This reel is part of one of our Specialty Collections. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing will be available for only more day, though. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing has now expired, though, and cannot be viewed online. "Pro" account holders can download a low-res version without audio for offline viewing.
Sign up for a "Pro" account to download this footage.
This reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Sorry, this video is temporarily unavailable for online viewing or download. Please try again later.
Restricted Material
Access to this reel with audio is restricted. It will be available for only more day.
Access to this reel with audio has expired.
00:01:33 0.5 |
NEW YORK CITY, 1935 SPEAKEASY ERA. IN A REALISTIC REENACTMENT "CLUB 21"
ON 52ND STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE IS RAIDED BY U.S. LAWMEN, WHO FIND IT "CLEAN" AFTER RAID. INGENIOUS SYSTEM OF CLEVER DEVICES, SLIDING WALLS, FAST ACTION, HIDE SHELVES OF LIQUOR, WINE BOTTLES. LAWMEN LEAVE CLUB IS TRANSFORMED BACK TO A BAR. VOLSTEAD ACT, PROHIBITION, WHISKEY, 19TH AMENDMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
00:01:35 2.5 |
CAB, AUTOS (CIRCA 1935) TRAFFIC, AT NIGHT, IN BUSY NEW YORK CITY'S NIGHT CLUB DISTRICT.
|
00:01:44 11.5 |
SIGNS ON NIGHT CLUB ENTRANCE AWNINGS, "TOWN CASINO CLUB", "LEON AND EDDIES".
|
00:01:53 21.5 |
HIGH CLASS, WEALTHY PARTYING MEN AND WOMEN, SOCIALITES, CELEBRITIES IN GOWNS, TUXEDOS, ENTER "CLUB 21", ONCE A HIGH CLASS "SPEAKEASY". CU LARGE 21 LOGO. CU STREET SIGN, "W. 52ND ST. AND 6TH AVENUE". "ONE WAY", ARROW BELOW IT.
|
00:02:07 34.5 |
BACKS OF ELITE COUPLES FROLICKING AT BAR."21" CLUB HOST CHARLIE (?) OR (JACK) DACKENBACK SIGNS TAB FOR SOCIALITE. OTHER DACKENBACK AT BAR WITH DRINK IN HAND.
|
00:02:23 50.5 |
IN REENACTMENT, U.S. PROHIBITION AGENTS RAIDING SUSPECTED SPEAKEASY DURING PROHIBITION ERA KNOCK ON LOCKED DOOR OF CLUB 21. CU DOORMAN ON INSIDE PEERS THROUGH VIEWER IN DOOR, IS SHOWN BADGE, DEMANDING ENTRY. DOORMAN PRESSES SECRET BUZZER ALERTING BARTENDERS, CUSTOMERS, AT BAR OF RAID, AS HE STALLS FEDS.
|
00:02:35 62.5 |
ORGANIZED CHAOS BREAKS LOOSE AS CUSTOMERS QUICKLY FINISH DRINKS. GLASSES ARE SWEPT OFF BAR, SHELVES CONTAINING LIQUOR FOLD DOWN CAUSING BOTTLES TO SMASH ON GROUND. WORKER QUICKLY SWEEPS BROKEN GLASS BEHIND SECRET BIN
|
00:02:40 67.5 |
CU U.S. AGENT SHOVES SEARCH WARRANT THROUGH VIEWER IN DOOR. HE, OTHER RAIDERS PILE IN, PUSH DOORMAN ASIDE,
QUICKLY SPREAD OUT IN SEARCH OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR. |
00:02:55 83.5 |
LAWMAN SEARCHES CLOSET, FINDS NOTHING. WORKER SHOWS SECRET ROOM BEHIND CLOSET WALL WHICH SLIDES BACK ELECTRONICALLY, REVEALING SECRET STOREROOM WITH RACKS OF LIQUOR.
|
00:03:13 100.5 |
LAWMEN TAP WALLS FOR SECRET ROOMS IN CELLAR, BUT FIND NOTHING. CU BY POKING SMALL WIRE IN SECRET HOLE, A TWO TON BRICK WALL SLIDES OPEN REVEALING SHELVES FULL LIQUOR, RARE WINES.
|
00:03:41 128.5 |
LAWMEN ARE ESCORTED DOWN STAIRWAY IN HOUSE, TOWARDS CAMERA, BY MOST CORDIAL HOST, TELLING THEM, "COME AGAIN BOYS, SORRY YOU COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME". NOTHING WAS EVER FOUND AT "21"
DURING PROHIBITION. |
00:03:48 135.5 |
CROWD AT BAR OF "CLUB 21", FACING CAMERA. CU SMILING BARTENDER MIXING DRINK IN SHAKER. HEAD WAITER MIXES CASSEROLE AT TABLE OF SEATED SOCIALITES. LIQUOR BOTTLES ON TABLE. (POST PROHIBITION)
|
00:03:57 144.5 |
DACKENBACK, FACING CAMERA, BAR IN BKGD, PROPOSES TOAST WITH STEIN OF BEER. CU RINGS UP TAB, HANDS IT TO CUSTOMER.
|
00:04:05 152.5 |
"LONDON"
LONDON'S NEW TRANSPORT MINISTER HORE BELISHA, TAKES DRASTIC, UNPOPULAR STEPS, INCLUDING "SPYING" FROM ABOVE IN HELICOPTERS (AUTO GYROS), INSTALLING THOUSANDS OF "BELISHA BEACONS", A STREET LIGHT WHICH AUTOMATICALLY TURNS RED WHEN PEDESTRIANS CROSSED STREET. SUCCEEDED IN ANGERING MOTORISTS WHEN LIGHTS TURNED RED WITHOUT PEDESTRIANS IN SIGHT. LONDON, ENGLAND. TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION; ODDITY |
00:04:05 152.5 |
CU FACE SHOT OF ENGLISH TRAFFIC COP (BOBBY), WITH WAXED MOUSTACHE, HOLDING UP HIS HAND TO CAMERA, ORDERING TRAFFIC TO STOP.
|
00:04:09 156.5 |
GROUP OF WOMEN, HEAVILY BUNDLED UP IN WINTER WEAR, WAIT AT BUSY LONDON INTERSECTION TO CROSS STREET AS SEVERAL DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES PASS. WOMEN, OTHERS, CROSSING INTERSECTION.
|
00:04:16 163.5 |
"MOON FACED" TRANSPORT MINISTER LESLIE HORE BELISHA, PLACING CIGARETTE IN HOLDER, HAVING SOMEONE GIVE HIM LIGHT.
|
00:04:25 172.5 |
PEOPLE CROSSING BUSY INTERSECTION WITH WHITE CHEVERON SHAPED LINES IN STREET, TO WARN MOTORISTS AGAINST INVADING PEDESTRIAN SPACES.
|
00:04:38 185.5 |
CU COBBLESTONE STREET, WHEELS OF AUTO PASSING OVER THEM.
|
00:04:40 187.5 |
AERIAL VIEW OF AUTO GYRO (HELICOPTER) FLYING ABOVE SMOKE FILED LONDON, AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING OVER IT.
|
00:04:50 197.5 |
AMBER GLOBES MOUNTED ON SEVEN FOOT POLES IS LATEST BELISHA INVENTION BECOMING DOWNRIGHT UNPOPULAR TO MOTORISTS. NICK-NAMED "BELISHA BEACONS". MOTORIST MUST SLOW DOWN OR STOP, OR IT GIVES PEDESTRIANS RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THAT CORNER.
|
00:05:12 219.5 |
BRITISH CAB DRIVER STOPS AT CORNER, GETS OUT OF CAB, ANGRILY WAVES HIS FIST AT BEACON.
|
00:05:20 227.5 |
BELISHA SPEAKS, "I ASK THAT EVERY WIFE SHOULD SAY TO HER HUSBAND, BE CAREFUL, COME HOME ALIVE".
|
00:05:32 239.5 |
CU DASH BOARD PICTURE FRAME, SOLD BY BUSINESS MEN WHO PICK UP ON SLOGAN WITH PHOTO OF WOMAN AND MESSAGE, "BE CAREFUL FOR MY SAKE".
|
00:05:39 246.5 |
BOBBY ANGRILY ARGUES WITH MOTORIST HE STOPPED, IN ROUGH RASPY VOICE, "NO SIR, YOU DROVE RIGHT BY IT (THE BEACON)". "BUT THERE'S NO ONE COMING", SAYS DERBY WEARING MOTORIST.
|
00:05:43 250.5 |
CABBY DRIVES UP TO BEACON, STOPS, WAVES FIST
|
00:05:45 252.5 |
MAN IN LONG CONVERTIBLE ROADSTER STOPS AT BEACON, TIPS HIS HAT TO IT, THEN THUMBS HIS NOSE TO IT.
|
00:05:51 258.5 |
TITLE: BELISHA'S 10,000 EXASPERATING BEACONS FINALLY DRIVE BRITISH MOTORISTS TO ACTION".
|
00:05:55 262.5 |
YOUNG PARTYING WEALTHY, UPPER CRUST YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HUNTING BEACONS AT NIGHT IN SPORTS CAR, LAUGH AND CARRY ON, AS THEY USE PISTOLS, RIFLES (BB GUNS) TO TAKE POT SHOTS AT GLASS BOWLS ON BEACONS. CU MONTAGE GLASS BOWLS BURSTING AFTER BEING SHOT.
|
00:06:06 273.5 |
MONTAGE SHOTS OF BEACONS ON STREET CORNER WITHOUT LIGHT, GLOBE. TWENTY SIX WERE SHOT OUT. CU DEFIANT BELISHA SPEAKS, SAYS, "THIS SYSTEM WILL BE EXTENDED ALL OVER BRITAIN".
|
00:06:45 312.5 |
MONTAGE WORKERS DIGGING HOLES ON STREET CORNERS, INSTALLING BEACONS. WORKERS TIP THEIR HATS TO INSTALLED BEACON. DOING SO HAS BECOME A FAD.
|
00:06:58 325.5 |
CU BOY SHOOTS BOWL OFF MINIATURE BEACONS WHICH HAS NOW BECOME A TOY GAME IN BOX.
|
00:07:06 333.5 |
"EVREUX, FRANCE"
AMERICAN TOURIST IN FRANCE, MOE BUCHSBAUM, IS TICKETED FOR SPEEDING, GOES TO COURT, DEMANDS FINE MONEY, 100 FRANCS, OR U.S. $6.60, BE USED TO PAY BACK FRANCE'S WAR DEBT TO THE U.S., FRENCH JUDGE AGREES. |
00:07:10 337.5 |
REENACTMENT: VINTAGE MODEL A FORD COUPE DRIVING ON FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE AT HIGH SPEED.
|
00:07:11 338.5 |
CU TURNING WHEEL, HUB CAP OF AUTO IS SUPERIMPOSED WITH VIEWS OF FRANCE'S TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, INCLUDING RIVIERA, COTE D'AZURE, OTHER SCENIC SPOTS. VOICE OVER TELLS OF FRANCE'S WAR DEBT TO U.S. AND AMERICAN FAST DRIVING TOURISTS.
|
00:07:33 360.5 |
FRENCH POLICEMAN RUNS OUT ONTO ROAD AS CAR ROARS BY.
HE WAVES HIS ARMS TO POLICE AHEAD WHO WAVE DOWN SPEEDER. CAR COMES TO SCREECHING HALT. |
00:07:43 370.5 |
MAN BEHIND WHEEL, PIPE DANGLING FROM LIPS, BACK TO CAMERA, SPEAKS TO TWO POLICEMEN PEERING INTO CAR WINDOW. CHECK HIS PASSPORT, LICENSE. "AMERICAN", SAYS THE COP. "SURE I'M AMERICAN, "NAME'S BUCHSBAUM, MOE BUCHSBAUM", SAYS DRIVER.
|
00:08:09 396.5 |
BUCHSBAUM STANDS BEFORE ELDERLY JUDGE, ASKS FINE BE PLACED IN FUND TO PAY WAR DEBT OWED TO U.S. BY FRANCE. CU VOICE OVER TRANSLATION IS HEARD AS ELDERLY JUDGE AGREES WITH BUCHSBAUM.
|
00:08:58 445.5 |
CU OFFICIAL RECORD SHOWS FRENCH WAR DEBT TO U.S., LESS BUCHSBAUM'S, $6.60.
|
00:09:03 450.5 |
"YORK, PENNSYLVANIA"
FRED PERKINS, 56, OWNER OF SMALL MANUFACTURER OF WET CELL BATTERIES, GOES TO JAIL AFTER BEING FINED FOR REFUSING TO PAY HIS TEN EMPLOYEES 40 CENTS AN HOUR PRESCRIBED BY NRA, (NATIONAL REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION) CODE, WHICH HE CAN'T AFFORD. FRED DECIDES TO FIGHT FINE, HIS CASE GAINS NATIONAL NOTORIETY. CAUSES NRA, NOT PERKINS TO GO ON TRIAL BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. CRIMINAL JUSTICE, POLITICS, GOVERNMENT. |
00:09:04 451.5 |
WORKER ASSEMBLES BATTERY IN SMALL FACTORY.
|
00:09:27 474.5 |
FRED ASSEMBLES HIS 10 WORKERS IN GARAGE, TELLS THEM HE CAN'T PAY 40 CENTS AN HOUR AND STAY IN BUSINESS.
"25 CENTS IS THE BEST I CAN DO". WORKERS UNDERSTAND, AGREE TO WORK AT ILLEGAL 25 CENTS AN HOUR. (REENACTMENT) |
00:10:55 563.5 |
MRS. PERKINS IN KITCHEN COOKING, HER SONS IN LIVING ROOM, ONE READING ON SOFA OTHER ON FLOOR READING.
FRED WALKS IN WITH JACKET SLUNG ON SHOULDER. TAKES OFF, HANGS, JACKET, HAT, WASHES HANDS IN KITCHEN SINK. AS HE WIPES FACE, HANDS WITH TOWEL, TELLS FAMILY U.S. MARSHAL HAD WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST, FOR THE "WAGE THING". |
00:10:59 567.5 |
CU ANGRILY FRED SAYS, "I'M GOING TO JAIL. I'LL FIGHT THIS THING THROUGH TO THE FINISH".
|
00:11:03 570.5 |
FRED PERKINS IN JAIL CELL WORKS ON PAPERS FOR HIS DEFENSE.
|
00:11:12 579.5 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE IN PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, "BATTERY CODE BRINGS MAKER BEFORE COURT". THE SUN HEADLINES, "YORK BATTERY MAN CONVICTED ON TEN COUNTS". NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, "PERKINS FINED $1500 , APPEALS NRA VERDICT.
|
00:11:28 595.5 |
EMINENT LAWYERS VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES, INCLUDING HAROLD BIKELER AT HIS DESK, ANSWERS PHONE. CU DAVID AIKEN REED, FIELD HORSE OF REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE JOINS IN.
|
00:11:37 604.5 |
CU FAMED DEMOCRATS DOM W. DAVIS OF NEW YORK, NEWTON T. BAKER OF OHIO AND JAMES A. REED OF MISSOURI, COME TO DEFENSE.
|
00:11:50 618.5 |
PAN JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT SEATED ON BENCH.
CHIEF JUSTICE (?) SPEAKS OF DECISION WHICH WENT AGAINST THE N. R. A. |
00:12:29 656.5 |
SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
00:12:31 658.5 |
"OKITSU, JAPAN"
ELDERLY PRINCE KUMOCHI SIONJI, COUNSEL TO THE EMPEROR, BECOMES TO OLD TO FIGHT JAPANESE MILITANTS DURING "CRISIS OF 1935-1936". IN JAPAN, MEN OF WAR AND OF PEACE, FIGHT TO CONTROL NATIONAL POLICY. THEIR DIGNITY, PRESTIGE, SHAKEN BY DECISION OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOT TO ALLOW JAPAN TO BUILD LARGE NAVAL FORCE AS OTHER COUNTRIES CAN. CLAIMS DISCRIMINATION. JAPAN TAKES ACTION, INVADES MANCHURIA. WHEN THE WORLD DOES NOTHING, JAPAN THRILLS WITH CONQUEST, BECOMES EXCEEDINGLY MILITANT. |
00:12:38 665.5 |
SMALL FISHING VILLAGE IN OKITSU, JAPAN. MODEST COTTAGE OF PRINCE SIONJI OF JAPAN.
|
00:12:52 679.5 |
PRINCE SIONJI SEEN THROUGH WINDOW OF COTTAGE
|
00:12:53 680.5 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS JAPANESE WARSHIPS AT SEA.
|
00:13:03 690.5 |
JAPANESE NAVAL MILITARY MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA.
NAVAL OFFICERS SALUTE MARCHERS FROM PLATFORMS. |
00:13:14 701.5 |
BRITISH BOBBY, BACK TO CAMERA, STANDS GUARD ACROSS STREET FROM JAPANESE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE.
|
00:13:19 706.5 |
ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO, JAPANESE AMBASSADOR MUTZADARA, OTHER OFFICIALS, MEET AT LONDON HOME DURING WORLD NAVAL CONFERENCE IN LONDON.
|
00:13:36 723.5 |
BRITAIN'S RAMSEY MACDONALD CLIMBS INTO LIMO
|
00:13:41 728.5 |
AMERICA'S STAND IS MADE BY ADMIRAL STANDLEY AND NORMAN DAVIS.
|
00:14:00 747.5 |
DELEGATES OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEET IN 1919 TO DISCUSS JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.
|
00:14:08 755.5 |
CU JAPAN'S WRITTEN PROPOSAL.
|
00:14:18 765.5 |
CU PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON IN TOP HAT. HE REFUSED JAPAN'S REQUEST..
|
00:14:27 774.5 |
DELEGATES OF NATIONS MEET AT LONDON'S NAVAL CONFERENCE IN 1922. THEY DEALT ANOTHER BLOW TO JAPAN BY REFUSING THEM PARITY WITH EUROPEAN NATIONS.
|
00:14:36 783.5 |
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST WAVES HIS FIST AS HE SPEAKS IN 1924, PUSHING THROUGH THE "YELLOW PERIL" LAW, WHICH LIMITED JAPANESE IMMIGRATION TO U.S.
|
00:14:40 787.5 |
MODERN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN JAPAN. CROWD OF PEOPLE EXIT TRAINS AT STATION IN JAPAN.
|
00:14:40 787.5 |
JAPANESE BASEBALL GAME IN PROGRESS IN JAPAN. VIEW OF HUGE CROWD IN STANDS AT GAME. GAME IN PROGRESS AS SEEN FROM STANDS. JAPANESE MAN TEEING OFF AT GOLF COURSE.
|
00:14:57 804.5 |
CU SENATOR JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIA CLENCHES FIST AS HE SPEAKS IN BEHALF OF "YELLOW MENACE LAW" WHICH HE PUSHES THROUGH. MODERN JAPAN DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THIS ACT OF DISCRIMINATION.
|
00:14:58 805.5 |
FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR EMPEROR YOSHOHITO
|
00:15:05 812.5 |
PRINCE SIONJI, TWICE PREMIER AND NOW LAST OF THE GENERALS, ENTERS LIMO ON WAY TO COUNSEL NEW EMPEROR.
|
00:15:16 823.5 |
JAPANESE SOLDIERS, WITH BAYONETED RIFLES, MARCHING BY.
|
00:15:22 829.5 |
JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN WINTER UNIFORMS MARCH INTO MANCHURIA, AFTER MILITARISTS USE BOMBING OF RAILWAY BRIDGE AS EXCUSE. JAPANESE BI-PLANE BOMBERS FLYING OVERHEAD. AVIATION
|
00:15:28 835.5 |
AERIAL VIEW OF "GREAT WALL" OF CHINA. JAPANESE PUSHED THEIR CAMPAIGN UP TO THE GREAT WALL.
|
00:15:32 839.5 |
JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT THE GREAT WALL AWAIT REACTION FROM WORLD. WORLD DOES NOTHING.
|
00:15:38 845.5 |
CU FACE SHOT HENRY PU YE, WHO IS INSTALLED AS EMPEROR KANG TE OF MANCHUKUO, JAPAN'S PUPPET.
|
00:15:43 850.5 |
JAPANESE SHINTO PRIEST RING HUGE BELL BY SWINGING LARGE LOG INTO IT, AS CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT CONQUEST.
|
00:15:55 862.5 |
JAPANESE REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS OF OLD SIONJI AS HE ARRIVES IN LIMO IN NATIVE COSTUME.
|
00:16:08 875.5 |
CU JAPANESE GUARDS OUTSIDE HOME OF OLD SIONJI. SIONJI SITTING ON PORCH READING HIS NEWSPAPERS.
|
00:16:27 894.5 |
HUNDREDS OF SOVIET PLANES FLYING OVERHEAD, AS SOVIET UNION BECOMES ONLY POWER IN AREA TO KEEP JAPAN IN CHECK.
|
00:16:31 898.5 |
JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNITS PRACTICE ON ROOF OF BUILDING, FIRE THEIR MACHINE GUN.
|
00:16:38 905.5 |
OLD SIONJI, BACK TO CAMERA, SITS IN CHAIR, FALLS ASLEEP READING NEWSPAPER.
|
00:16:45 912.5 |
"NEW YORK CITY"
68 YEAR OLD, G. GATTI-CASAZZA, MANAGER OF METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE FOR 28 YEARS, PUTS ON THE 52ND FINAL SEASON BEFORE RETIRING, HE HAS CHOSEN GUISEPPI VERDI'S "AIDA" AS OPENING OPERA. |
00:16:45 912.5 |
CU PLAYBILL: "GUISEPPI VERDI'S OPERA "AIDA", WITH CAST OF CHARACTERS INCLUDING SOME OF WORLD'S BEST PERFORMERS.
|
00:16:50 917.5 |
CABS AND LIMOS DRIVING UP TO ENTRANCE OF OLD METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE. SOCIALITES IN SILK, ERMINE AND TIARAS EXIT LIMOS, ENTER OPERA HOUSE ALL HUNGRY FOR GREAT MUSIC AND THE GLAMOUR THAT IS OPERA.
|
00:17:10 937.5 |
SEVERAL TIERS OF BALCONIES, LOGES WITH ELITE AUDIENCE AS SEEN FROM STAGE. HIGH ANGLE OF STAGE, CURTAIN AS SEEN FROM BALCONY.
|
00:17:15 942.5 |
CU BARITONE LAWRENCE TIBBET BACKSTAGE AT MIRROR IN DRESSING ROOM PUTS ON MAKE-UP FOR ROLE OF ETHOPIAN KING.
|
00:17:21 948.5 |
TENOR GIOVANNI MARTINELLI, SITS AT MIRROR PUTTING ON MAKE-UP FOR HIS ROLE AS EGYPTIAN WARRIOR, "RAMADES".
|
00:17:29 956.5 |
CONDUCTOR VITORRI PANEZZA, PRACTICES WITH BATON IN FRONT OF MIRROR. VIOLINISTS STRUM AS THEY PROCEED INTO ORCHESTRA PIT.
|
00:17:41 968.5 |
CU NAME PLATE: "G. GATTI-CASAZZA". BEARDED CASAZZA SITS AT DESK CONTEMPLATING RETIREMENT.
|
00:18:10 997.5 |
CASAZZA EXITS OFFICE, TOWARDS CAMERA, GOES TO HIS LITTLE BENCH BACKSTAGE TO LISTEN TO OPERA. MARTINELLI ON STAGE SINGING. GATTI BACKSTAGE LISTENING.
|
00:18:23 1010.5 |
CONDUCTOR PANEZZA WITH BATON. MARTINELLI'S GREAT VOICE HEARD SINGING. MARTINELLI SINGING SOLO ON STAGE. CASAZZA SEATED, LISTENING BACKSTAGE.
|
00:19:26 1073.5 |
CASAZZA SITS AT DESK, PERUSES PHOTOS OF OTHER GREAT OPERA STARS SINCE HIS TENURE, INCLUDING LILLI PONS, CARUSO.
|
00:19:43 1090.5 |
ENTIRE CAST OF AIDA ON STAGE DURING FINALE.
|
00:20:12 1119.5 |
FINALE, WITH ALL OF CAST SINGING.
|
00:20:30 1137.5 |
CU MAN IN PIT TRAP GIVING CUES.
|
00:21:03 1170.5 |
CASAZZA WIPES TEARS AS HE HEARS FINALE, AUDIENCE APPLAUSE.
|
00:21:09 1176.5 |
CASAZZA PUTS ON OVERCOAT, HAT, GRABS CANE, EXITS OFFICE TOWARDS CAMERA, GOES HOME.
|
00:22:18 1245.5 |
"NEW YORK CITY"
WORLD'S BIGGEST NEWSPAPER, WITH THE WORLD'S FASTEST PRESS, "THE DAILY NEWS", COVERS 1935'S BIGGEST NEWS STORY. HAUPMANN VERDICT IN THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING CASE. IN RE-ENACTMENT, NEWSMEN SHOW HOW THEY DO IT. AFTER STARTING THEN STOPPING PRESS MACHINES, THE NEWS IS FINALLY PRINTED, DISTRIBUTED, ON STREETS SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. NYC 1935. jOURNALISM; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; COURT |
00:22:19 1246.5 |
NEW YORK CITY DAILY NEWS BUILDING
|
00:22:25 1252.5 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE PRESSES ROLLING AT 2000 COPIES A MINUTE. CU HUGE NEWS PLATES CONTAINING TWO DIFFERENT HEADLINE STORIES CONCERNING VERDICT IN CASE.
|
00:22:46 1273.5 |
BUSY NEWSROOM WITH REPORTERS WORKING AT DESKS. CU EDITOR HARVEY JEWEL AT HIS DESK. CU CIRCULATION MANAGER IRA ANNENBERG AT DESK, LIGHTS CIGARETTE.
|
00:22:58 1286.5 |
TWO WORKERS WAIT AT TELETYPE MACHINES FOR WORD FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS, BUT HOPE TO GET FLASH OVER THEIR OWN DIRECT WIRE.
|
00:23:07 1294.5 |
COPY BOY GETS MESSAGE SENT BY NEWSMAN ROBERT CONWAY, RUSHES IT TO EDITOR JEWEL. CU JEWEL READS MESSAGE. CU CLOCK ON WALL SHOWS 9:00 PM.
|
00:23:23 1310.5 |
PAN HUGE CROWD OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE AT NIGHT AWAITS FINAL VERDICT
|
00:23:36 1323.5 |
ANNENBERG AND JEWEL, ABOUT TO CALL IT QUITS FOR THE NIGHT, AS ASSISTANT EDITOR GETS TELETYPE FROM REPORTER CONWAY. JEWEL GIVES WORD TO "ROLL THE PRESSES". ANNENBERG CALLS PRESSMEN ON PHONE, TELLS THEM, "IT'S SET, LET 'EM ROLL".
|
00:24:02 1349.5 |
CU WORKER GRABS HUGE PRINTING PLATE WITH HEADLINE STORY. PLATE IS PLACED IN PRESS. CU BELL RINGS, PRESSES START UP. CU HEADLINE ON PAPER RUNNING THROUGH MACHINE: "BRUNO GUILTY", "MUST DIE".
|
00:24:20 1367.5 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES PRESSES AT WORK AT HIGH SPEED.
|
00:24:39 1386.5 |
NEWSMEN AT TELETYPE MACHINES RECEIV CONFLICTING NEWS STORY. COPYBOY HANDS MESSAGE TO JEWEL WHO ORDERS ANNENBERG TO "STOP THE PRESSES". CU SPEEDING PRESSES SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. CU HORN RINGS. THE NEWS' OWN STORY SAYS, "DEATH", ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY SAYS, "LIFE".
|
00:25:41 1448.5 |
FACED WITH DILEMMA, JEWEL PACES FLOOR AS ANNENBERG SITS DISCUSSING MISTAKE. HE LIGHTS CIGARETTE WITH LIGHTER. COPYBOY RUNS IN WITH NEW MESSAGE FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS TELETYPE. ORIGINAL STORY PROVES TO BE "DEATH".
|
00:26:01 1468.5 |
CU ANNENBERG ON PHONE: "HELLO! BILL, OK LET 'ER ROLL"
|
00:26:03 1470.5 |
DOZENS OF WORKERS ROLL OUT WAGONS FULL OF NEWSPAPERS TO LOADING PLATFORM, LOAD THEM ON TRUCKS. "DAILY NEWS" TRUCKS SPEED OUT OF GARAGE, NEWSBOYS HAWKING PAPERS ON STREET CORNER, HOLDING UP "DAILY NEWS" WITH HEADLINE, "BRUNO GUILTY, "MUST DIE"
|
00:26:38 1505.5 |
"CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SPEED MOVIE CAMERA IS PERFECTED BY PROFESSOR H.
E. EDJERSON AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. INVENTION. |
00:26:40 1507.5 |
PROFESSOR EDJERSON WORKING ON HIS NEW CAMERA. CU HIGH SPEED CAMERA. CU SHOT OF SMOKE SIFTING THROUGH AN ELECTRIC FAN.
|
00:27:03 1530.5 |
CU FAST CAMERA CATCHING SOAP BUBBLE AS IT BURSTS. CU ANOTHER BUBBLE COLLAPSING ON TABLE.
|
00:27:24 1551.5 |
CU MOSQUITO AUTO GYRATES AROUND PROFESSOR'S THUMB. CU HOMING PIGEON AS IT TAKES OFF FROM MAN'S HAND.
|
00:27:40 1567.5 |
MONTAGE VARIETY OF CU VIEWS OF CAMERA IN OPERATION
|
00:27:46 1573.5 |
CAMERA IS SET UP IN FRONT OF LIT BULB AS MAN SHATTERS BULB WITH A HAMMER. CU SLOW MOTION VIEW OF BULB SHATTERING INTO MANY PIECES AS HAMMER MAKES CONTACT WITH IT.
|
00:27:55 1582.5 |
CU DROP OF MILK DROPPING INTO PAN. AFTER AFFECTS OF SPLASH OPENS UP MANY POSSIBLE USES OF CAMERA AS EXPLAINED BY NARRATOR.
|
00:28:29 1616.5 |
"NEW YORK HARBOR"
UNUSUAL SERIES OF DISASTERS SUFFERED BY SHIPS OF "WARD LINES" LEAVING FROM "PIER 13" IN NEW YORK, PROMPTS PASSING OF INTERNATIONAL SAFETY CODES WHICH U.S. SENATE'S STUBBORN MINORITY HAD BLOCKED EVERY EFFORT TO RATIFY THE CODE. RE-ENACTMENT OF DISASTER OF S.S. "MOHAWK". NEW YORK, N. Y. 1935 |
00:28:29 1616.5 |
FRONT VIEW OF OCEAN LINER TIED UP AT PIER IN NEW YORK HARBOR. FILM SHOWS HOW OCEAN LINERS OF TODAY ARE EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE EFFICIENCY, SAFETY, GENIUS, MECHANICAL AGE CAN SUPPLY.
|
00:28:43 1630.5 |
RADIOMAN WITH EARPHONES, ONN LINER, BACK TO CAMERA, SITS, WORKS AT SOPHISTICATED SET OF ELECTRONIC CONTROLS. TAPS OUT MESSAGE ON MORSE CODE UNIT.
|
00:28:48 1635.5 |
CREWMAN PLACES LIT PIECE OF PAPER NEXT TO FIRE DETECTOR WHICH ARE INSTALLED IN ALL CABINS
|
00:28:53 1640.5 |
HAND TURNS LEVER CLOSING FIRE DOORS THROUGHOUT SHIP.
CREWMAN SECURES WATER-TIGHT DOOR. |
00:29:02 1649.5 |
LIGHTS ON DIAGRAM OF SHIP TELL BRIDGE OFFICERS WHICH DOORS ARE STILL OPEN.
|
00:29:07 1654.5 |
COMMUNICATION OFFICER WITH HEADPHONE, WORKS RADIO COMPASS' WHICH ARE ACCURATE TO HAIR THREAD
|
00:29:10 1657.5 |
CREWMEN IN LIFE VESTS WATCH FROM BRIDGE AS LIFEBOAT IS LOWERED WITH SAILORS AT NEW PROPELLING SYSTEMS WHICH DO AWAY WITH CLUMSY OARS.
|
00:29:25 1672.5 |
TWO OFFICERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, AIM SEXTONS TO GET READINGS.
|
00:29:28 1675.5 |
ENTRANCE TO "WARD LINES" AT PIER 13, WHICH PROMPTED SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING AFTER HAVING THREE DISASTERS WITHIN FIVE MONTHS, INCLUDING THE "MORO CASTLE" AND THE "HAVANA".
|
00:29:38 1685.5 |
THREE LONGSHOREMEN REMOVE HUGE ROPE ATTACHED TO MOORING HOLDING LINER TO PIER.
|
00:29:39 1686.5 |
CU SHIPS STEAM WHISTLE BLOWING. HIGH ANGLE PASSENGERS ON SHIP, BACKS TO CAMERA, WAVING TO CROWDS ON SHORE, AS SHIP TAKES OFF ON ILL-FATED VOYAGE.
|
00:29:45 1692.5 |
VIEW OF LINER "MORO CASTLE" SAILING OUT OF NEW YORK HARBOR. AERIAL VIEW OF LINER "HAVANA" AS IT GOES AGROUND IN GULF STREAM.
|
00:29:58 1705.5 |
POLICE CARRY BODIES OF VICTIMS OF THIRD "WARD LINES"
SHIP DISASTER (SS "MOHAWK"), WHICH PROMPTED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING. |
00:30:01 1708.5 |
SENATOR PITTMAN, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE SPEAKS OUT, BLAMES "STUBBORN MINORITY IN SENATE FOR "BLOCKING EVERY EFFORT TO RATIFY INTERNATIONAL SAFETY CODE FOR SIX YEARS".
|
00:30:16 1723.5 |
CU COPY OF CODE, DATED 1929. CU "ARTICLE 41" OF CODE WHICH DEFINES "STARBOARD" AS "WHEEL AND RUDDER TURNING TO RIGHT". THE EXACT OPPOSITE USED BY U.S.
SHIPS. CU ANIMATED DRAWING DEFINES HOW SHIPS ARE STEERED IN ACCORDANCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW. |
00:30:42 1749.5 |
CU HELM STEERING MECHANISM BEING SHIFTED TO "STARBOARD" POSITION.
|
00:30:56 1764.5 |
LINERS SAILING OUT OF NEW YORK HARBOR.
|
00:31:09 1776.5 |
REAR SECTION OF NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER "TALISMAN" AT SEA, HEADS SOUTH ON FATAL COURSE WITH S. S. "MOHAWK".
|
00:31:17 1784.5 |
TITLE: "ABOARD THE S. S. MOHAWK". (REENACTMENT)
|
00:31:25 1792.5 |
CAPTAIN, MATE CAN BE SEEN AT HELM AT NIGHT. FREIGHTER WITH LARGE LETTERS "SCOTLAND" ON ITS SIDE, PASSES. AS SEEN FROM LINER "MOHAWK". OCEAN WAVES.
|
00:31:36 1803.5 |
CU BARTENDER ON LINER MOHAWK MIXING DRINK IN SHAKER.
CU DRINK BEING POURED IN GLASS. |
00:31:40 1807.5 |
LOWER BODIES OF PASSENGERS DANCING TO JAZZ MUSIC.
|
00:31:49 1817.5 |
FREIGHTER "TALISMAN" SAILING IN DISTANCE. (NIGHT), AS SEEN FROM LINER "MOHAWK". VOICE OVER WARNING OF "COMING AFOUL OF THAT FREIGHTER". (TALISMAN).
|
00:31:56 1824.5 |
CU NIGHT SHOT, MATE AND CAPTAIN AT HELM OF TALISMAN.
MATE AT HELM TELLS CAPTAIN, "RUDDER IS JAMMED". CU GEARS TRYING TO MOVE. |
00:32:09 1836.5 |
CREWMEN IN ENGINE ROOM GET ORDERS FROM CAPTAIN TO GO TO MANUAL STEERING. CU CAPTAIN SPEAKING TO ENGINE ROOM, "STANDBY FOR STEERING SIGNALS"
|
00:32:22 1849.5 |
CU STEERING INDICATOR BEING SHIFTED TO "STARBOARD".
SAILORS IN ENGINE ROOM STEER HUGE STEERING WHEEL |
00:32:34 1861.5 |
CU CAPTAIN ORDERS, "SWING IT HARD TO STARBOARD. MEN IN ENGINE ROOM TURN MANUAL STEERING WHEEL. SHIP GOES WRONG WAY. CU CAPTAIN IN PANICKY VOICE YELLS, "STARBOARD!, STARBOARD!".
|
00:32:55 1882.5 |
CU MATE ANSWERS "I'VE GIVEN THEM THE SIGNAL FOR STARBOARD SIR" "STOP ALL ENGINES!", "ASTERN", "FULL ASTERN!" SCREAMS CAPTAIN.
|
00:33:09 1896.5 |
CU LEVERS BEING PULLED, FOG HORN BLASTING AS SHIP CONTINUES ON PATH, TOWARDS SS MOHAWK. (TOWARDS CAMERA CLOSER AND CLOSER)
|
00:33:21 1908.5 |
CU LIFEBOAT MARKED, "SS MOHAWK" WITH SURVIVORS ROWING.
|
00:33:37 1924.5 |
BELL BUOY BOBBING IN WAVES OFF NEW JERSEY AT SITE WHERE "SS. MOHAWK" WENT DOWN WITH 45 DEAD.
|
00:33:45 1932.5 |
ANGOLA, LOUISIANA", "LEADBELLY"
JOHN A LOMAX, CURATOR AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, COLLECTOR OF AMERICAN FOLK SONGS, GOES TO LOUISANNA STATE PENITENTIARY TO RECORD AFRICAN AMERICAN CONVICT, FOLK SINGER, "LEADBELLY", WHO IS SERVING TIME FOR MURDER. WITH HELP OF LOMAX, LEADBELLY IS RELEASED, GOES ON TO BECOME FOREMOST FOLK SINGER IN AMERICA. REENACTMENT INCLUDES BOTH "LEADBELLY" AND LOMAX PLAYING THEMSELVES. ANGOLA, LOUISANNA, 1935. ETHNIC STEREOTYPING; FOLK MUSIC. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. |
00:33:45 1932.5 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN CONVICTS IN STRIPED UNIFORMS AND JOHN LOMAX SIT AROUND, LISTEN TO "LEADBELLY", ALSO IN STRIPED CONVICT UNIFORM, PLAY GUITAR, SING FOLK SONG "GOOD NIGHT IRENE", AS LOMAX RECORDS IT (NIGHTTIME)
|
00:34:12 1959.5 |
CU LOMAX'S HAND ON KNOB OF RECORDER AS HIS VOICE OVER SAYS, IN HEAVY SOUTHERN ACCENT, "JUST ONCE MORE LEADBELLY". CU AWE STRUCK FACE OF YOUNG BLACK CONVICT AS HE WATCHES LEADBELLY STRUM GUITAR, SING "GOODNIGHT IRENE". CU FACES OF OTHER BLACK CONVICTS.
|
00:34:36 1983.5 |
AFTER LEADBELLY FINISHES, LOMAX STANDS SAYS, "THAT'S FINE LEADBELLY, YOU'RE A FINE SONGSTER, I NEVER HEARD SUCH FINE NIGRA SONGS". LEADBELLY TELLS OF SONG HE WROTE ABOUT STATE GOVERNOR AND HOPES HE WOULD "TURN ME LOOSE"
|
00:34:50 1997.5 |
CU LEADBELLY, FRONT TOOTH MISSING SAYS, TEXAS GOVERNOR TURNED HIM LOOSE AFTER WRITING "A SONG I MADE UP ABOUT HIM". LOMAX IS ASTONISHED TO HEAR THAT LEADBELLY SERVED 35 YEARS IN TEXAS PRISON. "BUT IT WASN'T MAH FAULT, A MAN TRIED TO CUT MY HEAD OFF", SAYS LEADBELLY.
|
00:35:12 2019.5 |
CU SMILING LEADBELLY SAYS, "THANK YA SIR BOSS, THANK YA", BEGINS STRUMMING AS LOMAX SAYS HE WILL TRY TO GET HIM RELEASED.
|
00:35:22 2029.5 |
CURATOR LOMAX SITS AT TYPEWRITER IN ROOM AT HOTEL IN MARSHALL. TEXAS.
|
00:35:25 2032.5 |
LEADBELLY, GUITAR IN ARM, SINCE RELEASED FROM PRISON, WEARING FARMER'S OVERALLS, APPROACHES HOTEL CLERK, ASKS FOR LOMAX'S ROOM NUMBER. HE RUNS IMMEDIATELY UP STAIRS TO ROOM, KNOCKS ON DOOR.
|
00:35:46 2053.5 |
LOMAX AT TYPEWRITER SAYS, COME ON IN. "BOSS HERE I IS" SAYS LEADBELLY TO LOMAX'S SURPRISE. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE, LEADBELLY SAYS, "I CAME HERE TO BE YO MAN". "I GOT TO WORK FOR YOU THE REST OF MY LIFE", YOU GOT ME OUT OF THAT LOUISANNA PEN".
|
00:36:00 2067.5 |
CU LOMAX SAYS, "YOU CANT WORK FOR ME, YOU'RE A MEAN BOY, YOU KILLED TWO MEN. MS "PLEASE DON'T TALK THATAWAY BOSS", RESPONDS LEADBELLY. "YOU GOT A PISTOL?" ASKS LOMAX. "NO SIR, BUT I GOT A KNIFE". HE HANDS KNIFE TO LOMAX. "WHAT YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT THING?" "I'LL USE IT ON SOMEBODY DO BOTHER YOU BOSS".
|
00:36:28 2095.5 |
"LEADBELLY JUMPS WITH JOY, CLAPS HANDS WHEN LOMAX AGREES TO TAKE HIM ALONG. "THANK YA SO MUCH BOSS, I'LL DRIVE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES WITH YOU AND I'LL SING ALL SONGS FOR YOU". "YOU BE MY BIG BOSS AND I'LL BE YO MAN".
|
00:36:40 2107.5 |
LEADBELLY SITS ON EASY CHAIR IN LIVING ROOM PLAYS GUITAR, SERENADES HIS LONG TIME SWEETHEART, MARTHA THOMAS.
|
00:36:55 2122.5 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
|
00:36:58 2125.5 |
SIGN WITH ARROW MUSIC DIVISION WHERE "LEADBELLY"
SONGS GO INTO ARCHIVES ALONG WITH ORIGINAL COPY OF "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE". CU VIEW OF DECLARATION. |
00:37:23 2150.5 |
"BERCHTESGADEN, BAVARIA".
ADOLPH HITLER AFTER DEATH OF VON HINDENBURG, RESPECTED GERMAN, HITLER BECOMES THE MOST RESPECTED, MOST DISTRUSTED RULER IN THE WORLD. FOREIGN POLITICS; FOREIGN GOVERNMENT |
00:37:23 2150.5 |
AERIAL VIEW OF SNOW COVERED BAVARIAN ALPS.
|
00:37:30 2157.5 |
VARIOUS VIEWS ADOLPH HITLER (?) SITTING IN DEEP THOUGHT IN FRONT OF FIREPLACE OF HIS MOUNTAIN RETREAT.
|
00:37:56 2183.5 |
ELDERLY, BEMEDALLED PRESIDENT PAUL VON HINDENBURG WITH CHANCELLOR HITLER AT HIS SIDE AND SURROUNDED WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, STAND AT ATTENTION ON BALCONY OF THEATER, AS NATIONAL ANTHEM OF GERMANY IS PLAYED. WORLD WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HITLER AS LONG AS THE OLD RULER WAS ALIVE.
|
00:38:02 2189.5 |
HUGE CROWD IN VENICE, ITALY, FACING CAMERA, WAVE TO "IL DUCE" MUSSOLINI AND HITLER ON BALCONY. MS ADOLPH HITLER, IN CIVILIAN SUIT, STANDS NEXT TO MUSSOLINI ON BALCONY, RECEIVES HIS FIRST AND ONLY SALUTE ON PUBLIC STAGE, GIVES A QUICK NAZI SALUTE TO CHEERING CROWD
|
00:38:20 2207.5 |
MUSSOLINI IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING POSES WITH HIS FRIEND CHANCELLOR DOLPHUS IS ASSASSINATED BY HITLER FOLLOWERS IN AUSTRIA.
|
00:38:24 2211.5 |
AUSTRIAN HONOR GUARD STANDS BY CANDLE BEDECKED COFFIN OF DOLPHUS
|
00:38:32 2219.5 |
ANGRY MUSSOLINI FACES CAMERA GESTURES WITH FISTS, SWEARS TO PROTECT AUSTRIA FROM HITLER.
|
00:38:40 2227.5 |
OUTRAGED SIR STANLEY BALDWIN OF ENGLAND PUBLICLY DECLARES, "BRITAIN'S BORDER IS NOW THE RHINE".
|
00:38:46 2233.5 |
VARIOUS SCENES FUNERAL OF GERMANY'S PRESIDENT VON HINDENBURG. HITLER BECOMES GERMANY'S SOLE RULER
|
00:38:55 2242.5 |
MONTAGE FRANCE'S GENERALS, CITIZENS, REVIEW MARCHING FRENCH TROOPS
|
00:39:13 2260.5 |
FRANCE'S PRIME MINISTER BATOU MAKING SPEECH. HE STARTS TO ORGANIZE ALL EUROPE. CU RUSSIA'S LITVINOV SHAKE HANDS
|
00:39:30 2277.5 |
KING ALEXANDER IN CARRIAGE WITH BATOU.
|
00:39:43 2290.5 |
FRANCE'S PIERRE LAVAL MEETS WITH MUSSOLINI. SIGN PACT.
|
00:39:52 2299.5 |
PAN SAAR BASIN, TROUBLE SPOT OF EUROPE. BECAUSE ALL IT'S RESOURCES OF COAL, IRON WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR GERMANY'S WAR MACHINE.
|
00:40:03 2310.5 |
HUGE CROWD OF 500,000 GIVING NAZI SALUTE TO HITLER AS HE MAKES LOUD, HYSTERICALLY DRAMATIC SPEECH. ALL SALUTING AND SINGING GERMAN ANTHEM.
|
00:40:51 2359.5 |
FRANCE'S PIERRE LAVAL, PREMIER FLAMDAN BOARD TRAIN TO ENGLAND FOR EMERGENCY MEETING. LOCOMOTIVE SLOWLY LEAVING STATION, TOWARDS CAMERA.
|
00:41:03 2370.5 |
THOUSANDS GERMAN TROOPS GOOSE-STEP MARCHING GERMAN WARSHIPS IN KIEL CANAL AT NIGHT. GERMAN DIRIGIBLE IN FLIGHT.
|
00:41:27 2394.5 |
HERMANN GOERING RAISES BEER GLASS IN TOAST, DRINKS.
|
00:41:35 2402.5 |
STEEL MILL IN SAAR VALLEY. MOLTEN STEEL IN HUGE POT SENDS BURSTING WITH SPARKS.
|
00:41:45 2412.5 |
SMOKE RISES FROM FACTORIES, STACKS IN ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL AREA.
|
00:41:50 2418.5 |
CU HITLER SITS IN DARKENED ROOM AT HIS BAVARIAN ALPS RETREAT IN BERCHDSGATEN, CONTEMPLATING AN ULTIMATUM BY ALL OF GERMANY'S NEIGHBORS. CU OF "EUROPE'S ULTIMATUM".
|
00:42:22 2449.5 |
MEETING OF DELEGATES OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
|
00:42:30 2457.5 |
SOLEMN LOOKING HITLER STANDS ALONGSIDE FOLLOWERS.
|
00:42:37 2464.5 |
MAP OF EUROPE SHOWS GERMANY SURROUNDED BY MANY COUNTRIES WHO ARE WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE.
|
00:42:50 2477.5 |
MONTAGE BRITISH TROOPS ON PARADE; FRENCH TROOPS ON PARADE; ITALY'S MUSSOLINI SALUTES HIS TROOPS AS THEY PARADE BY; SOVIET UNION'S JOSEF STALIN SALUTES HIS TROOPS ON PARADE IN MOSCOW.
|
00:44:10 2557.5 |
"EUROPE"
SIR BASIL DEHARER (?), THE GREATEST ARMAMENT SALESMAN THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. "HIS JOB FOR 50 YEARS HAS BEEN TO FORMENT WARS AND SUPPLY ALL NATIONS WITH WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION". |
00:44:10 2557.5 |
MONTAGE TROOPS ON THE MARCH IN ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE
|
00:44:40 2587.5 |
LARGE CANNON CAPTURED BY BRITISH REGIMENT FROM GERMANS IN WWI, ON DISPLAY ON THE VILLAGE GREEN IN BEDFORD, ENGLAND. CU INSCRIPTION ON CANNON INDICATES CANNON WAS MADE BY ENGLISH ARMAMENT COMPANY. NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY BRITISH SOLDIERS IT KILLED.
|
00:45:08 2615.5 |
CU HELMET IS PLACED ON RIFLE MARKING GRAVE OF BRITISH SOLDIER. CROSSES MARK DEAD SOLDIERS IN MILITARY CEMETERY. KILLED BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ARMAMENTS SOLD TO WARING FACTIONS BY SIR BASIL.
|
00:45:19 2626.5 |
HIGH ANGLE OF OLD SIR BASIL AS HE WALKS WITH CANE DOWN STEPS TO WAITING LIMO. HE IS ENDING LIFE AS ONE OF RICHEST MEN IN WORLD. HIGH ANGLE OF VINTAGE LIMO AS IT DRIVES AWAY FROM SIR BASILS' HUGE HOME IN MONTE CARLO.
|
00:45:43 2650.5 |
PAN YACHTS TIED UP SIDE BY SIDE IN MONTE CARLO HARBOR. AERIAL VIEW MONTE CARLO HARBOR.
|
00:45:50 2657.5 |
HUGE, PLUSH HOTEL IN CANNES, FRANCE WHERE MEN WHO HEAD GREAT IRON, STEEL WORKS OF THE WORLD MEET IN CLOSED DOOR MEETING.
|
00:45:59 2666.5 |
VARIETY OF UNIDENTIFIED EXECUTIVES MEET IN GROUPS AT LARGE CONFERENCE TABLES AND SMALLER TABLES, MAKING DEALS. MEETING IS ANNOUNCED TO PRESS AS "CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL RAIL MAKERS ASSOCIATION".
|
00:46:29 2696.5 |
SENATOR GERALD NYE, CHAIRMAN OF SENATE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ON MUNITIONS MEETS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH OTHER MEMBERS, SPEAKS OF MEETING IN CANNES. CALLS THEM "INTERNATIONAL RACKETEERS IN HATE, FEAR, SUSPICION". "TOGETHER THEY HAVE RE-ARMED GERMANY, DESPITE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES". "DESTROYERS OF PEACE OF THE WORLD". ONE SENATOR JOKINGLY SAYS, "I SEE THAT CHARLES M. SCHWAB IS LOAFING IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY"
|
00:47:31 2758.5 |
OLD SIR BASIL, SPORTING WHITE GOATEE, SITS ALL BUNDLED UP IN WHEEL CHAIR AT RAILROAD STATION WITH HIS AIDES. HE IS HELPED ONTO TRAIN. VOICE OVER, " HE IS THE WISEST AND RICHEST OF THE DEALERS IN DEATH".
MILITARY CEMETERY. |
00:48:01 2788.5 |
"NEW ORLEANS", "HUEY LONG"
"THIS OLD WORLD CITY (NEW ORLEANS), IN FACT THE ENTIRE STATE OF LOUISIANA IS IN THE GRIPS OF A DECISIVELY UNAMERICAN DICTATORSHIP, OF THE LOUDEST CHARACTER THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCENE HAS HEARD IN A GENERATION". POLITICS; GOVERNMENT; CORRUPTION |
00:48:01 2788.5 |
VARIETY OF NEW ORLEANS LANDMARKS, ACTIVITIES UNIQUELY NEW ORLEANS INCLUDING "MARDI GRAS" PARADE, PICTURESQUE ALLEYS, LEVEES, ORNATE DECORATED IRON BALCONIES.
|
00:48:23 2810.5 |
FOUR YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN BOYS PLAY "CRAPS" IN STREET.
|
00:48:32 2819.5 |
GOVERNOR HUEY LONG WAVES HIS ARM, FINGER WILDLY AS HE MAKES SPEECH.
|
00:48:44 2831.5 |
TITLE: "THE NATION FIRST HEARD OF HUEY LONG WHEN AT 34, HE BECAME GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.
|
00:48:46 2833.5 |
HUEY LONG SITS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WIPES HIS BROW, DURING IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS ON 19 ASSORTED CHARGES, FROM CORRUPTION TO GROSS MISCONDUCT, AFTER ONLY ONE YEAR IN OFFICE. HE WRIGGLED OUT OF IMPEACHMENT TO BECOME A MINOR NATIONAL FIGURE.
|
00:49:04 2851.5 |
LONG COKERLY WALKS OUT OF BUILDING INTO STREET. CU FACE SHOT SMILING HUEY LONG.
|
00:49:12 2859.5 |
GERMAN CRUISER IN NEW ORLEAN SPORT. GERMAN COMMANDER VISITS LONG IN APARTMENT IN NEW ORLEANS (REENACTMENT).
|
00:49:18 2865.5 |
HUEY LONG IN BED READING NEWSPAPER, SMOKING CIGAR.
ANSWERS KNOCK ON DOOR IN BATHROBE, IS CONFRONTED BY GERMAN COMMANDER, AMBASSADOR. CU COMMANDER SHOWS ANGER AS HE BOWS TO LONG. LONG'S INFORMAL RECEPTION CALLS FOR AN APOLOGY TO GERMANS. |
00:49:38 2885.5 |
LONG VISITS THE GERMAN WARSHIP NEXT DAY WEARING FORMAL CLOTHING BORROWED FROM FRIENDS.
|
00:49:42 2889.5 |
GERMAN CANNON SALUTES GOVERNOR LONG'S VISIT,
|
00:49:46 2893.5 |
LONG MAKING OUTDOOR SPEECH FROM PLATFORM
|
00:49:50 2897.5 |
MONTAGE NEW ROADS, A BRIDGE, STATE CAPITAL BUILDING AND NEW GOVERNOR'S MANSION BUILT BY LONG, UPPING STATE'S DEBT 300%.
|
00:49:58 2905.5 |
LONG SPEAKS TO ROAD WORKER WHO GOT JOB FOR VOTING FOR HIM
|
00:50:06 2913.5 |
COCKY GOVERNOR "KINGFISH" LONG, WALKS OUT OF GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
|
00:50:10 2917.5 |
LONG IN CAP AND GOWN, ACCEPTS DOCTORATE OF LAW AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY.
|
00:50:19 2926.5 |
CU LONG'S PRETTY TYPIST IS MADE SECRETARY OF STATE, RUNS LOUISIANA WHEN HE IS AWAY. CU PRETTY SECRETARY OF STATE MAKING SPEECH THANKING HER "MANY FRIENDS FOR ER, ER". (SMILE).
|
00:50:38 2945.5 |
MRS LONG MAKES SPEECH AT SIDE OF CIGAR SMOKING LONG, TALKS ABOUT LONG, WHO JUST (1932) APPOINTED HIMSELF TO SENATE,
|
00:50:55 2963.5 |
CAPITAL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
00:51:04 2971.5 |
LONG IS GREETED TO WASHINGTON BY SENATOR JOSEPH K.
ROBINSON. |
00:51:11 2978.5 |
CU SMILING O. K. ALLEN IS APPOINTED BY "DICTATOR"
LONG AS PUPPET GOVERNOR TO RUN LOUISIANNA. ALLEN BEING SWORN IN OUTDOOR CEREMONY. |
00:51:29 2996.5 |
BROOKLYN BRIDGE WITH NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPERS IN BKGD, WHERE LONG SENATE IMMUNITY DIDN'T HELP HIS ROWDINESS.
|
00:51:34 3001.5 |
IN 1933 REENACTMENT "LONG" ENTERS LONG ISLAND MEN'S ROOM, GETS INTO FIST FIGHT.
|
00:51:49 3016.5 |
CU MEDAL DATED AUGUST 26, 1933 RIDICULING HUEY LONG SHOWS FIST PUNCHING A FISH AND A TOILET SINK. PLAQUE ON WALL, "MR. LONG, WE REGRET WE CANNOT RECEIVE VISITORS TODAY".
|
00:51:56 3024.5 |
CU LONG RUBBING HIS FACE WITH HAND,
|
00:52:04 3031.5 |
CU CAMPAIGN LAPEL BUTTON: "SHARE OUR WEALTH SOCIETY", "EVERY MAN A KING". CU HUEY LONG ON PHONE, ASKING FOR MORE TEMPORARY SPACE "AROUND HERE". WOMAN WORKERS AT CONFERENCE TABLE, OTHERS IN HALLWAY, READING LETTERS, ANSWERING THEM, AS LONG GETS TO BIG FOR SENATE OFFICE. CU LONG ON PHONE, BEGS FOR SPACE
|
00:52:45 3072.5 |
WHITE HOUSE, WHICH LONG EYES. PRESIDENT FDR AT HIS DESK IN WHITE HOUSE, LONG BECOMES HIS BIGGEST THREAT,
|
00:52:59 3087.5 |
HUEY LONG MAKING WILD HAND WAVING SPEECH.
|
00:53:29 3116.5 |
ROOSEVELT MAKING SPEECH TO HUGE CROWD AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN 1932.
|
00:53:58 3145.5 |
MEXICO IN ONE OF HISTORY'S FIERCEST RELIGIOUS STRUGGLES, THE POPE'S DELEGATE TO MEXICO, ARCHBISHOP RUIS, IS EXILED IN TEXAS CONVENT, AS MEXICO'S NEW POLITICAL BOSS STRIVES, AS IN COMMUNIST RUSSIA, TO ROUT OUT ALL RELIGIONS AND CAPTURE YOUNG MINDS OF ITS CHILDREN.
ROMAN CATHOLIC; POLITICS; GOVERNMENT |
00:53:58 3145.5 |
MONTAGE RELIGIOUS SHRINES, MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO ONE OF MOST DEVOUTLY ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRIES
|
00:54:10 3157.5 |
WOMAN AND CHILD CARRY BUNDLES OF GOODS ON HEADS IN SMALL VILLAGE
|
00:54:14 3161.5 |
ARCHBISHOP RUIS, POPE'S DELEGATE TO MEXICO, CLOSES GATE TO HUGE RELIGIOUS GROTTO IN MOUNTAINSIDE AT TEXAS CONVENT. BISHOP RUIS.
|
00:54:28 3175.5 |
MEXICO'S POLITICAL BOSS, OTHER POLITICIANS POSE FOR CAMERA.
|
00:54:31 3178.5 |
MONTAGE ORNATE SPANISH STYLE CATHOLIC CHURCHES
|
00:54:40 3187.5 |
TITLE: "TODAY THERE ARE FEWER PRIESTS IN MEXICO THAN THERE ARE GENERALS IN MEXICAN ARMY - ONLY 300 AUTHORIZED PRIESTS TO SERVE 140 MILLION MEXICANS"
|
00:54:56 3203.5 |
ONE OF 3000 MEXICAN PRIEST WHO HOLD MASS IN HIDDEN CAVE FOR DEVOUT PEASANTS. CU ELDERLY MAN, WOMAN (WEARING SHAWL) PRAY, FACING CAMERA. CU MORE PRAYING.
LARGE GROUP PEASANTS, FACING CAMERA, KNEEL IN PRAYER, IN CAVE, DO SIGN OF CROSS. BACK VIEW AS PRIEST BLESSES THEM. |
00:55:56 3263.5 |
PRIEST SHAKES HANDS WITH PEASANTS AS THEY EXIT CAVE.
BACK VIEW FROM INSIDE CAVE |
00:56:19 3286.5 |
TALL ELDERLY PEASANT MAN WITH SOMBRERO, NATIVE WEAR, SPEAKS AS HE WALKS WITH WOMAN WEARING SHAWL, ABOUT CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN BEING "PRIESTLESS".
|
00:56:29 3296.5 |
YOUNG BOYS GATHER AROUND BOY LEADER WHO PREACHES, "THERE IS NO GOD", THE BOYS REPEAT THE PHRASE IN UNISON.
|
00:56:51 3318.5 |
OLD PEASANT MAN OVERHEARING BOYS TALKING, FROM WINDOW, BURST INTO HOUSE ASKS "HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH THINGS". CU BOY ANSWERS, "IT'S TRUE THERE IS NO GOD".
WHEN ASKED WHO TAUGHT HIM SUCH THINGS THE BOY ANSWERS, "PROFESSOR GONZALEZ IN SCHOOL". |
00:57:04 3331.5 |
CU PEASANT WOMAN WITH BLACK SHAWL, BURIES HER HEAD IN HER HANDS, WEEPS.
|
00:57:16 3343.5 |
ELDERLY PEASANTS TELLS OTHERS IN VILLAGE, ANGERING THEM.
|
00:57:18 3345.5 |
ANGRY PEASANT MOB, ARMED WITH STICKS, RIFLES, MACHETES, STORM THE SCHOOL HOUSE. HE TELLS MOB, "I TEACH ONLY WHAT THE STATE TELLS ME". WHEN HE SAYS, "THE IGNORANT CHURCH IS FINISHED, THERE IS NO GOD!", MOB GRABS HIM, HANGS HIM, ATTACH SIGN ON HANGING BODY: "FOR TEACHING SOCIALIST FOULATION".
|
00:58:10 3397.5 |
"TRANS-PACIFIC"
AVIATION. PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OPERATES 3000 MILES OF LUCRATIVE CHINESE MARKET WHICH IS ENVIED BY THE EUROPEANS, WHO TAP IN ON CHINA'S FABULOUS MARKET, THE BRITISH FROM LONDON, THE FRENCH FROM PARIS, DUTCH FROM AMSTERDAM, GERMANS AND RUSSIANS FROM BERLIN ACROSS SIBERIA TO NANKING. |
00:58:10 3397.5 |
NIGHT LIFE IN BUSTLING CHINESE CITY.
|
00:58:25 3412.5 |
HUGE FOUR ENGINE VINTAGE PAN-AMERICAN SEAPLANE IN FLIGHT, TOWARDS CAMERA AERIAL VIEW OF CHINESE JUNKS, NUMEROUS SMALL BOATS ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER IN HARBOR.
SHANGHAI?. |
00:58:37 3424.5 |
MAP OF CHINA SHOWING ALL POSSIBLE PORTS OF CALL FOR AIRLINES.
|
00:58:44 3431.5 |
FRENCH TRI-PLANE AIRLINER ON GROUND TAXIING
|
00:58:50 3437.5 |
HUGE FOUR ENGINE BI-PLANE, AIRLINER, TAKING OFF.
|
00:58:55 3442.5 |
CU ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ROUTES TO FAR EAST BY BRITISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN AIRLINES.
|
00:59:12 3459.5 |
CHINESE FISHERMEN ROW THEIR JUNK, AS SEAPLANE LANDS IN BKGD.
|
00:59:19 3466.5 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS HOW PAN-AMERICAN AIRLINES ISLAND HOPS, AS IT SPANS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
|
00:59:27 3474.5 |
TITLE: "THE TRANS-PACIFIC EXPRESS WHICH WILL CONNECT U.S. WITH ORIENT, STARTING LATE THIS SUMMER IS RESULT OF 2 YEARS INTENSIVE PREPARATION".
|
00:59:37 3484.5 |
"MONDAY AFTERNOON"
CABIN BOYS LOAD LUGGAGE ON PLANE AS PASSENGERS WAIT. CU PILOT ANNOUNCES, "TRANS-PACIFIC AIR LIMITED, STOPPING AT HONOLULU, MIDWAY, GUAM "ALL ABOARD". |
00:59:54 3501.5 |
BAGGAGE HANDLERS PASS LUGGAGE ON BOARD EAPLANE.
|
01:00:00 3507.5 |
WELL-DRESSED PASSENGERS WALK ON PIER TO SEAPLANE.
CROWD WAVES FAREWELL. |
01:00:10 3517.5 |
PLANE BEGINS TO TAKE OFF. CU CONTROL PANEL ON PLANE.
CU PONTOON BECOMES AIRBOUND AS IT RISES FROM SEA. |
01:00:26 3533.5 |
VIEW OF HUGE SEAPLANE TAKING OFF FROM SEA, TOWARDS CAMERA. GOOD SHOT. MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS FOUR ENGINE SEAPLANE IN FLIGHT. CAPTAIN, BACK TO CAMERA, AT CONTROLS VARIOUS SCENES VALET TENDING PASSENGERS.
|
01:00:56 3564.5 |
"TUESDAY MORNING"
ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS PLANE ARRIVING AT HONOLULU. PLANE IN FLIGHT, HAWAIIAN MUSIC. MALE ATTENDANT, BACK TO CAMERA, PREPARING BREAKFAST. HIGH ANGLE FOUR MEN AND WOMEN HAVING BREAKFAST, VOICE OVER TELLING THEM ARRIVAL TIMES. |
01:01:22 3589.5 |
"WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON"
ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWING PLANE ISLAND HOPPING FROM HAWAII TO MIDWAY TO WAKE ISLAND. GOOD SHOT OF SEAPLANE IN FLIGHT. MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL AT WAKE ISLAND. |
01:01:52 3620.5 |
GOOD VIEW HUGE FOUR ENGINE SEAPLANE TAXIING ON OCEAN, AS IT ARRIVES AT WAKE ISLAND. PASSENGERS DEPLANE FOR RELAXATION, AS PLANE TAKES ON FUEL
|
01:02:17 3644.5 |
MECHANICS IN SWIM TRUNKS ATTEND PLANES ENGINES, FUEL.
ODDITY |
01:02:25 3652.5 |
"FRIDAY MORNING"
ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS SEAPLANE ISLAND HOPPING FROM MIDWAY TO WAKE TO GUAM ISLANDS. VIEW OF BOTH AT CONTROLS, BACKS TO CAMERA. PILOT, CO-PILOT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WEATHER CONDITIONS AHEAD. |
01:02:42 3669.5 |
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, BACK TO CAMERA, WITH EARPHONES, TAPS OUT A MESSAGE ON TELEGRAPH TO MANILA.
|
01:02:50 3677.5 |
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS WITH EARPHONES GIVE SEAPLANE CREW NEW LANDING ORDERS ON NEWLY DEVISED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. ROUTE BEING PLOTTED ON WALL MAP.
|
01:03:01 3688.5 |
CU GOOD SHOT MESSAGE BEING TAPPED OUT ON TELEGRAPH.
|
01:03:10 3697.5 |
SEAPLANE FLYING BELOW DARK CLOUDS. PASSENGERS LOOKING OUT PORTHOLE WINDOWS, SHOW CONCERN.
|
01:03:22 3709.5 |
CU FACE SHOTS WOMAN LOOKING OUT WINDOW EXPRESSING CONCERN TO ELDERLY WOMAN WHO SHOWS LOOK OF ANXIETY.
|
01:03:39 3726.5 |
STORM CLOUDS.
|
01:03:39 3726.5 |
ABOVE SHOT MALE ATTENDANT APPROACHES GROUP PLAYING CARDS, TELLING THEM THEY WILL, "GO AROUND THE STORM".
|
01:04:13 3760.5 |
AERIAL PHILIPPINE ISLAND AS SEEN FROM SEAPLANE, WHOSE CAPTAIN DECIDES TO LAND IN MANILA TO AVOID TYPHOON.
GOOD SHOT SEAPLANE IN FLIGHT. AERIAL VIEW OF PICTURESQUE WATERFALL IN JUNGLE NEAR MANILA. |
01:04:21 3768.5 |
PLANE PASSING TALL LIGHTHOUSE TOWER (?), PALM TREES AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING IN MANILA AS SEEN FROM GROUND.
|
01:04:31 3778.5 |
"WELCOME TO MANILA" SIGN ON BEACH, SAILORS IN FRGD.
PLANE TAXIING ON WATER IN DISTANCE. |
01:04:40 3787.5 |
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF PHILIPPINES AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING JAMES A. FARLEY, DISCUSS NEW TRANS-PACIFIC AIRLINE.
|
01:05:17 3824.5 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF SEAPLANES IN FLIGHT.
|
01:06:12 3879.5 |
WASHINGTON, D.C.
NEWS MEDIA AND POLITICS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HUNDREDS OF NEWSMEN FROM A VARIETY OF NEWSPAPERS, FROM ABROAD AND ALL THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING NEW YORK TIMES, COVER IMPORTANT ISSUE OF THE DAY. THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. JOURNALISM; GOVERNMENT; POLITICS. |
01:06:17 3884.5 |
MALE TELEPHONE OPERATOR, BACK TO CAMERA, PLUGS INTO SWITCHBOARD ANSWERS, "NEW YORK TIMES".
|
01:06:21 3888.5 |
NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF ARTHUR KROCK, SITS AT TYPEWRITER, TYPES AS HE SMOKES CIGAR. HE IS SINGLED OUT FOR 1935 HIGHEST HONOR IN JOURNALISM, THE PULITZER PRIZE
|
01:06:34 3901.5 |
SEVERAL REPORTERS BUSY AT THEIR DESKS AT UNITED PRESS OFFICE IN WASHINGTON WHERE THEY HAVE COVERED STORY OF ROOSEVELT REGIME FOR PAST TWO YEARS. SCORES OF REPORTERS SEATED AT LONG TABLES TYPING NEWS STORIES.
|
01:06:41 3908.5 |
PRESIDENT FDR AT HIS DESK. DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS FROM U.S. AND EUROPE, LOITER OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE.
|
01:06:52 3919.5 |
REPORTERS TYPING AT TABLES ARE STARTLED AS MOB OF REPORTERS RUSH INTO ROOM TO CALL IN THEIR STORIES FROM LIMITED PHONE BOOTHS. CU REPORTER IN PHONE BOOTH CALLING IN HIS WHITE HOUSE STORY.
|
01:07:05 3932.5 |
CORRESPONDENT KROCK SITS AT DESK, ANSWERS PHONE, SPEAKS TO ANOTHER REPORTER ABOUT POLITICAL "DEAL" IN PROGRESS
|
01:07:22 3949.5 |
TITLE: "THE ROOSEVELT REGIME IS NEWS EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY. CORRESPONDENTS MUST KNOW JUST HOW, WHERE, WHEN TO GET THAT NEWS".
|
01:07:31 3958.5 |
SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL ENTERS CARLTON HOTEL, SHAKES HANDS WITH DESK CLERK. REPORTERS CAN FIND HIM HERE EVERY DAY.
|
01:07:35 3962.5 |
FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR ECKLES ENTERS HIS AUTO, DRIVES HOME, WHERE REPORTERS CAN ALWAYS FIND HIM.
|
01:07:39 3966.5 |
ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS REVEALS SENATORS TAMPER (?) AND DALY IN HEATED DISCUSSION. THEY LIVE IN HOTEL MAYFLOWER.
|
01:07:52 3979.5 |
SENATOR COUSINS OF MICHIGAN CLIMBS INTO HIS MALE SECRETARY'S NOISY FORD TO BE DRIVEN HOME.
|
01:08:00 3987.5 |
CU HANDSOME DOCTOR TUGWELL AT HIS DESK BUSY AUTOGRAPHING HIS BOOK.
|
01:08:09 3996.5 |
JOE KENNEDY (JFK FATHER), OF SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, EXITS AIRPORT, AS DOES SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE HENRY WALLACE.
|
01:08:23 4010.5 |
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION (NRA) DONALD REESBERG HAS MEETING WITH COLLEGUES IN HIS OFFICE.
|
01:08:26 4013.5 |
SECRETARY ICKES SITS AT DESK SMOKING CIGARETTE ATTACHED TO LONG HOLDER.
|
01:08:34 4021.5 |
HIGH ANGLE CONGRESSMEN AT THEIR SEATS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
|
01:08:36 4023.5 |
SPEAKER BYRNES AT HIS DESK SMOKING CIGAR.
|
01:08:42 4029.5 |
SENATOR ELMER THOMAS, SENATOR BLACK AND OTHERS. RIDE ON ELECTRIC MONORAIL SUBWAY WHICH TRANSPORTS THEM UNDERGROUND FROM SENATE OFFICE BUILDING TO CAPITOL.
OTHER CARS TRAVEL IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. |
01:08:55 4042.5 |
REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS, WAGNER, RIDE ON MONORAIL, RESEMBLING ELECTRIC BUMPER CARS IN CARNIVAL. TOWARDS CAMERA
|
01:09:01 4048.5 |
WIFE TALKS TO CONGRESSMAN PITTMAN ABOUT WWI VETERAN'S BONUS.
|
01:09:08 4055.5 |
SENATOR PITTMAN, CHAIRMAN OF FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE GETS INTO LIMO WITH WIFE.
|
01:09:13 4060.5 |
SENATOR BORA WHO WAS SUCCEEDED BY PITTMAN, SITS ON EDGE OF FOUNTAIN READING NEWSPAPER. HE IS NO LONGER NEWS WORTHY.
|
01:09:20 4067.5 |
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT EXITS HOTEL WITH WIFE. BOTH WEARING THEIR FINEST.
|
01:09:25 4072.5 |
AERIAL VIEW PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT YACHT "SEQUOIA"
STEAMING ALONG ON WATERWAY. WHAT FDR DOES IS ALWAYS NEWS WORTHY. |
01:09:37 4084.5 |
POLITICIANS, NEWSMEN, AT CAFETERIA, SEATED AT TABLES EATING, DRINKING, CHATTING.
|
01:09:39 4086.5 |
POLITICIANS AND WIVES AT MAYFLOWER COCKTAIL LOUNGE ARE SERVED DRINKS BY WAITERS.
|
01:09:50 4097.5 |
DEAN OF CORRESPONDENTS SIR EDMOND LEWIS OF LONDON TIMES SITS ON PATIO TABLE WITH ARTHUR KROCK, DISCUSS NATIONAL POLITICS.
|
01:10:17 4124.5 |
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN FLETCHER TALKS POLITICS WITH COLLEAGUES. HE SAYS, "MY DUTY AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN IS TO ELECT, NOT TO SELECT A NATIONAL CANDIDATE".
|
01:10:43 4151.5 |
NEWSMEN INTERVIEW PULITZER PRIZEMAN KROCK, ASK HIM HOW LONG THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION WILL LAST. HE TELLS THEM WHAT IT WILL TAKE. LIBRARY BOOK SHELVES IN BKGD.
|
01:11:13 4180.5 |
"MOSCOW", "SOVIET RUSSIA"
"THE GREATEST PARADOX OF MODERN TIMES". A VIEW OF SOVIET UNION AND ITS PEOPLE, SPREAD OVER 8 MILLION SQUARE MILES, CONSISTING OF 180 DIFFERENT RACES AND NATIONALITIES TO BE UNIFIED AND MADE LOYAL TO THE KREMLIN UNDER COMMUNISM AND JOSEF STALIN, WHO IS DEDICATED TO THE OVERTHROW OF ALL CAPITALISTIC GOVERNMENTS. COMMUNISM; FOREIGN GOVERNMENT; POLITICS. |
01:11:15 4182.5 |
GOOD VIEW OF MOSCOW'S RED SQUARE WITH KREMLIN WALL, BUILDINGS, INCLUDING RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL (ST BASIL'S).
|
01:11:26 4193.5 |
DICTATOR JOSEF STALIN FACING CAMERA, TALKING.
|
01:11:31 4198.5 |
MASSIVE ARMY OF SOVIET SOLDIERS ON PARADE IN RED SQUARE, TOWARDS CAMERA. HIGH ANGLE OF SOLDIERS MARCHING WITH BAYONETTED RIFLES UNDER ARMS FACING FORWARD POINTED TO HEADS OF SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF THEM.
|
01:11:40 4207.5 |
SQUADRONS OF SOVIET BOMBERS FLY OVERHEAD. STALIN WALKING WITH ONE OF HIS HENCHMEN.
|
01:11:53 4221.5 |
MAP SHOWING THE HUGE AREA CALLED "UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC" WHICH COVERS ONE SEVENTH OF EARTH'S SURFACE. MAP SHOWS AREA OF EUROPE, UNITED STATES AND CANADA STILL DOESN'T COVER SOVIET'S SURFACE.
|
01:12:08 4235.5 |
MAN REMOVING ORTHODOX CROSS FROM CHURCH SPIRE. OLD WOMAN WITH SCARF AROUND HEAD CRIES AS SHE WATCHES. CU DOZENS OF LARGE CHURCH BELLS PILED ON GROUND, AS RELIGION IS OUTLAWED. OLD MAN DOES SIGN OF THE CROSS IN FRONT OF OLD CHURCH, IN SPITE OF NEW POLICY. MANY STILL WORSHIP AT OLD SHRINE.
|
01:12:23 4250.5 |
THREE YOUNG WOMEN WORKERS IN COVERALLS WALK ARM-IN-
ARM TOWARDS CAMERA. STREET CARS IN BGKD. |
01:12:30 4257.5 |
PARACHUTE RIDE AT STATE RECREATION CLUB. CROWDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE SIT ON GROUND, LOOK UP AT PARACHUTE WHICH IS ENCOURAGED BY STATE WITH WORLD'S LARGES AIR FORCE.
|
01:12:40 4267.5 |
CHILDREN PLAYING, SWIMMING IN LAKE. THEY CAN BATHE ANYWHERE THERE IS WATER. WOMAN WITH TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND HER, REMOVES CLOTHING UNDER TOWEL. NUDISM IS SIMPLY A CONVENIENCE.
|
01:12:47 4274.5 |
CU YOUNG WOMAN PUTS ON LIPSTICK AS ANOTHER WATCHES.
|
01:12:50 4277.5 |
PEASANT PLEADS OWN CASE BEFORE PANEL OF WORKER-
JUDGES. WORKERS TAKE TURN AS JUDGES. |
01:12:57 4285.5 |
COUPLE SIMPLY REGISTER TO BE MARRIED. DIVORCE IS AS QUICK AND COSTS THE SAME.
|
01:13:04 4291.5 |
NURSE EXERCISES INFANT BY LIFTING HIM BY ANKLES AND PLACES HIM DOWN ON TABLE IN OUTDOOR EXERCISE. YOUNG BOY USING HAMMER, LITTLE BOY SERVING DINNER TO OTHER CHILDREN AT OUTDOOR TABLES, EACH TAKING TURNS TO SERVE EACH OTHER. CU INFANT ON HIGH CHAIR USES SPOON TO SERVE HIMSELF.
|
01:13:20 4307.5 |
YOUNG CHILD DANCES FAST MOVING RUSSIAN ETHNIC DANCE IN FIELD WITH OTHERS DANCING IN BKGD. CU LITTLE GIRL'S FEET DOING RUSSIAN DANCE TO RUSSIAN MUSIC.
|
01:13:28 4315.5 |
MAN ENTERTAINS CHILDREN WITH "PUNCH AND JUDY" TYPE SHOW. CHILDREN APPLAUDING WILDLY.
|
01:13:43 4330.5 |
DOZENS CHILDREN BRUSH TEETH BEFORE A LONG COMMON METAL SINK.
|
01:13:58 4345.5 |
MAN WALKING ON WING OF HUGE SOVIET PLANE CIRCA 1930 AS SEEN FROM BELOW. BIZARRE LOOKING BOMBER WITH HUGE ENGINE MOUNTED ON TOP AS WELL AS SIX ENGINES ON WINGS TAXIS FOR TAKE-OFF. HUGE PLANE TAKES OFF.
|
01:14:19 4366.5 |
PEASANT WOMEN SQUEEZE INTO CROWDED TRAIN WITH LUGGAGE.
|
01:14:23 4370.5 |
MEN, WOMEN SQUEEZE TOGETHER ON LINE BOARDING ALREADY CROWDED TRAIN. PEOPLE ARE TAKEN TO MOSCOW FROM FAR LANDS OF RUSSIA, THEN TAKEN BACK TO SPREAD PROPAGANDA.
|
01:14:29 4376.5 |
MAP SHOWING THE WHITE SEA AREA.
|
01:14:36 4383.5 |
FOUR LITTLE UNUSUALLY BLOND HAIRED BOYS OF THE WHITE SEA AREA POSE FOR CAMERA.
|
01:14:44 4391.5 |
LARGE DREDGING SHIP RIDES ON CANAL CONNECTING WHITE SEA AND BALTIC, WHICH WAS DUG BY 150,000 ANTI-
COMMUNIST PRISONERS. |
01:14:48 4395.5 |
MAP SHOWING VOLGA RIVER. CU STEAM HORN SOUNDING ON FERRY. STATUE OF LENIN WITH HAND IN POCKET ON DECK OF FERRY. LARGE CROWDED FERRY SAILING BY ON VOLGA RIVER.
|
01:15:14 4421.5 |
MAP SHOWING "THE CAUCASUS". SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS IN CAUCASUS, WHERE ONLY FOUR SMALL MONTHS OF THE YEAR IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO INTO THESE REMOTE AREAS.
|
01:15:21 4428.5 |
OX PULLS HEAVY LOAD OF HAY. ODD ANCIENT TOWER-LIKE HOMES IN VILLAGE.
|
01:15:31 4438.5 |
SMILING PEASANT, WITH TURBAN AND ANOTHER WITH WOOLEN CAP PROPOSE TOAST, DRINK FROM THEIR BULLHORN CUPS.
THESE HARDY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN CONQUERED. |
01:15:38 4445.5 |
MEN WEARING PECULIAR SHAPED HATS GATHER IN GROUPS IN VILLAGE SQUARE.
|
01:15:49 4456.5 |
SOVIET MAP SHOWING "SIBERIA". THE BIGGEST MOST IMPORTANT ITEM IN THE SOVIETS NATION WELDING. VIEW OF HUGE WHEAT FIELD.
|
01:15:55 4462.5 |
PEOPLE BEING SERVED AT TABLES ON THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD DINING CAR. CU YOUNG BOY EATING BREAD WITH HIS SOUP.
|
01:16:08 4475.5 |
OLD ALEXANDER CENTRAL PRISON IN SIBERIA WHERE CZAR'S PRISONERS WERE EXILED IN IMPERIAL DAYS.
|
01:16:21 4488.5 |
WAVES CRASH ONTO BEACH AND ROCKS AT LAKE SAKAW.
MILITARY STRATEGISTS CONSIDER THIS THE STARTING POINT BETWEEN RUSSIAN-JAPANESE WAR. |
01:16:26 4493.5 |
ORIENTAL PEOPLE OF THE AREA PAN FOR GOLD, SOVIET TREASURY REALIZES 100 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THESE AREA MINES.
|
01:16:29 4496.5 |
ORIENTAL SIBERIAN MEN, WOMEN ROW LARGE FISHING BOAT ON LAKE SAKAW, AS ONE THROWS NET INTO WATER.
|
01:16:58 4525.5 |
HUGE REINDEER MINGLE WITH NATIVE SIBERIAN ESKIMOS IN FOREST. TEEPEE IN BKGD.
|
01:17:02 4529.5 |
CHILD PUFFS ON CIGARETTE AS HE CLEANS OFF LARGE FISH HANGING ON POLE.
|
01:17:15 4542.5 |
SMALL ORIENTAL CHILDREN ENTER LARGE SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT SOVIET DOCTRINE. NEW HOSPITAL BUILDING IN REMOTE AREA. ESKIMO GIRL IS FED MEDICINE WITH SPOON.
|
01:17:37 4564.5 |
MERCHANT HANDS CUSTOMER A RIFLE AT ARCTIC SIBERIA FIRST GENERAL STORE.
|
01:17:46 4573.5 |
CU SIDE VIEW OLD BALD HEADED ORIENTAL MAN SUCKS ON HIS PIPE, SPITS, IN WHEAT FIELD. GOOD SHOT.
|
01:18:28 4615.5 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS DISTANCE FROM NEW YORK TO MOSCOW BEING SHORTER THAN DISTANCE FROM MOSCOW TO ITS EASTERN MOST BORDER IN SIBERIA
|
01:18:36 4623.5 |
ORIENTAL RUSSIANS PERUSE PAINTINGS ON WALL OF PALACE OF DEAD RUSSIAN RULERS, PERUSE ARTIFACTS, CLOTHING ON DISPLAY. CU CZAR'S DESK JUST AS HE LEFT IT ON JULY 31ST, 1917.
|
01:19:00 4647.5 |
RUSSIAN CROWD GATHERS AROUND HUGE PORTRAIT OF PRETTY CZARINA (?).
|
01:19:11 4658.5 |
STALIN SITS AT TABLE WITH SOVIET EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
PAN OF THOSE AT TABLE, NARRATOR NAMES THEM. |
01:19:35 4682.5 |
MORE OF HUGE MILITARY PARADE IN RED SQUARE.
|
01:19:50 4697.5 |
"PACIFIC OCEAN"
1935 US NAVAL MANEUVERS IN PACIFIC OCEAN ARE HELD TO IMPRESS JAPAN. REPORTS OF MANEUVERS ARE EXAMINED BY NAVAL EXPERTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ENGINEERS AND DRAFTSMEN WORK ON PLANS FOR NEW WARSHIPS. WAR COLLEGE IN NEWPORT HOLD THEIR OWN MANEUVERS ON FLOOR OF COLLEGE. MANEUVERS INCLUDE VIEWS OF ADMIRAL ON WARSHIP DIRECTING THE ACTIONS. SAILORS IN GUN TURRETS LOADING AND FIRING CANNONS ON COMMAND. REENACTMENTS OF MEDICAL STAFF TENDING TO "WOUNDED" IN OPERATING ROOM. |
01:20:00 4707.5 |
NAVY DEPARTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
01:20:07 4714.5 |
NAVY'S HIGH RANKING OFFICERS SIT AROUND DESK, STUDY DETAIL OF MANEUVER REPORTS.
|
01:20:23 4730.5 |
DRAFTSMEN AT THEIR DESKS WORKING ON NEW WARSHIP DESIGNS.
|
01:20:34 4741.5 |
ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWS CROSS-SECTION OF BATTLESHIP COORDINATING CANNON FIRE FROM CONNING TOWER TO CANNON TURRETS, RADIO ROOM TO GUN FIRE CONTROL.
|
01:21:09 4776.5 |
ENGINEER TESTS SCALE MODEL OF SHIP IN WATER TANK.
|
01:21:23 4790.5 |
WAR COLLEGE BUILDING IN NEWPORT.
|
01:21:28 4795.5 |
NAVAL OFFICERS PLAY WAR GAMES ON FLOOR OF ACADEMY.
|
01:21:50 4818.5 |
ADMIRAL STANDS BEHIND, WATCHES OFFICERS AT HELM OF WARSHIP. BACKS TO CAMERA.
|
01:21:59 4827.5 |
SAILORS WITH EARPHONES AT COMMUNICATIONS PANEL. CU OFFICER ANSWERS PHONE. CU MALE TELEPHONE OPERATOR WORKING AT SWITCHBOARD.
|
01:22:10 4837.5 |
CU OFFICER ON PHONE GIVES ORDER, "MAINTAIN RADIO SILENCE".
|
01:22:20 4847.5 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN ORDERLY (?) CLOSES PORT HOLE WINDOW, AS OFFICERS LOUNGE AROUND, PLAY PIANO, READ, LAY DOWN ON BUNKS, ALL AWAITING ADMIRAL'S ORDERS. SAILORS SIT AT SHIP'S SODA COUNTER DRINKING SOFT DRINKS.
|
01:22:36 4863.5 |
SAILOR, BACK TO CAMERA, COMBS HAIR IN FRONT OF MIRROR, WITH PHOTOS OF FAMILY ON WALL.
|
01:22:41 4868.5 |
NAVY COOK WITH NUMEROUS TATTOOS ON ARM AND OTHERS, FIX MEALS.
|
01:22:46 4873.5 |
SAILOR TAKING SHOWER.
|
01:22:52 4879.5 |
MEDICAL OFFICER PREPARES OPERATING TOOLS.
|
01:23:04 4891.5 |
OFFICER REPORTS TO ADMIRAL ON BRIDGE, "ENEMY SIGHTED". ADMIRAL CALLS, "BATTLE STATIONS". BELLS RING, BUGLE SOUNDS. OFFICER TAKES LAST SIP OF COFFEE, RUSHES TO POSTS. MONTAGE SAILORS RUNNING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
|
01:23:30 4917.5 |
MONTAGE SAILORS CLIMB INTO GUN TURRETS. GUNS, TURRETS, MOVING INTO FIRE POSITIONS.
|
01:23:46 4933.5 |
CU EYES OF ADMIRAL PEERING OUT OF SLITS IN STEEL PLATES AROUND BRIDGE. VIEW OF SAME INSIDE BRIDGE.
|
01:23:57 4944.5 |
GUN OFFICER WITH MICROPHONE, EARPHONES, GETS COORDINANCE.
|
01:24:12 4959.5 |
CU MAN PEERS THROUGH RANGE FINDER, HOLDS FIRING TRIGGER IN HAND. ADMIRAL GIVES ORDER, "COMMENCE FIRING". CU CAMERA TAKES PATH OF SHELL GOING THROUGH CANNON BARREL. CANNONS FIRING,
|
01:24:27 4974.5 |
MONTAGE SAILORS IN GUN TURRET GO THROUGH PROCEDURE IN LOADING CANNON, POWDER, INTO BARREL OF CANNON, FIRING, RE-LOADING.
|
01:25:10 5017.5 |
LONG LINE OF WARSHIPS FIRING CANNONS AT SEA. MONTAGE MORE OF ACTION IN GUN TURRETS.
|
01:25:50 5057.5 |
SAILORS CARRY "WOUNDED" SAILOR DOWN LADDER TO OPERATING ROOM. MEDICAL TEAM OPERATING. WATER POURS THROUGH "HOLE" IN SHIP. MORE "CASUALTIES" BEING RUSHED TO OPERATING ROOM.
|
01:26:13 5080.5 |
MONTAGE MORE OF SAILORS LOADING SHELLS, POWDER, FIRING CANNONS
|
01:26:32 5099.5 |
CU ADMIRAL'S EYES PEERING THROUGH PEEP HOLES.
ADMIRAL'S VOICE OVER, "ENEMY ENGAGED, ENEMY DESTROYED". |
01:27:12 5139.5 |
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO U.S. SPEAKS TO AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR SAYS JAPAN "UNDERSTANDS". |
211 Third St, Greenport NY, 11944
[email protected]
631-477-9700
1-800-249-1940
Do you need help finding something that you need? Our team of professional librarians are on hand to assist in your search:
Be the first to finds out about new collections, buried treasures and place our footage is being used.
SubscribeShare this by emailing a copy of it to someone else. (They won’t need an account on the site to view it.)
Note! If you are looking to share this with an Historic Films researcher, click here instead.
Oops! Please note the following issues:
You need to sign in or create an account before you can contact a researcher.
Invoice # | Date | Status |
---|---|---|
|