1918-1947LABOR UNIONS
POST-WAR AMERICAN LABOR UNIONS. FACTORY WORKERS. UNION MEETINGS. HOME LIFE.
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CU VOTER HAND SLIPS BALLOT IN BALLOT BOX. EXERCISING RIGHT TO VOTE.
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EXTERIOR CAPITOL BUILDING CAPITOL DOME WASHINGTON
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| 01:25:19 27.6 |
FACTORY WORKER OPERATING MACHINERY
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WAR FOOTAGE OPERATING BIG GUNS. EXPLOSIONS. SOLDIERS STORMING THE BEACH FROM LANDING CRAFT. SOLDIERS CLIMBING OVER BARBED WIRE FENCE.
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| 01:25:28 36.6 |
BOMBARDIER DROPPING BOMBS FROM PLANE
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| 01:25:32 40.6 |
MACHINE GUN FIRE. SOLDIERS RUNNING.
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| 01:25:41 49.6 |
SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH BOMBED OUT EUROPEAN CITY WWII
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| 01:25:43 51.6 |
CU SOLDIERS WALKING OVER NAZI FLAG POSTER ON THE GROUND
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| 01:25:45 53.6 |
MONTAGE FACTORY WORKERS WELDER SPARKS FLYING.
MACHINISTS. |
| 01:25:56 64.6 |
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE POSTER OF FDR. FDR VOICE OVER "..IN THIS WAR OF SURVIVAL..NOT ONLY THE EVIL WE FIGHT AGAINST, BUT THE GOOD THINGS WE ARE FIGHTING FOR..."
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| 01:26:33 101.6 |
MUSHROOM CLOUD NUCLEAR EXPLOSION ATOMIC BOMB
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| 01:26:42 110.6 |
INDUSTRIAL FACTORY SMOKESTACKS.
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| 01:26:46 114.6 |
BLUE COLLAR WORKERS FACTORY WORKERS RECEIVE PAY ENVELOPES ON PAY DAY SIGN FOR THEIR PAYCHECKS
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| 01:26:53 121.6 |
FACTORY WORKERS CARRIES LUNCH BOX AND LOOKS INTO PAY ENVELOPE.
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| 01:27:03 131.6 |
URBAN BLUE COLLAR WORKER WALKING HOME ON CITY STREET.
WALKS UP FRONT STEPS OF APARTMENT BUILDING. |
| 01:27:13 141.6 |
CHILD WALKS DOWN STEPS TO MEET FATHER COMING HOME FROM WORK. SHABBY SHOES. WORN OUT SHOES. FATHER HUGS CHILD. CHILD TAKES OFF FATHER'S HAT BALDING MAN
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| 01:27:38 166.6 |
HOUSEWIFE SETS THE TABLE. STACK OF WHITE BREAD.
CHECKERBOARD TABLECLOTH |
| 01:27:54 182.6 |
CU MAN WASHES HIS HANDS IN BATHROOM SINK. ID BRACELET SHABBY HOUSE. BALD MAN LOOKS AT HIMSELF IN BATHROOM MIRROR. THINKING ABOUT HIS LIFE. SAD
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| 01:28:20 208.6 |
FAMILY EATING DINNER AT KITCHEN TABLE. APARTMENT BUILDINGS SEEN THROUGH OPEN WINDOW. URBAN FAMILY LIFE. FATHER DEEP IN THOUGHT
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| 01:28:36 224.6 |
MAN OPENS CLOSET DOOR, GETS HIS COAT, SHUTS CLOSET DOOR. SHABBY HOME. HOLE IN WALL.
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| 01:28:43 231.6 |
MAN LEAVES APARTMENT BUILDING, LIGHTS PIPE. WALKING AND SMOKING A PIPE. URBAN STREET.
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| 01:28:56 244.6 |
PEOPLE GOING INTO LOCAL UNION MEETING. DISCUSS CUT IN PAY. 1940s AUDIENCE LISTENS
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| 01:29:28 276.6 |
CU OPENING FILE DRAWER, PULLING FILE OUT OF FILE CABINET DRAWER. CLOSING FILE CABINET
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| 01:29:35 283.6 |
REFRIGERATOR THAT RETAILS FOR $169.00 IN 1939.
ILLUSTRATION BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE MONEY GOES. RAW MATERIALS AND DEPRECIATION. ADVERTISING. WHOLESALER AND RETAILER. MANUFACTURER'S PROFIT. PRODUCTION LABOR COSTS $17.40. MARGIN OF PROFIT INCREASE. OPA INCREASE. PRODUCTIVITY. UE DEMAND. WAR PROFITS. RESERVES. |
| 01:31:00 368.6 |
CU 40 WALL STREET EXTERIOR
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| 01:31:04 372.6 |
1940s AUDIENCE LISTENS AND WATCHES
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| 01:31:09 377.6 |
CU SIGN FOR UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO AND ? WORKERS OF AMERICA CIO
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| 01:31:15 383.6 |
CU SURVEY "NATIONAL SURVEY OF LIQUID ASSET HOLDINGS, SPENDING, AND SAVING"
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| 01:31:22 390.6 |
ILLUSTRATIONS OF TOTAL US FAMILIES AND TOTAL LIQUID ASSETS, SAVINGS BONDS AND CHECKING ACCOUNTS.
UNBALANCE OF WEALTH |
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MEN SIT OUTSIDE ON STOOP TALKING
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| 01:31:57 425.6 |
CU HAND OPENS FILE CABINET DRAWER PULLS FILE OUT
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| 01:32:01 429.6 |
EXTERIOR UNITED STATES TREASURY BUILDING CIRCA 1940s
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| 01:32:04 432.6 |
INTERIOR CONGRESS. SESSION. FDR SPEAKS MOS AT PODIUM
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| 01:32:24 452.6 |
TILT UP URBAN LANDSCAPE SKYSCRAPERS CITY BUILDINGS
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| 01:32:36 464.6 |
UE PRESIDENT FITZGERALD GIVES NEGOTIATION PROGRESS REPORT
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| 01:33:27 515.6 |
NATIONAL GUARD, RIOT POLICE, 1919 POST WWI. LABOR RIOTS. FEDERAL TROOPS. GARY, INDIANA ??. POLICE ARREST STRIKERS
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| 01:34:36 584.6 |
CU SMOKER FLICKS CIGAR ASH IN ASHTRAY OVERFLOWING WITH ASHES AND CIGAR BUTTS. CHAIN SMOKER. EXTERIOR WHITE HOUSE THROUGH METAL FENCE BARS.
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| 01:34:52 600.6 |
1929. STOCK MARKET CRASH DEPRESSION. MAN BUYS FRUIT FROM LONE STREET VENDER WITH MEAGER RATIONS. SIGN ON FACTORY "CLOSED" IDLE MEN, DEPRESSED UNEMPLOYED MEN ON PARK BENCH, MAN WITH HEAD BETWEEN HIS KNEES, DOWN AND OUT. OUT OF WORK. HUNGRY MAN RUMMAGES THROUGH GARBAGE CAN FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.
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| 01:35:15 623.6 |
POOR RURAL WOMAN SITS IN ROCKING CHAIR ON FRONT PORCH DEPRESSION ERA POVERTY.
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| 01:35:28 636.6 |
UE PRESIDENT FITZGERALD SPEAKS TO CAMERA. "..BIG BUSINESS THINKS IT CAN REPEAT 1919.."
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CITIZENS VOTE. CURTAIN OPENS TO VOTING BOOTH, VOTER EXITS BOOTH, ANOTHER VOTER ENTER. VOTERS SLIP BALLOTS INTO BALLOT BOX UNION VOTE TO STRIKE.
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UE LOGO. ILLUSTRATION OF UNITED STATES, PLANT IN LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS. UE. WESTINGHOUSE, GENERAL MOTORS BRANCHES ACROSS AMERICA. CONTROL 50% OF THE INDUSTRY.
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| 01:37:23 751.6 |
WORLD GLOBE ILLUSTRATES INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ABOVE COMPANIES
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| 01:39:29 877.6 |
FACTORY WORKER OPERATES MACHINERY CIRCA 1940s
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STATISTICS: GENERAL ELECTRIC ASSETS 543 MILLION DOLLARS. IN SCALE AS ONE OF 13 INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES.
US STEEL. 12 UTILITY COMPANIES. AT&T. 8 RAILROADS. NY CENTRAL. 3 MAJOR BANKS. CONGLOMERATE. MORGAN. 31 BILLION DOLLARS. |
| 01:40:35 943.6 |
$100.00 ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS LAID OUT ON SIDEWALK MAN READING THE NEWSPAPER AND SMOKING A CIGAR AS HE WALKS ON SIDEWALK COMES ACROSS 100 DOLLAR BILLS ON THE SIDEWALK. CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE SEES, ASTONISHED.
CIGAR DROPS OUT OF HIS MOUTH LINE ON BILLS STRETCHES DOWN SIDEWALK. MAN BENDS DOWN AND PICKS UP MONEY. FRANTIC HE SNATCHES UP 100 DOLLAR BILLS INTO HIS GREEDY HANDS. SITS ON CURB WITH HAT OVERFLOWING WITH MONEY SMILES AT HIS GOOD FORTUNE. |
| 01:41:38 1006.6 |
WORLD GLOBE ILLUSTRATES HOW FAR THE MONEY WOULD STRETCH
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| 01:42:05 1033.6 |
COIN ILLUSTRATES TOTAL US ASSETS. PIE CHART OF MAJOR COMPANIES ASSETS. CIRCA 1940s. MORGAN. KUHN LOEB.
MELLON. DUPONT. ROCKEFELLER. 82 BILLION DOLLAR ASSETS. SPREAD OF WEALTH AMONG CONGLOMERATES. THE MIGHTY FEW. BIG BUSINESS. |
| 01:45:19 1227.6 |
CU "THE AMERICAN CENTURY" ARTICLE BY HENRY R. LUCE.
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| 01:45:26 1234.6 |
MAN AT HOME DRYING HIS HANDS ON TOWEL, LOOKS AT NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "BRITISH USING TROOPS IN INDONESIA.." DROPS TOWEL ON TOP OF NEWSPAPER
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| 01:45:40 1248.6 |
APRON CLAD HOUSEWIFE HANDS HUSBAND A LETTER. MAIL.
MAN OPENS LETTER. SITS DOWN, SMOKING A PIPE AND READING LETTER |
| 01:45:57 1265.6 |
AMERICAN SERVICEMAN SMOKES A CIGARETTE AND WRITES A LETTER HOME.
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| 01:46:13 1281.6 |
HOUSEWIFE SERVED DINNER. HUSBAND FATHER READS LETTER AT THE DINNER TABLE.
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| 01:46:33 1301.6 |
MONTAGE BOOKS CONTAINING WAR FACTS. "DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE" BY LOUIS ADAMIC. "MY THREE YEARS WITH EISENHOWER." CIRCLED PASSAGE FROM BOOK READ OUT LOUD.
ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE SECRETARY OF WAR. |
| 01:47:10 1338.6 |
CU WOMAN EATS SOUP. 1940s FAMILY EATS MEAGER DINNER OF SYRUP AND BREAD.
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| 01:47:16 1344.6 |
EXTERIOR CAPITOL DOME. CAPITOL BUILDING WASHINGTON.
1940s |
| 01:47:20 1348.6 |
CONGRESS IN SESSION. LEADER BANGS GAVEL.
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| 01:47:30 1358.6 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL RECEIVE HONORARY UNIVERSITY DIPLOMAS
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| 01:47:39 1367.6 |
AMERICAN SOLDIERS CARRY DEAD SOLDIER ON STRETCHER.
WWII BURIAL AT SEA. CASKET COVERED WITH AMERICAN FLAG AND DUMPED INTO THE OCEAN |
| 01:47:55 1383.6 |
FDR GRAVESTONE WITH FDR VOICE OVER "..TO RETURN TO THE KIND OF WORLD WE HAD AFTER THE LAST WORLD WAR"
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| 01:48:13 1401.6 |
LABOR STRIKE. PLACARDS "LOCAL 201 ON STRIKE" PICKET LINE
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| 01:48:24 1412.6 |
ILLUSTRATION OF FDR THE NEW BILL OF RIGHTS JANUARY, 1944 WITH THE RIGHTS LISTED.
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| 01:48:46 1434.6 |
NATIONAL LABOR MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. CIO PRESIDENT PHILIP MURRAY.
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| 01:48:58 1446.6 |
LABOR STRIKES. PICKET LINES. 1944 CIO WORKERS. AUTO WORKERS STEEL WORKERS. PACKING HOUSE WORKERS.
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS. FARM EQUIPMENT WORKERS ALL ON STRIKE. LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS. ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. DETROIT. PITTSBURGH. PHILADELPHIA. |
| 01:49:39 1487.6 |
STRIKERS PICKET DURING SNOW STORM. WARM THEIR HANDS IN TRASH CAN FIRE. SERVED HOT COFFEE.
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| 01:49:49 1497.6 |
STRIKE LEADERS IN SUITS SHAKE HANDS
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| 01:49:53 1501.6 |
PICKET PARTY. CELEBRATE WITH DANCE, ACCORDION PLAYER MUSICIANS
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| 01:50:09 1517.6 |
NATIONAL GUARD PATROL ON CITY STREET. MOUNTED POLICE
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| 01:50:25 1533.6 |
LS FACTORIES, INDUSTRY
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| 01:50:32 1540.6 |
URBAN SCENES. BALLANTINE BEER BILLBOARD. TRAIN
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| 01:50:39 1547.6 |
BUSINESSMAN DICTATES LETTER TO SECRETARY. MAYOR
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| 01:50:58 1566.6 |
SMALL TOWN PHARMACY. ELDERLY CHEMIST WAITS ON CUSTOMER
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| 01:51:04 1572.6 |
SMALL TOWN SHOE REPAIR SHOP. COBBLER WAITS ON CUSTOMER
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| 01:51:10 1578.6 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "MAYOR BACKS GE UNION IN DEMAND FOR PAY RAISE". TELEGRAM NEWS. PASSAGE CIRCLED AND READ
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| 01:51:29 1597.6 |
URBAN SCENES. 1940s BUS. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
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| 01:51:42 1610.6 |
FEMALE WORKER OPENS DOOR MARKED PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT CARRIES UE PUBLICATION
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| 01:51:44 1612.6 |
OPENING AN ENVELOPE OF UNION BROCHURES, PAMPHLETS.
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. TYPIST USING PAPER WITH UE LETTERHEAD. PROOF READER READS "EYES ON CONGRESS" REPORT |
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DOOR MARKED RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
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| 01:51:52 1620.6 |
OFFICE CLERK FILING FILES IN FILE CABINET
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| 01:51:53 1621.6 |
BOSS HANDS OVER PILE OF WORK TO EMPLOYEE
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DOOR MARKED LEGAL DEPARTMENT. CU HAND TAKES LABOR LAW BOOK FROM BOOK SHELF.
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TYPIST TYPING
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| 01:52:01 1629.6 |
CU BROCHURES "SUPPORT UE WORKERS IN A FIGHT FOR A LIVING WAGE" PACKAGE OF BROCHURES WRAPPED IN PAPER.
WEIGHED ON POSTAL SCALE |
| 01:52:03 1631.6 |
POV WALKING ON CITY STREET CIRCA 1940s MAN ON THE STREET WITH A MICROPHONE
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| 01:52:12 1640.6 |
AUDIENCE LISTENS CU FACES
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| 01:52:20 1648.6 |
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF UE LABOR ORGANIZATION SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA FOREIGN ACCENT
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| 01:53:28 1716.6 |
UE UNION STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA TURNS VIOLENT.
PROTEST PARADE PEACEFUL PARADE BECOMES A RIOT. POLICE ATTACK. POLICE TEAR AMERICAN FLAG FROM THE HANDS OF A VETERAN. POLICE ARREST PICKETERS |
| 01:55:53 1861.6 |
MAN TURNS TO THE CAMERA AND TALKS TO CAMERA
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| 01:56:17 1885.6 |
CU SIRLOIN STEAK 57 CENTS A POUND. PRICE GOES UP.
HAND TAKES OUT PRICE SIGN AND REPLACES WITH 89 CENTS A POUND PRICE SIGN. |
| 01:56:25 1893.6 |
POLLUTION. INDUSTRIAL SMOKE STACKS WITH HEAVY BLACK SMOKE
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| 01:56:33 1901.6 |
PAN ACROSS ROOFTOPS OF INDUSTRIAL COMPANY TOWN. SMOKE COMES FROM CHIMNEYS OF TIGHTLY-PACKED HOUSES. PLANT IN BKGD
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| 01:56:43 1911.6 |
MAN WALKS ALONG DIRT STREET
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| 01:56:47 1915.6 |
ANIMATED MAP OF UNITED STATES. TINY CAPITOL BUILDING MARKS WASHINGTON, DC & CONGRESS. SPREADING OF "COMPANY" ATTITUDE ACROSS AMERICAN LIKE A DISEASE.
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| 01:57:04 1932.6 |
ANIMATED NUCLEAR ATOM SYMBOL
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| 01:57:10 1938.6 |
CU DOORBELL. WOMAN'S FINGER PRESSES DOORBELL.
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| 01:57:12 1940.6 |
WOMAN OPENS DOOR TO REVEAL WOMAN ON DOORSTEP, CANVASSING POLITICAL IDEAS.
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| 01:57:15 1943.6 |
CU LOW ANGLE OF WOMAN'S LEGS AS SHE WALKS UP STEPS TO DOOR.
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| 01:57:17 1945.6 |
LOCKED BALLOT BOX IN LIMBO. HAND DROPS IN VOTE
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| 01:57:19 1947.6 |
FEMALE HAND KNOCKS ON DOOR
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| 01:57:20 1948.6 |
HOUSEWIFE OPENS DOOR.
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| 01:57:22 1950.6 |
SALESWOMAN'S HAND WITH PENCIL & PAD
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| 01:57:24 1952.6 |
SLIPS OF PAPER DROPPED INTO LOCKED BALLOT BOX
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| 01:57:25 1953.6 |
MAN'S FEET AS HE GOES UP STAIRCASE
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| 01:57:27 1955.6 |
USING DOOR KNOCKER
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| 01:57:30 1958.6 |
SPOKESMAN TALKS TO CAMERA ANGRILY
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| 01:57:51 1979.6 |
BUSINESSMEN & OTHER COMMUTERS WALKING ALONG TRAIN PLATFORM
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| 01:57:57 1985.6 |
CAPITOL DOME IN WASHINGTON, DC. PAN DOWN
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| 01:58:04 1992.6 |
PEOPLE WALKING UP & DOWN STEPS OF CAPITOL BUILDING
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| 01:58:13 2001.6 |
BUSINESSMAN SITS DOWN ON GRASS WITH CAPITOL DOME VISIBLE IN BKGD. TAKES OFF HIS SHOE & WIGGLES HIS TOES AND MASSAGES FEET. TIRED FROM ALL THE WALKING AND CANVASSING THAT HE'S BEEN DOING. GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. LOOKS TOWARD DOME.
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| 01:58:32 2020.6 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF CAPITOL BUILDING
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| 01:58:39 2027.6 |
WEIRD DUTCH ANGLES OF DOME & BUILDING
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| 01:58:53 2041.6 |
DISAPPOINTED RESTING MAN PUTS ON HIS SHOES, GETS UP &
WALKS AWAY. |
| 01:59:07 2055.6 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF EXT. OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL. MAN WALKS INTO FRAME & TOWARD BUILDING
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| 01:59:20 2068.6 |
WALKS UP STEPS OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL
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| 01:59:26 2074.6 |
PAN ALONG COLUMNS AS MAN ENTERS LANDMARK
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MAN WALKS UP TO STATUE OF LINCOLN.
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CU OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL STATUE
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| 01:59:44 2092.6 |
MAN LOOKS UP AT STATUE
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| 01:59:49 2097.6 |
CU LINCOLN STATUE FACE
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| 02:00:06 2114.6 |
FACE OF BALDING MAN AS HE THINKS. WALKS OUT OF MEMORIAL BUILDING. LONG SHADOWS
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| 02:00:29 2137.6 |
MAN STANDS AT TOP OF MEMORIAL AND LOOKS TOWARD CAPITOL DOME ACROSS THE WAY FROM LINCOLN MEMORIAL (NO REFLECTING POOL).
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CU MAN'S FEET AS HE WALKS DOWN STONE STEPS
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MAN WALKS DIRECTLY TOWARDS CAMERA IN DETERMINED WAY
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