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Richard E. Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and the 'Josephine Ford' head for the North Pole in 1926
VS POV from camera plane of the 'Josephine Ford' Fokker airplane flying, bearing Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett as they attempt to cross the North Pole; camera plane's wing is visible in some shots / QS immense glaciers / POV from...
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Soldiers march during World War I
Soldiers approach, pass camera as they march during World War I / military officer, possibly German, looks through spyglass during battle / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete
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George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II in the 1910s
QS military parade on city street / royal person who may be Gustaf V of Sweden with military officers / EXT palace with clock tower, spire / King George V of the UK and Kaiser Wilhelm II get into imperial coach during George's 1913 visit...
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Men preparing for military expedition 'Operation Muskox' in Churchill, Manitoba
Man building igloo picking up and putting snow slab in place / men getting into truck / group of men begin sawing slabs of snow / snowmobile driving off truck, building with word 'Churchill' on it in background / snowmobile hauling...
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Reporter interviews witness of Howard Unruh killing spree in Camden, NJ
Reporter on left and witness on right standing in front of microphone / CU witness speaking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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1930s Red Army parade in Red Square in Moscow
CU Joseph Stalin raises hand in greeting as he stands on the tribune of Lenin's Mausoleum during military parade; another man stands behind him / tilt-down WS Red Army troops march in formation in Red Square, with the State HIstorial...
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Scenes of Bavarian Alps in Germany after end of World War II
Man and two women standing outdoors in front of concrete wall covered with graffiti scratched on it, man takes pictures of graffiti with camera / hand pointing at graffiti that says 'Crime Doesn't Pay' / four people standing on height...
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Governor-General of Algeria Maxime Weygand in Algiers
VS Algerians walking through city streets past a building with palm trees protected by two sentry boxes; Governor-General Maxime Weygand stands in Moorish-style windows / men playing a flute and banging drums / sentry at attention...
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C-47 airplanes over the Western Front during World War II
All shots taken from camera plane: single C-47 airplane flies / formation of C-47s, with USAAF logo visible on one nearest camera / single plane flies, with ground visible below / Note: exact day not known
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Progressive senator Robert La Follette, Jr. speaks with anger in 1934
CU Wisconsin Senator Robert La Follette, Jr. angrily talking at camera (no audio) / Note: exact day not known
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Flood in Johnstown, PA, and other events around world in 1936
Title: 'News Review Of 1936' superimposed over various shots of different events / partially submerged bridge in flood in Johnstown, PA / shot of fire / funeral casket of King George V of England being carried on caisson during his...
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News cameramen shoot film in 1938
Cameraman views up in sky through camera on tripod, slowly turns lens toward front / camera set near to sandy ground, sound man kneels by, camera operator lays under viewfinder / man in hardhat turns crank on small round camera and turns...
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Funeral procession of Empress Dowager Teimei of Japan in cemetery in Tokyo
Two shots of tomb and tent over it where Empress Dowager Teimei will be interred / two shots of Shinto priests carrying banners marching in front of funeral procession / two shots of priests carrying religious objects in procession /...
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Funeral cortege of Empress Dowager Teimei of Japan in Tokyo
Carriage in cortege leaves through gate to grounds of Tokyo Imperial Palace followed by hearse carrying casket containing body of Empress Dowager Teimei / carriage in cortege leaves through gate to grounds of Tokyo Imperial Palace and...
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Delegates on the floor at the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago
Delegates on floor of the International Amphitheatre in Chicago during Republican National Convention as speaker at bottom right, with his back to camera, addresses the gathering; delegates cheer, raise hats and signs / pan applauding,...
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Railroad workers make 'music' while working on tracks
Title card: 'Hammers make railroad music - Vaughan's Gap, Tenn. - dusky track workers find way to make it seem play' / a group of African-American railroad workers approaches camera, walking on railroad track as train passes on another...
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Funeral ceremony for Empress Dowager Teimei in cemetery in Tokyo
Hearse carrying casket containing body of Empress Dowager Teimei momentarily at rest in cemetery, crowds on either side / two shots of hearse rolling forwards past camera / Emperor Hirohito, son of Empress Dowager, walks along behind...
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V-2 rocket moves into position on launch pad at White Sands, NM
VS trailer lift raises V-2 rocket to vertical position at its launch pad; pan up and down the length of the V-2, which will be fired with a camera attached to record views of Earth as the V-2 passes over / V-2 on launch pad as trailer...
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British troops deployed during unrest in Ismailia, Egypt
Tank rolling down street / soldier with machine gun lying on sidewalk of long street lined by trees / view of smoke rising in compound behind wall / overhead shot of city / three jeeps driving down street towards camera / palm tree with...
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Freight trains moving through countryside in US
Freight train rolling down tracks towards camera / three parallel empty train tracks / train engine pulling two cars rolls past camera / three parallel empty tracks / two shots of long line of empty rail hopper cars rolling past camera /...
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US Army recruits practice shooting rifles at Fort Dix, NJ, during Korean War
Recruits marching in formation towards camera / recruits marching in formation past camera / line of recruits at wide intervals walk with instructors onto assault range holding rifles / CU recruit holding rifle at ready position walks...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt hosts Thanksgiving dinner at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
US President Franklin Roosevelt, seated at banquet table with wife Eleanor and a boy; slight pan to Roosevelt with the Thanksgiving turkey as African-American waiters in white jackets and black bow ties work in attendance; Roosevelt...
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Activity in rail freight yards in Chicago and Lincoln Park, NJ, in 1939
Close view of freight train moving past camera / CU wheels of freight cars rolling by on tracks / close view of freight train rolling past camera / freight cars rolling by themselves along tracks in freight yard / man standing beside...
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Colorado Gov. Walter Johnson cuts ribbon at dedication of narrow gauge railroad train in Colorado Springs, CO
Two shots of group of people standing in front of door to building housing train, Governor Walter Johnson holding scissors for ribbon-cutting / Johnson cuts ribbon / Mountaineer train comes out of building / train coming out of building...