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ANNUAL DUNKING OF FRESHMEN. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY. 10/30/29.
FIRST YEAR MALE STUDENTS OF NYU IN NIGHTTIME HAZING INITIATION RITUAL. WEARING PAJAMAS AS THEY ARE DUNKED INTO VAT OF WATER. SMOKEY FROM TORCHES. AMERICAN COLLEGE FAD. HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:01:36 121.77 |
CU STUDENTS BEING DUNKED IN WATER BY
UPPERCLASSMEN |
| 01:07:45 490.77 |
COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH HUGE NYU BULLHORN-MEGAPHONE
STANDS ON EDGE OF TUB BEFORE TAKING THE PLUNGE |
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STUDENT WITH BRIDGTON ACADEMY SWEATER
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| 01:10:21 646.77 |
DARTMOUTH WINTER CARNIVAL. HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 2/7/30.
VARIOUS SCENES DARTMOUTH COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY FRATERNITY HOUSES COMPETE IN MAKING ICE STATUES FOR PRIZES. BEATUIFUL WINTRY EXTERIORS. COLLEGE FAD HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:10:27 652.77 |
STUDENTS WORKING ON KAPPA SIGMA ICE SCULPTURE. HUGE
MONUMENT OF DECO DESIGN WITH SYMBOL OF WOMAN HOLDING GLOBE ABOVE HER HEAD. FRAT HOUSE IN BKGD WITH CLASSIC ICICLES HANGING OFF. CHIMES SOUND IN BKGD. |
| 01:12:29 774.77 |
STUDENTS GATHER AROUND WINDMILL ICE SCULPTURE AS
OTHERS PUT ON FINISHING TOUCHES. GROUP BREAK OUT INTO SEVERAL CHORUSES OF CHRISTMAS CAROLE "JINGLE BELLS". MALE & FEMALE STUDENTS GATHER AROUND ICE SCULPTURE OF DARMOUTH INDIAN. STUDENT LEADS GROUP IN DARTHMOUTH CHEER. (WAHOO-WAH FOR DARMOUTH). GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG PRESENT. |
| 01:14:37 902.77 |
STUDENT PLAYS UKELELE AS OTHERS SING COLLEGE SONG,
"YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A SWEETHEART TO ME, MY PHI KAP GIRL OF MINE". PERFORMED BY ROMANTIC ICE SCULPTURE OF ICE SKATERS. |
| 01:16:31 1016.77 |
NIGHT SCENES OF STUDENTS STANDING AMONG THE ICE PALACE,
LIT BY FLARES. SING DARTMOUTH FIGHT SONG AS SMOKE FROM FLARES PERMEATE THE SCENE. SMALL BRASS BAND PROVIDE MUSIC. RACOON FUR COATS ON MANY. |
| 01:18:18 1123.77 |
DAYTIME SCENE (SPRING?) AS MALE GLEE CLUB SING
DARTMOUTH ALMA MATER SONG ON STEPS OF COLLEGE BUILDING |
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AFTER SONG STUDENT LEADS MEN IN DARTMOUTH CHEER.
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EXTERIOR OF COLLEGE BUILDING
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| 01:20:02 1227.77 |
CHIMES SOUND AS STUDENTS EXIT SCHOOL BUILDING AS
CLASSES END. |
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LABOR TROUBLES IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 3/22/21.
STOCKYARD EMPLOYEES OF CHICAGO FIGHTING TO AVOID A STRIKE DUE TO CUT IN WAGES. THE MEN IT AFFECTS AT THE TRAIN YARDS ARE STILL ON THE JOB, WHILE THE UNIONS ARE FIGHTING TO WIN THEIR BATTLES. WORKERS ARE MALE & FEMALE, BLACK & WHITE. EARLY LABOR STRUGGLE UNION STORY. LABOR DISPUTE. HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:20:31 1256.77 |
EMPLOYEES LEAVING WORK. MANY LABORERS WALKING PAST AT
CHICAGO STOCKYARD AT END OF DAY. LARGE "EMPLOYMENT OFFICE" SIGN IN BKGD. |
| 01:21:04 1289.77 |
FOX NEWS CAR PULLS INTO SHOT
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| 01:22:05 1350.77 |
ONE-LEGGED MAN WITH CRUTCH SEEN COMING TOWARDS CAMERA
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| 01:22:48 1393.77 |
PAN OF LABOR DELEGATES GROUP. LOTS OF MEN IN SUITS
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| 01:23:14 1419.77 |
THE BIG FOUR (L-R): PATRICK GORMAN, DENNIS LANE, JOHN
F.HART, RODMAN S. BRENNAN. |
| 01:23:44 1449.77 |
TWO SHOT LANE & GORMAN IN CONVERSATION.
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| 01:24:03 1468.77 |
CU DENNIS LANE
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| 01:24:20 1485.77 |
DANCING MASTERS MEET. NEW YORK CITY. 7/29/30.
DANCING MASTERS OF AMERICA MEET ON COMMODORE HOTEL ROOF WHERE THEY VIEW THE LATEST DANCES & SELECT THOSE WHICH THEY THINK THE PUBLIC WILL LIKE. GIRLS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE U.S. HERE FOR THE 46TH ANNUAL CONVENTION SHOWING NEW BALLROOM DANCING. HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:24:22 1487.77 |
CU FEET OF COUPLE AS THEY DANCE CUBAN FOX TROT
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| 01:27:13 1658.77 |
DIFFERENT ANGLE OF DANCING FEET WITH MUSICIANS
VISIBLE |
| 01:28:00 1705.77 |
RAMON & ROSITA GIVE A MODIFICATION OF THE CUBAN FOX
TROT. AUDIENCE OF CHORUS GIRLS ON ROOFTOP |
| 01:33:47 2052.77 |
LEO KOHL & PARTNER SHOW A FAST FOX TROT.
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| 01:35:20 2145.77 |
GOOD CHEER FOR THE BOYS AT THE FRONT. ITALY. 5/44.
U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERS MAIL FROM HOME TO SOLDIERS. MAIL IS PROCESSED, CENSORED, DISTRIBUTED. ILLUSTRATES PART OF MILITARY LIFE. HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:35:29 2154.77 |
AIRPLANE ARRIVES. VIEW OF SMOKING MT. VESUVIUS AS
SEEN FROM PLANE'S NOSE VIEW WINDOW. POV FROM AIRPLANE BUBBLE WINDOW. |
| 01:35:35 2160.77 |
CARGO PLANE LANDS ON RUNWAY
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| 01:35:39 2164.77 |
SERVICE MEN PUT INTO MAIL INTO CUBBYHOLES FOR
SORTING. |
| 01:35:46 2171.77 |
MAIL IS FED & SENT THROUGH MACHINE THAT ENLARGES
LETTER. |
| 01:35:53 2178.77 |
ARMY CENSOR READS LETTER, RETURNS IT TO ENVELOPE &
STAMPS IT. |
| 01:36:01 2186.77 |
DISTRIBUTION TRUCK ARRIVES. SOLDIERS TAKE SACKS FROM
TRUCK |
| 01:36:10 2195.77 |
SOLIDER WITH LOTS OF LETTERS & PACKAGES YELL "MAIL
CALL". |
| 01:36:12 2197.77 |
CROWDS OF GIS GATHER & GET THEIR MAIL
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| 01:36:23 2208.77 |
CU INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS SIT DOWN & READ MAIL. KISSES &
SMELLS LETTER FROM GIRLFRIEND. MAN WITH PIPE |
| 01:36:32 2217.77 |
SOLDIERS ON TANK READ MAIL.
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| 01:36:45 2230.77 |
LATEST PICTURES OF ALLIED PUSH IN NORMANDY. FRANCE. 8/4/44.
U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR HENRY L. STIMSON & GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT INVASION FRONT. "BIG PUSH" SOON TO BEGIN HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:37:00 2245.77 |
STIMPSON & IKE WALK THROUGH WOODED AREA.
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| 01:37:09 2254.77 |
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL INSPECTS
CAPTURED ROBOT LAUNCHING PLATFORM IN AMERICAN SECTOR. RUINS OF BUILDINGS |
| 01:37:18 2263.77 |
CHURCHILL IN BOAT RAISES HIS HAT ON HIS CANE.
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| 01:37:23 2268.77 |
ROYAL AIR FORCE PLANES IN FLIGHT IN GIANT AIR ASSAULT.
RAF |
| 01:37:28 2273.77 |
DROPPING FLARES TO ILLUMINATE TARGET.
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| 01:37:38 2283.77 |
AERIAL BOMBARDMENT. BOMBS DROPPED FROM PLANES.
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| 01:37:41 2286.77 |
HITS ON GROUND. EXPLOSIONS.
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| 01:37:51 2296.77 |
AMERICAN BOMBERS DROP BOMBS ON NAZI BATTLE FRONT
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| 01:37:53 2298.77 |
SMOKE COVERS THE GROUND AS BOMBS ARE DROPPED
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| 01:38:07 2312.77 |
GROUND ARTILLERY, FIELD ARTILLERY GUNS FIRING.
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| 01:38:14 2319.77 |
BRITISH & CANADIAN TANKS ADVANCING.
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| 01:38:20 2325.77 |
TANK SLIDING OFF ROAD.
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| 01:38:23 2328.77 |
TANKS FIRING IN FIELD
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| 01:38:25 2330.77 |
ALLIED SOLDIERS WATCHING GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR MARCH
PAST. |
| 01:38:29 2334.77 |
AMERICAN FIGHTER BOMBERS IN FLIGHT.
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| 01:38:33 2338.77 |
NAZI ENEMY PLANE BOMBED. ON FIRE AS IT STREAKS DOWN
FROM SKY. |
| 01:38:46 2351.77 |
STRAFING AXIS PLANE
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| 01:38:53 2358.77 |
STRAFING MUNITIONS TRAIN AS SEEN FROM PLANE. BLOWS UP
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| 01:38:57 2362.77 |
TRACER BULLETS FIRING ON ROBOT PLANE. AIRCRAFT
EXPLODING. ROCKET BOMB EXPLODES IN AIR. |
| 01:39:14 2379.77 |
SMOKE THROUGH EARS. HAVANA, CUBA. 10/18/29.
SPOKESMAN SHOWS HOW CUBAN ANTONIO GALINDA BLOWS UP BALLOONS WITH HIS EARS AND EXHALES SMOKES THROUGH HIS UNUSUALLY LARGE EARS. TAKES DRAG FROM CIGARETTE & HOLDS HIS NOSE. SMOKES THROUGH HIS EARS. BALLOON MAKES LOUD SQUEAKY SOUNDS. WEIRD STUNT. BIZARRE, FREAKS. |
| 01:42:19 2564.77 |
JOLLY NELLY, WORLD'S FATTEST WOMAN. SHANGHAI, CHINA. 8/34.
FAT NELLY, HUGE OBESE OVERWEIGHT WOMAN STANDING NEXT TO SLENDER GRACEFUL CHINESE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS. HUMOROUS CAN LAUGH AT HERSELF. CURIOSITIES AND WONDERS. HUMAN ODDITY. FREAKS. HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:42:26 2571.77 |
FAT NELLY SPEAKING ON HER WEIGHT. SHOWING SHE IS
MORE INCHES WIDE THAN TALL. PULLS OUT TWO BELTS TO MAKE POINT |
| 01:45:19 2744.77 |
FAT NELLY ON ONE END OF SEE-SAW WITH 11 CHINESE GIRLS
ON OTHER TO SHOW THAT SHE WEIGHS MORE THAN 11 GIRLS. DRAGON PAGODA BUILDING IN BKGD |
| 01:46:12 2797.77 |
MEASURES HER LEG-THIGH WITH BELT
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| 01:46:38 2823.77 |
NELLY ARRIVING ON STEAMBOAT, COMING DOWN GANGPLANK &
ENTERS TENDER |
| 01:46:50 2835.77 |
FAT NELLY TOO BIG FOR CAR, CROSSES CITY STREET TO
ANOTHER CAR, SHAKES CAR ROUGHLY BEFORE GETTING IN. |
| 01:47:43 2888.77 |
WALKS DOWN RAMP NEXT TO SHIP "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
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| 01:47:53 2898.77 |
NELLY TALKING WITH CHINESE WOMEN AGAIN. TELLS THEM SHE
IS 26 YEARS OLD & WEIGHS 783 POUNDS |
| 01:47:59 2904.77 |
FAT NELLY ON SEE-SAW LIKE SCALE WITH 11 CHINESE GIRLS
ON OTHER SIDE. SHE GOES DOWN TO GROUND, CHINESE GIRLS FALL OFF, EVERYBODY LAUGHS. |
| 01:48:26 2931.77 |
STRONGMAN. NEW YORK CITY. 3/25.
BEN DARWIN, STRONG MAN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. FEATS OF STRENGTH. BENDS METAL. CIRCUS SIDESHOW, CARNIVAL TYPE STUNT. FREAKISH, WEIRD, BIZARRE HIGHLIGHTS: 01 48 31 BENDING BAR OF IRON OVER HIS NOSE. |
| 01:48:39 2944.77 |
BENDING BAR OF IRON OVER HIS KNEE
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| 01:48:52 2957.77 |
WITH THE HELP OF TWO MEN, DARWIN BENDS METAL BAR USING
COMBINATION CHAIN DEVICE WITH COMB ATTACHED IN HIS HAIR. |
| 01:49:05 2970.77 |
TEARING PHONE BOOK IN HALF BY HOLDING ONE END IN HIS
TEETH. |
| 01:49:19 2984.77 |
LIFTING TWO MEN OFF THE GROUND BY HIS HAIR.
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cut STORY# 52-629 thru 631
from VOL. 26/101. ALLIES INVADE SOUTHERN FRANCE. FRANCE. 8/16/44. ALLIES DRIVE TO JOIN WITH AMERICAN & BRITISH SOLDIERS IN EUROPEAN THEATRE. INVASION COMMANDER IS AMERICAN GENERAL ALEXANDER PATCH & OVERALL CHIEF IS BRITISH GENERAL SIR HENRY MAITLAND WILSON. HIGHLIGHTS: |
| 01:49:43 3008.77 |
MAP OF SOUTHERN FRANCE WITH ANIMATED ARROWS GOING
TOWARDS THE RIVIERA. |
| 01:49:52 3017.77 |
MILITARY AIRPLANES FLY OVERHEAD IN FORMATION. U.S.
FIGHTERS & BOMBERS IN FORMATION. |
| 01:49:56 3021.77 |
SHOTS OF BOMBS FALLING FROM PLANES. HITS NAZI DEFENCES
BELOW, BURSTS & FLASHES ON GROUND (FROM 26/81) |
| 01:50:09 3034.77 |
GENERAL ALEXANDER PATCH IN THE FIELD
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| 01:50:17 3042.77 |
SIR HENRY MAITLAN WILSON IN OFFICE
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| 01:50:25 3050.77 |
NAVAL GUN BOMBARDMENT. LARGE ARTILLERY GUNS FIRE FROM
BATTLESHIP DECKS. (FROM 26/81) |
| 01:50:32 3057.77 |
TRACER BULLETS FIRING FROM NAVAL SHIPS TO NAZI
POSITIONS ON SHORE |
| 01:50:43 3068.77 |
AIR SHOT OF U.S. GLIDERS ON AIR FIELD.
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| 01:50:51 3076.77 |
INTERIOR SHOT OF PARATROOPERS JUMPING OUT OF PLANE.
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| 01:50:54 3079.77 |
MASS SHOT PARATROOPERS IN AIR AS SEEN FROM PLANE &
FROM BELOW. (FROM 26/81) |
| 01:51:11 3096.77 |
AERIAL SCENES OF BATTLESHIP CONVOY. HUNDREDS OF SHIPS
IN WATER OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. AMERICAN, BRITISH & FRENCH ARMIES |
| 01:51:19 3104.77 |
LOW FLYING PLANES OVER SHIPS
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| 01:51:22 3107.77 |
BOAT LOADS OF AMERCIANS. LANDING BARGE FULL OF U.S.
SOLDIERS. (FROM 26/81) |
| 01:51:25 3110.77 |
SHIPS IN DRIVE TO THE SHORE BETWEEN CANNES & TOULON.
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| 01:51:28 3113.77 |
AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES.
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| 01:51:32 3117.77 |
FRENCH TROOPS IN LANDING BARGES MOVING TOWARDS SHORE.
FRENCH TROOPS CHARGING ON BEACH (FROM 26/28). AMPHIBIOUS LANDING WITH SOME EXPLOSIONS ON SHORE. |
| 01:51:56 3141.77 |
COMBINED & LANDING OPERATIONS, AMERICAN TROOPS &
VEHICLES ON SHORE. |
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