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OPENING OF SUBWAY SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 12/3/25
FIRST SUBWAY SYSTEM IN THE WEST IS OPENED WITH CHRISTENING OF TRAIN ON MAIDEN TRIP THROUGH TUBE. OFFICIALS IN GOOD MOOD, LAUGHING & GOOFING OFF. RIDE THROUGH FIRST UNIT OF $100,000,000 SUBWAY TRAFFIC SYSTEM. HIGHLIGHTS: 02 30 21 ARRIVAL OF OFFICIALS: CLOSELY PACKED GROUP OF MEN WALKING DOWN TO SUBWAY PLATFORM ON DECORATED RAMP. BIZARRE IMAGE |
02:30:27 10.72 |
THE WAY THEY TRAVELED BACK IN 1880: MEN POSING & GETTING OUT OF IN SINGLE MULE-DRAWN SUBWAY CAR.
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02:30:36 19.72 |
CHRISTENING CAR OF FIRST TRAIN WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
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02:30:45 28.72 |
WOMAN PUTS LARGE WREATH OF FLOWERS AROUND MAN'S NECK.
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02:31:08 50.72 |
POLITICIAN WITH WREATH AROUND NECK SITS IN DRIVER'S SEAT & CONDUCTOR'S CAP & RIDES TRAIN TOWARDS CAMERA.
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02:31:25 67.72 |
FRONT END OF THE "SPECIAL" SUBWAY TRAIN AS IT LEAVES STATION
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02:31:42 85.72 |
CAVE-IN. NEW YORK CITY. 8/21/26
ONE OF THE DANGERS OF A GREAT CITY: DYNAMITE BLASTING FOR NEW SUBWAY CAUSES THE CAVE-IN OF STREET. NOBODY HURT, BUT WHAT A MESS TO HAVE IN YOUR FRONT YARD. PEDESTRIANS GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS ON CITY STREET OF SMALL STORE FRONTS ALONGSIDE BLOCK-LONG CRATER. HIGHLIGHTS: 02 31 47 MONTAGE OF SHOTS OF WRECKAGE OF CONSTRUCTION SITE OF BOARDS & SCAFFOLDING PILED UP IN DEEP HOLE-CREVICE IN STREET |
02:33:16 178.72 |
MEN IN HOLE FILLING UP SANDBAGS
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02:34:06 228.72 |
MEN WORKING IN HOLE TO SHORE UP COLLAPSE WITH BOARDS
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02:34:16 238.72 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF SITE
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02:34:44 266.72 |
SUBWAY TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION. NEW YORK CITY. 3/13/29
VARIOUS SHOTS OF WORKING IN SUBWAY TUNNEL UNDERGROUND. CONSTRUCTION. LOTS OF DIGGING, TIGHTENING PIPES, HOSES, ETC. COULD PASS AS MINERS. HIGHLIGHTS: 02 34 49 BOILER ROOM WITH PIPES & GAUGES |
02:35:35 317.72 |
CU PRESSURE GAUGE NEEDLE GOES UP
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02:36:10 352.72 |
WORKER ADJUSTING LARGE TURBINE MACHINE
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02:36:34 376.72 |
MASON & HANGER COMPANY ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS WORKING WITH LARGE PIECES OF METAL TO CONSTRUCT SUBWAY TUNNEL
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02:44:06 828.72 |
NYC SUBWAY EXTENSION. NEW YORK CITY. 3/8/29
CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY EXTENSION. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN HOLE HIGHLIGHTS: 02 44 12 CU JAMES W. MURRAY, FOREMAN OF THE BLASTERS, SPEAKING. |
02:45:04 886.72 |
WS CONSTRUCTION SITE OF HUGE HOLE IN GROUND DOWN MIDDLE OF CITY STREET.
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02:46:08 950.72 |
BLASTER IN FRGD DETONATES DYNAMITE PLUNGER, EXPLOSION BLAST IN CONSTRUCTION CRATER
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02:46:47 989.72 |
EARLY STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK SCOOPING & DROPPING DIRT INTO DUMP TRUCK
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02:49:43 1165.72 |
TED BALKO OF MINNESOTA WINS NATIONAL CORN HUSKING CONTEST. FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA. 11/9-10/34
MALE SPECTATORS SURROUND FARMERS AS THE PICK CORN FOR CONTEST. HARVESTING CROPS. AGRICULTURE. FARMING. HIGHLIGHTS: 02 49 48 SCENES OF BALKO IN HUSKING CONTEST PICKING CORN FROM STALKS IN CORN FIELD & THROWING IT INTO TRUCK. FIELDS FILLED WITH SPECTATORS WATCHING CONTEST |
02:50:30 1213.72 |
CU BALKO SPEAKING
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02:50:36 1219.72 |
SCENES OF OTHER FARMER CONTESTANTS PICKING EARS OF CORN & THROWING ONTO TRACTOR.
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02:51:30 1273.72 |
TED BALKO RECEIVING CHECK FOR $100
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02:53:03 1365.72 |
TILTED ANGLE, YOUNG BOYS SPECTATORS
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02:57:09 1611.72 |
TED BALKO RECEIVING CHECK FOR $100 & SPEAKING
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02:58:09 1671.72 |
*UHRELATED CUT NEWSREEL*
POLICEMEN WITH BILLY CLUBS SEARCH WOODS. |
02:58:11 1673.72 |
SPOKESMAN GIVES STATEMENT
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02:58:37 1699.72 |
MIDDLE CLASS BRICK HOUSE RESIDENCE.
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02:58:42 1704.72 |
SUMMER BEACH SCENES. CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK. 7/4/30
JULY 4TH HOLIDAY. CROWDED BOARDWALK IN BKGD. HOT SUMMER WEATHER. ACTUAL SOUNDS OF BATHERS & CROWDS. INDOOR MERRY-GO-ROUND & DOCK VISIBLE IN HIGH ANGLE SHOTS HIGHLIGHS: 02 58 48 CROWDED BEACH TEEMING WITH PEOPLE. MEN & WOMEN WEARING BATHING SUITS, SWIMMING IN OCEAN. |
03:02:33 1935.72 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEWS OF CROWDED CONEY ISLAND BEACH & BOARDWALK SHOT FROM HALF MOON HOTEL ROOF.
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03:06:42 2184.72 |
AERIAL VIEWS FROM PLANE OF CONEY ISLAND BEACHES, TRAVELING DOWN COASTLINE
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03:07:08 2210.72 |
SMOKI INDIAN DANCES. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. 6/8/29
VARIOUS TAKES OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS PERFORMING RITUAL DANCES: GREEN CORN DANCE, TURKEY DANCE, ANTELOPE DANCE, STORM DANCE, BUTTERFLY DANCE. SINGING & USING RATTLES & DRUMS. RELIGION, ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNIC MUSIC, TRADITIONAL DANCE, TRIBAL. USC MUSIC. (NOTE: ALL FAKED BY WHITE PEOPLE WEARING MAKE-UP & WIGS)? HIGHLIGHTS: 03 07 23 INDIANS CIRCLE TREE & SHAKE RATTLES |
03:08:38 2300.72 |
DANCE PERFORMING DANCE IN LINE. ADOBE BUILDING BKGD
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03:10:15 2397.72 |
INDIANS PERFORMING "SNAKE CLAN DANCE". MAN PUTS SNAKES IN INDIANS MOUTHS AS THEY DANCE PAST
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03:14:57 2680.72 |
INDIANS DANCE AROUND CERMONIAL CIRCLE THROWING SNAKES INTO CENTER
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03:15:55 2738.72 |
INDIANS FRANTICALLY GRAB SNAKES AT END OF DANCE & RUN OFF.
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03:16:26 2768.72 |
CU FEET OF WHITE FOLKS INSIDE FENCE AS THEY WALK PAST.
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03:16:42 2784.72 |
SMOKI INDIAN DANCES. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. 6/8/29
VARIOUS TAKES OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS PERFORMING RITUAL DANCE. RELIGION, ANTHROPOLOGY. ETHNIC MUSIC, TRADITIONAL DANCE, TRIBAL. (NOTE: ALL FAKED BY WHITE PEOPLE WEARING MAKE-UP & WIGS)? HIGHLIGHTS: 03 16 50 INDIANS PERFORMING SNAKE CLAN DANCE |
03:17:22 2824.72 |
LINE OF INDIANS STAND & SHAKE RATTLES AS MEN DANCE PAST HOLDING SNAKES
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03:17:56 2858.72 |
DRUMMER & SINGERS PLAY INDIAN-LIKE MUSIC
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03:18:36 2898.72 |
CU NATIVE AMERICAN DRUMMER
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03:18:48 2910.72 |
CU NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SINGERS
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03:19:19 2941.72 |
PUTTING SNAKES INTO MOUTHS OF DANCERS
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03:20:14 2996.72 |
INDIANS STANDS IN FRONT OF BUSH HUT & SWINGS BIZARRE INSTRUMENT WITH WEIRD NOISE
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03:20:36 3019.72 |
TWO SMOKI SAND PAINTERS DRAWING SYMBOLS ON GROUND WITH SAND FROM THE PAINTED DESERT.
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03:23:05 3167.72 |
GROUP OF INDIANS SINGING & DRUMMING
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03:23:36 3198.72 |
HELENA RUBINSTEIN BEAUTY PARLOR. NEW YORK CITY. 6/21/29
BUSTS, PAINTINGS, STATUES IN BACKGROUND OF ART DECO DESIGN. (*NOTE: 8 EAST 57TH STREET) HIGHLIGHTS: 03 23 48 RUBENSTEIN SPEAKS ON HER BEAUTY TREATMENTS. |
03:25:38 3320.72 |
BEAUTY PARLOR SPA CLIENTS BEING TREATED. RUBENSTEIN ENTERS & INSTRUCTS COSMOTOLOGISTS ON TREATMENT.
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03:29:27 3549.72 |
CU WOMAN GETTING FACIAL. HANDS MASSAGE CREAM ON HER FACE.
BEAUTY MASQUE. PUTS TOWN IN FRONT OF HER FACE |
03:31:08 3650.72 |
CU END RESULT, TOWEL REMOVED FROM HER FACE. HAIR & MAKEUP ALL DONE ON BEAUTIFUL MODEL
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03:31:27 3669.72 |
THREE WOMEN COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER ON THEIR MAKE-OVER.
OLDER WOMAN GUSHES "WAIT 'TIL JOHN SEES" SOUND BYTE |
03:31:43 3686.72 |
OPENING OF "CAVALCADE". LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 4/34
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE PREMIERE. GLAMOROUS MOVIE STARS. MEN IN TUXEDOS, TOP HATS & WOMEN IN FUR COATS, STOLES. FILM DIRECTED BY NOEL COWARD. ADOLF MENGOU. HIGHLIGHTS: 03 31 53 QUICK, BLURRY SHOTS OF "CAVALCADE" SIGN. MARQUEE IN LIGHTS ON THEATRE. |
03:33:16 3778.72 |
SHOTS OF CELEBRITIES
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03:33:26 3788.72 |
LARGE SPOTLIGHTS LINE OUTSIDE OF THEATRE WHERE GUESTS ARRIVE
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03:34:52 3875.72 |
GOOD SHOT OF NAME OF FILM IN LIGHTS, WITH "SID GRAUMAN'S PROLOGUE" OVER IT. SPOTLIGHTS IN FRONT
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03:35:27 3909.72 |
CARS ON STREET ARRIVING.
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03:36:06 3948.72 |
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE STARLET POSING
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03:36:24 3966.72 |
DOROTHY BURGESS SPEAKS
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03:36:37 3979.72 |
BRITISH ACRTRESS HEATHER ANGEL
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03:36:50 3992.72 |
CU JACK OAKIE & MOTHER
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03:37:13 4015.72 |
CELEBRITIES & OTHERS MULL ABOUT. MICROPHONE ON TRIPOD VISIBLE.
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03:38:22 4084.72 |
RICHARD BARTHELMESS, LESLIE HOWARD & HEIR DATES, WIVES.
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03:39:01 4123.72 |
FRANK LLOYD WITH WIFE, DAUGHTER.
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03:39:24 4146.72 |
NORMA SHEARER
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03:39:31 4153.72 |
GEORGE RAFT WITH MR & MRS ROSCOE ATES
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03:39:50 4172.72 |
BOWLING. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 3/10/44RUFF, THE BOWLING DOG AT GOLDEN GATE RECREATION ALLEYS. ROLLS BALL DOWN BOWLING LANE TO KNOCK DOWN PINS. PLAYS WITH BALL. STUPID PET TRICKS. STRIKE.
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