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CHICKEN THIEVES. BLACK PUTTING CHICKENS INTO ANOTHER'S BAG & THEN OUT WINDOW & RUNNING. FARMER FIRES GUN & ANOTHER CHASES WITH SCYTHE TO CORNER OF BUILDING. ETHNIC & AFRICAN AMERICAN STEREOTYPES. BLACKS. CHICKENS. STEALING. CHASE. FARMERS.

"BLIND & CRIPPLED" BEGGAR CHASED BY POLICEMAN. MAN WITH ONLY STUMPS & SING HELP THE BLIND WITH CHILD WALKING THEN GETTING COINS GIVEN TO HIM. POLICEMAN TAPS HIM ON SHOULDER & HE RUNS & IS CHASED BY POLICE AS PEOPLE WATCH. STEREOTYPES. BEGGAR. FAKING. CHASE. POLICE. STREET SCENE. NEW YORK CIRCA 1900. BEGGING CRIPPLE HANDICAP. FREAK.

TRAIN ARRIVING & PASSING LEFT. RAILROAD. PASSENGER TRAIN. STATION. TRAIN ARRIVES (VERY JIGGLY) & PASSES ON LEFT OF SCREEN.

NIGHTMARE. MAN IN COSTUME WAKES UP MAN, PULLING BEDDING OFF THEN BOUNCING UP FOLD-OUT BED. MAN PULLS HIS TAIL OFF AND THEY WRESTLE (LOOKS LIKE BIZARRE MONKEY).

WOMEN & CHILDREN AT BEACHSIDE UNDER UMBRELLA. DONKEY CART. GIRL RUNS TO BEACH. BOYS PLAYING CATCH BETWEEN UMBRELLA & WATER. RECREATION. PICNIC. BEACH UMBRELLA. BOYS. BEAUTIFUL SCENE.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SOLDIERS DO BLANKET TOSS WITH MAN AS OTHERS WATCH, MOSTLY FOR CAMERA. 1890s RECREATION.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. MULE PACK TRAIN PAST CAMERA. CUBA. COWBOYS DRIVING STRING OF PACK MULES PAST CAMERA LEFT TO RIGHT IN FAIRLY CLOSE. 1890S. WRANGLING.

EDISON IN LAB - ACTUALITY. THOMAS EDISON IN LAB MEASURING CHEMICALS, MIXING THEM UP. IN WHITE LAB COAT. LABORATORY. SCIENTIST

MEXICAN CAVALRY CHARGE. MEXICAN ? COWBOYS RIDE TOWARD CAMERA CARRYING FLAGS & WITH SABERS RAISED. FIRST FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, THEN RETURNING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

SPANISH-AMERICAN SOLDIERS WALKING TOWARD CAMERA ALONG DOCK WITH SHIP & CRIBBING IN BACKGROUND. SMALL BOATS VISIBLE. SOLDIERS CARRY STRETCHERS ON SHOULDERS.

PIG AND PIGLETS IN BARNYARD. VERY LARGE PIG AND MANY PIGLETS ROOTING AROUND FARM. SOW. CUTE BABY PIGS.

POLICEMEN ON WAGONS RUN BY IN FRONT OF FIREWAGON & PUMPER. PEOPLE WATCHING. LARGE BUILDING IN BACKGROUND.

FILM PHOTOGRAPHED FROM UMPIRE'S POSITION FACING THE PITCHER'S MOUND ON BACK LAWN OF EDISON NJ ESTATE. SHOT AT 44FPS (?). FIGHT AT HOME PLATE BETWEEN PLAYERS, UMPIRE, ETC. NOTE: TRANSFERRED FLIPPED. SPORTS. BASEBALL. 1905. COMEDY. FIGHT. OCTOBER 28, 1905. STORY #FRA1436.

BALL GAME. PLAYER RUNS TOWARD CAMERA. COVERED BLEACHERS BEHIND. MAN COMES TO BAT, RUNS TO BASE PAST CAMERA WEARING NEWARK UNIFORM. MAY 20, 1898. STORY #FRA 00223.

PRINCETON AND YALE FOOTBALL GAME. LARGE STADIUM. TEAMS RUN ONTO FIELD. VIEW OF FENCE AROUND FIELD & PEOPLE WALKING AROUND IT. TEAM ONTO FIELD FROM BENEATH GRANDSTAND. PAN AROUND FIELD. VERY LARGE GRANDSTAND WITH ESTIMATED 50,000 SPECTATORS. PLAYERS ON FIELD WARMING UP. MEN IN TOP HATS ALONG EDGE. TEAMS LINE UP AT SCRIMMAGE LINE & PLAY RUN. MULTIPLE PLAYS. OFFICIALS VISIBLE. CROWD JUMP TO FEET. COACHES VISIBLE ON SIDELINES. SPEED IN NORMAL. ACTION IS MOSTLY IN LONG SHOT. NOVEMBER 14, 1903. STORY #FRA2124.

PLAY BALL ON BEACH. STAGE SET WITH PAINTED BACKDROP OF OCEAN & PIER. TWO WOMEN IN BATHING SUITS WITH BROOM, ONE CATCHES & OTHER SWINGS. THEY ARGUE WITH MAN IN BATHING SUIT WHO IS REFEREEING & THEN FIGHT WITH HIM. ONE WOMAN HOLDS HIM AND OTHER BEATS HIM WITH BROOM. HE THEN PICKS ONE WOMAN UP AND THEY ALL FALL DOWN. ALMOST A RISQUE FILM. FIGHT. STAGED. RECREATION. SPORT. BEACH. FEMINIST. UMPIRE. EROTIC. MAY 9, 1906. STORY #FRA2139

FORMAL DANCE WITH PALM TREES, ETC. GRIFFITH VISIBLE. DILLON & GIRL ON BENCH TALKING.
ROMANTIC COUPLE. COUPLES DANCING, THROW CONFETTI FROM BOWL IN MID-FLOOR. BIG CONFETTI FIGHT.

2 GUYS WITH DEGREES GO INTO MESSY ROOM.

BOXING FOR POINTS. MEN ON FIELD. BOXING. BOTH WEAR NUMBERS ON BACK. LARGE ROUND-HOSE SWINGS. SEVERAL MEN APPARENTLY REFEREEING. ONE WITH STRIPED PANTS. POSSIBLE AT WEST POINT. MOUNTAIN VISIBLE IN BACKGROUND OF LARGE FIELD. OCTOBER 1897. STORY #FRA 0293

JEFFRIES IN HIS TRAINING QUARTERS. SHOT AGAINST A PAINTED BACKDROP OF RIVER WITH TOWN ON OTHER BANK & MOUNTAINS BEHIND. THROWING MEDICINE BALL WHILE GROUP OF MEN WATCH, AT LEAST ONE BLACK. HE STANDS UP & GETS HIT ON HEAD WITH BALL. JEFFRIES SHADOW BOXING & DANCING WITH WEIGHTS IN HANDS. SPARRING BAREHANDED, OR WRESTLING WITH ANOTHER MAN.

SPARRING WITH BOXING GLOVES ON IN FIRST CAMERA POSITION ENDS ABRUPTLY. CONTINUED ON RSM B149 FROM BEGINNING OF SPARRING.
BOXING TRAINING WEIGHTS SPARRING EXERCISING BLACK GAG. DECEMBER 1901. STORY #FRA2696.

SCRAP IN BLACK AND WHITE. BLACK AND WHITE KID IN RING BOXING WHILE MEN REFEREE & WORK THEIR CORNERS. ANOTHER KID WATCHES FROM GROUND. OUTDOORS. WHITE KID KNOCKED DOWN, GETS UP AND THEY FLAIL SOME MORE. ROUND ENDS. DRINK FROM WATER BUCKET. GO BACK TO BOXING. START WRESTLING & EACH CORNER THROW BUCKET OF WATER ON THEM. ALL LAUGH. GAG, ETHNIC RELATIONS. JUNE 30, 1903. STORY #FRA1872.

SQUIRES, AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION, IN HIS TRAINING QUARTERS. SQUIRES SKIPPING ROPE IN BACKYARD WITH SHEDS & CHICKENS IN BACKGROUND. SQUIRES, CONTENDER FOR HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS KNOCKED OUT BY TOMMY BURNS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THEIR JULY 4, 1907 FIGHT IN COMA, CA. STORY #FRA0847.