00:41:18 0.33 |
PATHE NEWS ROOSTER LOGO
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00:41:33 15.33 |
TITLE CARD: "THE NEWS MAGAZINE PAYS HOMAGE TO MINING CITIES OF THE PAST THAT BROUGHT WEALTH TO AMERICA AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINNING OF THE WEST-- GHOST TOWNS THAT HELPED MAKE OUR NATION GREAT"
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00:41:40 22.33 |
SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. RUGGED, IRREGULAR
OUTLINE. AERIAL. |
00:41:50 33 |
LONE SHACK ON RAPED LAND.
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00:41:53 36 |
SIGNPOST READS DONNER SUMMIT. ELEV. 7135 FT.
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00:41:55 38 |
MONUMENT BETWEEN HUGE TREES. THE DONNER PARTY.
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00:41:59 42 |
CU MONUMENT. COUPLE. MAN HOLDING HAT. THEY
PERISHED IN A BLINDING MOUNTAIN BLIZZARD. |
00:42:03 46 |
PRIMITIVE, BLEAK GRAVEYARD. CEMETERY. ON SIDE
OF MOUNT DAVIDSON. |
00:42:09 52 |
MAN WITH HEAD BOWED. STATUE OF CHRIST IN
BACKGROUND. |
00:42:12 55 |
VIRGINIA CITY. BLEAK LANDSCAPE.
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00:42:14 57 |
LEFTOVER RELICS OF DAYS GONE BY. MINING
EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND. RUSTED. |
00:42:27 70 |
SIGN FOR THE SUTRO TUNNEL.
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00:42:31 74 |
TUNNEL. DRAIN FOR FLOOD WATER THAT MENACED
THE COMSTOCK LODE. |
00:42:34 77 |
POV ENTERING OLD COMSTOCK MINE. VIRGINIA CITY,
NEVADA. GOING THROUGH THE MINE. |
00:42:49 92 |
MAN WITH A LIGHT ON HIS HEAD EXPLORES THE DEEP
SHAFT. PICK IN HAND. |
00:42:56 99 |
CU PICK HITTING SILVER ORE VEIN.
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00:43:02 105 |
ABANDONED ORE CARS LAY IN RUIN.
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00:43:10 113 |
WEATHER BEATEN OLD CHURCH LEFT TO CRUMBLE.
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00:43:15 118 |
SEA STREET. C STREET. CAR PASSES ABANDONED
HOUSES. |
00:43:18 121 |
RICKETY OLD WOODEN SIDEWALK. CU MANS LEGS
WALKING. |
00:43:22 125 |
MINERS HALL. CAR PASSES. MINING TOWN
ARCHITECTURE. BUILDINGS. |
00:43:29 132 |
MAN GETS OUT OF CAR IN FRONT OF THE OLD PIPERS
OPERA HOUSE. OLD WESTS MOST FAMOUS THEATER. |
00:43:38 141 |
INTERIOR OF OPERA HOUSE.
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00:43:42 145 |
MAN SITS IN BALCONY SEEMINGLY WAITING FOR SHOW
TO BEGIN. |
00:43:55 158 |
CU BEARDED AGING MAN WITH COOL OLD THEATER
POSTER BEHIND HIM. LOOKS AROUND. |
00:44:04 167 |
MAN ON WHAT'S LEFT OF STAGE.
|
00:44:07 170 |
BATTERED PIANO REMAINS. MUSIC LEFT ON IT.
CU OF "TAKE ME TO THE DEAR OLD COMSTOCK" MUSIC BOOK. |
00:44:14 177 |
LITTLE GIRLS ON STAGE. GIRL IN ROCKING CHAIR.
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00:44:21 184 |
SEA STREET. C STREET. NEWSPAPER BUILDING.
THE TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE. |
00:44:26 188.33 |
INTERIOR OF BUILDING.
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00:44:30 193 |
CU YELLOWED COPY OF NEWSPAPER. 1858 EDITION.
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00:44:34 197 |
DESK AND CHAIR OF SAM CLEMENS, STAR REPORTER.
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00:44:43 206 |
DESERTED FOURTH WARD SCHOOL. CRUMBLING SYMBOL
OF THE DECLINE OF VIRGINIA CITY. |
00:44:55 218 |
INTERIOR OF SCHOOL ROOM. DESKS. TORN CURTAIN.
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00:44:59 222 |
VIEW OUT OF WINDOW.
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00:45:02 225 |
CLOUDS OF STEAM RISING UP FROM BELOW THE EARTH.
NATURE MAKING ORE BENEATH THE CITY. |
00:45:17 240 |
BONANZA TOWN, RIOLITE. GHOST TOWN.
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00:45:29 252 |
BOTTLE HOUSE. MADE OF OLD BOTTLES. CU OF HOUSE.
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00:45:38 261 |
ABANDONED WOODEN MACHINERY.
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00:45:43 266 |
BELMONT. GHOST TOWN.
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00:45:48 271 |
THE COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL AND MUSIC HALL. ONLY
STRUCTURE LEFT ON MAIN STREET. |
00:45:56 279 |
LOOKING OUT WINDOW, THE PANE FALLS OUT. TUMBLING
INTO DECAY. |
00:46:00 283 |
HUGE TREES WITH LEAVES FALLING OFF.
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00:46:11 294 |
MONTAGE OF FALLEN, DECREPIT, RUINED REMAINS
OF BUILDINGS. |
00:46:36 318.33 |
STORY ENDS.
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Description:
Keywords: VIRGINIA CITY
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