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FIDDLERS
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"BARN DANCE" CONVENTION. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 1919.
OLD TIME "BARN DANCE" MUSICIANS HOLD THEIR ANNUAL CONVENTION. VARIOUS SCENES FIDDLERS PLAYING VIOLINS. USC MUSIC. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 01 01 BUNCH OF FIDDLERS PLAYING TOGETHER WHILE SITTING ON STEPS OUTSIDE |
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PAN ACROSS HUGE GROUP OF MUSICIANS:
FIDDLERS, DOUBLE BASS, BANJO |
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ONE-ARMED FIDDLER PLAYS BY HOLDING BOW AGAINST HIS CHEST & MOVING VIOLIN ACROSS IT.
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CLICHE OLD MAN FIDDLER DANCING ABOUT AS HE PLAYS
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OLD MAN WITH WHITE BEARD DANCES IN STREET AS MUSICIANS PLAY
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| 01:02:16 75.7 |
BLACK KIDS & MAN CLAPPING ALONG WITH MUSIC.
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| 01:02:31 91.7 |
ANOTHER OLD MAN DANCES IN COBBLESTONE STREET
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. SQUARE DANCING. QUITMAN, VIRGINIA. 7/5/25.
DOWN IN DIXIE THE SQUARE DANCE STILL HOLDS SWAY. COUNTRY, HILLBILLY CULTURE. FOLK MUSIC. USC MUSIC. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 03 04 VARIOUS SHOTS OF COUPLES SQUARE DANCING OUTSIDE AT PICNIC GROUNDS. |
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CU THREE FIDDLE PLAYERS
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| 01:04:12 191.7 |
CU WOMEN'S FEET DANCING IN LINE
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| 01:04:20 199.7 |
UNCLE JOE "CUTS A PIGEON WING": OLD MAN DANCING ON BOARD WHILE HOLDING ON TO BACK OF CHAIR.
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"VIOLIN SPEAKS". CINCINNATI, OHIO. 8/1924.
HIGHLIGHTS: 01 04 31 OUTSIDE UNDER TREES, YOUNG WOMAN ON KNEES PLAYS VIOLIN TO BABY IN CRADLE |
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VIEW DOWN COUTNRY DIRT ROAD ALONGSIDE HOUSE. HORSE AND WAGON VISIBLE IN DISTANCE.
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| 01:05:34 273.7 |
LS MEN IN FIELD LOOKING SELECTING TREE TO CUT. START TO CHOP DOWN TREE
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CU MAN CHOPPING DOWN TREE WITH AX
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TREE FALLS.
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PIECES OF UNFINISHED VIOLIN LAID OUT FOR DISPLAY NEXT TO FINISHED VIOLIN.
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NEW YORK CITY FIDDLERS. NYC. 2/27/26.
FIDDLERS, WHO ARE TRYING TO REVIVE OLD FOLK SONGS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PAUL SPECHT PERFORM ON ROOFTOP. MOUSAL PLAYS VIOLIN WITH TUBE RUNNING FROM HIS MOUTH TO NECK OF INSTRUMENT. USC MUSIC. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 06 51 FIDDLE PLAYERS JOHN BULDUC & JAMES MOUSAL |
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FIDDLE PLAYERS DANCE ON ROOFTOP WITH BILLOWING SMOKESTACK VISIBLE IN BKGD
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MOUSAL PLAYS HOMEMADE ONE-STRINGED FIDDLE VARIATION
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. FIDDLER'S CONTEST. PARKESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. 7/30/27.
OLD FIDDLERS HOLD CONTEST AT PICNIC GROUNDS. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 09 08 FIDDLERS PLAYING THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN LARGE GROUP |
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MAN LEANING DOWN & UNWRAPPING RARE VIOLIN FROM PAPER & CASE
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PAN FIDDLERS PLAYING, MAN DANCES ALONG
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| 01:10:12 552.7 |
CU FIDDLERS FEET KEEPING TIME. HATS ON GROUND NEAR THEIR FEET.
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| 01:10:37 577.7 |
MAN WITH FUNNY LOOKING TOP HAT PLAYING VIOLIN.
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FIDDLE & BANJO PLAYERS. SOME MEN DANCE ALONG
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MAN WITH FIDDLE DANCES
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CROWDS OF MUSICIANS WALKING THROUGH WOODS TO PICNIC AREA
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SHOT BEHIND CROWD AS THEY WATCH FIDDLE PLAYERS IN GRANDSTAND.
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MAN WITH FUNNY LOOKING TOP HAT PLAYING VIOLIN.
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WOMAN DANCING THE "BLACK BOTTOM". DANCING WITH MAN
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CU MAN PLAYING RARE VIOLIN
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CU VIOLIN IN HANDS BEING PLAYED.
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BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC. VIRGINIA. 2/17/30.
VARIOUS SCENES OF MR. & MRS. BELA LAM (& CHILD) SINGING "POOR LITTLE BENNY" WHILE MR. LAM PLAYS BANJO. HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE. HILLBILLY, COUNTRY, FOLK MUSIC. USC MUSIC. |
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BASEBALL: YANKEES VERSUS RED SOX. BRONX, NEW YORK CITY. 4/14/31.
YANKS & RED SOX IN SEASON OPENER AT YANKEE STADIUM. YANKEE PITCHER RED RUFFING, BOSTON PITCHER WILEY MOORE, ED BARROW (YANKEE BUSINESS MANAGER) |
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WOMAN TELLS BABE RUTH SHE HOPES HE BREAKS HIS RECORD.
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POLITICIAN JIMMY WALKER (NYC MAYOR) IN PROCESSION SURROUNDED BY COPS WALKING FROM BASEBALL FIELD.
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VIEW OF SPECTATORS IN STANDS AS THEY STAND UP TO SEE PLAY.
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ADVERTISEMENTS VISIBLE BEHIND SPORTS FANS SEATED IN BLEACHERS.
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MARCHING BAND PARADES AROUND BASEBALL DIAMOND FOLLOWED BY PLAYERS.
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BAND PLAYS NATIONAL ANTHEM, THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, AS AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED. ELEVATED TRAIN (EL TRAIN) VISIBLE DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF STADIUM.
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CAMERA TILTS UP AS AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED TO TOP OF POLE.
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XLS MAYOR JIMMY WALKER ENTERS STADIUM SURROUNDED BY ENTOURAGE
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MAYOR JIMMY WALKER THROWS FIRST BALL OF SEASON.
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SCENES OF BASEBALL GAME.
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BABE RUTH AND LOU GEHRIG AT BAT.
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SCENE OF PACKED STADIUM STANDS AT YANKEE STADIUM
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MORE PARADING OF PLAYERS & MARCHING BAND.
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MORE SCENE OF BASEBALL GAME.
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CU ANNOUNCER SHOUTING THROUGH MEGAPHONE.
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YANKEES (INCLUDING GEHRIG?) SIT AT EDGE OF DUGOUT, BULLPEN.
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