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Herbert Bruce, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, opens legislature
Title card: "Bruce opens Ontario's Legislature! New Lieutenant Governor officiates at colorful ceremony in Toronto" / WS Ontario Legislative Building / MS mounted soldiers / WS man in kilt and bearskin hat out of car with wife who is...
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Mortgage agent run off from Iowa farm as farmers auction off possessions to save their homes
Title card: "FARMERS WAR ON MORTGAGES!" / dissolve to title card: "Editor's Note: These pictures, made in Iowa, show methods farmers are using to save their homes. They are organized and in Revolt!" / LS elevated rear view of crowd at...
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Boy named Harold Barnes performing stunts on tightrope in Miami
Young Harold Barnes walking on tightrope outdoors / two shots of Barnes walking on tightrope in kneeling posture / Barnes grabbing tightrope and swinging around / Barnes bouncing on tightrope in sitting posture and doing backflip / shot...
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Minnie the Hero Cat
Title card: "Saved 27 Lives! Minnie, unsung hero of Brooklyn, NY, poses with her family" / Minnie the cat and her kittens eating / Minnie, with fire helmet in foreground, grooms her children / Minnie grabs kitten by neck and takes it...
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John Foster Dulles on France's war debt
Title card: "How Should US Meet War Debt Default? John Foster Dulles, international legal expert, discusses grave problem" / MCU SOT John Foster Dulles discusses France's World War I debt to the United States and says France should pay /...
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Lab technician uses a Gamma Scintillation Counter on male subject during radiation research
Title card: "Atomic Energy Project, UCLA--Gamma Scintillation Counter" CU arm and needle of gamma scintillation counter draws graph / man in lab coat standing behind exam table with man laying on it, man in lab coat adjusts counter above...
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Man works with flasks and cylinders in radiation experiment at UCLA's Atomic Energy Project
Man wearing gloves in lab sitting at desk with two horizontal cylinders attached by wires to box with switch and printouts in box / another man brings vial and hands it to man at desk / man at desk pours vial into flask, puts lid on...
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Researchers use lead shield in radiation dust experiment at UCLA's Atomic Energy Project
Man in lab coat and wearing gloves seated at desk takes liquid from glass jar with pipette and put some liquid in small bowl, stirs contents of bowl, pours another liquid into small beaker, takes liquid from small bowl with pipette and...
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During Great Depression, Civil Works Administration workers repairing street in Boston are fed in church
Two shots of workers tearing up old pavement in street / workers lining up outside church / workers walking down street towards church / workers in line entering church / workers inside church sitting at tables eating / workers on small...
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William B. Green of the American Federation of Labor
QS American Federation of Labor President William B. Green speaking from his desk / Note: exact month/day not known
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Escape artist James Todd locked in trunk, sunk, and surfaces safe
Pan crowd gathered around men by trunk for escape artist James Todd / CU Todd smiling and waving to crowd, people around him / men carry trunk past crowd / CU Todd being strapped into straitjacket, men in bg / man placing steel vest on...
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Wheelchair magician at veterans' hospital
A hospital room filled with beds and men in wheelchairs / The men watch as another man in a wheelchair performs several magic tricks to the amusement of all / The man shows a scarf with an eagle with him dropping it to show a fishbowl...
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International Jugglers Convention in Elkhart, IN
Title superimposed on numerous jugglers showing their skills standing on bleachers / People juggling with juggling pins, tennis rackets, balls, and disks / A young man throwing six pins; others with disks shaped like film reels / An...
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Italian magician makes hats, handkerchiefs and cigarettes disappear
Title card: "Un Po Di Magia" (trans: "A Bit of Magic") superimposed over medium shot of magician preparing for magic trick / MS smiling magician unfolds handkerchiefs in preparation for show; rolls up poster board into cylinder, pours...
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United States Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings
CU US Attorney General Homer S. Cummings addresses camera
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Kansas state legislature officially opens in January 1927
LS-TILT DOWN EXT Kansas State Capitol bldg / VS Kansas social leaders file toward and past camera, some accompanied by police in Sam Browne belts / LS guests file past social leaders in receiving line / various close-ups of legislators...
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Police officer demonstrates disarming assailants
MWS police officer S. J. Jorgensen grabs and tosses man "attacking" him with stick in demonstration, large crowd watching from background / officer grabs and disarms man "attacking" him with a gun / Note: exact day not known
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World War I war memorials in France for fallen US soldiers
Title card: "Lest we forget! America's Battle Monuments in France pay eternal tribute to our heroic dead" / file footage of US soldiers marching through Arc de Triomphe in Paris, crowd watching / closer shot of US soldiers marching in...
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Labor Secretary Frances Perkins at House Labor Committee meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt
Title card: "MADAM SECRETARY FAVORS SHORTER WORKING HOURS" / dissolve to Title card: "Editor's Note: We take you behind the scenes in the capital with Mrs. Roosevelt and Ishbel MacDonald to attend a House Labor Committee hearing. Miss...
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New York City's Central Park snow scenes; birds on branches; Bethesda Fountain
Snow scene in maybe park with trees, stone wall in fg / columned mansion seen through snowfall across snow covered ground and trees / driveway wrought iron gates, lamps atop posts, cars on street seen through fence / people watching...
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Attempted kidnapping target E. P Adler. speaking describes his experience
Close shot of publisher E. P. Adler, target of kidnapping attempt, with bandage on one ear; SOT he describes attempted kidnapping / two shots of law enforcement officer forcing one kidnapper, Charles E Mayo, to turn around and be...
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Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, KS
Shot of exterior of Kansas State Penitentiary (later known as Lansing Correctional Facility) / WS wall of penitentiary, with castle-type tower, and guard tower; car parked in front / MS guard tower / low angle shot; tilt up prison wall /...
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Arkansas builder makes pyramid time capsule
Title card: "NEWS FLASHES!" / LS home of William Hope "Coin" Harvey in woods, trees in foreground / MS Harvey with secretary on front porch, she taking dictation / LS high angle view of base of pyramid Harvey is building / VS digging,...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves Annapolis, MD, as he starts his vacation
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting in back seat of open car shaking hands with man standing beside car, crowd surrounding them including sailors standing in formation and Navy officers / Franklin's son Elliott with his wife Ruth standing...