Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: NR-73A

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00:00:12 5.53	"MONTE CRISTO". NEW YORK CITY. 1922? HUGE CROWD OF MEN IN STRAW HATS OUTSIDE THE 44TH STREET THEATRE WHICH IS SHOWING COSTUME DRAMA "MONTE CRISTO". CARS CAN BARELY GET THROUGH, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. POLICEMAN ON HORSEBACK. CROWD WAVING TO CAMERA. CU FOP WITH RUFFLED SHIRT & CANE SITTING IN AN OPEN CAR SHAKING HANDS WITH CROWD. COSTUME FROM ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
00:03:49 222.53	REVEREND MAJOR M.J. DIVINE & FOLLOWERS. HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK CITY. 8/26/32. NEW YORK EVANGELIST FATHER DIVINE TALKING & PREACHING. 3,000 PEOPLE SINGING RELIGIOUS HYMNS. CU INTEGRATED AUDIENCE OF FOLLOWERS. BLACK LIFESTYLES. GOSPEL MUSIC. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 03 55 FATHER DIVINE PREACHING TO CROWD ON BOARD SHIP SS CLAREMONT.
00:03:54 227.53	SANCTIFIED AFRICA AMERICAN BLACK RELIGION PREACHER PREACHES TO BLACK CONGREGATION 1928 MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION ANSWER AND SHOUT SANCTIFIED SERMON BLACK RELIGION PRE-WAR BLUES
00:05:50 343.53	CONGREGATION LEAN OVER RAILING ON UPPER DECK OF SHIP, LOOKING DOWN.
00:06:17 370.53	BLACK FOLKS IN SUNDAY BEST LISTEN TO SERMON.
00:07:54 467.53	FATHER DIVINES PREACHES
00:09:05 538.53	STORY ENDS
00:09:07 540.53	MASS BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. 9/5/43. BLACK-AMERICANS RECEIVE RITES OF BAPTIST CHURCH IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. CLAPPING IN UNISON. CU SHOTS OF FACES & ACTIONS OF SOME OF THOSE BEING BAPTIZED. GOSPEL MUSIC. BIRTH OF JAZZ.
00:09:13 546.53	LONG LINE OF PEOPLE IN WHITE WADING IN WATER.
00:09:14 547.53	REVIVAL MEETING DADDY GRACE AT WATER BAPTISMAL BLACK BAPTISMS IN THE WATER SCREAMING SANCTIFIED CU SHOTS OF MEN AND WOMEN WRITHING IN RELIGIOUS FRENZY AFTER BAPTISMAL IN RIVER
00:09:20 553.53	BISHOP C.M. GRACE AKA SWEET DADDY GRACE.
00:09:28 561.53	VARIOUS SHOTS OF BAPTIZING UNDER WAY. TOTAL IMMERSION IN WATER. FOLKS WEAK WITH THE SPIRIT OF JESUS IN THEM.
00:10:15 608.53	BABY BEING BAPTISED IN LAKE.
00:10:20 613.53	SWEET DADDY GRACE IN BLACK ROBES WITH ATTENDANT HOLDING UMBRELLA OVER HIS HEAD AS HE LEADS HIS CONVERTS INTO WATER.
00:11:07 660.53	LONG LINE OF FOLKS IN WHITE IN WATER FOR ASSEMBLY LINE BAPTISM.
00:11:36 689.53	FATHER GRACE IN BOAT WATCHES OVER PROCEEDINGS.
00:11:40 693.53	FOLKS WEAK WITH THE SPIRIT OF JESUS IN THEM BEING LED OUT OF WATER.
00:11:55 708.53	DRAMATIC CLOSE UP SHOTS OF PEOPLE BEING LOWERED IN THE WATER AT BAPTISM AND COMING UP SCREAMING AND WRITHING SANCTIFIED BLACK RELIGION RELIGIOUS CEREMONY PRE-WAR BLUES GOSPEL
00:12:32 745.53	PREACHER WITH ARMS OUT-STRECHED WIDE.
00:12:42 755.53	STORY ENDS
00:12:42 756.02	SANTA CLAUS LAND. NEW YORK CITY. 1920s BIG STORES OUT-DO PREVIOUS DISPLAYS WITH WONDERFUL FREE TOY SHOWS FOR THE LITTLE ONES. SANTA'S CIRCUS. CHRISTMAS CIRCUS PARADE. HIGHLIGHTS:
00:12:44 757.53	CLOWNS & MARCHING BAND PARADE IN FRONT OF CHILDREN SPECTATORS.
00:13:43 816.53	FREAK SHOW-TYPE PARADE WITH MARDI GRAS- TYPE MASKS.
00:14:00 833.53	CLOWNS GOOF WITH CHILDREN AS THEY WALK BY.
00:14:12 845.53	MAN IN BEAR COSTUME IN CAGE GRABS AT KIDS.
00:14:33 866.53	FREAK SHOW-TYPE PARADE WITH MARDI GRAS- TYPE MASKS.
00:14:50 883.53	CLOWNS GOOF WITH CHILDREN AS THEY WALK BY.
00:15:27 920.53	PEOPLE IN BIZARRE COSTUMES, LOOK LIKE LIVE DOLLS. NIGHTMARISH, SCARY.
00:15:36 929.53	CLASSIC SANTA DISTRIBUTES TOYS TO NEEDY CHILDREN FROM WICKER BASKET.
00:15:56 949.53	CHILDREN WATCH BIZARRE THREE RING TOY CIRCUS. REAL PEOPLE?
00:16:26 979.53	SANTA TALKS TO MYSTIFIED CHILDREN. ALA SITTING ON SANTA'S LAP. GIVES THEM EACH LITTLE PRESENT. SIMILAR TO VISITING SANTA AT MACY'S.
00:17:08 1021.53	EX-BALLPLAYER WINS VICTORY GOLF TOURNEY. BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 8/22/43. FUND-RAISING EVENT FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS WON BY SAM BYRD, FORMER NY YANKEES BASEBALL PLAYER. VICTORY NATIONAL OPEN HIGHLIGHTS: 00 17 22 PLAYERS TEEING OFF: BYRON NELSON
00:17:25 1038.53	CRAIG WOOD.
00:17:29 1042.53	SAM BYRD.
00:17:32 1045.53	SPECTATORS TURN THEIR HEADS AS THEY WATCH BALL.
00:17:33 1046.53	JUG MCSPADEN TEES OFF.
00:17:37 1050.53	JIM TURNESA PUTTS BALL INTO HOLE.
00:17:45 1058.53	CHICK HARBERT MISSES PUTT.
00:17:51 1064.53	GALLERY-CROWD WALKING ALONG TO NEXT HOLE.
00:17:54 1067.53	SAM BYRD PUTTING & CU.
00:18:08 1081.53	CIRCUS VISITS SICK CHILDREN. BELLVUE HOSPITAL. NEW YORK. 4/21/34. ANIMALS & PERFORMERS ENTERTAIN BOYS & GIRLS. CLOWN FELIX ADLER ENTERTAINS WITH TRAINED PIG MABLE. SINGS "WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF". TRAINED ANIMAL. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 18 13 CU BABY PIG HELD BY CLOWN. FEEDS IT MILK FROM BABY BOTTLE.
00:18:50 1123.53	PAN ACROSS GROUP OF LAUGHING CLOWNS INCLUDING MIDGET CLOWN.
00:19:26 1159.53	TRAINED PIG GOES UP & DOWN RAMP.
00:19:56 1189.53	LARGE AUDIENCE OF CHILDREN WATCHING.
00:20:32 1225.53	PAN ACROSS NURSES & SICK CHILDREN APPLAUDING.
00:21:17 1270.53	ORSON WELLES DEMONSTRATES MAGIC WONDER TRICKS. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. 8/7/43. MERCURY WONDER SHOW. ORSON WELLES PERFORMING MAGIC TRICKS. SOME SEATS SOLD FOR SERIVCE MEN'S RELIEF.
00:21:24 1277.53	OUTSIDE OF TENT AS SIDESHOW MAGICIAN, WELLES WEARING EGYPTIAN-LIKE ROBE & FEZ. PUTTING HENS INTO MAGIC BOX.
00:21:43 1296.53	WELLES WITH HEADLESS CHICKEN & SEPARATE HEAD. WRINGING CHICKEN'S HEAD. MAGICALLY PUTS CHICKEN'S HEAD BACK ON ITS BODY.
00:21:56 1309.53	WELLES TRIES TO HYPNOTIZE TIGER.
00:22:12 1325.53	JOSEPH COTTON AS EXPLORER-HUNTER WITH ZULU NATIVES AT SIDESHOW STAGE. COTTON SHOOTING SKULL. CROWD ENTERING CIRCUS TENT TO SEE SHOW.
00:23:03 1376.53	SERIVCEMEN GETS DRINKS AT STAND. ENTERING MERCURY WONDER SHOW TENT IN BKGD.
00:23:24 1397.53	SECTION OF STANDS-BLEACHER FILLED WITH SERVICE MEN, APPLAUDING.
00:23:49 1422.53	WELLES DOING MAGIC TRICK WITH REAPPEARING BIRD CAGE. STAGE IN EGYPTIAN THEME.
00:24:09 1442.53	WELLES IN FANCY TUX WITH LOOK OF COUNT. WELCOMES SERIVCEMEN.
00:24:40 1473.53	WELLES & LOVELY ASSISTANTS REMOVING SWORDS FROM BOX. GIRL GETTING OUT OF BOX.
00:25:14 1507.53	BLOOPER: GIRL GETS HIT ON HEAD WITH LID. OUCH!!
00:25:24 1517.53	MULTIPLE TAKES OF REMOVING CHICKEN HEAD -CHICKEN DISAPPEARING FROM BOX TRICK. ANOTHER BLOOPER, SAME GIRL GETS HURT
00:27:39 1652.53	THROWS CHICKEN FEATHER DART AT GIRL.
00:28:30 1703.53	WELLES REMOVES CHICKEN'S HEAD
00:28:40 1713.53	ON STAGE SOLDIERS & SAILORS PULLING ROPES FROM AROUND GIRL.
00:28:58 1731.53	JOSEPH COTTON GETTING INTO & OUT OF TRUNK.
00:29:16 1749.53	GIRL GETS INTO TRUNK. SERVICEMEN TIE ROPES AROUND IT.
00:29:36 1769.53	ON THE KITCHEN FRONT: SAVE YOUR OLD TIN CANS TO CAN THE AXIS. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; NEVILLE ISLAND, PENNSYLVANIA. 11/20/42. HOME FRONT RECYCLING. ILLUSTRATES CIVILIAN WAR EFFORT.
00:29:48 1781.53	TRUCKS DUMPING OUT CANS.
00:29:54 1787.53	WAR PRODUCTION CHIEF DONALD NELSON ASKING WOMEN TO MAKE DONATIONS.
00:30:04 1797.53	WASHING CAN OUT AT KITCHEN SINK & REMOVING LABEL
00:30:09 1802.53	OPENING CAN WITH OLD FASHIONED CAN OPENER
00:30:14 1807.53	WOMEN FLATTENING CANS FOR RECYCLING, STEPPING ON CAN.
00:30:19 1812.53	CANS DUMPED INTO FREIGHT CARS FROM DUMP TRUCKS.
00:30:29 1822.53	BLOCKS OF TIN GO UP CONVEYOR & DOWN CHUTE.
00:30:36 1829.53	TRAIN CARS FILLED WITH BLOCKS OF RECYCLED TIN
00:30:38 1831.53	POURING MOLTED TIN INTO MOLDS
00:30:41 1834.53	PUSHING BLOCKS OF NEW METAL FROM SALVAGED CANS.
00:30:45 1838.53	TIN CAN FACTORY. CANS ON ASSEMBLY LINE GETTING LIDS PUT ON
00:30:53 1846.53	PILES OF WOODEN BOXES THAT TRUCKS HAVE UNLOADED
00:30:59 1852.53	CHOW LINE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. SOLDIERS EATING.
00:31:07 1860.53	WAR FILM BULLETIN #13. FIGHT WASTE! TRAILER AD FOR FIGHTING WASTE. 1944. FAMILY MEMBERS ILLUSTRATING WAYS TO ELIMINATE WASTE. TITLES TELLING WHAT TO DO WITH WASTE. CONSERVE ENERGY. FIGHT WASTE. RECYCLE. ILLUSTRATES CIVILIAN WAR EFFORT.
00:31:18 1871.53	WOUNDED SOLDIER IN WHEELCHAIR WITH NURSE BANDAGING LEG. PULLS DOWN PANT LEG. PROSTHETIC LEG, FAKE LEG.
00:31:47 1900.53	BOY SCOUT RUNNING INTO RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
00:31:53 1906.53	FAMILY SITTING AT TABLE FOR DINNER. FAMILY LOOKS AT EMPTY CHAIR AT DINNER TABLE. SUPERIMPOSED PHOTO OF DAUGHTER WAC TYPING & SON IN CLASS.
00:32:09 1922.53	MEN LOOKING AT BLUEPRINTS IN OFFICE.
00:32:15 1928.53	BOY & MOTHER AT DESK AT HOME WRITING LETTER.
00:32:21 1934.53	CU FOOD TRAY
00:32:24 1937.53	NURSE SERVES FOOD TO SMILING WOMAN IN HOSPITAL BED.
00:32:27 1940.53	RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:32:30 1943.53	FRONT DOOR OF MIDDLE CLASS HOUSE.
00:32:33 1946.53	WOMAN CARRYING VACUUM CLEANER.
00:32:36 1949.53	CU SHUTTING OFF LIGHT SWITCH.
00:32:37 1950.53	CHANDELIER LIGHT GOVES OFF, GETS DARK.
00:32:39 1952.53	WOMAN LEAVES DARK ROOM & GOES INTO KITCHEN.
00:32:41 1954.53	PUTS VACUUM AWAY IN CLOSET.
00:32:52 1965.53	CU LOWERS TEMPERATURE ON THERMOMETER- THERMOSTAT.
00:32:57 1970.53	COOKING BREAKFAST OF EGGS & BACON ON GAS RANGE STOVE.
00:33:02 1975.53	POURING FAT FROM BACON INTO CAN.
00:33:08 1981.53	METAL BRIC-A-BRAC FROM ATTIC PILED UP FOR METAL SALVAGE.
00:33:12 1985.53	BOY SCOUT TIES UP NEWSPAPERS.
00:33:16 1989.53	CU HITLER'S FACE ON NEWSPAPER. BOY PUTS FOOT ON FACE AS HE TIES STRING.
00:33:20 1993.53	OLD WOMAN AT SEWING MACHINE.
00:33:23 1996.53	BUNDLES UP OLD CLOTHING IN BROWN PAPER.
00:33:26 1999.53	WRITES ON PAPER TO SEND THE SALVATION ARMY.
00:33:59 2032.53	TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD. CHRYSLER BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY. 11/20/29. EAST RIVER. SOUND BYTE: "PEOPLE LOOK LIKE FLIES TO ME." BLOOPER AS MAN SAYS HE IS ON TOP OF THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING.
00:34:02 2035.53	EAST SIDE CITY SKYLINE FROM THE TOP OF CHRYSLER BUILDING. VIEW OF CENTRAL PARK.
00:34:21 2054.53	VIEW OF NEW YORK CENTRAL BUILDING.
00:34:58 2091.53	CONSTRUCTION WORKER HANGING OUT ON END OF GIRDER DESCRIBING WHAT HE SEES.
00:35:58 2151.53	MAN SHIMMIES IN FROM GIRDER.
00:36:15 2168.53	BRICKLAYERS LUNCH HOUR. STANDING AROUND, HANGING ON EDGE. LOCAL 60 DOING PLASTER WORK. HIGH ANGLE LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN TO BUILDINGS & STREET BELOW.
00:37:06 2219.53	PANAMA CANAL. 4/8/29.
00:37:12 2225.53	VIEW FROM SHIP'S BOW OF OPERATION OF CANAL LOCKS AS VO NARRATOR DESCRIBES HISTORY OF CANAL.
00:38:06 2279.53	TROLLEY-TRAIN CAR ON TRACKS PULLS ROPES TO PULL SHIP THROUGH
00:41:01 2454.53	SHIP TRAVELS ACROSS LAKE. SAILORS ON DECK
00:41:41 2494.53	OVER BOW AS SHIP APPROACHES GATUNE LOCKS FROM GATUN LAKE. PASSING THROUGH LOCKS.
00:44:17 2650.53	PAN PASSING OTHER SHIPS. PASSING TANKER.
00:46:38 2791.53	GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE NORTH TOWER NEARS COMPLETION. LIME POINT, MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 2/27/34. UPON COMPLETION, BRIDGE WILL CONNECT SAN FRANCISCO WITH SAUSALITO. VARIOUS ANGLES FROM GROUND & ELEVATOR. BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
00:46:45 2798.53	SINGLE PYLON CONSTRUCTED FROM WATER LEVEL.
00:46:50 2803.53	LOW ANGLE VIEW FROM BELOW & HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF BRIDGE PYLON. VARIOUS VIEWS TOWER.
00:46:57 2810.53	CONSTRUCTION WORKER ON TOWER.
00:47:01 2814.53	NEWSREEL CREW: CAMERAMAN ON ELEVATOR, CRANE PLATFORM.
00:47:04 2817.53	SKYLINE VIEW FROM BRIDGE.
00:47:09 2822.53	VARIOUS VIEWS OF GIRDERS, ETC.
00:47:33 2846.53	VARIOUS VIEW WORKERS WEARING HELMETS CONSTRUCTING BRIDGE.
00:47:48 2861.53	DRAWING OF COMPLETED BRIDGE.
00:47:54 2867.53	WORKERS IN CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR.
00:48:03 2876.53	LOOKING DOWN ON STRUCTURE AT BOTTOM OF TOWER.
00:48:10 2883.53	WORKERS GOING DOWN IN ELEVATOR.
00:48:18 2891.53	SINGLE BRIDGE TOWER WITH VIEWS OF BAY, SHORELINE.
00:48:43 2916.53	LOOKING DIRECTLY DOWN ON BUILDING AT BOTTOM OF BRIDGE THAT STICKS OUT INTO WATER.
00:48:50 2923.53	VARIOUS SHOTS OF WORKERS EATING LUNCH, DRINKING COFFEE.
00:49:03 2936.53	MAN HANGING ON GIRDER FILMING WITH MOVIE CAMERA.
00:49:24 2957.53	VIEWS OF WORKERS TAKEN FROM MOVING CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR.
00:50:25 3018.53	WORKERS WORKING ON STEEL CABLES, SLIDE DOWN CABLES.
00:50:42 3035.53	TWO MEN PUSHING HUGE LEVER ANO & "SINGS"
00:50:47 3040.53	MEN HAVE LUNCH, DRINK FROM THERMOS.
00:51:08 3061.53	VARIOUS LOW ANGLE VIEWS OF CONSTRUCTION.
00:51:36 3089.53	CAMERA CREW HANG IN CAGE, ELEVATOR.
00:52:16 3129.53	WORKERS GET OFF ELEVATOR. END OF DAY QUITTING TIME. BLUE COLLAR WORKERS.
00:52:24 3137.53	GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE NORTH TOWER NEARS COMPLETION. LIME POINT, MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 2/27/34. UPON COMPLETION, BRIDGE WILL CONNECT SAN FRANCISCO WITH SAUSALITO. VARIOUS ANGLES FROM GROUND & ELEVATOR. SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
00:52:31 3144.53	NEWSREEL CAMERAMEN HANG IN CAGE, ELEVATOR.
00:52:37 3150.53	LOOKING DOWN AT HOUSE AT BOTTOM OF TOWER.
00:52:41 3154.53	VIEWS FROM CONSTRUCTION ELEVATOR AS IT MOVES DOWNWARD.
00:52:48 3161.53	CAMERA CREW HANG IN CAGE, ELEVATOR FILMING.
00:52:53 3166.53	CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SLIDING DOWN CABLES.
00:53:01 3174.53	VARIOUS VIEWS OF BRIDGE TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
00:53:12 3185.53	CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN HARD HATS.
00:53:17 3190.53	VIEW OF ROAD BELOW.
00:53:19 3192.53	WORKER HEATING RIVETS. RED HOT FIRE, SMOKE.
00:53:20 3193.53	VIEWS FROM TOWER OF BAY, SHORELINE, ETC
00:53:43 3216.53	CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. WAVING HELMET TO CAMERA.
00:54:36 3269.53	MEN PULL ON CABLES. BLUE COLLAR WORKERS.
00:55:52 3345.53	SUPERVISOR IN SUIT & TIE & CONSTRUCTION HELMET ON TOWER.
00:56:06 3359.53	SHORELINE OF CITY SEEN FROM BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.
00:56:25 3378.53	GIRDERS, WORKERS CLIMB DOWN.
00:59:05 3538.53	MR. JOSEPH STRAUSS (CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE & VICE-PRESIDENT OF STRAUSS ENGINEERING CORPORATION) INTERVIEWED BY MR. CLIFFORD PAINE (ASSISTANT ENGINEER).
01:00:09 3602.53	DRAWING OF COMPLETED BRIDGE.
01:00:41 3634.63	REEL ENDS