Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: NR-105A

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00:00:06 0.8	CHAIN GANG REPAIR ROADS IN VIRGINIA. 9/23/?? THE STATE IS REPAIRING THE BAD ROADS BY THE EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICT LABOR IN CHAINGANGS. PENAL INSTITUTIONS. PRISON WORK. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 00 09 CHAIN GANG IN STRIPED PRISON UNIFORMS AT WORK ON ROAD UNDER SUPERVISION. BREAKING UP ROADS WITH PICK AXES.
00:00:41 35.8	CONVICTS WALKING ON RURAL ROAD TOWARD CAMERA INCLUDES ONE-ARMED PRISONER.
00:01:08 62.8	LINE OF BLACK & WHITE CONVICTS AT OUTDOOR WASHING BOWLS WASHING UP, WASHING HANDS
00:01:34 88.8	CU BLACK PRISONER WASHING HIS FACE & BALD HEAD OUTDOORS
00:02:21 135.8	PRISONERS EXITING HUT IN WHICH THEY ARE HOUSED. POOR LIVING CONDITIONS.
00:02:37 151.8	ARMED PRISON GUARD WITH RIFLE ACROSS HIS LAP
00:03:16 190.8	PRISON BARRACKS HUT. OPEN WALLS WITH WIRE ON THEM.
00:03:41 215.8	LOOKING THRU WIRE INTO HUT, BEDS LINED UP
00:04:03 237.8	BLACK PRISONER DOING BUCK & WING DANCE. "THE ROCK PILE JAZZ TILT"
00:04:41 275.8	CU DANCING PRISONER'S FEET
00:05:14 308.8	STEAM ROLLER PARKED WITH SPINNING WHEELS & BELTS. PRISONERS WALK AWAY DOWN ROAD.
00:05:41 335.8	PRISONER DORM HUT
00:05:46 340.8	RAILROAD TRAINS. BEAR MOUNTAIN. 9/7/28 POV FROM MOVING TRAIN. SHOT FOR SOUND ONLY. GRASS GOING BY FAST. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 09 50 STEAM ENGINE PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVES STATION.
00:10:25 619.8	TRAIN COMES AROUND BEND CAMERA AS IT ARRIVES AT STATION.
00:11:48 702.8	TSUNEO MATSUDAIRA JAPANESE AMBASSADOR VIEWS FAMOUS CHINESE BLOSSOMS. WASHINGTON, DC. 4/9/28. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 11 55 CROWD OF CHILDREN POSING, HOLDING EASTER BASKETS.
00:12:07 721.8	DISTINGUISHED MAN PICKS UP CHILDREN.
00:12:27 741.8	HUGE GROUP OF CHILDREN POSING FOR PICTURE
00:12:35 749.8	MASSIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE & CHILDREN ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
00:13:13 787.8	CROWD WAVES TO CAMERA
00:13:36 810.8	EASTER EGG HUNT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. FOUNTAINS GOING.
00:14:06 840.8	VILHALMUR STEPHANSON & NINA SALMUNDSSON. NEW YORK CITY STUDIO. 3/23/29. VILHALMUR STEPHANSON SPEAKS ABOUT ICELAND, ITS HISTORY & NOTABLE SCULPTOR, MISS NINA SALMUNDSSON, WHO SCULPTS BUST IN THE BACKGROUND. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 16 05 CU ARTIST NINA SALMUNDSSON SCULPTS HEAD.
00:17:03 1017.8	CU STEPHANSON SPEAKS ON EXPLORATION.
00:21:11 1265.8	(FROM VOL. 26/44) NATION HONORS PRESIDENT ON HIS BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, DC. 1/28/44. THE 62ND BIRTHDAY OF FDR IS CELEBRATED IN OBSERVANCE OF HIS FAVORITY CHARITY, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 21 22 MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CUTS CAKE AT BALL AS JOAN FONTAINE, BRIAN AHERNE & RED SKELTON OBSERVE.
00:21:28 1282.8	BALLROOM DANCING
00:21:44 1298.8	FDR DUMPS OUT BIG BAG OF DIMES
00:21:49 1303.8	ROOSEVELT SPEECH EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS.
00:22:32 1346.8	PRESIDENT ASCENDS MOUNTAIN ON HORSEBACK. MT. RUSHMORE, SOUTH DAKOTA. 8/12/27 CALVIN COOLIDGE CLIMBS MOUNT RUSHMORE TO OFFICIATE AT NEW NATIONAL MEMORIAL. WORK STARTS ON CLIFF THAT IS TO BEAR LIKENESS OF PRESIDENTS WASHINGTON, LINCOLN, JEFFERSON & TEDDY ROOSEVELT. SCULPTOR USES AIR HAMMER TO CARVE AWAY AT ROCK. (USED IN 8/93). HIGHLIGHTS: 00 22 37 CU PRESIDENT COOLIDGE CRANKS FILM CAMERA MOUNTED ON TRIPOD.
00:22:53 1367.8	SCULPTOR GUTZON BORGLUM HANGS DOWN SIDE OF MOUNTAIN FROM ROPE AS HE USES JACKHAMMER TO START CARVING ON FACE OF RUSHMORE.
00:23:23 1397.8	BORGLUM POSES MAJESTICALLY ON TOP OF CLIFF. POINTING.
00:24:22 1456.8	PAN DOWN VIEW OF CLIFF TO BORGLUM HANGING ON MOUNTAINSIDE WORKING WITH JACKHAMMER.
00:25:57 1551.8	WORKERS AT TOP FEEDING CABLE & THROWING DRILLS, CHISELS TO BORGLUM HANGING ON ROCK FACE.
00:27:42 1656.8	PRESIDENT COOLIDGE WEARS TEN GALLON COWBOY HAT & FRINGED GLOVES AS HE POSES ON HORSEBACK.
00:28:10 1684.8	MOUNT RUSHMORE CLIFF BEFORE SCULPTURE HAS BEEN STARTED. AMERICAN FLAG SEEN FLYING AT TOP
00:28:26 1700.8	COWBOY TIGHTENS SPURS ON COOLIDGE'S COWBOY BOOTS.
00:28:45 1719.8	SCULPTOR GUTZON BORGLUM WITH CHISELS IN HANDS, MAKES SPEECH TO GUESTS.
00:29:12 1746.8	CROWD GATHERS ON HILLSIDE
00:29:39 1773.8	COOLIDGE MAKES SPEECH
00:30:00 1794.8	COWBOY REMOVES SPURS FROM COOLIDGE'S BOOTS AS COOLIDGE HOLDS ONTO HORSE.
00:30:40 1834.8	COOLIDGE POSES ON HORSE.
00:31:04 1858.8	COOLIDGE & OTHERS ON HORSEBACK RIDE DOWN NARROW PATH IN PINE TREE WOODS TOWARDS SITE.
00:32:32 1946.8	PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ADDRESSES 10,000 SIOUX INDIANS. PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA. 8/10/27. INDIAN'S SUPREME CHIEF ADDRESSES TRIBESMEN AT RESERVATION. A FAMILY REUNITED, JOHN COOLIDGE JOINS HIS FATHER & MOTHER FOR REST OF VACATION. USC ETHNIC DANCE. (USED 8/95) HIGHLIGHTS: 00 32 38 CALVIN COOLIDGE WITH WIFE & SON JOHN ON OUTDOOR COVERED PLATFORM. PRESIDENT IS GIVEN GIFTS OF PEACE PIPE, CLOTHING & OTHER TRINKETS BY NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS.
00:33:04 1978.8	PROCESSION OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS IN PARADE. THOUSANDS OF INDIANS IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME PARADE IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND. INCLUDES INDIAN CHIEF CARRYING LARGE AMERICAN FLAG RIDING IN REVIEW FOLLOWED BY MEMBERS OF HIS TRIBE IN COWBOY OUTFITS.
00:34:35 2069.8	LARGE GROUP OF INDIANS DO TRADITIONAL DANCE, WEARING ALL SORTS OF INDIAN COSTUMES.
00:35:37 2131.8	MRS COOLIDGE & SON JOHN WATCH THROUGH BINOCULARS.
00:35:48 2142.8	COOLIDGE ADDRESSING HUGE CROWD OF INDIANS.
00:36:09 2163.8	CROWD OF INDIANS IN TRADITIONAL & WESTERN CLOTHING LISTEN TO SPEECH.
00:36:22 2176.8	COOLIDGE FAMILY POSING WITH BARKER.
00:37:16 2230.8	COOLIDGE FAMILY ARRIVES IN OPEN CAR & SIT ON ROCKERS OUTSIDE LOG CABIN. MRS. COOLIDGE SITS WITH CAT IN ARMS.
00:38:18 2292.8	EXTERIOR OF STATE SOLDIERS HOME. COOLIDGES POSE OUTSIDE WITH DOZENS OF OLD TIMERS.
00:38:48 2322.8	PAN VETERANS
00:39:19 2353.8	PRESIDENT COOLIDGE VISITS YELLOWSTONE PARK. YELLOWSTONE, WYOMING. 8/23/27. MR. & MRS. CALVIN COOLIDGE ARE GREETED AT THE GATES BY FAMED BEGGING BEARS. SECRET SERVICE MEN STAND ON RUNNING BOARDS OF PRESIDENT'S CAR. MONTANA. JOHN E. ERICKSON. HORACE M. ALBRIGHT. (USED 8/96) HIGHLIGHTS: 00 39 24 COOLIDGE & SON JOHN PREPARE TO BID FAREWELL FROM CABOOSE OF TRAIN AS LARGE CROWD GATHERS & WAVES HATS.
00:40:19 2413.8	COOLIDGE & SON JOHN POSE ON TRAIN
00:40:33 2427.8	PAN CROWD WAVING HATS IN FAREWELL GESTURE.
00:41:03 2457.8	GROUP OF PARK RANGERS ON HORSEBACK LEAD PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S MOTORCADE THROUGH ARCHWAY ENTRANCE OF YELLOWSTONE PARK.
00:41:27 2481.8	SIGN OVER ARCHWAY ENTRANCE: "FOR BENEFIT & ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE".
00:41:57 2511.8	COOLIDGE GROUP WALKS TOWARDS THREE SMALL BLACK BEARS.
00:42:07 2521.8	MAN HAND-FEEDS BEAR CUBS
00:42:27 2541.8	COOLIDGE & FAMILY WALK WITH LARGE ENTOURAGE AROUND YELLOWSTONE PARK.
00:43:44 2618.8	MOUNT RUSHMORE MONUMENT WORK RESUMED. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. 6/23/34 AMERICAN PAINTER AND SCULPTOR GUTZON BORGLUM, DESIGNER OF THE MT. RUSHMORE NATIONAL MONUMENT. VARIOUS ANGLES FACE CARVED IN MOUNTAIN. CONSTRUCTION OF MT. RUSHMORE. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 43 46 ONLY GEORGE WASHINGTON FACE COMPLETED.
00:43:50 2624.8	MOUNTAIN WORKERS CLIMBING-HANGING FROM SCULPTURE
00:44:05 2639.8	WORKER HANGING UNDER WASHINGTON'S NOSE. USES LIPS TO CLIMB. CLIMBING ON NOSE OF SCULPTURE
00:44:15 2649.8	BLASTING AWAY ROCK. FALLING ROCK, DEBRIS.
00:44:40 2674.8	WORKER SWINGING AROUND & ON GEORGE'S NOSE.
00:45:28 2722.8	MONTAGE WORKERS CARVING, DRILLING, BLASTING.
00:46:07 2761.8	LINE OF MEN HANGING DOWN FACE, INCLUDING GUTZON BORGLUM, WORKING ON SIDE. BORGLUM SHOUTING INSTRUCTIONS
00:48:12 2886.8	MAN IN BOSUN CHAIR HANGS OVER SIDE OF MT. RUSHMORE
00:48:35 2909.8	IN BORGLUM'S STUDIO. MODEL OF MEMORIAL MOUNTAIN INCLUDES SHOULDERS & CHEST OF LINCOLN, JEFFERSON & ROOSEVELT.
00:48:54 2928.8	LESLIE HULL ASKING BORGLUM QUESTIONS ON MODELS IN STUDIO. MAKING WITTY REMARKS.
00:49:40 2974.8	PROFILE, WASHINGTON ON MOUNT RUSHMORE.
00:49:49 2983.8	CLOSER VIEW, WORKER DANGLING UNDER WASHINGTON'S NOSE.
00:51:19 3073.8	AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 8/10/29. FEMALE EVANGELIST MCPHERSON SPEAKS ABOUT ANGELUS TEMPLE, HER ANNIVERSARY AS A PREACHER. TELLS STORY OF THE FARMER & FROGS. REVIVALIST. MISSIONARY. PIOUS. SPIRITUAL. RELIGIOUS. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 51 24 EXTERIOR ANGELUS TEMPLE. CHURCH WITH MCPHERSON FOUR SQUARE GOSPEL SIGN. TILT DOWN TO LARGE CROWD OUTSIDE.
00:52:53 3167.8	MCPHERSON WALKING WITH SON, CARRYING HUGE BOUQUET OF ROSES. PAN AS THEY SIT UPON GARDEN GLIDER WITH AWNING.
00:53:46 3220.8	MCPHERSON SPEAKING
00:56:13 3367.8	MITCHAM FAIR. ENGLAND. 8/14/29 MODERN AVIATION. AVIATORS. CARNIVAL CARNY. SIDESHOW. AMUSEMENT PARK HIGHLIGHTS: 00 56 18 TITLE CARD: "FINAL PRACTICE FOR THE SCHNEIDER CUP. NEW WONDER SEAPLANE IS TESTED PUBLICLY FOR FIRST TIME AT CALSHOT".
00:56:28 3382.8	PILOT ENTERING COCKPIT OF SEAPLANE, LOWERING WINDSCREEN
00:56:41 3395.8	CU PILOT READY FOR FLIGHT, GIVES SIGNAL TO GROUND CREW
00:56:46 3400.8	CU NOSE OF PLANE PROPELLER SPINNING
00:56:50 3404.8	GROUP OF MECHANICS BENT OVER PLANE
00:56:58 3412.8	GROUND CREW PUSHING AMPHIBIOUS PLANE ONTO LAUNCHING DOCK & INTO WATER
00:57:31 3445.8	SEA PLANE TAXIING ON WATER
00:57:44 3458.8	SCENES OF SEAPLANE IN FLIGHT
00:58:13 3487.8	TITLE CARD: "MERRY MAKING & NOISE AT MITCHAM. THRONGS ATTEND OLDEST FAIR IN BRITAIN, HELD ON THREE KING'S GREEN"
00:58:18 3492.8	SCENES FROM THE FAIR. PANS FAIR GROUNDS PAST MERRY-GO- ROUND, SLIDE IN SHAPE OF A TOWER (HELTER SKELTER), SIGN ON RIDE READS "PATRONIZED BY ROYALITY". VARIOUS TYPES OF AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES
00:58:51 3525.8	EXOTICALLY DRESSED WOMEN ENTICING PATRONS INTO EXHIBIT HALL-SIDE SHOW. WOMEN DRESSED IN MIDDLE EAST HAREM COSTUME BUMPING & GRINDING HIPS SUGGESTIVELY
00:59:12 3546.8	BARKER WITH HUGE PAIR OF UNDERPANTS. FAT LADY AT SIDESHOW, OBESE WOMAN COMES OUT OF TENT
00:59:51 3585.8	GENERAL VIEW AT CARNIVAL MIDWAY. RIDES MERRY-GO-ROUND, SWING RIDE.
01:00:24 3618.8	MARRIAGE CEREMONY OF DWARF TO FAT WOMAN. NEW YORK CITY. 12/4/24. JACK GLICKEN & MILDRED MONTI MARRIED BY JEWISH RABBI BERNARD BIRSTEIN. DWARFS IN WEDDING PARTY SAME SIZE AS CAMERA ON TRIPOD. HUMAN ODDITIES. MIDGET. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 00 30 COUPLE SWORN IN & PAY FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE. FIRST IN LOBBY THEN AT TELLER WINDOW. CIVIL CEREMONY
01:02:21 3735.8	JEWISH WEDDING CEREMONY. RABBI SINGING IN HEBREW, YIDDISH
01:05:56 3950.8	WEDDING KISS. BRIDE LEANS OVER & KISSES GROOM
01:07:05 4019.8	OBESE WOMAN PICKING UP DWARF MEN & KISSING THEM.
01:08:11 4085.8	CU FAT WOMAN SAYING "DARLING I LOVE YOU" TO DWARF SITTING ON HER LAP. THEY KISS
01:08:33 4107.8	DWARF ASKS WIFE "WHO IS GOING TO BE BOSS OF FAMILY?" SHE REPLIES, "YOU ARE HONEY"
01:08:47 4121.8	WEDDING COUPLE POSE. DWARF JOKING AROUND PULLS WIVES SKIRT UP A BIT
01:09:08 4142.8	"MAJOR MITE", WORLD'S SMALLEST MAN. WASHINGTON, DC. 12/7/22. MAJOR MITE IS 28 INCHES HIGH, WEIGHS 19 POUNDS & IS 18 YEARS OLD. CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE DOOR. REAL NAME CLARENCE HOWERTON. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 09 14 LOOKING IN 4X5 GRAFTEX STILL CAMERA.
01:09:54 4188.8	PULLS OUT POCKET WATCH
01:10:09 4203.8	HELD UP BY NORMAL SIZE MAN SHOWS SIZE.
01:10:45 4239.8	SS "BREMEN" ARRIVING. NEW YORK CITY. 7/22/29. SMOKE BILLOWS FROM SMOKESTACKS. NAUTICAL. VACATIONERS. SIGNAL FLAGS VISIBLE. BON VOYAGE HIGHLIGHTS: 01 10 49 ELS OCEAN LINER "BREMEN" APPROACHING
01:11:55 4309.8	OCEAN LINER AS IT PASSES CAMERA BOAT
01:13:17 4391.8	TUG BOATS FOLLOW AFTER SHIP AS IT COMES TO PORT
01:13:52 4426.8	PASSENGERS SEEN WAVING ON DECK OF SHIP.
01:15:00 4494.8	PEOPLE BOARDING LINER.
01:15:16 4510.8	TUG BOATS ALONGSIDE SHIP, STEERING IT INTO PORT
01:16:43 4597.8	MAIL BAGS BEING DROPPED ONTO BURLAP "TUBE" SLIDE DOWN TO U.S. MAIL BOAT NEXT T SHIP. BAND HEARD PLAYING
01:17:55 4669.8	SHIP BEING "NUDGED" INTO PIER BY TUGBOATS.
01:18:04 4678.8	GROUP ON DECK CAN BE SEEN & HEARD WAVING & CHEERING
01:18:36 4710.8	STEEL MILL. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.11/27/29 PARTIALLY INCONSISTENT WITH PAPERWORK SHOTS OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING DURING CONSTRUCTION IN NEW YORK CITY. WORKERS-LABORERS HAMMERING, DRILLING, BUILDING HIGHLIGHTS: 01 18 38 VARIOUS ANGLES WORKERS ON GIRDERS. MANHATTAN SKYLINE & CHRYSLER BUILDING VISIBLE.
01:19:34 4768.8	NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENE OUTSIDE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ON STREET LEVEL.
01:19:37 4771.8	TILT DOWN EMPIRE STATE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. TO STREET BELOW
01:20:11 4805.8	TOP OF INCOMPLETE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
01:20:39 4833.8	GREAT PAN NEW YORK CITY FROM ATOP BUILDING. CHRYSLER BUILDING & EAST RIVER VISIBLE. PANS TO WORKERS AT TOP OF BUILDING
01:22:09 4923.8	VARIOUS SCENES WORKERS, LABORERS & MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF STEEL AT STEEL MILL. DRILLING.
01:24:57 5091.8	MOLTEN METAL IN FURNACE. INDUSTRI WORKERS.
01:26:33 5187.8	DILLINGER ESCAPES POLICE TRAP. SPIDER LAKE, WISCONSIN. 4/23-24/34. RESORT WHERE BANK ROBBER JOHN DILLINGER STAYED. CARL CHRISTIAN, WOUNDED CONSTABLE; WOUNDED WORKER; DR. A.J. DROLSON. JOHN HOFFMAN, WITNESS. CRIME & CRIMINALS. MURDER. GANGSTER HIGHLIGHTS: 01 26 38 "WELCOME TO LITTLE BOHEMIA" ARROW SIGN
01:26:43 5197.8	CU EMILE WANATKA, RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR WHO WAS HELD PRISONER.
01:26:49 5203.8	WOODEN ENTRANCE WAY AS CAR PULLS UP. MEN IN SUITS WAVE IT THROUGH.
01:27:02 5216.8	WANATKA? WITH DOG
01:27:05 5219.8	POLICEMEN WALK UP TO ENTRACE OF LODGE
01:27:07 5221.8	"LITTLE BOHEMIA" ROAD SIGN
01:27:12 5226.8	CU BULLET-RIDDLED WINDOW
01:27:23 5237.8	PEOPLE WANDER OUTSIDE "CASA BENITA" COTTAGE AT LODGE
01:27:34 5248.8	CU UPPER OPEN WINDOW IN HOUSE
01:27:44 5258.8	PEOPLE WANDER AROUND OUTSIDE HOUSE, POINTING UP TO OPEN WINDOW
01:27:57 5271.8	POLICEMEN POINT AT BULLET HOLES IN LODGE WINDOW
01:28:10 5284.8	EXTERIOR OF LODGE HOUSE DURING INVESTIGATION
01:28:14 5288.8	CU WOUNDED MEN IN HOSPITAL BEDS ATTENDED TO BY DOCTORS.
01:28:39 5313.8	DEAD BODY OF W. CARTER BAUM PLACED IN AMBULANCE. MEN CARRY OUT WOODEN CASKET & PUT IT IN AMBULANCE.
01:29:06 5340.8	WOUNDED MAN SITTING UP IN HOSPITAL BED DRINKING GLASS OF WATER
01:29:19 5353.8	AERIAL OVER BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE OF WOODS, LAKES & ESTATE BUILDINGS. POV FLYING IN HELICOPTER OVER AREA WHERE DILLINGER HID.
01:30:21 5415.8	ZEPPELIN HEROES WELCOMED IN NEW YORK CITY. 10/20/28. (USED IN 1/49). HIGHLIGHTS: 01 30 31 MEN STANDING ON ROOF OF BUILDING TO GET BETTER VIEW.