1950-1959NAUTICAL
MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOAT. FISHING BARGE DOWN RIVER.
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BLACK LEADMAN WITH LEAD WEIGHT ATTACHED TO ROPE, CHANTING AS HE MEASURES DEPTH OF RIVER.
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CU BLACK MAN.
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PADDLE BOAT SAILING
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| 01:01:48 45.9 |
PAN HUGE LINE OF BARGES BEING TOWED DOWN RIVER.
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| 01:02:07 64 |
LARGE STATUE OF MARK TWAIN OVERLOOKING RIVER
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| 01:02:37 94 |
CAPTAIN OF RIVERBOAT AT HELM WITH CUP OF COFFEE IN HAND.
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| 01:02:42 99 |
FRIED CHICKEN BEING PLACED ON TABLE SET WITH SIDE DISHES & UTENSILS
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TWO CREWMEN SEATED AT TABLE EATING
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| 01:03:02 119 |
IRIS VIEW MISSISSIPPI SHOWBOAT WITH SIGN "TONIGHT THE DRUNKARD".
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| 01:03:11 128 |
ABOVE VIEW BLACK LEADMAN THROWING LEAD-WEIGHTED LINE OVER BOAT TO MEASURE DEPTH. SINGING A DRAWN OUT "MARK TWAIN"
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| 01:03:30 147 |
OLD PADDLE WHEEL RIVER BOAT SAILING DOWN RIVER.
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| 01:03:35 152 |
CU PADDLE WHEEL CHURNING UP WATER. GIANT PITTMAN WORKING WHEEL FROM INSIDE.
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| 01:03:56 173 |
CU VIEW OF POWERFUL, EFFICIENT NEW DIESEL ENGINES &
CONTROLS |
| 01:04:06 183 |
VIEW OF TODAY'S TOWBOAT PUSHING HUGE ARRAY OF BARGES.
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| 01:04:11 187.9 |
CU WATER CHURNING UP FROM THE NEW HIGH-SPEED PROPELLERS.
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| 01:04:26 203 |
CU PILOT AT WHEEL LOOKS OUT WINDOW TO OTHER RIVER TRAFFIC.
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| 01:04:43 220.9 |
PILOT ON PHONE CALLS INTO PORT FOR NEEDS.
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| 01:04:45 222 |
MEN AT DOCK LOAD SUPPLIES & MAIL ON BOAT.
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| 01:04:55 232 |
CU CREWMAN READS MAIL FROM HOME.
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| 01:04:56 233.9 |
PILOT DISTRIBUTES MAIL TO CREW MEMBER.
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| 01:05:27 264 |
CU HAMBURGER PADDIES ON GRILL BEING TURNED OVER BY HAND OF COOK.
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| 01:05:32 269 |
VIEW OF RIVER TRAFFIC FROM PILOT'S WINDOW.
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| 01:05:37 274 |
ABOVE VIEW CREWMEN PULLING LONG PIPE ON DECK OF BARGE.
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| 01:05:42 279 |
CU TWO CREWMEN SPLICE LOOP INTO END OF HEAVY ROPE LINE USING POINTED SPIKE.
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| 01:05:53 290 |
MONTAGE CREWMEN DOING CHORES AS BOAT CONTINUES DOWN RIVER.
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| 01:06:30 327 |
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TAKING SHOWER, THEN CUDDLES IN BED.
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| 01:06:53 350 |
VARIOUS MAP VIEW OF MISSISSIPPI & ITS MANY TRIBUTARIES
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| 01:08:24 441 |
FACTORY-TRAINED MECHANIC AT SHIPYARD ALONG RIVER CLEANS ENGINE PARTS IN SOLUTION.
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| 01:08:29 446 |
PAINTER PAINTS HULL OF BOAT.
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| 01:08:34 451 |
ABOVE VIEW TOWBOAT PUSHING LARGE ARRAY OF BARGES EACH DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL CARGO. INCLUDING SULFURIC ACID, CLORINE, AMMONIA, ETC.
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| 01:08:55 472 |
COLLEGE STUDENTS WALKING INTO BUILDING ON CAMPUS
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| 01:09:00 477 |
ENGINEER IN LAB TESTS NEW BARGE DESIGNS IN MINIATURE FORM.
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| 01:09:23 500 |
AERIAL VIEW NEW BARGE BEING LAUNCHED DOWN ITS SIDE FROM SLOPE LEADING TO WATER.
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| 01:09:28 505 |
BARGE SLIDES DOWN SLOPE CREATING HUGE WAVE AS IT HITS WATER.
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| 01:09:33 510 |
NEW BARGE IS LASHED TO ANOTHER BY WORKERS.
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| 01:09:38 515 |
ABOVE VIEW OF LATEST NEW BARGE AS IT IS SLOWLY PUSHED DOWN RIVER.
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| 01:10:40 577 |
CU DEPTH-FINDING MACHINE WHICH HAS REPLACED THE LEADMAN.
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| 01:10:45 582 |
NEW RADAR SCANNING RIVER FROM BRIDGE.
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| 01:10:50 587 |
CU RADAR SCREEN IN ACTION
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| 01:11:08 605 |
MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION BUILDING ENTRANCE.
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| 01:11:13 610 |
CU ENGINEER AT DESK USES PROTRACTOR ON MAP. MAKES PHONE CALL.
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| 01:11:18 615 |
CU FINGER DIALING.
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| 01:11:23 620 |
ENGINEER AT OTHER END ANSWERING PHONE.
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| 01:11:28 625 |
THREE ENGINEERS CHECK PROBLEMS ON MAP OF RIVER.
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| 01:12:08 665 |
AERIAL CORP OF ENGINEER DREDGE AT WORK IN RIVER.
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| 01:12:13 670 |
VIEW OF DREDGE CHURNING UP MATERIAL FROM BOTTOM.
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| 01:12:18 675 |
HUGE 38 FOOT WIDE "DUST PAN HEAD" WITH WATER JETS SPRAYING UP THE FAN.
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| 01:12:28 685 |
FAN BEING LOWERED TO BOTTOM.
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| 01:13:07 724 |
DREDGE SPRAYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF SILT IN AIR.
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| 01:13:13 730 |
AERIAL VIEW DREDGE IN ACTION.
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| 01:13:27 744 |
CRANES WORKING ON BANK OF RIVER. LEVEL OFF BANK INTO SMOOTH SLOPING SURFACE WHICH EXTENDS TO EDGE OF WATER & DOWN BELOW TO PREVENT EROSION OF RIVER BANK.
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| 01:14:12 789 |
VARIOUS SCENES POWERFUL CRANES PICK UP HUGE SECTIONS CONCRETE MADE UP OF CONCRETE BLOCKS HELD TOGETHER BY RUST-RESISTANT REINFORCEMENT FABRICS
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| 01:14:28 805 |
BLOCKS PLACED ALONG BANK & WELL INTO RIVER.
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| 01:14:38 815 |
MOSTLY BLACK WORKERS CONNECT EACH SECTION WITH WIRE & BOLTS UNTIL IT FORMS HUGE BLANKET OF CEMENT ALONG LARGE STRETCH OF RIVER BANK: SYSTEM CALLED "REVETMENT"
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| 01:14:54 831 |
BLACK WORKERS LAY UNCOMPACTED SAND ASPHALT ON BANK
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| 01:14:58 835 |
LARGE SECTION OF MATTRESS IS PLACED ON EDGE OF BANK &
EXTENDED INTO RIVER ABOVE WATER LINE BY LAUNCHING BARGE. BARGE IS MOVED UPSTREAM TO LAY NEW SECTION OF MATTRESS. |
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BUOY IS DRAGGED ALONG AS MARKER ON EACH SIDE OF RIVER TO MARK CHANNEL. BLACK MARKER ON ONE SIDE, RED ON THE OTHER.
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PADDLE WHEEL TRAVELLING UPSTREAM.
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| 01:17:33 990 |
BLACK WORKER ON COAST GUARD PATROL BOAT DROPS BUOY INTO RIVER.
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| 01:17:58 1015 |
ENGINEER DROPS RED BALL-SHAPED BUOY INTO WATER.
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| 01:18:15 1032 |
NAVIGATION LIGHTS & MARKERS PLACED BY COAST GUARD
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| 01:18:30 1047 |
FEMALE TYPIST TYPES CHANNEL REPORT ON TELETYPE MACHINE.
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| 01:18:35 1052 |
MIMEOGRAPH (CIRCA 1950s) PRINTS COPIES OF MAP OF MISSISSIPPI WITH ITS TRIBUTARIES AND CONNECTING CHANNELS. PAN DOWN TO GULF INTRA-COASTAL WATERWAY EXTENDING FROM MEXICAN BORDER TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA.
JOINS MISSISSIPPI AT NEW ORLEANS. |
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AERIAL SHOT TUGBOATS & BARGES ON NARROW FEEDER CHANNEL CUTTING THROUGH WOODED AREAS
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| 01:19:42 1119 |
ABOVE VIEW BARGES LOADED WITH TRAILERS BEING PUSHED ALONG
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| 01:19:47 1124 |
ABOVE VIEW RIVER BY TUGBOAT
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| 01:20:30 1167 |
ABOVE VIEW TUG BOAT MOVING BARGE LADEN WITH PILES OF SULPHUR.
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| 01:20:38 1175 |
SPRAWLING OIL REFINERY ALONG WATERWAY.
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| 01:20:43 1180 |
ABOVE VIEW BARGES MOVING OIL ALONG INLAND WATERWAY SYSTEM.
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| 01:21:03 1200 |
ABOVE VIEW BARGES FILLED WITH SEASHELLS FOR MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS OR CEMENT PASSES THROUGH INDUSTRIAL CANAL.
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| 01:21:05 1201.9 |
AERIAL VIEW HARVEY LOCK IN NEW ORLEANS CONNECTING INTRA-COASTAL WITH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH INDUSTRIAL LOCK ON THE EAST.
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| 01:21:22 1219.9 |
CANAL LOCKS OPENING FOR BARGES WITH SHELLS TO PASS THROUGH.
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| 01:21:33 1230 |
ABOVE VIEW FREIGHTERS & BARGES IN NEW ORLEANS HARBOR.
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| 01:21:38 1235 |
ABOVE PAN BUSY DOCKS CRAMMED WITH SHIPS BEING LOADED AND UNLOADED.
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| 01:21:51 1248.9 |
AERIAL VIEW NEW ORLEANS.
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| 01:22:19 1275.9 |
COFFEE BEING UNLOADED FROM SHIP FROM RIO DE JANEIRO VIA WINCH.
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| 01:22:27 1284.9 |
BANANAS BEING UNLOADED VIA CONVEYORS.
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| 01:22:29 1286.9 |
CU BALE OF THISTLE FOR ROPE.
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| 01:22:36 1293 |
BALES OF COTTON BEING LOADED VIA WINCH.
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| 01:22:41 1298.9 |
ABOVE VIEW BAGS OF RICE BEING LIFTED OUT OF BARGE HOLD TO FREIGHTER.
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| 01:22:50 1307.9 |
SUGAR LOADED FROM FREIGHTER TO BARGE
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| 01:23:00 1317 |
NUMEROUS BARRELS OF PETROLEUM BEING LIFTED ONTO FREIGHTER VIA WINCH.
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| 01:23:12 1329 |
ABOVE VIEW FREIGHTER BEING MOVED BY TUG BOATS OUT OF HARBOR
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| 01:23:28 1345 |
MONTAGE ABOVE VIEW BARGE TRAFFIC BEING PUSHED UPSTREAM BY TOWBOAT.
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| 01:23:48 1365.9 |
DRAWBRIDGE OPENS FOR BARGES ENTERING HEART OF CHICAGO. LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ON SHORE IN BKGD
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| 01:24:10 1387 |
CU HAND PUMPING GAS INTO GAS TANK.
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| 01:24:15 1392 |
NIGHT TRAFFIC IN CHICAGO THEATER AREA.
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| 01:24:29 1406 |
HUGE GRAIN STORAGE BINS WITH HUGE CHUTE EXTENDING TO BARGE IN WATERWAY
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| 01:24:34 1411 |
CU GRAIN POURING FROM CHUTE TO BARGE HOLD.
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| 01:24:53 1430 |
TUGBOAT PUSHING STRING OF BARGES LADEN WITH GRAIN DOWN MISSISSIPPI.
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| 01:24:58 1435 |
GIANT GRAIN ELEVATORS ALONG RIVER WHERE GRAIN IS THEN UNLOADED FROM BARGES.
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| 01:25:03 1440 |
GRAIN BEING LOADED INTO FREIGHTER HOLD CREATING CLOUD OF DUST
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| 01:25:44 1481 |
HUGE BLACK SMOKE CLOUDS EMITTING FROM STEEL INDUSTRY STACKS.
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| 01:25:49 1486 |
MOLTEN STEAL LIGHT UP INSIDE OF STEEL PLANT.
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| 01:25:54 1491 |
AERIAL VIEW BARGES LADEN WITH SCRAP IRON, LIMESTONE, COAL & IRON ORE AND BEING TOWED VIA WATERWAY.
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| 01:26:14 1511 |
STEEL BEAMS BEING LIFTED OUT OF BARGE BY CRANE & ONTO RAILROAD FLATBED CARS.
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| 01:26:36 1533 |
HUGE TRACTOR LAYING DIRT FOR ROAD.
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| 01:26:47 1544 |
AUTOS (CIRCA 1950s) RIDE OUT OF ASSEMBLY PLANTS TO RIVER & ARE LOADED ONTO SPECIALLY DESIGNED BARGES FOR TRANSIT ALONG THE OHIO & MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
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| 01:26:52 1549 |
CU NEW CARS ROLLING TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 01:27:58 1614.9 |
AERIAL VIEW BARGE LADEN WITH OVER 875 CARS MOVING DOWN RIVER.
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| 01:28:03 1620 |
CARS ROLLING OFF BARGES AT MEMPHIS PIER.
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| 01:28:08 1624.9 |
MONTAGE FREIGHTER BOUND FOR ST. LOUIS SAILS UNDER
BRIDGE |
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CARS ROLLING OFF RAMP TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 01:28:16 1632.9 |
FAST AIRBOAT WITH PROPELLER ON TOP, SPEEDS DOWN RIVER.
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| 01:28:20 1636.9 |
BARGE LADEN WITH PULP & NET TENDER SAILS BY.
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| 01:28:53 1669.9 |
AERIAL VIEW TOW BOAT PUSHING NUMEROUS BARGES DOWN RIVER AT ONE TIME.
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