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OPENING OF SUBWAY SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 12/3/25
FIRST SUBWAY SYSTEM IN THE WEST IS OPENED WITH CHRISTENING OF TRAIN ON MAIDEN TRIP THROUGH TUBE. OFFICIALS IN GOOD MOOD, LAUGHING & GOOFING OFF. RIDE THROUGH FIRST UNIT OF $100,000,000 SUBWAY TRAFFIC SYSTEM.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 30 21 ARRIVAL OF OFFICIALS: CLOSELY PACKED GROUP OF MEN WALKING DOWN TO SUBWAY PLATFORM ON DECORATED RAMP.
BIZARRE IMAGE
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THE WAY THEY TRAVELED BACK IN 1880: MEN POSING & GETTING OUT OF IN SINGLE MULE-DRAWN SUBWAY CAR.
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CHRISTENING CAR OF FIRST TRAIN WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
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WOMAN PUTS LARGE WREATH OF FLOWERS AROUND MAN'S NECK.
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POLITICIAN WITH WREATH AROUND NECK SITS IN DRIVER'S SEAT & CONDUCTOR'S CAP & RIDES TRAIN TOWARDS CAMERA.
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FRONT END OF THE "SPECIAL" SUBWAY TRAIN AS IT LEAVES STATION
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CAVE-IN. NEW YORK CITY. 8/21/26
ONE OF THE DANGERS OF A GREAT CITY: DYNAMITE BLASTING FOR NEW SUBWAY CAUSES THE CAVE-IN OF STREET. NOBODY HURT, BUT WHAT A MESS TO HAVE IN YOUR FRONT YARD. PEDESTRIANS GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS ON CITY STREET OF SMALL STORE FRONTS ALONGSIDE BLOCK-LONG CRATER.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 31 47 MONTAGE OF SHOTS OF WRECKAGE OF CONSTRUCTION SITE OF BOARDS & SCAFFOLDING PILED UP IN DEEP HOLE-CREVICE IN STREET
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MEN IN HOLE FILLING UP SANDBAGS
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MEN WORKING IN HOLE TO SHORE UP COLLAPSE WITH BOARDS
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF SITE
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SUBWAY TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION. NEW YORK CITY. 3/13/29
VARIOUS SHOTS OF WORKING IN SUBWAY TUNNEL UNDERGROUND. CONSTRUCTION. LOTS OF DIGGING, TIGHTENING PIPES, HOSES, ETC. COULD PASS AS MINERS.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 34 49 BOILER ROOM WITH PIPES & GAUGES
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CU PRESSURE GAUGE NEEDLE GOES UP
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WORKER ADJUSTING LARGE TURBINE MACHINE
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MASON & HANGER COMPANY ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS WORKING WITH LARGE PIECES OF METAL TO CONSTRUCT SUBWAY TUNNEL
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NYC SUBWAY EXTENSION. NEW YORK CITY. 3/8/29
CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY EXTENSION. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN HOLE
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 44 12 CU JAMES W. MURRAY, FOREMAN OF THE BLASTERS, SPEAKING.
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WS CONSTRUCTION SITE OF HUGE HOLE IN GROUND DOWN MIDDLE OF CITY STREET.
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BLASTER IN FRGD DETONATES DYNAMITE PLUNGER, EXPLOSION BLAST IN CONSTRUCTION CRATER
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EARLY STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK SCOOPING & DROPPING DIRT INTO DUMP TRUCK
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TED BALKO OF MINNESOTA WINS NATIONAL CORN HUSKING CONTEST. FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA. 11/9-10/34
MALE SPECTATORS SURROUND FARMERS AS THE PICK CORN FOR CONTEST. HARVESTING CROPS. AGRICULTURE. FARMING.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 49 48 SCENES OF BALKO IN HUSKING CONTEST PICKING CORN FROM STALKS IN CORN FIELD & THROWING IT INTO TRUCK. FIELDS FILLED WITH SPECTATORS WATCHING CONTEST
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CU BALKO SPEAKING
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SCENES OF OTHER FARMER CONTESTANTS PICKING EARS OF CORN & THROWING ONTO TRACTOR.
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TED BALKO RECEIVING CHECK FOR $100
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TILTED ANGLE, YOUNG BOYS SPECTATORS
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TED BALKO RECEIVING CHECK FOR $100 & SPEAKING
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*UHRELATED CUT NEWSREEL*
POLICEMEN WITH BILLY CLUBS SEARCH WOODS.
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SPOKESMAN GIVES STATEMENT
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MIDDLE CLASS BRICK HOUSE RESIDENCE.
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SUMMER BEACH SCENES. CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK. 7/4/30
JULY 4TH HOLIDAY. CROWDED BOARDWALK IN BKGD. HOT SUMMER WEATHER. ACTUAL SOUNDS OF BATHERS & CROWDS. INDOOR MERRY-GO-ROUND & DOCK VISIBLE IN HIGH ANGLE SHOTS
HIGHLIGHS: 02 58 48 CROWDED BEACH TEEMING WITH PEOPLE. MEN & WOMEN WEARING BATHING SUITS, SWIMMING IN OCEAN.
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HIGH ANGLE VIEWS OF CROWDED CONEY ISLAND BEACH & BOARDWALK SHOT FROM HALF MOON HOTEL ROOF.
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AERIAL VIEWS FROM PLANE OF CONEY ISLAND BEACHES, TRAVELING DOWN COASTLINE
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SMOKI INDIAN DANCES. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. 6/8/29
VARIOUS TAKES OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS PERFORMING RITUAL DANCES: GREEN CORN DANCE, TURKEY DANCE, ANTELOPE DANCE, STORM DANCE, BUTTERFLY DANCE. SINGING & USING RATTLES & DRUMS. RELIGION, ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNIC MUSIC, TRADITIONAL DANCE, TRIBAL. USC MUSIC.
(NOTE: ALL FAKED BY WHITE PEOPLE WEARING MAKE-UP & WIGS)?
HIGHLIGHTS: 03 07 23 INDIANS CIRCLE TREE & SHAKE RATTLES
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DANCE PERFORMING DANCE IN LINE. ADOBE BUILDING BKGD
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INDIANS PERFORMING "SNAKE CLAN DANCE". MAN PUTS SNAKES IN INDIANS MOUTHS AS THEY DANCE PAST
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INDIANS DANCE AROUND CERMONIAL CIRCLE THROWING SNAKES INTO CENTER
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INDIANS FRANTICALLY GRAB SNAKES AT END OF DANCE & RUN OFF.
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CU FEET OF WHITE FOLKS INSIDE FENCE AS THEY WALK PAST.
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SMOKI INDIAN DANCES. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. 6/8/29
VARIOUS TAKES OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS PERFORMING RITUAL DANCE. RELIGION, ANTHROPOLOGY. ETHNIC MUSIC, TRADITIONAL DANCE, TRIBAL.
(NOTE: ALL FAKED BY WHITE PEOPLE WEARING MAKE-UP & WIGS)?
HIGHLIGHTS: 03 16 50 INDIANS PERFORMING SNAKE CLAN DANCE
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LINE OF INDIANS STAND & SHAKE RATTLES AS MEN DANCE PAST HOLDING SNAKES
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DRUMMER & SINGERS PLAY INDIAN-LIKE MUSIC
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CU NATIVE AMERICAN DRUMMER
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CU NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SINGERS
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PUTTING SNAKES INTO MOUTHS OF DANCERS
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INDIANS STANDS IN FRONT OF BUSH HUT & SWINGS BIZARRE INSTRUMENT WITH WEIRD NOISE
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TWO SMOKI SAND PAINTERS DRAWING SYMBOLS ON GROUND WITH SAND FROM THE PAINTED DESERT.
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GROUP OF INDIANS SINGING & DRUMMING
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HELENA RUBINSTEIN BEAUTY PARLOR. NEW YORK CITY. 6/21/29
BUSTS, PAINTINGS, STATUES IN BACKGROUND OF ART DECO DESIGN. (*NOTE: 8 EAST 57TH STREET)
HIGHLIGHTS: 03 23 48 RUBENSTEIN SPEAKS ON HER BEAUTY TREATMENTS.
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BEAUTY PARLOR SPA CLIENTS BEING TREATED. RUBENSTEIN ENTERS & INSTRUCTS COSMOTOLOGISTS ON TREATMENT.
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CU WOMAN GETTING FACIAL. HANDS MASSAGE CREAM ON HER FACE.
BEAUTY MASQUE. PUTS TOWN IN FRONT OF HER FACE
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CU END RESULT, TOWEL REMOVED FROM HER FACE. HAIR & MAKEUP ALL DONE ON BEAUTIFUL MODEL
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THREE WOMEN COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER ON THEIR MAKE-OVER.
OLDER WOMAN GUSHES "WAIT 'TIL JOHN SEES" SOUND BYTE
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OPENING OF "CAVALCADE". LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 4/34
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE PREMIERE. GLAMOROUS MOVIE STARS. MEN IN TUXEDOS, TOP HATS & WOMEN IN FUR COATS, STOLES. FILM DIRECTED BY NOEL COWARD. ADOLF MENGOU.
HIGHLIGHTS: 03 31 53 QUICK, BLURRY SHOTS OF "CAVALCADE" SIGN. MARQUEE IN LIGHTS ON THEATRE.
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SHOTS OF CELEBRITIES
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LARGE SPOTLIGHTS LINE OUTSIDE OF THEATRE WHERE GUESTS ARRIVE
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GOOD SHOT OF NAME OF FILM IN LIGHTS, WITH "SID GRAUMAN'S PROLOGUE" OVER IT. SPOTLIGHTS IN FRONT
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CARS ON STREET ARRIVING.
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BEAUTIFUL BLONDE STARLET POSING
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DOROTHY BURGESS SPEAKS
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BRITISH ACRTRESS HEATHER ANGEL
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CU JACK OAKIE & MOTHER
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CELEBRITIES & OTHERS MULL ABOUT. MICROPHONE ON TRIPOD VISIBLE.
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RICHARD BARTHELMESS, LESLIE HOWARD & HEIR DATES, WIVES.
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FRANK LLOYD WITH WIFE, DAUGHTER.
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NORMA SHEARER
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GEORGE RAFT WITH MR & MRS ROSCOE ATES
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BOWLING. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 3/10/44RUFF, THE BOWLING DOG AT GOLDEN GATE RECREATION ALLEYS. ROLLS BALL DOWN BOWLING LANE TO KNOCK DOWN PINS. PLAYS WITH BALL. STUPID PET TRICKS. STRIKE.
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