THE RACE WAS ON FOR THE LARGEST CRAFT TO CARRY PASSENGERS AND CARGO".
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| 03:03:52 172.5 |
AERIAL VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE DORNIER AMPHIBIOUS 12 ENGINE PLANE IN FLIGHT, WHICH DWARFED THE BRITISH "INFLEXIBLE" AND CARRIED 169 PASSENGERS..
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| 03:04:11 190.5 |
SHOTS GERMANY'S GRAF ZEPPELIN (DIRIGIBLE). 772 FEET LONG, 100 FEET IN DIAMETER. MAIDEN FLIGHT 9/18/28. MS SKIPPER OF GRAF ZEPPELIN DR. HUGO ECKENER
POSING. VOICE OVER "AND SUDDENLY WE ALL HAD THE ZEPPELIN FEVER", TICKER TAPE PARADES, 20,00 A DAY VISITING LAKEHURST TO SEE THE CRAFT. |
| 03:04:59 239.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS HUGH CROWDS, NEWSMEN, CELEBRATE AMELIA EARHART. WHO ON JUNE 17, 1928, THE 31 YEAR-OLD PILOT FOR 7 YEARS, TOOK OFF IN MONO PLANE AND LANDED IN WALES 20 HOURS LATER.
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| 03:05:14 253.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS EARHART WEARING BOWLER HAT AND FLAPPER DRESS POSES WITH
BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, SURROUNDED BY CROWD. CU1 FACE SHOT EARHART WITH BOWLER HAT. CLIMBS INTO OPEN LIMO, MOBBED BY CROWD. |
| 03:05:54 294.5 |
MS THOMAS REMEMBERS - "1928 WAS AN ELECTION YEAR AND BY THE SPRING OF 1927 THERE WAS A LOT OF SPECULATION ......" WOULD CALVIN COOLIDGE RUN AGAIN?" HE WOULDN'T SAY.
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| 03:06:19 318.5 |
CALVIN COOLIDGE, WEARING COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS, CUTTING AND DISHING OUT HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE (56 YEARS-OLD) (ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN ?)
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| 03:06:30 329.5 |
COOLIDGE CLIMBS INTO ROWBOAT TO GO FISHING , AIDE ROWS (GONDOLA STYLE). COOLIDGE AND AIDE IN ROW BOAT FISHING ON LAKE. VOICE OVER,
THOMAS: "DURING ROUTINE PRESS CONFERENCE HE HANDED EACH A TINY PIECE OF PAPER STATING, "I DO NOT CHOOSE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN IN 1928, NO FURTHER COMMENT". "CAL BECAME TIRED OF THE PRESIDENCY, NO LONGER A CHALLENGE FOR HIM". |
| 03:06:54 354.5 |
MS COOLIDGE HOLDS UP HIS "CATCH" TO CAMERA.
03 07 13 VARIOUS SHOTS MOTORCADE WITH COOLIDGE IN OPEN LIMO. SITTING NEXT TO WIFE IN CAR, TIPS HIS TOP HAT TO CROWD. "CAL REMAINED SILENT", ABOUT HIS RUNNING AGAIN. |
| 03:07:46 405.5 |
COOLIDGE POSES WITH HIS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HERBERT HOOVER, WHO HAD
EMERGED AS TOP CONTENDER, WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT COOLIDGE WOULD NOT RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM. VARIOUS SHOTS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHERE HOOVER WAS NOMINATED ON THE FIRST BALLOT. SHOTS OF HOOVER IN MOTORCADE ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL. MS HOOVER RETURNS TO HIS BIRTHPLACE, A SMALL FRAME HOUSE AT WEST BRANCH, IOWA.. MS SHOTS OF HOUSE AND HOOVER EXITING IT. POSES IN CORNFIELD, HOLDS UP COLONEL OF CORN. HOOVER VISITING COOLIDGE, WHO REFUSED TO ENDORSE HOOVER. "HE (COOLIDGE) HAD A FIRM BELIEF THAT A CANDIDATE SHOULD SUCCEED ON HIS OWN ....". |
| 03:09:28 507.5 |
MS THOMAS REMEMBERS - "HERBERT HOOVER WAS RO BE OUR PRESIDENT ......" "ONE INTERESTING NOTE HERE WAS WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR SOMETHING COULD HAVE A GREAT EFFECT ON YOUR LIVES, AND ESPECIALLY ON MINE". "SOUND ON FILM ......",
AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE YEAR OF SILENT FILM WOULD BE ALMOST FORGOTTEN". |
| 03:10:15 555.5 |
LS HERBERT HOOVER SPEAKING TO A GATHERING OF NEW YORK REPUBLICANS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. PAN HUGE, WILDLY CHEERING, FLAG WAVING, CROWD. "HOW COULD YOU ARGUE AGAINST PROSPERITY" WAS HIS THEME. MLS HOOVER ON PLATFORM, SPEAKS, "AT THE HOME OF MY OPPONENT (ALFRED E. SMITH)". MORE OF SPEECH.
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| 03:13:13 732.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS AL SMITH, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL. MOTORCADES, HUGE CROWDS.
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| 03:14:14 793.5 |
MS ALFRED E. SMITH MAKING SPEECH. TELLS PEOPLE TO REGISTER AND VOTE. VOICE OVER THOMAS, "AND THE OVERWHELMING CHOICE WAS HERBERT HOOVER"
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| 03:15:03 842.5 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "DEMOCRATS BEATING HOOVER IN 1928, NOT A CHANCE, NOT A PRAYER, BUT AL SMITH ........., POLED THE LARGEST DEMOCRATIC VOTE OF ALL TIME, HIS SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FROM USUALLY SOLID VOTE FROM THE SOUTH ...., BUT IT CAME PARTLY FROM THE CITIES, A BIG SHIFT, AND FOUR YEARS LATER THE REPUBLICANS WERE TO LEARN HOW GREAT THAT SHIFT WAS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL MINORITIES AND CITY DWELLERS WERE GOING TO DOMINATE THE VOTE .........., THE 1ST HINTS OF A NATION WIDE SWING TO THE DEMOCRATS".
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| 03:15:55 895.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS DAVIS LLOYD GEORGE, IN ENGLAND CAMPAIGNING TO RETURN HIS LIBERAL PARTY TO POWER. HIS PLATFORM, NOT UNLIKE THAT OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICANS, PLEADING FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION, FAVORABLE TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE". BUT IT WOULD BE THE LeAST LIBERAL CAMPAIGN.
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| 03:16:12 911.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS BRITAIN'S LABOUR PARTY LEADER RAMSAY MACDONALD, AND WIFE PLAYING IN GARDEN WITH FAMILY DOG. MS MACDONALD WATERING HIS PLANTS WITH HAND HELD SPRINKLER CAN. (PRIME MINISTER FROM JUNE 1929 TO JUNE 1935). MCU
RAMSAY MACDONALD LIGHTS A CIGAR, SMILES AT CAMERA. |
| 03:16:47 946.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS CALVIN COOLIDGE VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES DAWES AND OTHER
DIGNITARIES EXIT LIMO IN PARIS WHERE HE PROPOSED A MORE HUMANE TREATMENT FOR GERMANY, ADVOCATING LOANS AND REDUCTIONS IN WAR (WW I) REPARATIONS. MS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF FINANCIAL EXPERTS MEET TO WORK OUT A FINAL PLAN IN 1928. |
| 03:17:14 973.5 |
EL DUCE BENITO MUSSOLINI REVIEWS HIS TROOPS ON HIS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS RULE. "HIS DICTATORSHIP FINALLY ESTABLISHED BY 1928. MS MUSSOLINI POSES, "LOOKING LIKE
DICTATOR" |
| 03:17:48 1007.5 |
VARIOUS VIEWS PRESIDENT OF MEXICO PLUTARCO ELIAS CALLES, IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MEXICO ON JULY 1, 1928., POSES WITH HIS FAMILY AND KIDS. 16 DAYS LATER HE WAS ASSASSINATED BY YOUNG RELIGIOUS FANATIC. politics, foreign government.
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| 03:18:18 1037.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. WAR PLANES SOLD TO MEXICO, ALL LINED UP ON AIRFIELD. MACHINE GUNNER AIMS WING GUN CIRCA 1920S. MEXICAN PILOTS (?), POSE IN FRONT OF BI-PLANE, SHAKE HANDS WITH AMERICAN DIPLOMATS (?). PLANE TAKING OFF, AND IN FLIGHT.
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| 03:19:07 1086.5 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "OUR FOREIGN POLICY WAS DOING A LITTLE BETTER THAN
"ALRIGHT". "SORT OF LIKE THE ECONOMY, EVERYTHING WAS SORT OF LOOKING UP". THERE WAS THE 19TH OLYMPIAD TO BE HELD IN AMSTERDAM IN 1928. |
| 03:19:50 1129.5 |
HUGE CROWDS, ATHLETES PARADING IN OUTDOOR STADIUM. VOICE OVER, "THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME GERMAN ATHLETES WERE INVITED SINCE BEFORE WAR; AND THIS YEAR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE NOT TO BE DOMINATED BY AMERICAN ATHLETES AS IN 1924".
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| 03:19:58 1137.5 |
MONTAGE OF GOLD WINNERS - MLS HALINA KONOPACKA THROWING DISCUS TO WIN GOLD MEDAL. MLS SABIN CARR OF USA DOING GOLD MEDAL WINNING POLE VAULT. ED HAMM (USA) DOING GOLD WINNING LONG JUMP; HURDLES TO SO AFRICA AND BRITAIN; PETER DEDESJARDINS (USA) POSING AFTER WINNING GOLD MEDAL FOR DIVING. LS DESJARDINS DOING HIS DIVE.
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| 03:20:15 1155.5 |
ABOVE VIEW RACE CARS SPEEDING ON TRACK AT INDIANAPOLIS 500 SPEEDWAY, IN 1928.
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| 03:21:06 1205.5 |
MCU 23 YEAR OLD LOUIS MEYER, WINNER OF INDIANAPOLIS 500, TAKES SLUG OF WATER AFTER ROLLING INTO PIT. 99 MILES AN HOUR FOR 5 HOURS.
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| 03:21:25 1225.5 |
DISASTER - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE OIL WELLS FIRE, BURNING FOR 39 DAYS IN SANTE FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA UNTIL FINALLY EXTINGUISHED. VOICE OVER THOMAS, "AND LIKE THAT
FIRE THE AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES HAVE RAGED OUT OF CONTROL IN THE 20'S WITH LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST, AND BECAUSE OF OVER PRODUCTION AND FALLING PRICES, OIL WAS TO BECOME ONE OF HERBERT HOOVER'S TROUBLESOME, SICK, INDUSTRIES". . |
| 03:21:54 1254.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS, MAP AND SITE OF NEW HOOVER DAM TO BE BUILT ON COLORADO RIVER. SHOT OF HERBERT HOOVER AND ENGINEER (?) LOOK OVER THE SITE. PRIVATE COMPANIES
WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW DAM. |
| 03:22:20 1279.5 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "ON JUNE 14TH, THE DAY OF HOOVER'S NOMINATION, THE BULL MARKET WAS GOING STRONG AGAIN, PEOPLE WERE IGNORING ANY POSSIBLE WARNING THAT WAS IN THE AIR, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE LOOKING UP". IRONICALLY THE MUSIC THE AMERICANS CHOSE TO CELEBRATE THOSE PROSPEROUS TWENTIES, WAS BLACK JAZZ, AND PERHAPS THIS WAS PROPHETIC FOR THINGS TO COME".
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| 03:23:02 1321.5 |
STILL SHOT TEXT READS: "JAZZ BAND WAILS HARD LUCK TALE. RELATIVES OF KENTUCKY NEGRO PLAYERS HAVE UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAW".
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| 03:23:16 1335.5 |
GRAT SHOTS BLACK JAZZ GROUP, BANJO, GUITAR, BONGO DRUM AND OTHER SIT ON WOODEN BOARDS AS TAP DANCER TAPS TO THEIR MUSIC.
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| 03:23:29 1348.5 |
MCU BLACK BANJO PLAYER PLAYS AND SINGS (RAPS) ABOUT HARD TIMES (?). CU VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS FEET OF BLACK MAN TAP DANCING, DOING GREAT TAP STEPS. BLACK HISTORY, AMERICANA, JAZZ, MUSIC, DANCE
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| 03:24:02 1381.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PRETTY GIRLS IN SHORTS RIDE SITTING ON BOXES WITH WHEELS, HOLDING ONTO ROPES ATTACHED TO CARS (CIRCA 1920S), BEING PULLED BY AUTOS THROUGH STREETS (LIKE WATER SKIING). MOTORCYCLES PULLING YOUNG PEOPLE
THROUGH SNOW LIKE WATER SKIING. VARIOUS SHOTS CHORUS GIRLS DANCING ON ROLLER SKATES. |
| 03:24:26 1405.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG CHORUS GIRLS ENTERTAINING, TAP DANCING SAILORS ON BOARD
WARSHIPS. GIRLS IN BEAUTY CONTESTS ON WAR SHIPS TO FIND GIRLS WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BACKS. GROUP OF CHIROPRACTORS IN WHITE LAB COATS JUDGE BY FEELING BACKS OF THE CONTESTANTS. |
| 03:25:10 1449.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS MODELS SHOWING GLAMOROUS FUR COATS, "THEY WERE BIG IN '28".
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| 03:25:24 1463.5 |
MCU FIREHOUSE DOG POSES WITH FIREMAN HAT ON HEAD. FIREMEN AND DOG RACE OUT OF FIREHOUSE ON FIRE TRUCK DURING ALARM. VARIOUS SHOTS DOG CLIMBING LADDER TO 3ND FLOOR OF HOME, PULLING "VICTIM" ,CHILD WRAPPED IN BLANKET, OUT OF FIRE, AND DOWN LADDER, AND PLACING CHILD IN CARRIAGE. STANDING ON HIND LEGS, DOG WHEELS CARRIAGE TO SAFETY. animal antics.
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| 03:26:18 1517.5 |
VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS VINCENT TAYLOR PARACHUTING 502 FEET OFF BRIDGE IN IDAHO INTO WATER BELOW. VOICE OVER THOMAS, "NO ONE WAS TOO SURPRISED, THIS WAS
SORT OF ROUTINE BY 1928". |
| 03:26:47 1546.5 |
MCU LOWELL THOMAS SIGNS OFF - ".......THERE WAS NO LIMIT TO PROSPERITY, UTOPIA WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, BUT IN REALITY, WHAT WAS AROUND THE CORNER WAS 1929 ..". "SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW".
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