1928-19421920s NEWSREELS
NEWSREEL FOOTAGE 1928-1942
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Scenes of Samuel Insull, board chairman of Commonwealth Edison Company, indicted in 1932 for mail fraud, violating bankruptcy laws, and embezzlement. Insull speaks about his life, saying he was secretary to Thomas Edison and was an immigrant. Insull states Great Depression was too much for him. Views of Insull with son Samuel "Sam" Insull, Jr. GREAT DEPRESSION ERA ECONOMICS FRAUD CORRUPT CORPORATE EXECUTIVE 1934 footage
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| 03:09:50 346.12 |
TITLE CARD: $70,000 SALES IN HUDSON COUNTY ( NEW YORK ) SURPASSES QUOTA - USO SHOW, STAGE FILLED WITH SOLDIERS AND BRASS BAND, PRETTY STARLETS KISSING WINNERS WAR BONDS DRIVE USO WINS RADIO BANNER, WJS RADIO BANNER, SPEECHES ON STAGE WAR BOND DRIVE, QUICK SHOTS - STARLETS KISS SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN WAR BONDS LOAN
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| 03:12:05 481.37 |
MOS WIDE SHOT OF STAGE DURING WAR BONDS RALLY INDOOR AUDITORIUM, RADIO STATION BANNERS ON STAGE, SOLDIERS, BRASS BANDS PROCESSION WITH SOLDIERS CARRYING AMERICAN FLAGS WORLD WAR 2 WWll, pan of large war time audience in dark theater LEW LEHR " MONEY'S ARE THE CRAZIEST PEOPLE ' COMEDIANS AND STARLETS ON STAGE JOKING, NEW JERSY HAS SURPASSED IT'S QUOTA, TWIRLING DANCING BURLESQUE STYLE DANCER , AUDIENCE SHOTS, PROCESSION OF SOLDIERS CARRYING FLAGS ON STAGE TO BRASS BAND , LEW LEHR
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| 03:15:25 680.97 |
title card: YOUNG AMERICA BACKS THE " FIGHTING FIFTH" ( war film bulletin No. 20 ) WW2 YOUNG CHILDREN FOR WAR BONDS, CHILDREN ON LINE FOR PLAY WAR BONDS, WAIT ONLINE AT TINY TABLE TO TAKE "DONATIONS " FOR WAR BONDS - SMALL CHILDREN PLAY AT WAR BOND DRIVE GAME, MINI WAR BOND DRIVE - CHILDREN DONATE TO WAR BONDS, WAR GArdens clean window and do chores to help war effort
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| 03:16:04 720.38 |
CHILDREN SEATED AT SCHOOL DESKS LICKING STAMPS TO HELP WAR BOND DRIVE, CHILDREN HELP THE WAR EFFORT, SHOTS OF KIDS HELPING WAR BOND EFFORT - PRO- AMERICAN UNITY!
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| 03:16:47 763.16 |
SUBURBAN HOUSE MS - STAR IN WINDOW INDICATED FATHER IS AT WAR - LITTLE BOY IN SAILOR UNIFORM SALUTES HIS FATHERS WAR TIME PHOTOGRAPH
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| 03:17:05 780.96 |
"MATCH THEIR PENNIES ' CHILDREN COLLECT AND DONATE TO THE WAR EFFORT SELL BONDS CU WAR BOND WWII
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| 03:17:20 796.1 |
U.S. customs workers inspecting foreign Christmas mail. Men displaying contents of packages: ham; Italian cheese; Swedish cake and cookies; English plum pudding; doll; wooden leg prosthetic. Various scenes of throwing packages onto pile, men opening packages and inspecting contents. Herman W. Beyer remarks on number of packages customs inspects annually. CROWDED POSTAL DEPOT, PACKAGES, POSTAL WORKERS, SORTING CHRISTMAS PACKAGES AT MAIL DEPOT , US POSTAL SERVICE MAIL DEPOT 1929 DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON SORTING MAIL
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| 03:18:47 883.23 |
MAIL SORTING TABLE AT POSTAL SERVICE US POST OFFICE SERVICE DEPOT - BLACK AND WHITE INTEGRATED WORKERS
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| 03:19:57 952.73 |
POSTAL SERVICE MANAGER TALKS ABOUT THE PACKAGES AND food donations they receive to distribute for CHRISTMAS SEASON - MEN ARE TIRED , MEN SORTING ,MAIL DURING HOLIDAY SEASON 1929 AT POSTAL SERVICE DEPOT
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| 03:21:12 1027.86 |
POSTAL MAIL SORTERS SHOW VARIOUS DONATIONS made during tHe CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON AND MAILED TO THE POSTAL SERVICE TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE POOR - HAMS, CHEESE, LARGE BABY DOLL, INTEGRATED LINE OF POSTAL WORKERS
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| 03:23:29 1165.52 |
POSTAL WORKER SHOWS ARTIFICIAL LEG GIVEN AS A DONATION " SOMEONE DONATED A LEG TO STAnd on "
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| 03:25:05 1261.27 |
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ VOCAL TRIO THE BOSWELL SISTERS SING " WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT SUN BACK IN THE SKY" WITH A BUNCH OF RHYTHM CHALLENGED POLITICIANS STANDING WITH THEM CLAPPING OUT OF TEMPO - SEVERAL CAMERA ANGLES AND TAKES
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| 03:28:01 1437.15 |
POLITICIANS AT TRAIN DEPOT, HUDDLED TOGETHER SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER, PHOTOGRAPHERS SNAP PHOTOS, ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
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| 03:29:50 1545.88 |
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WHISTLE STOP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 1932 ROOSEVELT WITH CANE ON BACK OF TRAIN WITH WIFE ELEANOR
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| 03:30:46 1602.34 |
ROOSEVELT WALKS OFF TRAIN AND IS HELPED BY AIDE WHOM HE HANDS HIS CANE
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| 03:31:38 1654.57 |
Motorcycle hill climbing--outtakes. SOMERS NEW YORK, 1928 MEMBERS OF CROTONA CLUB COMPETE IN MOTORCYCLE HILL CLIMBING CONTEST - SHOTS OF LARGE GROUP OF MOTORCYCLES DESCENDING UP HILL IN COMPETITION WS MOTORCYCLES IN FIELD, MS IF MOTORCYCLE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE UP MOUNTAIN MOTORCYCLE RACE
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| 03:33:37 1773.56 |
CU OF SPECTATORS IN CROWD WATCHING MOTOR CYCLE CONTEST 1928 WITH NATURAL SOUND
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| 03:36:13 1929 |
MS MOTORCYCLIST PREPARES TO DRIVE HIS MOTORCYCLE UP A HILL CROWD OF SPECTATORS SURROUNDS HIM
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| 03:40:42 2198.32 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF MOTORCYCLE CONTEST
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| 03:42:46 2322.55 |
Filmed on September 8, 1934.
Anna Mooney with John Mooney at San Quentin State Prison. Views of funeral procession for Mary Mooney down Market Street and arrival at Municipal Auditorium. Mary Mooney was mother of labor leader Thomas Joseph "Tom" Mooney who was convicted of bombing the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade in 1916, leading to nine dead and 40 wounded. |
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1934 SAN FRANCISCO STREET SCENE TROLLEYS AND CARS ON STREET DURING FUNERAL PROCESSION CROWD OF ONLOOKERS
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| 03:46:29 2545.3 |
MS POV FROM CAR LOOKING STRAIGHT ON AT FUNERAL PROCESSION HEADING TOWARDS CAMERA , BAND PLAYS DIRGE, SLOWLY MARCH, SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL IN VIEW, 1934
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| 03:47:16 2591.83 |
MS BRASS BAND PLAYING FUNERAL PROCESSION WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA FRONT VIEW
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| 03:47:54 2630.26 |
CROWD MARCHES ON SAN FRANCISCO STREET FUNERAL PROCESSION ,MEN WEARING ARM BANNERS WALK SLOWLY IN CLOSE MID-SHOT
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| 03:49:55 2751.28 |
PROCESSION ARRIVES AT CHURCH BODY CARRIED INTO CHURCH COFFIN SLOWLY CARRIED INTO CATHEDRAL
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| 03:51:33 2849.06 |
LARGE CROWD OF MOURNERS ARRIVE AT CHURCH FOR FUNERAL SERVICE
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| 03:52:03 2879.6 |
STORY ENDS
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| 03:52:10 2886.62 |
Filmed on July 28 and 30, 1934. The 28th Tour de France cycling classic with cyclist riding through woods. Twenty-year-old Vietto wins the lap. Cyclists on road from Cannes to Marseilles, Marseilles to Perpignal, Luchon to Tarbes in Pyrenees. Crowd of 50,000 waits at Parc de Prince for finish with police officers controlling crowds. Antonin Mage speaks after winning. ws large group of bicylist racers on french street , pan of crowd , french cafes,
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| 03:53:03 2939.26 |
CU GROUP OF RACER BICYCLISTS ARM IN ARM ,, Racing through Parisian streets
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cu tour de france racer peddling for his life during bicycle race
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VARIOUS SHOTS OF RACERS AT TOUR DE FRANCE BICYCLE RACE 1934, RACING SHOTS, BICYCLISTS SPEEDING AROUND CORNERS AND ON FRENCH STREETS
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| 03:55:16 3071.8 |
SPECTATORS ON SIDELINES CHEERING AS RACERS PASS BY , CU PEDDLES, RACERS PEDDLING BICYCLES DURING RACE. VARIOUS CU SHOTS OF RACERS DURING TOUR DE FRANCE BICYCLE RACE
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| 03:57:05 3180.87 |
TOUR DE FRANCE RACE INSIDE RACING STADIUM RACE TRACK, INTERVIEWS WITH RACERS SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONE IN A BOX
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| 03:58:00 3236.49 |
MS TOUR DE FRANCE BICYCLE RACE- RACERS RIDE THROUGH STREET, EIFFEL TOWER SEEN IN BACKGROUND. RACING IN PARIS. BICYCLE RACERS SPEED THROUGH PARISIAN STREETS
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| 03:59:17 3313.51 |
Reginald Himes eats small pieces of plate glass, a wine glass, and a small light bulb FILMED IN LYNBROOK NEW YORK ( LONG ISLAND ) IN 1928. GLASS EATER, CIRCUS SIDE SHOW PERFORMER MAN EATS PLATE GLASS
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| 04:00:12 3368.23 |
STORY ENDS
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