1919-1944NEWSREELS
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(Story #B410, 411)
BUSINESS MEN AT SOME SORT OF SUBWAY TRAIN DEDICATION. TRANSPORTATION. WOMAN PLACES WREATH OVER MANS HEAD. LOOKING INTO FRONT OF TROLLEY, TRAIN READS "SPECIAL". TRAIN LEAVING SUBWAY TRAIN PLATFORM. UNDERGROUND |
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STORY# 1-730. MRS. NORMAN WHITEHOUSE. CURTIS FIELD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 1/29.
MRS. WHITEHOUSE EXPLAINING HOW SHE IS GOING TO FLY OVER NEW YORK CITY & DROP BALLOONS TO GAIN PUBLICITY FOR THE SILVER BALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR N.Y. INFIRMARY OF WOMEN & CHILDREN. MULTIPLE TAKES |
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MRS. WHITEHOUSE BOARDING PLANE WITH SILVER BALLOONS. PLANE TAKE OFF. PLANE IN AIR
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STORY# 52-676. NAVY TASK FORCE REPELS JAPANESE ATTACK IN PACIFIC. 8/18/44.
ACTION IN PACIFIC WAR THEATER. NIGHT FIGHTING. AIR WARFARE. AERIAL BOMBING. TITLE CARD. |
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U.S. AIRPLANES ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER. FIGHTER PLANES
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MONTAGE SEA-AIR BATTLE. TRACER BULLETS FIRED AT JAPANESE PLANES. GUNNERS FIRING ON BATTLESHIP.
TRACERS WEAVING STRANGE PATTERNS IN THE SKY. AXIS PLANE HIT, BURSTING INTO FLAMES, FALLING INTO SEA. NAVAL GUNS FIRING ANOTHER ENEMY PLANE HIT. |
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DAMAGED FIGHTER PLANE WITH ONE WHEEL LANDING ON AIRCRAFT. CRASH LANDING. CARRIER CREW RUNNING OVER WITH FIRE HOSE PUTTING OUT FIRE
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STORY# 52-676. NAVY TASK FORCE REPELS JAPANESE ATTACK IN PACIFIC. 8/18/44.
AERIAL BATTLE, AIR-SEA BATTLE. CONTINUATION OF ABOVE STORY. *SOME REPEAT FOOTAGE |
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STORY# 4118. TRYING OUT NEW AUTO CHAIR. NEW YORK CITY. 1/31/22.
TRYING OUT THE NEW CUSTER AUTO CHAIR IN NEW YORK CITY. MAN IN MOTORIZED WHEEL CHAIR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC NEW YORK CITY. CROSSING TROLLEY TRACKS WITH DELIVERY TRUCKS, VEHICLES, CARS. |
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WOMAN IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR POSES AT EDGE OF PARK, CENTRAL PARK. BIZARRE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. WINTER, SNOW ON GROUND. RIDING AGAINST TRAFFIC. CU GIR IN CHAIR.
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STORY# A4206-A4209. GLIMPSES OF A MUSICAL SHOW AT NEW YORK CITY. 8/18/24.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE & ENJOY AT A MUSICAL SHOW BEAUTY, GRACE & PRECISION. REHEARSAL OF DANCING GIRLS. |
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INSTRUCTOR DON LANE DANCING IN FRONT OF LINE OF GIRLS. GIRLS ARE IN LINES FOLLOWING INSTRUCTOR'S DANCE STEPS
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SMALL GROUP OF 4 GIRLS DANCING ON STAGE KICKING, TURNING. PRACTICING DANCE ROUTINE
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THROUGH CAMERA TRICK THE GIRLS ARE NOW ON STAGE DANCING WEARING SHINY COSTUMES.
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PART OF PICTURE IS BLOCKED OUT SO ALL WE SEE ARE WOMEN'S LEGS DANCING
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GROUP OF DANCERS IN COSTUME COME OUT ON STAGE
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DANCE INSTRUCTOR SHOWING DANCERS STEPS
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SMALL GROUP OF DANCERS IN FRONT OF THE REST KICKING, BEING GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS, DANCE STEPS
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STORY# B1198-B1200. EASTERN HALF OF U.S. IN WINTER'S ICY GRIP. NEW YORK CITY. 2/26.
NEW YORK IS BIT BY WORST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS, TYING UP THE TRAFFIC OF THE METROPOLIS. TRUCK BACKING UP IN SNOW, GETTING STUCK IN SNOW WHEELS SPINNING ROUND & ROUND. |
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STORY# B5836. SNOW SCENES ON BROADWAY & 5TH AVENUE. NEW YORK CITY. 12/6/26.
CLEARING STREETS ON BROADWAY & 54TH ST. SNOW REMOVAL TEAM CLEANING UP IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER SNOWSTORM. URBAN WINTER. HUGE PILE OF SNOW. SHOVELS. SNOWPLOW MOVING SNOW FROM CITY STREETS. BREAKING UP ICE CHUNKS INTO SMALLER BITS. CARS & TROLLEYS PEDESTRIANS WALKING. HORSE & BUGGY, CARRIAGE. TIMES SQUARE. 42ND STREET AND BROADWAY. 5TH AVENUE & 23RD STREET. |
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STORY# B7839-B7844 CONSTRUCTION CREW HIGH ABOVE GROUND WORKING ON BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY. VARIOUS ANGLES, DIZZYING HEIGHTS.
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CONSTRUCTION WORKER STRADDLING BEAMS WORKING ON SKYSCRAPER. HAMMERING NAILS
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FOREMAN IN SUIT CLIMBING SCAFFOLDING BEAMS
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SCENES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HIGH ABOVE NEW YORK CITY BUILDING SITE
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CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CLIMBING SCAFFOLDING.
MANHATTAN SKYLINE CIRCA 1920s |
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POV FROM ABOVE LOOKING DOWN AT WORKERS CLIMBING UP
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POV FROM STREET LOOKING UP HEIGHT OF BUILDING
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STORY# C4980. COLORED COUPLE DANCES TO GET MARRIAGE LICENSE. NEW YORK CITY. 6/28/28.
BLACK COUPLE DANCE FROM MANHATTAN CASINO TO MUNICIPLE BUILDING TO GET THEIR MARRIAGE LICENSE NOW APPEAR IN COLORED MARATHON IN ITS 5TH DAY. COUPLE AURELIA HALL BACK & BERNARD PAUL. BLACK CHARLESTON DANCE CONTEST WINNERS ON BACK OF FLATBED TRUCK DANCE THROUGH TRAFFIC AT TIMES SQUARE NEW YORK CITY. TOUR UP AND DOWN TIMES SQUARE STREETS. BROADWAY THEATRES AND MARQUEES . EARLY TIMES SQUARE THEATRE DISTRICT . INCLUDES NIGHT TIME SHOT OF THE LYRIC THEATRE |
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BLACK COUPLES DANCING IN CITY STREETS. DANCE CONTEST. CHARLESTON.
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BANNER READS "COLORED DANCE MARATHON". CONTESTANTS WEARING NUMBERS
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WINNERS & OTHERS ON BACK OF FLATBED TRUCK DRIVING THROUGH TRAFFIC AT TIMES SQUARE. NEW YORK CIRCA 1925. COUPLES DANCING ON BACK OF TRUCK.
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COUPLES DANCING OFF TRUCK INTO STREET. MUSICIANS PLAYING BANJOS. 2 MAN BAND
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CROWD OF WHITE MEN CRANING TO SEE
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CU COUPLES, CONTESTANTS
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STORY# 1-828 A & B. TRAFFIC SYSTEM, NEW YORK CITY.
1/23/29 |
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HIGH ANGLE PEDESTRIAN & AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC
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MOVING SHOT DOWN BROADWAY CAMERA MOUNTED ON VEHICLE. POV FROM BACK OF VEHICLE. TROLLEY TRACKS, TROLLEYS PEDESTRIANS BUSY URBAN TRAFFIC HORSE &
BUGGY. COBBLESTONE STREETS. |
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VEHICLE TRAFFIC STOPS AT LIGHT, CORNER OF 45TH &
BROADWAY. POLICEMAN STOPPING JAYWALKERS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING CITY STREET IS PUSHED BACK BY COP |
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CU PEDESTRIANS FEET ON SIDEWALK. STREET SCENES PEOPLE WALKING
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POV FROM BACK OF CAR MOVING SHOT DOWN CITY STREET
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POLICEMEN IN MOTORCYCLE WITH SIDE CAR APPROACHING TRAFFIC JAM GRID LOCK ON BROADWAY
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CARS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. CROSS STREET, TRAFFIC PROCEEDS
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POLICEMEN TRYING TO GET INTO CAR. MEN WATCHING FROM DOORWAY OF APARTMENT BUILDING. POLICEMEN TOWING ILLEGALLY PARKED CAR 47TH STREET WITH TOW TRUCK
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STORY# 4-465.
BEAUTY CONSTEST HELD AT NEWSREEL THEATRE. BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. 12/7/29. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN TIMES SQUARE SHOT FROM STUDIO TRUCK. POV ON MOVING VEHICLE. TIMES SQUARE FOOTAGE SHOWING CARS, PEDESTRIANS, STORES. BROADWAY SCENES. |
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POV DRIVING DOWN NYC STREETS (BROADWAY). CROWDED STREETS, BUSY SHOPS
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GROUP OF MEN SURROUNDING WOMAN ON THE STREET, INVITING HER TO STUDIO FOR A SCREEN TEST. SHE AGREES
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CROWD OF NEW YORK BUSINESSMEN CIRCA 1929 IN FRONT OF HEARST METROTONE NEWS THEATRE
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POV MOVING DOWN TIMES SQUARE IN CAR. PAST STORES, THEATRES. NEDICKS. MARQUEE FOR "SHE'S SO UNUSUAL";
GEORGE ARLISS IN "DISRAELI"; RUDY VALLEE IN "VAGABOND LOVER"; MARQUEE FOR "SUNNY SIDE UP". THEATER SIGNS. |
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EMBASSY THEATER SIGN, 25 CENTS. BONDS CLOTHES STORE.
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REPEAT OF SCOUT CHOOSING PRETTIEST GIRL OF BROADWAY. TILT UP TO METROTONE NEWS MARQUEE.
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POV APPROACHING WALGREEN'S STORE IN VEHICLE.
DRIVING PAST THEATRES. SIGN FOR BUDDY ROGERS, JEAN ARTHUR, BEN BLACK & BAND. GLORIA SWANSON. THEATRE MARQUEE. MOXIE BILLBOARD. TROLLEY. NANKING ROYAL RESTAURANT, WEST 43RD STREET |
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PARAMOUNT THEATER MARQUEE "THE LOVE PARADE"
DIRECTED BY ERNST LUBITSCH |
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POV APPROACHING PARKED BORDENS MILK TRUCK WITH METAL MILK CANS IN BACK. FLASHING MARQUEE. THE NEWSREEL THEATRE HEARST METROTONE NEWS
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CITY STREET SCENES WINTER SLUSH ON STREETS. FOX MOVIETONE NEWS TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF STUDIO.
MAN & WOMAN ENTERING MOVIETONE OFFICE AT #460. |
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STORY# 9-604A-C. NEW YORK AT NIGHT. 3/31.
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TITLE CARD: NEW YORK DONS HER DIADEM. MOVIETONE EXPLORES THE CITY AT DUSK AS ELECTRICAL MAGIC LENDS STONE AND PAVEMENT BRIGHT, WONDROUS BEAUTY
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HIGH SHOT LOOKING DOWN AT BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY AT DUSK, BUSY VEHICULAR & PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
TIMES SQUARE. ELECTRIC BILLBOARDS FOR PEPSODENT & CHEVROLET |
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MONTAGE CITY STREET SCENES AT DUSK MARQUEES LIT UP VARIOUS THEATRES, ROXY
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POV LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN BROADWAY FROM TALL BUILDING
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NEWSREEL THEATRE HEARST METROTONE NEWS MARQUEE.
BUSY CITY TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS PASSING IN FRONT |
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TIMES SQUARE STREET SCENES AT NIGHT CIRCA 1929
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POV IN FRONT OF CAPITOL THEATER ANNOUNCING JOAN CRAWFORD IN "DANCE FOOLS DANCE". BOX OFFICE THEATRE.
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BROADWAY STREET SCENES. LYRIC THEATRE. CHANNING POLLOCKS "THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL"
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POV WALKING DOWN MANHATTAN STREETS IN TIMES SQUARE. MARQUEES. ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS. TRADER HORN. PEPSODENT. CAMEL ADVERTISMENTS BILLBOARDS
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