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BASEBALL SCANDAL. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA SESQUI EXPO. MISS AMERICA. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE. CHRYSLER BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. LYTTON PEACE CONFERENCE. FDR. PARIS RIOTS.
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STORY# 4813. BASEBALL; CHICAGO "BLACK SOX" SCANDAL. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 9/29/20.
SOME OF THE WITNESSES & VICTIMS AS THE BASEBALL SCANDAL THICKENS. ARRIVING BY CAR & TAXI, NEWSMEN. GETTING IN CARS. |
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STORY# 4914. BASEBALL SCANDAL TRIAL. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 9/28/29.
CHICAGO "BLACK SOX" BASEBALL SCANDAL. JURORS POSE OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE & IN COURTROOM. JUDGE CHARLES MCDONALD. |
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DISAMAMENT CONFERENCE: DELEGATES MET AT DOCKSIDE.
CU ASIAN DELEGATES |
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Arms Limitation Conference.
CRUISE SHIP AT SEA. CU ASIAN DELEGATE (JAPANESE?). GROUP POSING ON DECK |
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STORY# A9914. CHARLESTON AT SEA. ATLANTIC OCEAN. 11/24/23.
MISS STELLA DOYLE DEMONSTRATES NEW CHARLESTON DANCE STEP TO PASSENGERS ON THE "AQUITANIA". ORCHESTRA. WOMAN DANCING ON DECK. DANCE FADS. |
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ARMS CONFERENCE DELEGATES PHILADELPHIA SESQUI EXPO.
GROUP POSING. CALVIN COOLIDGE |
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ANIMALS TO SESQUICENTENNIAL EXPO.
MEN TRYING TO CONTROL BEAR CUB ON LEASH, WILD CUB. MAN SHOVES BEAR INTO CAGE. |
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MEN PUT DOWN LARGE CRATE, TAKE OUT GIANT PYTHON SNAKE. 16 MEN MOVING SNAKE
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REPLICA OF TUN TAVERN AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
HONOR GUARD, FLAGS. EARLY AMERICAN FLAG, 13 STARS. 48 STATES AMERICAN FLAG. MEN IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION UNIFORMS. |
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PRESENTATION OF SWORD IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
CEREMONY: WHITE NAVAL OR MARINE UNIFORMED MEN, MILITARY CEREMONY. LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN OLD-FASHIONED DRESS CURTSIES, CURTSY. HOLDING OPEN CASE, CAN'T SEE WHAT'S INSIDE. UNIFORMED MAN MAKES SPEECH AT PODIUM. |
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TILT DOWN CLOCK TOWER, SQUARE
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SESQUICENTENNIAL EXPO IN PHILADELPHIA. BEAUTY CONTEST, TWO BEAUTY CONTESTANTS PUSHED IN ROLLING CHAIR. WEARING STATE SASHES. CU FRECKLED-FACE BEAUTY.
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BEAUTY CONTESTANTS IN HAND-POWERED LITTLE PADDLE BOATS
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MISS GEORGIA SITTING IN MINIATTURE TRAIN
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STORY# B4417. INTERCITY BEAUTIES SPEND THE DAY AT SESQUI.
MISS AMERICA-TYPE CONTEST 1928. MISS NORMA SMALLWOOD WITH PAGEANT ORGANIZERS ON SHIP. BEAUTY CONTESTANTS ON SHIP. WEARING STATE SASHES. |
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BEAUTY CONTESTANTS IN PARADE. MARCHING BAND, MILITARY.
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BEAUTY CONTESTANTS GOING UP IN HOT AIR BALLOONS
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ACTIVITIES OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AT SESQUI.
AMERICAN LEGION PARADE IN PHILADELPHIA. PHILLY SKYLINE CIRCA 1928. |
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DEDICATION AT MEMORIAL
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TILT DOWN CLOCK TOWER
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PLANTING TREE AT BASE OF MEMORIAL, STATUE.
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CU OLD, AGED COUPLE WITH SHOVELS. THROW DIRT INTO TREE HOLE. PLANTING TREE.
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VIRGINIA DAY AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
BASEBALL PRACTICE, TEAMS POSING. PHILADELPHIA A'S ATHLETICS BASEBALL TEAM. MINOR LEAGUE TEAM WEARING "YONKERS" UNIFORMS. CONNIE MACK THROWS BASEBALL OUT. |
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INDIANS IN HEADDRESSES. PUTTING HEADDRESSES ON WHITE MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT.
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MILTARY PARADE, MARCHING BAND. CIVIC LEADERS POSING.
OFFICERS. |
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SOLDIERS IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR COSTUME. SIGN BEHIND THEM: "GOV. HARVEY". SOLDIERS IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIFORMS PERFORM. FLOATS, SPEAKERS (MOS).
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IRISH CELEBRATION AT THE SESQUI.
PARADE IN PERIOD COSTUME, REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIFORMS. VARIOUS BRANCHES OF MILITARY UNIFORMS. PAN GROUP OF IRISH, IRISH-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY & CITIZENS. FLOATS |
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NEW YORK SKYLINE FROM RIVER. (EMULSION DETERIORATION). BIRD'S EYE, STREET LEVEL
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FLIRTING WITH DEATH ON NEW YORK PINNACLES.
DAREDEVILS REPLACING LIGHTS ATOP SKYSCRAPER |
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CHRYSLER BUILDING: CONSTRUCTION OF TOP FLOORS, INSTALLING WINDOWS, WORKERS ON GIRDERS, NEW YORK SKYLINE, COMPLETING SPIRE, POV DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
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LORD LYTTON PEACE COMMISSION
CONFERENCE: LITTER CARS CARRIED BY CHINESE PEASANTS |
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TOURISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS. LYTTON AND EMPEROR
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CONVOY OF LITTERS. LITTER CARS CARRIED BY PEASANTS DOWN MOUNTAIN ROAD
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PEOPLE TOURISTS WALKING DOWN STEEP COBBLESTONE WALK.
CHINESE & BRITISH GROUP POSING. |
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FDR SPEECH ON BANK CONDITIONS (1933)
ROOSEVELT MAKES STATEMENT ADDRESSES TO MOVIE AUDIENCES. TELLS CITIZENS TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL STRUCTURE. SPEECH MADE DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
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PARIS RIOTS: COMMUNIST MARCHERS, EMPTY STREETS, POLICE BARRICADES, CROWDS MILLING AROUND, DAMAGES.
CIVIL UNREST. MARCHERS WITH PLACARDS SINGING, RAISING FISTS IN THE AIR. LITTER STREWN STREETS. GNARLED BITS OF METAL |
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PARIS STREETS, MONUMENTS, STATUES, WIDE AVENUES
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CITIZENS GATHERED IN PARK, MAN STANDING ON TOP OF STATUE, CITIZENS SINGING.
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