1925-19261920s MISC.
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MS LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS 1925 - "MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE HIGH 20S, WHEN A FEW PEOPLE DID GO HIGH". "THE BALLYHOO YEARS". "REFERRING TO LATE 20S, ONE HISTORIAN FREDERICK LOUIS ALLEN SAID "HAPPY IS THE NATION THAT HAS NO HISTORY AND A LOT OF GOOD SHOWS TO WATCH".
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| 08:01:22 68.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE PREPARING TELESCOPES FOR THE FIRST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN IN 300 YEARS. "NATURE COOPERATING WITH BALLYHOO". VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE GATHERED TO WATCH ECLIPSE, SUN-GLASSES SALES SKYROCKETED. MCU POLICEMAN DIRECTION CROWDS, TRAFFIC, IN NEW YORK CITY.
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| 08:01:57 104.03 |
LS DIRIGIBLE "LOS ANGELES FLYING OVERHEAD. POV GROUND. IT FLEW FROM LOS ANGELES TO THE EAST COAST TO TAKE FILM OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE. AERIAL VIEW CAMERAMAN ON TOP OF DIRIGIBLE, ALL SET UP TO TAKE SHOTS OF ECLIPSE, WITH HIS HAND-CRANKED CAMERA.
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| 08:02:06 112.03 |
LS TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, JANUARY 25, 1928.
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| 08:02:18 124.03 |
MS WILLIAM JENNINGS BROWN POSES OUTDOORS ON DAY OF ECLIPSE, PROCLAIMED IT, "A MANIFESTATION OF THE ALMIGHTY" CROWDS IN CENTRAL PARK WATCHING ECLIPSE. LS ANOTHER GOOD SHOT OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE[ OF THE SUN.
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| 08:02:59 166.03 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "CALVIN COOLIDGE HAD BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT BY AN OVERWHELMING POPULAR VOTE, AND THE PEOPLE TRUSTED HIM".
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| 08:03:18 184.03 |
LS CALVIN COOLIDGE FAMILY FARM HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN IN PLYMOUTH,
VERMONT, JULY 4TH, 1872. GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, VICE PRESIDENT TO HARDING. |
| 08:03:20 186.03 |
MCU COOLIDGE POSES WITH HIS VICE PRESIDENT, CHARLES DAWS.
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| 08:03:24 190.03 |
MS COOLIDGE IN TOP HAT, AND WIFE GRACE, ALL DRESSED UP, LEAVING FOR THE INAUGURAL, SIT IN OPEN LIMO. MOTORCADE AND PARADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. CU VIEW VP DAWS WITH PIPE IN MOUTH."MORE OUTSPOKEN THAN AGGRESSIVE". COOLIDGE AND WIFE ARRIVE AT CAPITOL, EXIT LIMO. VOICE OVER THOMAS ABOUT COOLIDGE, "HAD FIRM BELIEF THAT THE ONLY JOB THAT A PRESIDENT HAD, WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE LAWS AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AS EXPRESSED BY CONGRESS; GOVERNMENT SECONDARY, TO STAY OUT OF SIGHT". "TO THE PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT WERE WORRIED ABOUT TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT, COOLIDGE GAVE THE REASSURING FEELING OF "NO GOVERNMENT; IT WAS THE KIND THAT MOST AMERICANS WANTED IN 1925". "THOMAS: "BEHIND THE SCENES, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HOOVER WAS CREATING TIES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS, CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE".
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| 08:05:50 336.03 |
1925 ODDITIES - MS NICK TARTAGLIONE WORLD CHAMPION EATER CHEWS ON FOOD AS IT IS SERVED IN LARGE QUANTITIES ON TABLE. oddity.
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| 08:06:09 355.03 |
ODDITY - MAN WHO TOOK HIS DOCTORS ADVICE TO EAT A "LIGHT" LUNCH LITERALLY, SITS AT TABLE, LIFTS UP COVER PLATE TO LOOK AT HIS MEAL WHICH IS A PLATE FULL OF MATCH BOOKS. HE BEGINS TO LIGHT THE MATCHES ONE AT A TIME, EATS THEM. SMOKE EMITS FROM MOUTH AFTER EACH MORSEL. oddity
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| 08:06:57 403.03 |
TILT UP LEGS OF GIRLS IN BEAUTY CONTEST EACH WEARING CIRCA 1925 ONE PIECE BATHING SUITS.
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| 08:07:27 433.03 |
FASHIONS 1925 - CU HAND PLAYING TIC TACK TOE ON WOMAN;S DRESS, MS GIRL MODELS TIC-TACK-TOE DRESS. MAN (MODEL) WITH STRIPED PRISON CLOTHES AND SLEDGE HAMMER, TURNS INTO MODEL WEARING STRIPED BEACH DRESS AND UMBRELLA.
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| 08:07:55 461.03 |
MLS COLLEGE STUDENTS FROLIC AROUND BARN FIRE AT NIGHT, WILD BEACH PARTIES, OTHER CAMPUS MARCHES, LAMPOONING EVERYTHING INCLUDING RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM. ALL COMMON IN 1920S. "SOME PRAISED THIS AS A HEALTHY SIGN, OTHERS AS DECADENT YOUTH". SHOTS COLLEGE GIRLS BEING DEPICTED IN SKIMPY BATHING SUITS, PLAYING GOLF, OR OTHER UNFEMININE OUTFITS. TITLE: "SO IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION NECESSARY?"
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| 08:09:31 557.03 |
THOMAS "WWI AND THE GREAT DISILLUSIONMENT THAT FOLLOWED, THAT WAS PAINFUL FOR AMERICA. THE RESULT, GENERAL DISTASTE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, A GENERATION GAP;YOUNG PEOPLE BLAMING THE OLDER FOR THE HOLOCAUST THAT CLAIMED SO MANY YOUNG LIVES. BUT NOW, 6 YEARS AFTER THE WAR TENSIONS WERE EASING .........".
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| 08:09:56 582.03 |
PAN 31 WOODEN SHIPS OF THE OLD TIME NAVY LINED UP AT ANCHOR AT WISE WATER, VIRGINIA. THEY WERE DOUSED WITH FUEL OIL AND BURNED. LS ABOVE PAN OF BURNING FLEET. THOMAS CALLED IT, "ONE OF THE MOST WELCOME SIGHTS IN 1925"
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| 08:10:33 620.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS ITALIAN DIPLOMAT AND HIS DELEGATION ARRIVE IN NEW YORK TO ASSURE THE U. S. THAT ITALY WAS GOING TO PAY ITS 2 BILLION DOLLAR WAR DEBT. A SMALL CROWD OF ANTI-FASCISTS GATHERED ON DOCK.
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| 08:10:49 636.03 |
LS "THE HAGUE", WORLD INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN NETHERLANDS, INSTITUTED IN 1921 TO ARBITRATE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE. "IN 1925 THE U. S. FINALLY LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO JOIN. MS VARIOUS SHOTS GATHERING OF JUSTICES OF THAT COURT.
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| 08:11:09 655.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS HEAVY TROLLEY, AUTO TRAFFIC IN BERLIN - TRUCKS SPEWING OUT LEAFLETS FROM BEWILDERING VARIETY POLITICAL PARTIES, IN CITY STREETS. "A RADICAL NAMED ADOLPH HITLER HAD TRIED TO SAVE REVOLUTION IN MUNICH YEAR BEFORE HE WAS CONVICTED OF TREASON AND SENT TO PRISON FOR 9 MONTHS".
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| 08:11:56 703.03 |
MALE POLITICAL LEADER SELLS KISSES IN THE STREET TO RAISE MONEY. CU WOMAN GIVES HIM LONG PASSIONATE KISS.
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| 08:12:15 721.03 |
MS TO DRAMATIZE THE MONETARY CRISIS IN GERMANY, POLITICIAN LIGHTS HIS CIGAR WITH GERMAN MARK AFTER PRICE OF MARK FELL TO 190 MILLION MARKS FOR ONE U. S. DOLLAR. VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS CHEER 78 YEAR OLD FIELD MARSHAL VON HINDENBURG AFTER BEING CHOSEN PRESIDENT IN 1925. MS HINDENBURG POSES IN HIS FIELD MARSHAL UNIFORM. VARIOUS SHOTS PARADES, MOTORCADES DURING INAUGURATION. "GERMANY ENTERED A PERIOD OF RELATIVE CALM AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY".
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| 08:13:39 805.03 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "MUCH OF THE HOSTILITY AMERICA HAD FOR EUROPE ..... WAS EBBING AWAY". "AMERICAN TOURIST RUSHING TO EUROPE IN LARGER NUMBERS THAN EVER BEFORE, ESPECIALLY TO PARIS .....".
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| 08:13:49 816.03 |
SHOTS AMERICAN TOURISTS IN PARIS, ENJOYING THE STREET ARTS AND SIGHTS. "AMERICANS WERE TAKING OVER THE CITY". ANITA LOOS, AUTHOR OF GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS SUMMED IT UP THIS WAY: "AN AMERICAN GIRL STAYING AT THE ELEGANT RITZ HOTEL WAS TOLD THERE WAS A FRENCH NOBLEWOMAN DOWN IN THE LOBBY; THE GIRL WAS STUNNED FOR A MOMENT, SAID, "WHY?, WHAT'S A FRENCHMAN DOING AT THE RITZ ?".
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| 08:14:20 846.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS LAUNCHING LINER "ILE DE FRANCE. PROCESSION OF ALTAR BOYS AND PRIESTS AT LAUNCHING. PRIEST BLESSING SHIP. HUGE CROWD WATCH SHIP SLIDING DOWN THE WAYS, INTO WATER. VARIOUS SHOTS PAINTINGS BOUGHT BY AMERICANS IN FRANCE. CROWDS AMERICANS CHECKING OUT STREET ARTISTS AS THEY SHOW THEIR WORKS.
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| 08:15:25 911.03 |
ANTOINE, CREATOR OF "NEW BOYS" HAIR-DO WORKS ON AMERICAN CUSTOMER. FRENCH MODELS SHOWING LATEST CIRCA 1925 FASHIONS TO AMERICAN WOMEN.
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| 08:15:50 936.03 |
CU MODEL SHOWS HER "BOB" HAIRSTYLE 08 16 02 FEMALE DANCER DOING FAST
CHARLESTON TYPE TAP DANCE. dancing. |
| 08:16:26 972.03 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "1925 AND ON THROUGH THE 20S, SCIENCE AND NEW
TECHNOLOGIES WERE IN HE FOREFRONT OF OUR IMAGINATION, AUTOMOBILES, AIRPLANES, RADIOS, NEW TIME SAVING HOME APPLIANCES ......., ALL BRINGING A MORE MODERN SOCIETY FOR US". |
| 08:16:48 994.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS THE GRAND OLD MAN OF SCIENCE IN 1925, THOMAS ALVA EDISON". SHOTS OF THOMAS EDISON GOING TO WORK IN HIS LABORATORY BY CAR. SHOTS OF HIM IN LABORATORY AND OTHER FILM SHOTS. INVENTOR
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| 08:17:34 1040.03 |
CAPTAIN GEORGE WILKINS GETTING HIS MONOPLANES READY IN HANGARS, FOR AN EXPEDITION OVER THE POLAR SEAS. MS GROUND CREWS ROLL OUT,PREPARE HIS MONOPLANE FOR FLIGHT. WILKINS EVENTUALLY BECOMES THE FIRST MAN TO FLY FROM NORTH AMERICA TO EUROPE VIA THE ARCTIC OCEAN.
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| 08:18:16 1082.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS GROUND CREWS ROLLING JIMMY DOOLITTLE'S SLEEK ARMY SEAPLANE INTO WATER, WHICH HE FLEW FOE A RECORD 232 MPH. LS SEAPLANE SPEEDING ON WATER AND TAKING OFF. VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH AND ITALIAN DOING SAME. "IT WASN'T JUST FRIENDLY OMPETITION, THEY WERE MILITARY EXPERIMENTS". DOOLITTLE IN PILOT WHAT POSES WITH GENERALS.
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| 08:19:14 1140.03 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS SPORTS - BASEBALL, TENNIS, GOLF, COLLEGE FOOTBALL, n AMERICANS REALLY WENT CRAZY, BOTH AS PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS ..."IT WAS THE YEAR OF THE "GALLOPING GHOST", RED GRANGE, OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, RAN WILD OVER PENNSYLVANIA, WHO RAN AN ASTOUNDING 363 YARDS". "IN YANKEE STADIUM THE CROWDS SETTLED IN TO SEE PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR HERO IN THE COUNTRY. BABE RUTH "THE BAMBINO" PLAYING IN THE 1ST GAME OF THE SEASON.
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| 08:19:35 1161.03 |
MLS HUGE CROWD IN STANDS AT YANKEE STADIUM. VARIOUS SHOTS BABE RUTH COMING UP TO BAT, CROWD STANDS TO CHEER, TRIES FOR IN THE PARK HOMER, IS OUT AT HOME PLATE. BABE RUTH POSES FOR CAMERA. sports, baseball.
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| 08:20:16 1202.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TENNIS GREAT BILL TILDEN PLAYING HIS GAME AT FORREST HILLS, WINNING HIS 6TH STRAIGHT U. S. SINGLES. sports
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| 08:20:39 1226.03 |
THOMAS REMEMBERS - "SPORTS, TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS OF BIG BUSINESS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS ONLY EXPLODED THE MYTH THAT IN THE 20S AMERICANS ONLY DANCED THE CHARLESTON AND DRANK THAT BATHTUB GIN". "IN 1925 THE CULTURAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW CAME TO A HEAD'.
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| 08:21:11 1257.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS KU KLUX KLAN IN HUGH PARADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. "FOR MONTHS LIBERALS AND OTHERS APPEALED TO THE PRESIDENT TO STOP MARCH. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SAID "THEY HAD CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF FREE ASSEMBLY". MORE SHOTS OF HUGE KKK MARCH INCLUDED MORE THAN 40,000 PARTICIPATED. "IN 1925 KKK HAD MORE THAN 4 MILLION MEMBERS". VOICE OVER STATES:"NEGROES, FOREIGNERS, CATHOLICS, JEWS,
COMMUNISTS, POLITICAL LIBERALS, PROSTITUTES, ALL CONSIDERED NOT 100% AMERICAN". |
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THOMAS - "IN 1925 THE STATE OF TENNESSEE MADE IT ILLEGAL TO TEACH THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION".
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| 08:23:27 1393.03 |
LOCAL TENNESSEE BIOLOGY TEACHER, JOHN SCOPES POSES FOR CAMERA. MS ENTRANCE TO ROBINSON'S DRUG STORE, WHERE SCOPES WAS HAVING A SODA WITH FRIENDS AND LECTURED ON EVOLUTION, HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOUND OVER FOR A GRAND JURY.
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| 08:23:47 1414.03 |
MLS OUTSIDE VIEW OF DAYTON COURT HOUSE WHERE HEARING WAS HELD. FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE FORCES OF SCIENCE WILL BE ARRAYED AGAINST THE PERFORMANCE OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM".
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| 08:23:59 1426.03 |
CU FAMOUS ORATOR WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN POSES. HE WAS RETAINED TO ASSIST THE PROSECUTION. MS ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE WORLD FAMOUS CLARENCE DARROW, POSES WITH OTHERS. VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS, DIGNITARIES POSING. "........ IT WILL BE A DUEL TO THE DEATH BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND EVOLUTION".
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| 08:24:47 1473.03 |
CU WOMAN WEARING NECKLACE WITH FACE OF MONKEY, YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING MONKEY DOLL AS FOR A SHORT WHILE PEOPLE IN DAYTON PROSPERED SELLING ARTIFACTS PERTAINING TO THE "MONKEY TRIALS", AS THE SCOPES TRIAL WAS CALLED.
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| 08:25:13 1499.03 |
THE PASSING OF A GREAT AMERICAN FIGURE, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN ......".
CU FACE SHOT WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN BEFORE HIS DEATH (JULY 26, 1925) PAN HUGE CROWDS LISTENING TO BRYAN ORATE OUTDOORS. |
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CU THOMAS SIGNING OFF - "IN A WAY THE SCOPES TRIAL WAS A PART OF THAT WHOLE BALLYHOO THING". IT INDICATED THAT GRAVE CHANGES IN THE WAY AMERICANS WERE THINKING ........". THIS IS LOWELL THOMAS SAYING "SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW".
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