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Eskimos are filmed hunting walruses in Arctic by member of expedition led by explorer Robert Bartlett
Eskimo paddling kayak / Eskimo on board Bob Bartlett's schooner "Effie M. Morrissey" putting kayak down next to another kayak / shot of men on board schooner / VS men preparing harpoons for hunting / overhead shot of man bent over front...
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Street cleaner in Milwaukee John O'Malley is elected to Wisconsin state legislature
Title card: "Milwaukee puts street cleaner in legislature - John O'Malley to keep job after being swept into office" / O'Malley sweeping street / close shot of O'Malley talking to camera stating his opinion on various issues / title...
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People sharing jobs in movie industry in Hollywood during the Great Depression
Title card: "Movie industry shares jobs by five-day week! Roscoe Ates learns what Hollywood is doing to combat unemployment" / men working on loading dock / women sewing costumes / two shots of women working in cafeteria / two men...
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During Great Depression, politician Al Smith campaigns for charity in NY City
[Shaky video throughout] Title card: "Happy Warrior whoops it up for charity - Al Smith rivals Caruso in drive to help jobless and NY Infirmary for Women and Children" / former NY Gov. Al Smith, on sidewalk in front of grocery store,...
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William D. Upshaw of Prohibition Party
Title card: "Dry candidate! William D. Upshaw of Prohibition Party campaigns for himself" / SOT Upshaw speaks about keeping the 18th Prohibition in place and is passionate about blocking the 21st for repeal ("Liquor has no more business...
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Samuel Insull, Jr., son of indicted business magnate, faces questioning in Paris regarding his father's flight from US
Title card: "Samuel Insull, Jr.! son of utilities magnate faces quiz in Paris on father's flight" / Insull, Jr., walking down sidewalk towards camera / Insull, Jr., standing outside posing for photo opportunity / Note: exact day not...
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Franklin Roosevelt assures OH crowd that finance reform won't include manipulations of stock and bond prices
VS crowds milling around on Wall Street in New York City // MLS SOT Franklin Roosevelt speaking from podium in Columbus, OH, while campaigning for president; he declares that his administration will not attempt to influence stock and...
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Presbyterian minister and perennial Socialist Party Candidate Norman Thomas speaks, 1932
Title card: "Thomas Talks - Socialist candidate for President thinks speeches hurt rivals" / CU Norman Thomas, 1932 presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America, addresses camera (no audio) / Note: exact day not known
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Storm whips sea water over retaining wall off New England coast
VS waves crash over retaining wall with walkway and street above, buildings in bg, rocks in fg / waves crashing / retaining wall as waves crash / car passing house / water splashing over wall and across street / pan from water splashing...
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President-elect Franklin Roosevelt, family by his side, vows his mandate will not be forgotten
Title card: "President-elect Roosevelt Gives First Message to the Nation;" fade to title card: "Editor's Note - In the privacy of his New York home with his mother, daughter and eldest son, the Governor has a word for each of you which...
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1932 college football stars in thrilling plays
Title card: "Will they be All-American this year? These outstanding players of last season will seek 1933 football glory" / Aerial and ground shots of Army cadets in formation and walking past during 1932 Army-Notre Dame football...
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Colorado River Aqueduct opens as pumping plant at Parker Dam on Colorado River begins pumping water through tunnel
Two shots of water pouring down spillway at Parker Dam / two wider shots of water pouring down spillway / Frank E, Weymouth, General Manager and Chief Engineer of Metropolitan Water District / four shots of water beginning to flow out of...
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Heavy equipment, mine, and an explosion at the Chuquicamata, Chile Copper Mine
Title card: "Beneficio - La mina de cobre de Chuquicamata, Chile" / WS pan of the Chuquicamata copper mine terraces, the largest copper mine in the world / VS machinery working in mine and train on tracks / VS CU heavy metal equipment...
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World War II: news from the front in French
World War II / anti-aircraft fire at night / French title card for a movie: "Sur Les Divers Fronts" (On Various Fronts) superimposed over tanks, planes in flight, ships at sea and soldier with binoculars / French language / in tropical...
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World War II: Canadian female factory workers build airplanes
Female factory worker, with management, operating machine / management, male factory worker, installing rivets / airplane machine gun turret bucket being transported overhead /women working on machinery / CU smiling female worker / CU...
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Making a newsreel
The making of a newsreel / man working film in projector / CU typewriter / people watching fire video / group of men sitting at table / man typing at desk and checking facts / man checking film negative / man operating projector / LS...
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Newsreel narrator Andre Baruch
The making of a newsreel / narrator Andre Baruch stands before large screen with audience behind / VS man taps narrator's shoulder for timing as Baruch narrates the footage playing in front of him, reading from a script on a stand / CU...
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Viewing newsreels
Film negative running / explosions / film title "Cherry Blossom Time" / negative of Washington, DC and cherry trees / cadets marching / beauty pageant with winner / train coming toward camera / darkened room with people facing blank...
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Newsreel projector
Film projector / men with film reel / man loading and threading projector / projection booth behind viewing room with people talking and reading / room goes dark / Note: exact date not known
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Newsreel footage cutting
Darkness / woman watching newsreel / man checking film / Note: exact day not known
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Monarch Butterfly migration
Beauty shot sun setting behind trees / VS hundreds of monarch butterflies flutter away from tree branches / man holds one stretched out in his hand / VS butterflies flying from tree branches / Note: exact day not known
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Placer miner supports plan to grubstake jobless people as placer miners, explains how to pan for gold
Title card: "How to pan gold!" / title card: "Editor's note: Favoring Pathe News' plan to grubstake jobless which is now before a Senate Committee, Captain Jim Moore, old-time placer miner, explains a simple method of panning gold for a...
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Gene Sarazen explains advantages of the 8-inch golf hole
Title card: "8-INCH GOLF HOLE! Gene Sarazen shows how bigger cup helps average player" / MS pro golfer Gene Sarazen, wearing plus fours, stands on golf course with golf flag in hand, explaining the advantages of a larger hole to two men...
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Magician Lester Lake performs trick at Hampton Beach, NH
Title card: "Burned alive in steel box! Lester Lake, known as 'Marvelo' performs mystifying stunt and emerges unharmed at Hampton Beach, NH" / Lake getting into box on platform, people watching, beach and surf in background / Lake...