Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-792

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05:00:11 12	JUNGLE HORDES HAIL THEIR NEW KING AT ADDIS ABABA RAS TAFARI REVIEWS DESERT TRIBES OF ABYSSINIA (ETHIOPIA) IN BARBARIC SPLENDOR. THOUSANDS OF BLACK TRIBESMEN WITH RIFLES ON HORSES AND ON FOOT ACCOMPANY KING'S LIMO IN COLORFUL PROCESSION STRETCHING FOR MILES.
05:01:02 63	THE ARMY OF ETHIOPIA DOES ITS MILITARY BEST FOR REGAL SHOW LONG COLUMNS OF UNIFORMED SOLDIERS MARCH AS THOUSANDS OF TRIBESMEN GATHER IN FIELDS.
05:01:34 95	MONTAGE THOUSANDS OF DESERT TRIBESMEN IN WHITE COSTUME AND RIFLES ON THEIR SHOULDERS, FOLLOWED BY HORSEMEN WARRIORS CARRYING SPEARS AND SHIELDS OVERWHELM REGULAR SOLDIERS TRYING TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
05:01:56 117	BLACK TRIBESMEN BLOW ON LONG WOODEN INSTRUMENTS MAKING STRANGE NOISES.
05:02:13 134	AFTER STRANGE SPECTACLE, HAILE SELASSIE GIVES MESSAGE OF GOODWILL TO ALL NATIONS.
05:02:37 158	WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN'S GRANDSON GOES ON STAGE THE YOUNG MAN ACTS OUT SHAKESPEAREAN ROLE IN CHICAGO'S CIVIC THEATRE. AS MARK ANTHONY, HE RECITES PART, THEN DISCUSSES IT WITH FELLOW ACTOR, BOTH IN COSTUMES.
05:04:00 241	COAST COWBOYS TAKE SOME FALLS MONTAGE STAR RIDERS GIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR STAYING POWERS AT LOS ANGELES RODEO.
05:05:19 320	MRS. H. FOSTER BAIN, WIFE OF NOTED MINING ENGINEER GETS HER FLYING LICENSE AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. BAIN, IN WHITE COVERALLS AND GOGGLES STANDS NEXT TO BI-PLANE AS SHE RECEIVES LICENSE FROM OFFICIAL. H SPEAKS AND SO DOES SHE
05:06:12 373	MASS DRILLS KEEP MEXICAN KIDS FIT CLASS OF HUNDREDS OF YOUNG GIRLS DO COORDINATED CALISTHENICS TO MUSIC IN FRONT OF OLD RUINS.
05:07:20 441	PARIS SHOPGIRLS TAKE A DAY OFF HUNDREDS OF PARIS WORKING GIRLS DANCE IN STREETS AMID THOUSANDS OF ON-LOOKERS WHO JOIN IN CELEBRATION HONORING ST. CATHERINE, FRIEND OF OLD MAIDS.
05:07:53 474	DOZENS OF GIRLS WAVE FROM BALCONY OF DEPARTMENT STORE. GIRLS IN SILLY HATS & COSTUMES DO A RING-AROUND-THE-ROSEY DANCE AMID CIRCLE OF ON-LOOKERS.
05:08:05 486	AS ACCORDIANIST PLAYS GIRLS AND CROWD, YOUNG & OLD, SING SONGS IN STREET. JOSEPHINE BAKER IN GROUP.
05:08:38 519	ACCORDIANIST SITS AND PLAYS IN HORSE-DRAWN BUGGY JAMMED WITH YOUNG SINGING LADIES.
05:08:54 535	HAPPY YOUNG LADIES IN VARIETY OF COSTUMES SING FOR THE CAMERA.
05:09:31 572	KING PRAJADHIPOR IN TALKIE DEBUT TINY SIAMESE MONARCH, DWARFED BY U.S. OFFICIALS, THANKS AMERICA FOR ITS WELCOME AT OFFICIAL RECEPTION AT WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.
05:11:46 707	HORSE RACING CHICAGO TURF FANS GET A THRILL AS CROWD OF 21,000 AT AURORA SEES "GOLD STEP" TRIUMPH IN INAUGURAL BUT IS DISQUALIFIED FOR FOUL.
05:12:49 770	WAR-BIRDS SPREAD THEIR WINGS 95TH PURSUIT SQUADRON AT SAN DIEGO, EXECUTES FORMAL MANEUVERS DIRECTED BY RADIO. SQUADRON OF BI-PLANES TAKE OFF. PERFORM IN VARIOUS COORDINATED FORMATIONS
05:14:12 853	CIRCUS VISIT CHEERS MAIMED VETERANS AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON PERFORMING ON FLATBED TRUCK OUTDOORS A MAN IS FROZEN ALIVE IN COFFIN OF ICE FOR 2 HOURS.
05:15:06 907	WORKER CHOPS AWAY AT THE SOLID ICE CUBE & ASSISTS THE PERFORMER TO HIS FEET
05:15:17 918	MAN IS FIRED FROM CANNON INTO A NET
05:15:39 940	FASHIONS, CIRCA 1932 MODELS SHOW VARIOUS SWIMSUIT AND BEACH WEAR DESIGNS AND BEACH WEAR. FEMALE NARRATOR.
05:17:05 1026	TALLEST BUILDING OFFICIALLY OPENS EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. EX-GOVERNOR AL SMITH OF NEW YORK ASSISTED BY GRANDCHILDREN AT DEDICATION OF MAMMOTH STRUCTURE. SMITH SPEAKS
05:17:38 1059	THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, AS SEEN FROM GROUND LOOKING UP.
05:18:11 1092	GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, FDR LOOKS ON AS AL SMITH WELCOMES HIM AT DEDICATION FDR RESPONDS. AERIAL EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND SURROUNDING AREAS AS SEEN FROM PLANE.
05:19:12 1153	FRENCH PREMIER MAKES A BRIEF VISIT TO U. S. PIERRE LAVALLE AND HIS DAUGHTER RECEIVE CORDIAL WELCOME IN NEW YORK. DAUGHTER ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON BOARD LINER.
05:19:55 1196	LAVALLE MOTORCADE RECEIVES TICKER TAPE WELCOME. LAVAL AND DAUGHTER POSE WITH PRESIDENT HOOVER AND MRS. HOOVER. LAVAL SPEAKS IN FRENCH. SECRETARY STIMSON TRANSLATES THE MESSAGE.
05:21:20 1281	NEW GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY IS OPEN TO PUBLIC. NYC
05:21:34 1295	PAN OF THE NEW BRIDGE. NAVY BAND LEADS PARADE OVER BRIDGE. N.Y. GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT, IN TOP HAT, CUTS RIBBON
05:22:14 1335	HEAVY TRAFFIC OF VINTAGE CARS CROSS BRIDGE ON BOTH SIDES. AERIAL PAN OF THE BRIDGE BY AIR.
05:22:45 1366	CALIFORNIA MUTTS HAVE THEIR DAY YOUNGSTERS OF LOS ANGELES PARADE THEIR UNPEDIGREED PETS FOR PRIZES JUST LIKE REGULAR DOG SHOW.
05:23:00 1381	HUNDREDS OF KIDS AND THEIR DOGS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES FOLLOW SMALL MARCHING BAND INTO STADIUM.
05:23:32 1413	CU SMALL BOY AND GIRL EACH FEED PUPS WITH BABY BOTTLE. LITTLE GIRL HOLD UP HER DOG TO CAMERA AND COMMENTS. CU DOG HOWLS IN UNISON WITH HIS YOUNG MASTER.
05:24:00 1441	AT SOUND OF WHISTLE ALL KIDS RUN ACROSS THE FIELD WITH THEIR DOGS.
05:24:10 1451	QUEEN OF THE SKY JOINS THE NAVY THE "AKRON", WORLD'S BIGGEST DIRIGIBLE, ENTERS HANGAR AT LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY DWARFING THE ONCE GREAT "LOS ANGELES". THE HUGE AKRON IN FLIGHT
05:24:36 1477	PAN OF 785 FOOT AKRON AS IT IS MOORED TO ITS MAST AT LAKEHURST. AKRON AND LOS ANGELES SIDE BY SIDE IN HANGAR. PAN
05:25:29 1530	AL CAPONE GETS JAIL SENTENCE OF 11 YEARS. CAPONE EXITS LIMO AND QUICKLY RUNS INTO FEDERAL BUILDING. U. S. ATTORNEY JOHNSON, PROSECUTOR OF CAPONE MAKES SPEECH ABOUT RACKETEERS.
05:26:47 1608	GAR WOOD THRILLS CHARITY CROWD AS HE DRIVES HIS BOAT AT 104 MPH FOR UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF SHOW FOR 75,000 NEW YORKERS.
05:26:58 1619	AERIAL SPEEDBOAT TRAVELS UP RIVER AND UNDER BRIDGES AT HIGH SPEED. ENGINES OF PLANE TAKING THE FILM ARE HEARD. AERIAL SPEEDBOAT LEAVES WAKE AS IT STREAKS ACROSS RIVER.
05:28:37 1718	PRINCE OF WALES PRESENTS FLAG HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS HONORS MIDDLESEX BATTALION IN COLORFUL CEREMONY IN COLCHESTER, ENGLAND.
05:30:12 1813	PRESIDENT HOOVER STARTS RED CROSS DRIVE RED CROSS HEAD JOHN BARTON PAYNE ENROLLS HOOVER ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
05:31:15 1876	CONGO CAVES LURE YANKEE TOURISTS TOUR GUIDE DESCRIBES WEIRD UNDERGROUND CHAMBER TO TOURISTS WHO ARE REGISTER AWE. FEMALES ARE HELPED THROUGH NARROW TUNNELS BY THE MEN.
05:32:33 1954	MARYLAND TURKEYS KEEP GETTING FATTER AND FATTER IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE OF FATE FARMER IN THE MIDST OF HUNDREDS OF PLUMP TURKEYS BROADCASTS FEED TO THEM FROM CONTAINER.
05:33:07 1988	MONTAGE CLUCKING BIRDS RAISE HEAD SIMULTANEOUSLY EACH TIME THE FARMER WHISTLES, IN COMIC SPECTACLE
05:33:36 2017	WOMAN HOLDS TURKEY IN LAP AND SPEAKS TO CAMERA IN MIDST OF THE OTHER TURKEYS.
05:33:42 2023	GERMAN SOLDIERS DON'T GET FAT REICHSWEHR ENLISTED MEN AT KOENIGSBERG DO CALISTHENICS TO THE SOUND OF A MARCHING BAND TO KEEP WEIGHT DOWN
05:33:58 2039	GERMAN SOLDIERS JOG DOUBLE TIME TO THE BEAT OF THE BAND. THE PLATOON SHADOW BOXES TO RHYTHM OF THE BAND.
05:34:58 2099	COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SO. CALIFORNIA VS. STANFORD AERIAL VIEW OF GAME WITH NO NARRATION. USC WINS.
05:37:02 2223	AUSTRALIAN HORSES ARE AMBITIOUS IT TAKES JUMPS OF AT LEAST 7-FEET TO SATISFY COMPETITORS AT VICTORIAN STOCK SHOW IN MELBOURNE.
05:37:17 2238	HORSE THROWS RIDER AS THEY ATTEMPT TO JUMP TO HIGH HURDLE AND SMASHING INTO IT. NEXT HORSE STOPS IN FRONT OF HURDLE AND THROWS THE RIDER OVER IT.
05:37:35 2256	HORSE AND RIDER STRADDLE THE HURDLE AS HE FAILS TO MAKE IT OVER. OTHERS CONTINUE TO SMASH INTO THE WALLS. ONE HORSE AND RIDER MAKES IT OVER
05:38:31 2312	GAR WOOD BETTERS 110 MILES AN HOUR MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. BOAT SPEEDS ACROSS BAY. CU GAR WOOD SPEAKS AFTER RACE.
05:39:44 2385	FISHING BOATS IN BOSTON HARBOR ARE COATED WITH THICK ICE DUE TO FREEZING WEATHER. MONTAGE CREW MEMBERS USE AXES, BATS AND SLEDGE HAMMERS TO CHOP THE ICE OFF THE RAILS AND MOORINGS.
05:40:12 2413	AS CREW CHOPS AWAY FROZEN FISH IS UNLOADED IN BUCKETS.
05:40:40 2441	RHINE DAREDEVILS REPAIR CHURCH STEEPLES. WORKMEN RISK LIVES TESTING THE 600-YEAR-OLD TOWERS OF FAMED COLOGNE CATHEDRAL HIGH ABOVE GERMAN CITY.
05:40:50 2451	TWO MEN LOOK ACROSS RHINE RIVER AT THE FAMOUS CATHEDRAL.
05:41:00 2461	WORKER REPAIRS SECTION OF STEEPLE BY HAND STANDING ON THE PRECIPICE WITHOUT SAFETY LINES OR ROPES. THE SURE FOOTED WORKERS CLIMB THE STEEPLES LIKE MOUNTAINEERS, BUT WITH NO LINES.
05:41:54 2515	MUSSOLINI PARADES HIS NAVAL STRENGTH ITALIAN TORPEDO BOAT FLEET PUTS ON A FINE SHOW IN WINTER MANEUVERS HELD IN TARANTO.
05:43:14 2595	SOUTHERN BEAUTIES GO BROADWAY A CHORUS LINE OF 8 BEAUTIES TWIRL PARASOLS IN A DANCE, ALA ROCKETTES, TO BAND MUSIC AT OUTDOOR PATIO UNDER THE PALMS IN MIAMI ENDING WITH HIGH KICKING.
05:44:53 2694	HORSE RACING TROTTERS PROVIDE THRILL FOR PARIS. AERIAL PAN OF HUGE CROWD OF TROTTER FANS AT VINCENNES TRACK WATCHING TROTTERS TAKE OFF.
05:46:33 2794	WOMEN OF WORLD HAVE THEIR DAY IN GENEVA MARY DINGMAN OF U. S., ACTS AS SPOKESMAN AS PEACE PETITIONS ARE PRESENTED AT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
05:47:25 2846	DINGMAN CALLS OUT THE NUMBERS OF PETITION SIGNATURES FROM EACH COUNTRY AND AREA AS A LONG LINE OF WOMEN PLACES THEM IN A PILE ON DESK. DINGMAN MAKES AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH.
05:48:41 2922	MARY E. WOOLLEY, MEMBER OF U. S. DELEGATION MAKES SPEECH, SEES REASON FOR OPTIMISM FOR PEACE.
05:49:17 2958	ST. PETERS GETS NEW STATUE LIKENESS OF ST. JOHN EUDES, FOUNDER OF JESUS & MARY CONGREGATION ORDER, BORNE THROUGH ROME TO CATHEDRAL.
05:49:31 2972	CROWD OF ROMANS FOLLOW HORSE AND BUGGY CARRYING HUGE CRATE, BEARING THE STATUE INTO ST. PETER'S SQUARE.
05:49:46 2987	WORKERS TURN A HUGE PULLEY WHICH MOVES THE STATUE, ON TRACKS, SLOWLY INTO CATHEDRAL.
05:50:15 3016	STATUE IS ERECTED IN ST. PETERS AS BELL IS SOUNDED. 1ST FILM EVER TAKEN INSIDE CATHEDRAL.
05:50:41 3042	OGDEN MILLS IS SWORN IN AS NEW TREASURY SECRETARY. HE IS CONGRATULATED BY FORMER SECRETARY MELLON WHO BECOMES AMBASSADOR TO COURT OF ST. JAMES.
05:51:46 3107	U. S. WINS WINTER OLYMPICS AT LAKE PLACID OLYMPICS CLOSE WITH WIN OF 4-MAN BOBSLED TEAM.
05:52:40 3161	BIRGER RUUD OF NORWAY WINS SKI JUMP AS SEVERAL TAKE SPECTACULAR FALLS.
05:53:35 3216	SONJA HENIE OF NORWAY RETAINS HER CROWN AS WORLD'S BEST SKATER. SONJA SHOWS HER OLYMPIC STYLE.
05:54:24 3265	WATER SKIING GIRLS DO DIFFICULT AQUAPLANE STUNTS ON WIDE TOBOGGAN TYPE WATER SKI AT MIAMI BEACH. GIRL DOES HAND STAND BEING HELD UP BY ANOTHER GIRL ON HER BACK ON THE SLED.