1929-1960GOVERNMENT SERVICES
PORTRAYS CONDITIONS LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM & EXPLAINS THE SUBSEQUENT CHANGES IN
THE LAW THAT HAVE EXTENDED COVERAGE TO NEARLY ALL PERSONS IN
THE UNITED STATES. EARLY CONDITIONS IN THE U.S. PERMITTED
PERSONS TO MOVE WESTWARD DURING A DEPRESSION, THEREBY CARING
FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR OWN AGED.
URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION ELIMINATED MOST OF THESE
OPPORTUNITIES, AND AS A RESULT CONGRESS MET THIS NEED BY
ESTABLISHING SOCIAL SECURITY. THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
ARE SUMMARIZED THROUGH PRESENTING A NUMBER OF CASES OF
PERSONS RECEIVING BENEFITS. SHOWS THE NECESSITY OF CONTINUED
WELFARE AID TO THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM & EXPLAINS THE SUBSEQUENT CHANGES IN
THE LAW THAT HAVE EXTENDED COVERAGE TO NEARLY ALL PERSONS IN
THE UNITED STATES. EARLY CONDITIONS IN THE U.S. PERMITTED
PERSONS TO MOVE WESTWARD DURING A DEPRESSION, THEREBY CARING
FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR OWN AGED.
URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION ELIMINATED MOST OF THESE
OPPORTUNITIES, AND AS A RESULT CONGRESS MET THIS NEED BY
ESTABLISHING SOCIAL SECURITY. THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
ARE SUMMARIZED THROUGH PRESENTING A NUMBER OF CASES OF
PERSONS RECEIVING BENEFITS. SHOWS THE NECESSITY OF CONTINUED
WELFARE AID TO THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
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LARGE ITALIAN WOMAN AND SHORT ITALIAN HUBAND TALK ITALIAN IN GARDEN. COUPLE DISCUSS SOCIAL SECURITY IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH
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| 07:14:13 13.6 |
MAN EXPLAINS WHAT SOCIAL SECURITY MEANS
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| 07:15:44 104.6 |
GUARDS UNLOAD MAIL BAGS FROM TRUCK.
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| 07:15:46 106.6 |
POSTAL WORKERS UNLOAD BAGS OF SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS
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| 07:16:20 140.6 |
SHOT OF US MAIL BAG WORKERS TAKES CHECKS OUT
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| 07:16:24 144.6 |
LOTS OF LETTERS (CHECKS) IN A PILE
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| 07:16:34 154.6 |
WORKER SORTS THROUGH LETTERS AND TURNS ON CONVEYOR BELT. MAIL ON CONVEYOR BELT
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| 07:16:40 160.6 |
"1929" FILLS SCREEN. DEPRESSION MONTAGE.
HEADLINES, POVERTY. GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| 07:16:42 162.6 |
"CLOSED" SIGN, PIPES, SMOKE STACKS
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| 07:16:52 172.6 |
YOUNG BOY HOLDING TINY TOT
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| 07:16:54 174.6 |
YOUNG GIRL FEEDING BABY WITH BOTTLE
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| 07:16:57 177.6 |
BREAD LINE, 1929
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| 07:17:00 180.6 |
CAPITOL BUILDING
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| 07:17:04 184.6 |
CONGRESS, 1935
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| 07:17:13 193.6 |
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SIGNS BILL FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. FDR
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| 07:17:15 195.6 |
TRUMAN RESIGNS BILL
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| 07:17:19 199.6 |
EISENHOWER RESIGNS BILL. IKE
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| 07:17:26 206.6 |
PEOPLE AT WORK. CU OF HARD WORKING ORDINARY MAN
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| 07:17:29 209.6 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKER
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| 07:17:32 212.6 |
BLACK STUDENT
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| 07:17:34 214.6 |
MAN IN HIS 70s. OLDER WOMAN; OLD MAN; LITTLE GIRL DRINKING MILK, ELDERLY MAN. SENIOR CITIZENS
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| 07:17:43 223.6 |
MAN WITH PROSTHESIS SMOKING CIGARETTE TALKING WITH DOCTOR
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| 07:17:48 228.6 |
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE PEOPLE AT WORK
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| 07:17:56 236.6 |
PEOPLE AT MICROFILM MACHINES
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| 07:18:03 243.6 |
DEPRESSION MONTAGE; SALVATION ARMY SOUP LINES,
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| 07:18:05 245.6 |
SOLDIER (OFFICER) ON SOUP LINE, POURS CUP FOR PERSON ON LINE
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| 07:18:08 248.6 |
SHOT OF OFFICERS HANDING CUPS TO PEOPLE
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| 07:18:11 251.6 |
BLACKS & WHITES ON LINE
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| 07:18:16 256.6 |
MAN WALKS PAST APPLE SELLER, BUYS ONE APPLE
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| 07:18:19 259.6 |
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, TYPISTS, SECRETARIES AT DESKS
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| 07:18:28 268.6 |
MAN SURROUNDED BY KIDS
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| 07:18:34 274.6 |
MAN TALKS WITH TEENAGE GIRL; HE IS A WELFARE AGENT
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| 07:18:41 281.6 |
TWO OLD MEN DISCUSS THINGS. SENIOR CITIZENS,
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| 07:18:43 283.6 |
SEEING EYE DOG AND BLIND MASTER.
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| 07:18:44 284.6 |
MOM & CHILD, MOTHER DRESSING CHILD. POOR FAMILY
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| 07:18:55 295.6 |
MAN WITH PROSTHESIS TYPING. DISABLED MAN WITH HOOKS. MISSING HIS HANDS.
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| 07:19:02 302.6 |
DIRTY MAN. DERELICTS. HOMELESS
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| 07:19:04 304.6 |
BUM SLEEPING
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| 07:19:09 309.6 |
OLDER MAN STARING
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| 07:19:13 313.6 |
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
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| 07:19:15 315.6 |
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE DOOR
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| 07:19:18 318.6 |
FACTORY & CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. WORKERS IN FACTORY, SHOTS OF MACHINES
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| 07:19:41 341.6 |
MEN WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION SIGHT
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| 07:19:44 344.6 |
TRAIN APPROACHING CAMERA LEFT. TRAIN AWAY FROM CAMERA RIGHT. TRAINS
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| 07:19:48 348.6 |
COUPLE SITS UNDER TREE. LIBRARY
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| 07:19:58 358.6 |
BUGLE BOY ON HORSE
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| 07:19:59 359.6 |
COVERED WAGONS CHARGE THE OPEN PLAIN. OLD WEST.
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| 07:20:10 370.6 |
SLEDGEHAMMER HITS WOODEN STAKE
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| 07:20:14 374.6 |
BACK HOE DIGS.
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| 07:20:16 376.6 |
HORSE'S HOOVES PULL PLOW TO HARVEST CROP. PLOWING FIELDS
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| 07:20:24 384.6 |
SHOT OF CROPS
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| 07:20:27 387.6 |
PROUD FARMER STANDS ADMIRING CROPS
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| 07:20:31 391.6 |
WHEAT SHOOTS OUT OF MACHINE
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| 07:20:33 393.6 |
MEN CHOP DOWN TREES
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| 07:20:37 397.6 |
TREE FALLS
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| 07:20:47 407.6 |
OLD LOCOMOTIVE RACES CAMERA LEFT
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| 07:20:52 412.6 |
GOLD SIFTER. PANNING FOR GOLD
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| 07:20:54 414.6 |
MEN DIGGING
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| 07:20:59 419.6 |
COW HERD. CATTLE, COWBOYS. STAMPEDE
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| 07:21:04 424.6 |
OLD COVERED WAGON TRAVELING
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| 07:21:13 433.6 |
MAN ON WHITE HORSE
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| 07:21:20 440.6 |
LONG SHOT OF HERD GRAZING
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| 07:21:25 445.6 |
LOCOMOTIVE (SMOKING) ON HORIZON
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| 07:21:30 450.6 |
1929 STOCK MARKET CRASH
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| 07:21:30 450.6 |
WALL STREET SIGN
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| 07:21:32 452.6 |
MEN IN BROKER OFFICE. BROKERS
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| 07:21:34 454.6 |
TICKER TAPE MACHINE FALLS AND CRASHES TO FLOOR
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| 07:21:40 460.6 |
CONFUSION IN WALL STREET. HEADLINES, TRADING FLOOR
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| 07:21:47 467.6 |
MAN WITH "UNEMPLOYED WILL TAKE ANY JOB" SANDWICH BOARD SIGN ON STREET. UNEMPLOYED MEN
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| 07:21:50 470.6 |
YOUNG MAN SPEAKS WITH OLDER BUSINESSMAN
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| 07:21:57 477.6 |
OPEN FIELD WITH HOUSE, BARN IN DISTANCE. DUST BOWL DRY LAND
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| 07:22:02 482.6 |
YOUNG GIRL & BOY ARE DRIVEN AWAY ON OLD BEAT UP TRUCK. MIGRANTS
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| 07:22:08 488.6 |
PAN OPEN DESERT OF SAND
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| 07:22:22 502.6 |
FATHER & SON PLAY OUTSIDE OF TENT POOR FAMILY
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| 07:22:26 506.6 |
MOTEL T'S DRIVE INTO YARD
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| 07:22:33 513.6 |
POVERTY FOLK WATCH CARS DRIVE BY
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| 07:22:39 519.6 |
BUG RUNS ACROSS CRACKED CLAY GROUND
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| 07:22:42 522.6 |
CONGRESSIONAL HALL. CONGRESS
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| 07:22:54 534.6 |
OFFICE WORKERS. SECRETARIES BUSY AT WORK
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| 07:23:05 545.6 |
CLOSE UP OF EMPLOYEE'S APPLICATION
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| 07:23:10 550.6 |
DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DOOR. UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE
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| 07:23:16 556.6 |
INFORMATION DESK
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| 07:23:17 557.6 |
PAN OVER SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE WITH CLIENTS &
AGENTS |
| 07:23:34 574.6 |
UNEMPLOYED (FORMERLY) MAN SPEAKS OF PROGRAM, CLIMBS UP ON TRACTOR
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| 07:24:08 608.6 |
CROWD OF WORKERS EXIT
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| 07:24:09 609.6 |
WORKERS WALK OUT OF FACTORY
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| 07:24:16 616.6 |
CLIENT & AGENT GO OVER PROGRAM AT DESK.
UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. GOVERNMENT OFFICE. |
| 07:24:28 628.6 |
CU OF FILES IN CABINET. ROWS OF FILING CABINETS
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| 07:24:31 631.6 |
LS OF MAN FILING
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| 07:24:37 637.6 |
TWO ELDERLY MEN, ONE WITH PIPE. SENIOR CITIZENS
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| 07:24:41 641.6 |
OLDER MAN WITH CIGAR
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| 07:24:44 644.6 |
TWO OLD WOMEN SIT ON PORCH IN ROCKING CHAIR
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| 07:24:47 647.6 |
OLD SHACK IN WOODS
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| 07:24:52 652.6 |
MAN WALKS THRU CROPS (DEAD ONES). DRY FIELD
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| 07:25:02 662.6 |
OLD WOMAN CHURNS BUTTER ON PORCH. CHURNING BUTTER
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| 07:25:08 668.6 |
PRAIRIE MOTHER SHOWS LITTLE BOY CHORES TO BE DONE
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| 07:25:15 675.6 |
TONS OF CARS, MODEL T
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| 07:25:15 675.6 |
SENIORS IN THE CITY
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| 07:25:19 679.6 |
OLD WOMAN CROSSES STREET
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| 07:25:26 686.6 |
ANOTHER WOMAN CROSSES STREET COMING OUT OF THE MARKET
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| 07:25:33 693.6 |
STEAMROLLER ON ROAD
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| 07:25:38 698.6 |
SHOT OF DINGY KITCHEN. SHABBY APARTMENT
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| 07:25:44 704.6 |
PARK WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE ON BENCHES
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| 07:25:49 709.6 |
OLDER MAN PUNCHES TIME CARD. WORKER PUNCHING TIMECLOCK
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| 07:25:59 719.6 |
OLD MAN STARES INTO CAMERA
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| 07:26:02 722.6 |
WOMAN SIFTS THRU GARBAGE. PICKING THROUGH GARBAGE
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| 07:26:08 728.6 |
PAN HOMELESS ON STREET. DERELICTS. BUMS
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| 07:26:27 747.6 |
AERIAL CAPITOL BUILDING, THEN TO EYE LEVEL VIEW
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| 07:26:32 752.6 |
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE. AGENT & CLIENT AT DESK.
ROWS OF FILING CABINETS |
| 07:26:44 764.6 |
SHOT OF U.S. MAIL. MAILBAGS, OPENING MAIL
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| 07:26:51 771.6 |
OLD MAN RECEIVES LETTER, CHECK, IS VERY HAPPY
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| 07:26:57 777.6 |
LITTLE OLD MAN SITS IN CHAIR TELLS OF HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK
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| 07:27:03 783.6 |
HORSE WITH COUPLE.
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| 07:27:17 797.6 |
HORSE & OWNER AT FENCE (CU OF OLD MAN). FARMER WITH HORSE
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| 07:27:44 824.6 |
OLDER MAN CLIPS HEDGES, CU, WIPES SWEAT & SPEAKS TO CAMERA
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| 07:28:23 863.6 |
OLDER WOMAN BAKES IN KITCHEN & SPEAKS TO CAMERA
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| 07:29:12 912.6 |
YOUNG GIRL SITS AT CARD CATALOG. FILE CLERK
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| 07:29:18 918.6 |
CEMETERY. TOMBSTONE "MENSHAW," CAMERA PANS AWAY TO FIELD WHERE BOYS RIDING TRACTOR
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| 07:29:35 935.6 |
FARMER FEEDS CHICKENS. CHICKEN FARMER
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