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The 1880s - Inventors & Entrepreneurs
Archival stills of young Thomas Alva Edison posing with phonograph. An early phonograph machine. An incandescent light bulb, lit up. Illustrations of a city being illuminated by electric lights. Illustrations of Thomas Alva Edison working in Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory with adult Caucasian males watching. Still photo of Edison slouched in a chair, phonograph on the table in front of him. Exterior of Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. Interior of Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. Shelves and tables containing various vials, bottles, and other scientific equipment used for experimentation. Archival Illustration of two children, Caucasian male and female watching a circular wheel create moving images. Excellent "Galloping Horse" film by Eadweard Muybridge, 1878 (the illusion of movement). Thomas Edison's celluloid print of "Fred Ott's Sneeze". Illustration of early kinetoscope. Poster advertisement promoting Thomas Edison's new invention, the kinetoscope.
The 1880s - Inventors & Entrepreneurs
Archival still of George Eastman. Adult Caucasian man takes a photograph using an early Kodak camera, of an adult Caucasian woman standing next to her Caucasian female and male children, standing on a wooden bridge. Archival still of Eastman Dry Plate & Film Company in Rochester, New York. Still photograph of Eastman family. Archival still photo of adult Caucasian male holding a Kodak camera on a dock next to the portholes of a ship; adult Caucasian men gathered together in BG. Adult Caucasian male taking a Kodak photo of the same female and children standing together by the side of a residential house. Archival catalog advertisement for fountain pens. Archival still of six adult Caucasian workmen posing on a telephone pole. Archival still of entrepreneur Richard Warren Sears. Archival Sears catalog for pocket watches. Archival stills of U.S. Salvation Army branches, adult Caucasian males and females posing. Archival still of Red Cross founder Clara Barton. Archival illustrations depicting the massive flood disaster at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1889; period newspaper details the Johnstown Flood; archival photos of aftermath. Another still of Clara Barton.
The 1880s - Transportation
Trolley pole rising, touching overhead cable line. Trolley pole traveling along cable line. Adult Caucasian male hand on controls of Yale Bowl trolley car traveling along track. Pan down from cable line as trolley passes; driver and passengers onboard. Adult Caucasian male and female passenger riding with children in open horse-driven carriage (re-enactment). Archival still of two adult Caucasian men riding penny-farthing bicycles. Archival still of adult Caucasian female on bicycle; three adult males surround her, holding bike steady. Archival stills of women posing with low-riding bicycles. Horses, guided by adult Caucasian males, towing the "Independence" along canal. Re-enactment of adult Caucasian males steering boat through canal, running alongside boat with rope. Thick gray smoke sifting above Holstein cows grazing in field while locomotive steam engine passes; cemetery on other side of stone wall in FG.
The 1880s - Architecture & Fashion
Tilt up stone Victorian mansion. VS Victorian residential and commercial buildings. Archival still of interior room of Victorian house. Archival still of Caucasian male and females adults and children sitting on front steps of house, wearing formal attire. Archival still of adult Caucasian male and female in Victorian bathing suits, sitting together on beach. Archival still of adult Caucasian women wearing bathing suits, posing. Archival still of well-dressed adult Caucasian male and female sitting on couch. Archival still of adult Caucasian male and female on date with male chaperone. Archival still of curly, long-haired Caucasian male toddlers wearing mini Lord Fauntleroy outfits. Archival stills of adult Caucasian women wearing tight corsets. Archival still of adult Caucasian women wearing rear bustle. Archival stills of adult Caucasian woman posing. Archival still of a group of adult Caucasian women posing together.
The 1880s - Education and Medicine
Schoolhouse on plain. VS rural schoolhouses. Archival stills and illustrations of Caucasian male and female school children, adult Caucasian female teachers, adult Caucasian male college graduate. Chopped wood stacked near tree outside cabin. Fire burning in fireplace. Smoke rising from cabin chimney. Brick outhouse behind brick schoolhouse. Interior classroom of restored one-room schoolhouse; portraits of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln above chalkboard. Water pump; schoolhouse in BG. Antique medicine bottles and vials on shelves. Illustration of adult Caucasian male doctor riding in carriage. Archival still of adult Caucasian males performing surgery as fellow adult Caucasian males sit in gallery. Illustrations of adult Caucasian male doctor speaking with adult Caucasian female. Archival still of adult Caucasian male doctors and adult Caucasian female nurse in surgery. Sign: "1880 J.A. Merriam. City Drug Store." Int restored drugstore; antique stove in center of room. Posters for Pratt's Healing Ointment and Groves Chill Tonic.
The 1880s - Crime and the Wild West
Desert valley; array of cactus plants, mountains in BG. Saloons and restaurants in Tombstone, Arizona: "The Crystal Palace", "Lucky Cuss Saloon". "O.K. Corral Feed & Livery Stable" sign, tilt down to entrance. Illustrations of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Gravestones for Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Billy Clanton; cacti in BG. Illustration of Pat Garrett shooting and killing Billy the Kid in a room; dresser in BG. Reward poster for the "arrest of express and train robbers" Frank and Jesse James. Illustration of Jesse James being shot and killed by Robert Ford while straightening a picture frame in his house. Archival still of Jesse James gang member Robert Ford posing with revolver used to kill Jesse James. Archival stills of adult Caucasian male criminal with rope noose around his neck; two adult Caucasian men guarding him. Archival still of adult Caucasian male hung from a tree; crowd of adult Caucasian men posing for camera. Archival still of two adult Caucasian males hung, dead. Two adult Caucasian males stand by executed adult Caucasian male criminal.
The 1880s - Labor Unions
Archival political cartoon depicting Union Pacific and William Vanderbilt as a bandit oppressing workers. Archival still of an adult Caucasian male sitting, dressed in a bow tie, suit, and hat, cigar in mouth. Archival still of adult Caucasian male railroad company employees. Union posters for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Illustrations of Haymarket Riots of 1886 in Chicago, adult Caucasian male police officer shooting at adult Caucasian male labor union organizers. Archival still of American Federation of Labor founder Samuel Gompers. Panning from cornfield to oncoming antique locomotive steam engine. Illustration of adult Caucasian males clashing around a locomotive. Various illustrations of adult Caucasian male farmers protesting and clashing with adult Caucasian male police officers and U.S. Army. Promotional poster: "Gift for the Grangers", promoting government regulations for railroads and grain storage facilities.
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Educational film documenting the exploration & westward migration along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, 1800s. Produced for the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Originally shot on film. Much footage here was excerpted from other Kaw Valley films.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
Fantastic COLOR (ektachrome) A Roll from "The Last Two Days," a film documenting the last two days in the life of President John F. Kennedy, shot by White House personnel.
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Opening montage: MSs historical reenactors recreating drum & fife band circa 1776 while dressed in tri-corner hats & knickers & marching through colonial village; LS antique steamboat sailing on river; TLS Confederate Civil War reenactors firing muskets (rifles), smoke filling screen; TLS Confederate battery firing cannon during battle reenactment; LS Union Civil War reenactors firing cannon, smoke billowing out; TLS Yankee soldiers marching slowly across battlefield, point man carrying American flag (one actor is shot, falls backward, while soldiers kneel & return fire); sideview TLS antique steam engine locomotive train traveling through countryside, snowy mountain in far distance; TLS tour group on yellow train crossing steel beam bridge over ravine; TLS kids playing on steam engine of train, Goodyear Blimp flying overhead; TLS people-- inc blond girl sitting on her daddy's shoulders-- passing event tent w/ "Railroadiana Show" sign. Color graphic map of the United States, trail from Independence, MO, to Santa Fe & Oregon City shown. LS river delta tributary, dusk. LS storm clouds over flat barren semi-arid desert plain. Nice dusky clouds over two buttes. LSs clouds over mountains. LSs misty, foggy cliffs overlooking Pacific Ocean, waves rolling in.
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Traveling shot along white picket fence & white colonial house. 3/4 view TLS rowhouses. 3/4 view TLS brick townhouses. TLS horse-drawn wagon crossing bridge over quaint stream. Panning LS clouds lining edge of mountain. LS scenic river valley. CU/MSs statue of pioneer Daniel Boone. LSs two mules & wagon towing boat along canal (reenactment of Erie Canal). Oil painting of Emperor of rance Napoleon Bonaparte (wearing furs, jewels, laurels). Panning LS grass prairie. Oil painting of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Graphic map of United States, land mass of Louisiana Purchase highlighted in drk green. Painting of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, York & Sacagawea standing on cliff overlooking river. Bas relief of Lewis & Clark. Oil painting of Zebulon Pike. Panning TLS pueblo fence-wall of Spanish fort; TLSs grounds of Spanish fort; MS view from prison cell, outside door being slammed shut, sealing off all light.
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MSs old cannons aimed out to sea from ramparts of seaside fortress. Illustrations of covered wagons, westward migration. Reenactment MSs pioneer walking with burdened horse, entering trading post / fort; MS male pioneers in buckskin outfitswalking about post, one with Winchester rifle slung over shoulder; MS several axes for sale; MS pioneers inspecting rifles for sale; MS/CUs nails on table; MS blankets for sale; MS Mexican man carrying two uncut animal hides; nice CU ears of mule perking forward; TLS horse tied to post pacing; MS mule, as viewed from between spokes of wagon wheel. Graphic map of Missouri River. MS harnessed horse pulling wagon. MS wildflower, horse pulling wagon through field in BG. CUs wagon wheel turning.
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MS memorial rock at Council Grove: "On this spot, Aug 10, 1825, the treaty was made with the Osage Indians for the right of way of the Santa Fe Trail." Reenactment MSs of three American Indian braves riding horse past stopped wagon. Great TLS/MSs Native American men riding horses (in silhouette) by covered wagon during sunset (dusk; great lighting). Sideview MS U.S. cavalry soldier blowing bugle. Rear view TLS U.S. cavalry trotting horses along Santa Fe Trail. TLSs grounds & buildings at American fort. TLS American flag flying from pole atop building at fort. Excellent panning TLS spanse of the Rocky Mountains, bright rainbow in FG.
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Nice LS antique steam engine locomotive train taking bend in tracks along semi-snowy landscape. TLS old railroad tracks in dry, hilly landscape (no train, tracks winding around bend). Subjective POV shot train traveling along RRX in wooded area. Reenactment LS westward migration, wagon train (covered wagons) traveling across plain. TLSs man-made land ruts along Santa Fe Trail. MS statue of male & female pioneers. Bas-relief of male pioneer with rifle. MS bronze statue of American Indian man kneeling at the feet of a white male missionary. Great low angle rear view MS wagon wheel, horse's hooves traveling away from cam. TLS covered wagon on display in backyard, pan right to man steering two yoked young cows. Reenactment MS/CUs blacksmith hammering hot iron on anvil, stoking fire w/ bellows. TLS two brown cows in yard. CU 126 lb barrel of sugar. MCU wooden crate of "Army Bread from the Union Mechanical Baking Company of Baltimore, MD."
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LSs antique paddlewheel steamboat sailing along river. MS horse pulling wagon through mud. Reenactment LS westward migration, wagon train on plain. LSs grassland prairie. Sideview MS whip being cracked. CUs horses, spoked wagon wheels. Panning LS low-lying clouds obscurring mountain. Panning TLS snow falling on trees. TLS wagon trail winding through forest. MSs bronze statue of pioneers. Panning TLS river, felled tree in water in FG. Panning TLS Platte River. TLS Sweetwater River. Panning LS Continental Divide & South Pass. Scenic LSs Big Sandy River, Valley of the Green, Valley of the Bear, Snake River, Columbia River, & Valley of the Willamette. Panning LS puffy clouds over prairie. LS Courthouse Rock & Jail Rock on the Oregon Trail. LS Chimney Rock in Nebraska. LS Scott's Bluff in NE. MSs Register Cliff, grafitti by passing settler's & pioneers. LS Independence Rock in Wyoming. TLS Devil's Gate. LS Split Rock. MSs Soda Springs in Idaho (bubbles rising to surface, following by shot of small spout of white water erupting). LSs Thousand Springs (waterfalls), ID. LS Beacon Rock & Columbia River. LS Mount Hood.
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Panning LS rolling prairie "bursting w/ flowers." Panning LS misty Laramie Mountains. Panning LSs barren desert plain. LSs alkali desert. MS brown puddle in alkai desert. MS abandoned wagon; CUs broken wheels. MS/CUs dead cow carcass on path, calcified skull erupting through largely intact hide. MSs abandoned steamer trunk, dresser, chair on Oregon Trail. MS horses hooves spalshing through river while pulling wagon. Views from reenactment of wagon train. Panning LS wagon train (in silhouette) stopped on plain, dusk. LS settlers (in silhouette) burying their dead during sunset, walking from fresh grave.
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High angle LS deep river valley. Tilting MS river. H/a water surface, gold-colored rocks in riverbed (implying the Gold Rush). MS two horses pulling wagon. MSs bronze statue of gold miners (prospectors). TLS early Mormon homestead in Utah, mtns in BG. TLS bronze statue of Mormon pioneers inc Brigham Young. Tilt down MS apple tree, Mormon homestead in BG. Archival photo of spike dedication at transcontinental meeting point of Central Pacific & Union Pacific railroads, 1869. LS antique steam engine locomotive train traveling across prairie. LSs train cutting swath through scenic valleys. MSs bronze statues of missionaries, pioneers & traders. Tilting (up) LS rainbow over cabin & mountain (cabin & mtn eventually out of frame). Panning LSs mountains (one snow covered, the other not). LS snowy valley, bluffs. Scenic LS rocky Eastern coast, choppy waves rolling in, houses on rocky hills in BG. LS scenic Pacific coast, placid water with large submerged rocks in silhouette during sunset. LS tide crashing against rocks, west coast.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot w/in this segment.) The Kennedys in San Antonio, Nov 21, 1963. Aerial of fluffy white clouds packed close & tight like cotton balls. Aerial of white clouds, title "The Last Two Days" hurtling toward cam. TLS crowd gathered atop & inside building at San Antonio International airport, reflection in windows of Air Force One taxiing. Tighter shot crowd standing atop airport bldg. Great MS First Lady JACQUELINE KENNEDY, wearing white dress & gloves w/ black hat, & President JOHN F. KENNEDY getting into open convertible parked on tarmac, Governor of Texas JOHN CONNALLY & wife NELLIE CONNALLY already seated. Traveling shots crowd lining streets. Traveling shot crowd lining urban street, many waving. Traveling shot people watching Kennedy motorcade from fire escape. MS President John F. Kennedy & Jackie Kennedy exiting Headquarters of the Aerospace Medical Division Center, entourage following suit, USAF officer saluting in FG. Nice head-on TLS battery of newsreel cameramen standing behind cameras on tripods positioned on scaffolding for press conference. LS crowd at outdoor speaking engagement. Nice MS Vice-President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) & Jacqueline Kennedy seated on dais. Rear view MS President Kennedy speaking to crowd. Nice TLS American flag flying from flagpole, tilt down to rear view LS JFK speechifying. Head-on TLS seated crowd (many military officers). Side view CU Jack & Jackie Kennedy meeting, talking w/ crowd.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Houston, Nov 21, 1963. Aerial of small city, clouds. Nice view from Air Force One of plane coming in for landing, shadow growing larger on ground. Panning TLS crowd of mostly young whites on tarmac, banner held aloft reading, "University of Houston Young Democrats Welcome JFK." MS military color guard in silver helmets holding state flag of Texas, American flag. Great MS President John F. Kennedy & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy standing on tarmac, smiling; someone off-screen hands Jackie bouquet of yellow roses. Panning MS Pres. & Mrs. Kennedy standing w/ Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) & LADY BIRD JOHNSON. Rear view traveling shot of Kennedys waving from convertible, crowd lining street. CU President John F. Kennedy smiling, waving, speaking to crowd from podium at auditorium. Great MS Jackie Kennedy & JFK standing beside each other, smiling at crowd. CU Jacqueline Kennedy speaking, smiling to crowd. LSs stage, crowd applauding in FG. Head-on TLS seated crowd listening to speaker. TLS JFK speaking to crowd from podium. LSs lights hanging from buildings, night, unidentified Texan city.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Ft. Worth, 11/22/1963. Rear view TLS horde of reporters, press photographers, newsreel cameramen, police officer in rain slicker crowding street. Nice MS President John F. Kennedy standing, smiling on podium outside building. MS Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) speaking to crowd, JFK standing behind him. TLS Lyndon Johnson introducing JFK; President Kennedy takes to podium, politicians inc Rep. JIM WRIGHT (D-TX) standing to his right, applauding. TLS JFK speaking to crowd, reporters & photographers in FG. Quick MS young white man in suit listening w/ surly expression on his pimply mug. MS two young white women wearing rain slickers & caps applauding in crowd.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Ft. Worth, 11/22/1963. MSs President John F. Kennedy shaking hands with eager outdoor crowd. MS Presidential seal on podium beside flower bouquet. Panning MS President Kennedy walking behind applauding dignitaries at indoor event sponsored by the Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce, taking to podium. MS press photographers taking pictures. MS First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, wearing infamous pink dress & pillbox hat, walking onto stage, shaking hands. Nice MS crowd standing, applauding at banquet, bright spotlight in BG. MS Pres. JFK taking to podium, nodding head to crowd, smiling. CU Presidential Seal, tilt up to CU JFK smiling. LS JFK standing at podium, holding cowboy hat, crowd getting to feet in FG. Great MS Jackie Kennedy & Jack Kennedy-- Jackie smiles greatly, stands briefly while JFK gives her ovation. LSs banquet hall. TLS JFK speaking to crowd.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) The Kennedys in Ft. Worth & Dallas, 11/22/1963. Great low angle shot of confetti drifting from tall buildings in downtown Ft. Worth. Traveling shots of high school marching bands, majorettes, crowds & color guard holding Texas & American flags lining streets. Nice shot of jet plane engine during take off (view from AF 1 leaving Ft. Worth for Dallas). Aerial of downtown Dallas, Texas (window frame in frame). Great panning LS Air Force One landing at Love Field in Dallas. MS sign bearing photo of JFK & LBJ: "Two Great Democrats." Panning TLS Presidential Seal on hull of Air Force One during taxi. LS JFK & Jackie alighting AF1. MS crowd applauding from behind fence. Excellent MS Pres. Kennedy & Jacqueline Kennedy on tarmac, Jackie holding flower bouquet. MSs JFK & Jackie shaking hands w/ crowd at Love Field. Rear view MS press crowding Kennedys. MS old white man filming event w/ home movie camera. Traveling shots of Kennedy motorcade winding through crowd-lined streets of Dallas.
A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
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A Roll of "The Last Two Days"
(Note that 2-4 secs of black follow each shot within this segment.) Post-assassination of JFK, 11/22/63. Tilt down Parkland Hospital to police officers milling about emergency entrance. MS men running between parked cars, White House Press bus in BG. MS police guarding entrance. MS flowers on backseat of convertible. TLSs crowds, reporters outside Parkland Hospital. Nice MS huddled reporters furiously writing in notepads outside hospital. MS crowd outside hospital, old white man standing beside "Keep Right" sign. MS motorcycle cop pushing crowd (inc female reporter) back. CU African-American woman weeping outside hospital, her face in her hands. MS white father consoling weeping son & daughter. MSs Asst White House Press Sec'ty MALCOLM KILDUFF briefing reporters in hospital conference room.