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1929 American Royal Livestock Show held in Kansas City, MO
Title card: 'Fat Wins Prize at This Exhibit - Kansas City, MO - Grand prizewinners parade at Midwestern stock show' / livestock owners parade with their cattle during the American Royal Livestock Show / contestants (who attend Kansas...
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J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. advocates repeal of 18th Amendment; Sen. Bulkley agrees, Sen. Sheppard opposes
Title card: "J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., Storm Center In Fight On Prohibition Repeal - Here is highlight on now famous statement which stirred country" / CU John D. Rockefeller Jr., Financier, addresses camera; reverses his position on...
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President Herbert Hoover lays cornerstone of New US Post Office building in Washington, DC
Title card: "Hoover speeds up public works program in capital - Parade precedes dedication of new $10,000,000 Postoffice Building" / marching band marching in parade preceding dedication, crowd watching; sign on building in bg "Hotel...
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World War I carrier pigeon heroes
Title card: "U.S. Army Expert Tells Scout of War Hero Pigeons - Thomas Ross shows noted birds at Holmdel Grape Farm, N.J." / Ross speaks to Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts crowded around pigeon coops / Ross holds World War I carrier pigeon,...
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Post-World War I red scare in Indiana
Men arrested in post-World War I red scare / men walking through wire fence into stockade area followed by soldiers / men looking out through fence wire / men building stockade / men chopping wood / soldiers holding confiscated German...
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Foot races, relays and hurdles, 1930s
Runners start in front of stands full of spectators / VS 400 yard relay race, runners hand baton to next runner / VS high hurdle races: runners leap over hurdles, one runner tips hurdles over until he falls on track / VS hurdle races /...
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Wheat harvesting in Oregon
Numerous views of a combine harvester cutting wheat; the machine being towed; many harnessed mules following a pair of white horses / Note: exact month/day not known
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US Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace
CU Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace speaks / Note: exact day not known
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Equipoise wins Hawthorne Handicap
Title card: "Equipoise Stirs Turf as Cash Winner - Victory in Hawthorne Gold Cup race boosts earnings, to $314,420" / looking across crowd in stands at Hawthorne Race Course, some mingling in fg / crowd moving in stands / horses and...
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Moley is new editor for Astor and Harriman journal
Raymond Moley, Vincent Astor, and Averell Harriman stand in front of fireplace / CU Astor welcomes Moley to venture in independent journalism / CU Moley says editorship offers him wider field and thanks friends for good wishes / Note:...
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World War II: naval battle
Title card: "Sur Les Divers Front (On Various Fronts)" / World War II / French language / view from airplane of planes in flight / United States Navy ships in battle / CU guns firing across water / ship being hit / explosions / planes...
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World War II: Gebirgsjaeger (German mountain soldiers)
World War II / European theater / Eastern Front /French language / part of propaganda film / WS Caucasus Mountains / German mountain soldiers, Gebirgsjaeger, at base of mountain / soldier and loaded mule going up mountain / sign / German...
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World War II: Rommel in North Africa
World War II / French language / North Africa campaign / German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel getting out of car, joining other German officers / German soldiers on tanks / CU soldier / Note: exact month/day not known
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World War II: learning to fly blind
World War II / Allies propaganda film, "Wings of Youth", from Canada / British Commonwealth Air Training Plan / pilot training / simulation learning to fly and land blind (without instruments) / CU instructor / CU pilot / CU Lorenz beam...
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World War II: pilot training
World War II / Allies propaganda film, "Wings of Youth", from Canada / British Commonwealth Air Training Plan / plow horses being used to pull airplane / row of planes with propellers moving / armed soldiers marching / CU pilot / pilot...
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Hobo College in Chicago
Title card: "Hoboes Give Technocracy Bum's Rush! Dean MacBeth of Hobo College in Chicago inaugurates new course" / college Dean Jack MacBeth speaks of technocracy during lecture at Hobo College / VS CU Hobo College students / CU MacBeth...
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During Great Depression, increased activity in Cleveland steel plants
Title card: "Steel mills busy! Increased winter production renews activities in Cleveland plants" / steelworkers pushing rod into glowing furnace / steelworker pushing rod into glowing furnace / molten steel pouring out of furnace /...
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Boulder Dam under construction
Title card: "Boulder Dam rising from River Bed! Greatest project in history 18 months ahead of schedule" / An aerial view of Boulder Dam (later renamed "Hoover Dam") under construction with sections of concrete in place / Men ride one of...
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Torch light parade for presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt in Chicago, 1932
Title card: "Roosevelt For Action! - Chicago's rousing torch-light parade marked climax of country-wide tour" / NIGHT crowd with torches line street, lots of smoke / MS car with Franklin D. Roosevelt drives down street, Franklin...
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At a German-American Bund rally, Fritz Kuhn expresses support for the US Bill of Rights, claims Jewish link with Communism
High angle WS Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund, stands at podium during a rally of that organization at Madison Square Garden; a large portrait of George Washington serves as backdrop behind the stage; SOT Kuhn, speaking in...
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Model prison in Concordville, PA, with no-contact visitor booths and light beam alarm system
EXT prison / MS visitors lined up in booths to talk to inmates / MCU man looks thru window of visiting booth / MS prisoners lined up in booths / MS prisoners wash hands in circular sink / MS two African-American prisoners iron clothes /...
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Animation showing how much taxes could be reduced by ending official corruption
Title card: "CUT TAXES BY ENDING CORRUPTION!" / ANIMATION starts with black screen with "INCREASE IN TAXATION" written at top, bar graph reveals gradually the rise in taxes from 1913 to 1933 by comparing tax rate percentages of national...
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Airplane navigation simulators in use at Kelly Field, San Antonio, 1942
MLS US Army Air Forces students at desks pick up pads of paper and walk over to and step up on curtained, rotating desk and chairs with gauges (early navigation simulator pods?) / VS student doing navigation on simulators, instructors...
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Gilbert Grosvenor of National Geographic Society presents Anne Lindbergh with Hubbard Medal
Group shot of National Geographic Society men and Anne Lindbergh holding medal / CU Society president Gilbert Grosvenor and Lindbergh holding Hubbard Gold Medal / CU text and design on medal side / Grosvenor presents medal, other members...