1920-19291920s NEWSREELS
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NEW YORK FIREMEN PUT ON FIRE FIGHTING EXHIBITION FOR SURGEONS ON CONVENTION
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LONG LINE OF FIREMEN IN TRAINING GEAR STAND AT ATTENTION & SALUTE AS HUGE CROWD OF CONVENTIONEERS, OFFICIALS WATCH.
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LARGE GROUP OF SURGEONS REPLACE HATS AFTER ANTHEM.
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FIREMEN CLIMB LADDERS UP SIDE OF BUILDING WITH NET AT BASE.
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FIREMAN SLIDES DOWN ROPE INTO NET WITH "VICTIM" IN TOW. SAFETY
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AERIAL VIEW CROWD GATHERS AROUND BUILDING WITH THICK HEAVY SMOKE POURING OUT OF WINDOW.
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FIREMEN WITH PROTECTIVE GEAR & FACE MASKS ENTER SMOKING BUILDING TO DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS OF GEAR.
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SEVERAL FIREMEN WEARING GEAR & MASKS POSE.
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CROWD OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS SITTING & STANDING LOOKING UP TO ROOF TO WATCH RESCUE.
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FIREMAN LEAPS OFF ROOF OF BUILDING SEVERAL STORIES
HIGH INTO NET HELD BY CIRCLE OF FIREMEN. GROUP HAS TO MOVE TO "CATCH" SECOND LEAPER. |
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"WADING ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS"
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VARIOUS SHOTS OF NIAGARA FALLS AS WORKERS MAKE ENGINEERING TEST. RISK DANGER.
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CU EDGE OF POWERFUL FALLS AS WATER POURS OVER
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| 00:35:05 108.87 |
IRIS SHOT OF "THE HORSESHOE". WATER FALLS POURING OVER HORSESHOE SHAPED EDGE. MAN WALKS ALONG EDGE AS THOUGH HE WAS WALKING ON WATER.
OTHER WORKERS IN TALL BOOTS DO SAME AS THEY MAKE VARIETY OF TESTS. |
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MAN WITH LARGE MEGAPHONE SPEAKS TO CROWD OF TOURISTS AS HE STANDS ON ROCKS ON EDGE OF FALLS.
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TITLE: "MR. MCELWUN WINS KENTUCKY FUTURITY AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY". COLT FROM TEXAS IS VICTOR IN 32ND ANNUAL HARNESS RACING CLASSIC FOR THREE YEAR-OLD TROTTERS
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VARIOUS ANGLE FOUR TROTTERS SPEEDING AROUND WIDE RACE TRACK. SPECTATORS (RACE FANS) ON RAIL WITH SCRATCH SHEETS IN HAND
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AERIAL VIEW "MCELWYN" TAKES LEAD & WINS IN FIELD OF FOUR HORSES.
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HORSE & RIDER POSE FOR CAMERA.
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WASHINGTON SENATORS WIN WORLD SERIES
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PAN HUGE CROWD OF BASEBALL FANS IN STANDS.
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PITCHER BARNES WINDING UP & THROWING. UNIDENTIFIED SENATOR PLAYER HITS IT & SLIDES IN FOR FOR TRIPLE.
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WASHINGTON PITCHER MOGRIDGE WINDS UP & PITCHES TOWARDS CAMERA. GIANTS PLAYER BUNTS & SLIDES INTO FIRST.
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GIANT'S PITCHER TO HARRIS, WHO HITS HOME RUN.
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ABOVE VIEW HARRIS CIRCLING BASES.
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PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE WITH WIFE & OTHERS AT BASEBALL GAME
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GIANTS SCORE IN THE SIXTH. GIANT PLAYER RUNNING ACROSS HOME PLATE.
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ABOVE VIEW SENATOR MAKING HIT SCORING PLAYER TO TIE THE GAME.
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TITLE: "WITH SCORE TIED 3-3, GANE GOES INTO EXTRA INNINGS.
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UNIDENTIFIED PLAYER HITTING TRIPLE.
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WALTER JOHNSON, PITCHING LAST FOUR INNINGS, PUTS GLORIOUS CLOSE TO HIS FIRST WORLD SERIES.
GIANT'S BATTER POPS UP ENDING INNING FOR GIANTS. |
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ABOVE VIEW WASHINGTON'S RUEL HITTING SINGLE, MCNEELEY COMING HOME FOR WINNER.
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PANDEMONIUM BREAKS LOOSE HUGE CROWD SWARMS ONTO FIELD TO HAIL THE VICTORS.
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DUKE OF WALES PRINCE EDWARD WITH OTHERS EXITS LIMO & WALK OUT TO LINKS. GOLFING IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
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UNSMILING EDWARD WEARING GOLF NICKERS WITH TWO MALE COMPANIONS POSES ON GOLF COURSE.
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ROUGH WATER SWIM CHAMP WINS AGAIN. SAN FRANCISCO GIRL FLORENCE CHAMBERS REPEATS 1923 VICTORY
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SIX GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS & BATHING CAPS LINE UP ON
BEACH FOR PHOTO. |
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GIRLS RUN OUT ONTO BEACH & DIVE INTO ROUGH SURF.
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ABOVE VIEW GIRLS ENTERING ROUGH SEA. FIGHTING POWERFUL WAVES.
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AERIAL GIRLS FINALLY GET BY BREAKING WAVES TO OPEN SEA. GIRLS SWIMMING IN SEA.
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MEN HELP FLORENCE CHAMBERS OUT OF SURF AS WAVES ROLL
IN BEHIND HER. |
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FLORENCE WITH JUDGE HOLDING UP LARGE TROPHY AS PEOPLE IN BKGD WATCH.
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CU FLORENCE WITH TROPHY
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MISSOURI DEDICATES HER $5,000,000 CAPITOL
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TILT DOWN DOMED CAPITOL BUILDING IN JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI TO STREET WITH HUGE CROWD ASSEMBLED FOR CEREMONY.
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GOVERNOR HYDE AND SOME OF HIS PREDECESSORS SIT IN CHAIRS ON STEPS OF BUILDING.
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ROWS OF COSTUMED GIRLS HOLDING CROSSES. WOMAN IN BLACK ROBE STANDS ON STEPS OF CAPITOL. BIZARRE
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TITLE: "COUNTY QUEENS AND GOVERNORS BUILD NEW CAPITOL IN MINIATURE".
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GOVERNORS & ROWS OF COSTUMED WOMEN STANDING ON STEPS AS WATCHMAN ASSEMBLES MINIATURE MODEL OF CAPITOL BUILDING AT BASE OF BUILDING.
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ANCIENT RITE FOR 736TH LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. INSTALL SIR ALFRED BOWER WITH SAME CEREMONIES USED SINCE DAYS OF DICK WITTINGTON.
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FOUR TRUMPETERS IN ANCIENT COSTUME STAND AT ATTENTION WITH TRUMPETS AT THEIR SIDES AFTER SOUNDING OFF.
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LONG PROCESSION OF NOBLEMEN IN COLORFUL COSTUME OF CENTURIES GONE BY MARCHING ALONG CATHEDRAL-TYPE BUILDING. SOME HOLDING STAFFS AS THEY WALK
00 44 -- MAN IN MODERN BUSINESS SUIT STOPS TO CHAT WITH ONE IN LINE WEARING ROBE AND LONG WIG (LORD MAYOR BOWER ?) THEN MOVES ON. |
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MORE OF PROCESSION TOWARDS CAMERA.
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MAY DAY AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE IN MASSACUSETTS
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CHAOTIC CROWD OF ALL-GIRL WELLESLEY SENIORS IN CAP & GOWN ROLL HOOPS WITH STICKS AS THEY RUN
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OTHER STUDENTS WALK IN TWOS BETWEEN LONG ROWS OF SENIORS IN CAP AND GOWN
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AERIAL HUNDREDS FEMALE STUDENTS FORM SCHOOL LOGO IN PASTURE THEN BREAK AWAY RUNNING
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COAST-TO-COAST IN UNDERGROUND RADIO IN HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND. DR. JAMES H. ROGERS SENDS MESSAGES THROUGH EARTH'S CRUST - CALIFORNIA HEARS
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DR. ROGERS STANDS BEFORE HIS ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING TALL RADIO TUBES CRUDELY MOUNTED ON WOODEN BACKBOARD OUTSIDE BACK STEPS OF HOME
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ROGERS MAKES ADJUSTMENT TO DEVICE.
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TITLE: "SENDS FROM CABLE 50 FEET LING, LAID 3 FEET UNDERGROUND".
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ROGERS CHECKS TRENCH WITH SECTIONS OF WIDE CEMENT PIPES TO PROTECT WIRE GOING THROUGH. ROGERS USES RULER TO MEASURE DEPTH OF TRENCH.
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TITLE: "DR. ROGERS SAYS RADIO ENERGY IS TRANSMITTED BETTER THROUGH EARTH'S CRUST THAN THROUGH THE AIR".
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DR. ROGERS LIFTS PLYWOOD COVER TO CHECK HIS UNDERGROUND WIRES IN GROUND IN BACK YARD OF HOME.
USES THIN BRANCH TO POINT TO CEMENT PIPES. |
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IN BOSTON CHILDREN STUDY ONE OF THE OLDEST ARTS IN THE WORLD, THE USE OF POTTER'S WHEEL
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| 00:47:19 842.87 |
GROUP OF YOUNG BOYS & GIRLS WATCH ELDERLY MALE TEACHER WITH APRON SEATED AT POTTER'S WHEEL POWERED BY "KICK WHEEL" MAKING POT OUT OF CLAY.
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VARIOUS CU VIEWS POTTER'S HAND WORKING MOUND OF CLAY, SKILLFULLY LIFTING IT INTO POT WITH HIS FINGERS.
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TEACHER SKILLFULLY USING HIS FOOT ON KICK WHEEL. TILT UP TO HIM MAKING FINAL TOUCHES ON LARGE POT. PEOPLE ASSEMBLED AROUND HIM WATCHING
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WOMAN SHOWS CRAFT OF CANDLE DIPPING AS AUDIENCE OF ADULTS WATCH AS SHE DIPS CANDLES & THEN HANGS THEM ON RACKS.
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TEACHING SCHOOL BOYS THE ART OF BOXING AT HORACE MANN SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. SELF-DEFENSE
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VARIOUS VIEWS TWO YOUNG BOYS SQUARE OFF IN OUTDOOR RING. REFEREE, STUDENTS & FACULTY WATCH BOYS POUND EACH OTHER.
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TEENAGE STUDENTS SPAR WITH INSTRUCTOR
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CU FOOTWORK.
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TWO HEAVY-WEIGHT STUDENTS PUT ON HILARIOUS MATCH AS THEY TURN BOXING MATCH INTO WRESTLING MATCH AS BOTH FALL TO CANVAS WHILE SPARING. LAUGHING STUDENTS & FACULTY IN BKGD.
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EXHAUSTED FAT BOY SITS IN CORNER AS OPPONENT FANS HIM WITH TOWEL. BOY SUDDENLY JUMPS FROM BENCH &
THROWS ROUND-HOUSE PUNCH AT HIS OPPONENT KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. REFEREE STEPS IN & COUNTS HIM OUT. |
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HERRING FIGHT AN UP STREAM BATTLE IN TAYNHAM, MASSACHUSETTS TO FIND QUIET PONDS FOR SPAWNING.
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VARIOUS VIEWS VIOLENTLY SPLASHING HERRING FIGHTING AGAINST RAPIDS AS THEY TRY TO GET UP STREAM TO SPAWNING GROUNDS.
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WORKER CHECKS MANMADE STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HERRING TO REACH DESTINATION. CU HERRING SWIMMING AROUND IN STRUCTURE,
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PAN GROUP OF FISHERMEN USE NETS TO TRAP HUGE QUANTITIES HERRING IN POND.
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FISHERMEN PULL IN NETS FULL OF SPLASHING HERRING
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CU FISH SPLASH VIOLENTLY IN NET. COMMERCIAL FISHING.
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WORKERS WEARING HIGH BOOTS STAND IN NET WITH FISH & FULL HUGE BASKETS WITH CAPTURED FISH.
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ANNO NUEVO ISLAND, CALIFORNIA U.S. PRESERVE WHERE AMPHIBIANS ARE PROTECTED. PAN VARIOUS VIEWS LARGE GROUPS OF SEALS FROLICKING ON ROCKY SHORES & IN ROUGH WATERS OFF SHORE
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CU BABY SEAL ON ROCKS CRYING FOR MOTHER.
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GROUP OF SEALS HOBBLING DOWN ROCKS DIVING INTO SEA.
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MEN CARRYING PAILS & BARRELS ON TEAM OF HORSES STOPS IN MIDST OF WOODS OF ILLINOIS TO COLLECT SAP FROM TREES BEING TAPPED.
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TWO MEN REMOVE PAILS FULL OF SYRUP FROM ATTACHMENTS ON TREES & EMPTY SYRUP INTO LARGER PAILS. REPLACE PAILS TO TAPS TREES.
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CU BOY EMPTIES FULL PAIL INTO ANOTHER PAIL.
REPLACES EMPTY ON TAP ATTACHED TO TREE |
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MAN SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE USING HAND DRILL TO MAKE HOLE IN MAPLE TREE. PLACES TAP IN HOLE & HANGS PAIL TO TAP.
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CU TAP DRIPS SYRUP INTO PAIL.
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MEN POUR COLLECTED SYRUP INTO LARGE BARREL.
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