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Riot in Belgium over proposed government cut in financial aid
Title card: "Spot News Report: Demonstrations in Brussels" / Mobs on the street in Brussels; mounted police gallop forward / Men running out with an elevated view of two mounted police / The large crowd moving with police in white...
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Thomas Edison at 'Light's Golden Jubilee' celebration at the Edison Institute
CU Thomas Edison in his later years / Edison stands with back facing camera as he listens to President Herbert Hoover at the 'Light's Golden Jubilee' celebration of the 50th anniversary of Edison's invention of electric light, held at...
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Various attractions at 1933 Chicago World's Fair
Sign over archway in wall 'Spain' / people walking along avenue in front of replica of large fortress / two men in Spanish costumes walking together down street towards camera / sign on wall that says 'Switzerland' / large buildings in...
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Rolls Royce car drives on roads in 1930s
Traveling shot Rolls Royce limousine drives on street / POV from inside the car as it merges onto a road, with traffic moving freely in both directions / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
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Men working at film production company Pathe in NY City
Man sitting at desk writing something, he picks up phone and talks into it, he hangs up / close view of papers and open newspaper on his desk, someone hands him film canister, he writes something down, he hands canister back / someone...
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Man running film projector at film production company Pathe in NY City
Two shots of man standing next to running film projector in room / two shots of same man loading reel onto projector / close view of man's hand adjusting something in projector / close view of reel turning, tilt down to film running from...
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Dog sledding in Poland Springs, ME
Dogs on snowy ramp are harnessed to ropes for their first winter workout for a snow race; their handlers are Mrs. E. P. Ricker, Jr., and Leonard Seppala / the Huskies strain against harnesses, bark / VS high angle views of the dogsled...
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Franklin Roosevelt carves Thanksgiving turkey at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt confers with aide, then takes seat at banquet table next to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, who chats with a boy seated next to him during Thanksgiving dinner at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation / the...
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Preparations for US atomic bomb tests on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall Islands
Title: 'Eniwetok Atom Bomb Explosions!' superimposed over atom bomb explosion / title card: 'Top-Secret until now, these films remind the world of its choice: an unending fight for peace - or atomic war' / aerial shot of small islands in...
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Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower with a baby and with Everett Dirksen in Chicago in 1952
Dwight Eisenhower holds a baby girl on his lap as Mamie Eisenhower, holding an 'I Like Ike' balloon, stands nearby; they coo over the baby, who wears an oversized 'I Like Ike' campaign button / Eisenhower holds up the baby, grins, and...
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1933 Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Title card: '3,000 Track Stars Shine in Penn Relays' / MS runners on their mark at Franklin Field, starting pistol is fired, runners take off / LS tilt down runners running relay race / MS runners run toward camera, Jones of University...
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Philadelphia Athletics win World Series
Quick title card: 'Athletics win World Series, Philadelphia - ninth inning rally gives A's 3-2 victory over Chicago in fifth and deciding game' / Pres. Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover / intertitle: 'President and Mrs. Hoover see...
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1920s footage of Thomas Edison with visitors at his West Orange laboratory
Thomas Edison seated at roll-top desk with cubbyholes jammed with papers; a visitor arrives, bows, and they shake hands, then he leans to speak into in Edison's ear / Jumpy footage of Edison posing and giving the man a document / Edison...
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Women from Indochina performing dance routine at Colonial Exposition in Paris
Title card: "Indo-China dancing girls do exotic steps, Fantastic troupe from Far East performs Oriental Rumba with 'rare abandon' at Colonial Exposition in Paris, France" / group of women in elaborate native costumes standing around...
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Blackshirts and other Fascist troops in the Piazza Venezia and Roman Colosseum
VS Blackshirts bearing standards with eagle at the top / elevation shot Fascist troops bearing standards and flags march past the Colosseum / elevation shot troops march away from camera, crowds line streets / elevation shot troops march...
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National Conference of Christians and Jews mission statement
MS three men, representing Protestantism, Catholicism and Judaism, face camera as Protestant spokesman speaks, then Catholic spokesman, then Jewish spokesman / MCU Protestant spokesman / MCU Catholic spokesman / MCU Jewish spokesman /...
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Morocco's sultan honored by desert tribes
Title card: "Morocco desert tribes pay homage to Sultan in picturesque ceremony" / Two carriages with mounted escort carriages riding between two rows of cavalry riders holding long pikes / Dignitaries, including a French general, walk...
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During Great Depression, increased economic activity throughout US
Title card: "Business shows a new activity - Industry encouraged as indications point to upward trend in trade" / men loading bales of cotton onto train / two shots of men loading bales of cotton onto ship / spools of thread spinning in...
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William Gibbs McAdoo and George Moses
Title card: "McAdoo proposes and Moses disposes - here is good old Democratic and Republican campaigning" / SOT Democrat and former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo / Republican Sen. George Moses speaks to the cameras (no audio)...
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Night parade at cotton carnival in Memphis, TN, 1932
Barge carrying people and cotton bales pulling into bank of Mississippi River during the Memphis Cotton Carnival / barge parked at bank of river / title card: "Mayor Overton greets their Majesties" / Mayor Watkins Overton standing in...
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Margaret Ravoir wins third swimming marathon, 1932
Title card: "American Mermaid Marathon Champ for Third Time - Margaret Ravoir of Philadelphia shows her power in Toronto swim" / women in bathing suits applying grease to their bodies prior to 10-mile swimming marathon race / CU greased...
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US soldiers prepare to sail to Europe as part of American Polish Relief Expedition to help combat typhus epidemic in Poland
Soldiers walking in line carrying duffel bags / soldiers moving in line with thermometers in their mouths up to doctor who takes thermometers out of their mouths to read their temperatures / close shot of soldier with thermometer in his...
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Indicted banker Charles Edwin Mitchell with his attorneys in NY City
Charles Edwin Mitchell, who is under indictment for tax evasion, and two men walking out of building / Mitchell on left and two attorneys crossing street / Mitchell on right, attorney Max Steuer at center, and other man crossing street...
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President of NBC announces a contest to celebrate composers and their music
Title card: "Prize Contest for Music Composers - President Aylesworth of National Broadcasting Company names Deems Taylor to be in charge" / NBC head Merlin Aylesworth is introduced to the radio audience, who will lead a competition for...