19601960s NEWS
B&W raw footage - no audio - of news events in the 1960's including fires, politics. - snippets of news events.
Film has black border and no Audio
Film has black border and no Audio
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Ext. home. B&W footage, lines going through, no sound. Looks like police investigating inside a home. Finding cans of maybe gas, a guitr leans agains a wall. A huge knife about a foot and a half long on a table with some open cans of beer. Dead body on the floor. House strewn with litter. Crime scene. Body loaded into ambulance.
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| 00:00:52 52.61 |
Smoke emanating from the roof of the "Flamingo Super Market". Firemen at the scene with hoses. Thick gray billowing smoke fills the skies.
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| 00:03:11 191.04 |
Next story. Man sweeping water out of a bar or store, likely from flooding.
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| 00:03:24 204.96 |
Man (from behind) wearing overalls and a cowboy style hat standing in front of a large sign for fish "Ocean Shrimp 89 cents per lb., snapper etc.
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| 00:03:25 205.7 |
police at the scene of a bad car accident. victim is seen being placed on a stretcher, a Black person dead lying on the ground next to automobile, an injured Black man being helped into an ambulance.
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| 00:03:36 215.98 |
No audio, An unknown politician speaking into mic. from his office.
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| 00:04:40 280.17 |
Aerials over an unknown Florida(?) city, maybe jacksonville or miami?
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| 00:04:45 285.27 |
Policemen watch as a residential home burns - thick gray smoke and flames. firemen fight the fire with hoses.
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| 00:05:08 308.51 |
Footage of a bad car wreck. Station wagon completely demolished, a body hangs out of the car, wrapped partially in a white sheet
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| 00:05:14 314.43 |
The arm of a dead body lies on the sidewalk, hangs out of a crashed car. Various shots of the demolished vehicle. Dead bosy inside car wreck.
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| 00:05:22 322 |
Boat Marathon - An older man stands proudly on a motor boat with a woman. Man on the boat alone waves at the camera as boat floats away. People on shore wave.
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| 00:06:01 361.66 |
Street sign: E. Bay St. 800 (block)
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| 00:06:05 365.79 |
Flooded street. Shots of various vehicles drivibng through a flooded downtown - vintage '60's cars and a vintage pick up driving through the deep water
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| 00:06:24 384.9 |
Vintage vehicles in a flooded parking lot. could be a car dealership.
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| 00:06:45 405.97 |
Tourist & Convention Bureau (meet):
Neon lights on building spell out "George Washington" (hotel) |
| 00:06:48 408.29 |
Tilt down on a huge conference room with rows of banquet tables.
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| 00:07:13 433.83 |
"Hotel Seminole" lit up sign on building
Meeting taking place inside hotel. The "ENG Society" |
| 00:08:06 486.44 |
Pepsi Officials at Airport with Joan Crawford
Pan outside airport, vintage car parked, mostly men in suits standing around. Actress Joan Crawford stepping out of a plane and greeted by a couple of men, she gives a few of the men a greeting hug and kiss. 7/18/60 |
| 00:08:25 505.92 |
military plane at airport. then cutaway to military men, some in t shirts some in uniform appear to be working in an airport hanger. soldiers watch from a hanger as a prop plane (looks like a cargo plane) arrives on the runway
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| 00:09:04 544.62 |
four military planes flying in formation
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| 00:09:15 555.91 |
Group of military men maybe marines, pose at the airport in front of a plane. A woman with baby in her arms greets a soldier.
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| 00:09:25 565.02 |
POV from inside a flying plane - puff of clouds through the window and pan over to the wing of the plane - Navy star on wing.
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| 00:10:16 616.91 |
Airplane marshaller guides plane in
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| 00:10:29 629.88 |
Dark footage. Automobile wreckage. Bumper of vintage auto. Florida Highway Patrol at the scene. Signs for "Trout Creek" and "Load Limit 8 Tons".
Car upside down, broken fence. looks like car jumped the rail. |
| 00:11:05 665.47 |
Gas Leak- Fire
Nighttime - Fire engine and fire men - fire seems to be burning on the street. A small group, about 10, Black folk leaning against a building, a store or grocery, appear to be watching. Police on motorcycles at the scene. Firemen turning on the fire hydrant and putting out fire with hose. |
| 00:14:00 840.3 |
African American Sunday Meeting
Dark shots of an African American congregation fanning themselves in a a church. A pastor standing at the pulpit. A woman wearing a wide brimmed hat speaking at the pulpit. POV from back of church - the audience fanning themselves. |
| 00:15:47 947.32 |
Helicopter stuck under overpass
Trucks and equipment attempt to dislodge helicopter from overpass. Helicopter on flatbed truck. |
| 00:16:02 962.42 |
Street signs: N. Main St. - E. State St.
LS a dump parked. cement on the sidewalk. onlookers. workers smoothing out the cement pouring from the truck. |
| 00:16:11 971.11 |
Policeman directing traffic
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| 00:16:14 974.16 |
a man pulling a long cord attached to a telephone type pole. ?
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| 00:16:28 988.06 |
problem with a flat bed truck loaded with logs. Appears the logs rolled off thew truck and onto the street.
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| 00:16:45 1005.39 |
Fireman using a powder spray from his hose to put out a street fire. Onlookers. Billowing clouds of smoke.
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| 00:17:36 1056.75 |
End reel.
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