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Focus on the 30s
DO NOT USE Stills of people listening to radios, of radio announcers, of radios.
Focus on the 30s
"War of the Worlds" montage: audio excerpt of radio program - this audio may require additional clearances. MSs Caucasian couples & families listening to radio in homes; CUs radio engineers wearing headsets;
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MSs successful pressure and stress tests being performed on unbreakable glass (using a hammer, a metal ball, and the wheels of a truck). MS sedan car parallel parking on a city street; CUs people feeding parking meters. MS/CUs middle-aged Caucasian man pitching the Grapefruit Mask (same as catalog #311781): "A very grave annoyance occurs at the breakfast table. No matter how good you feel in the morning, when you come down to the breakfast table & you happen to tackle a particularly vicious grapefruit & when eating it you happen to get squirted in the eye, your whole day is spoiled. You're likely to go down to the office, swear at the stenographer... All you have to do is pull down the protective screen & you can eat a grapefruit with hardly any problem at all." Patented breakfast cap. Wacky inventions.
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TLS/MSs man with slats of wood attached to his arms & back running through field, trying to fly... for cheap; he leaps off sand dune, tumbles, falls. Funny. TLS/MSs of the first hang gliding (paragliding) attempt... a success. TLS monoplane doing a loop the loop. Panning TLSs monoplanes taking off. MS/TLSs aviatrix AMELIA EARHART returning to New York after her solo transatlantic flight (ticker tape parade, then posing with Mayor Jimmy Walker). MS/CUs two Soviet pilots who allegedly flew a transpolar flight from Moscow, over the North Pole, landing in California, 1937 (later reports point to the flight as a hoax perpetrated by the Soviets).
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MSs United States air force pioneer General BILLY MITCHELL (retired) speaking prophetically to the camera about the importance of military aviation: "Without air power, a nation is lost." Montage of government aviation development tests being conducted in Virginia (wind tunnel tests, models, wind shear, aerodynamics). TLSs experimental Waterman Aerobile (Arrowbile) driving along city streets, taking off, in flight. TLS hybrid seaplane driving onto dock. TLS gyroplane landing in field. Newsreel of IGOR SIKORSKY introducing his latest invention, the four-engine propeller passenger Pan American Clipper. Great air to air shot of Clipper flying over Golden Gate Bridge (still under construction at the time). MSs Caucasian people at leisure aboard a commercial plane (playing cards, reading, etc). TLSs Douglas luxury airplane landing.
Beauty Experts Choose A Blonde As Modern Venus
Beauty Experts Choose A Blonde As Modern Venus Beauty experts choose a blond as modern Venus. Beauty contestants parade around a swimming pool in their bathing suits. Judge takes measurements of one contestant. Slow pan up the body of the winner. Nice shot of her legs.
Aquaplane Stars Cmpete In 44 Mi. Marathon Race
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Aquaplane stars compete in 44 mile marathon race where boats are pulling skiers
Gala Welcome Given To Soviet North Pole Fliers
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Gala welcome given to Soviet North Pole Fighters (cameo Joseph Stalin} Overhead shot of the plane coming into the airport for a landing. People cheering the plane and pilots as they come in for a landing. The pilots are given a ticker tape parade.
30 Killed, 50 Hurt, As French Vacation Train Jumps Track
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS 30 Killed, 50 Hurt, As French Vacation Train Jumps Track. Aftermath.
America's Cup Safe As Ranger Wins 4 Straight
America s Cup Safe As Ranger Wins 4 Straight America's Cup safe as Ranger wins 4 straight. The Ranger is a sailing yacht that successfully defended the America's Cup competition in 1937.
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Nice TLS passenger train passing cam; MSs white people in dining cars, bar cars; MSs young white woman getting out of shower, toweling off, then getting into bed aboard train car; nice low angle shot train passing over cam. Panning high angle LS view from newly completed Empire State Building; MS Governor AL SMITH waving at hat at ribbon-cutting ceremony; tilting LS Empire State Building. TLS and aerial of the newly completed George Washington Bridge.
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Montage of an urban construction crew at work (crane, steam shovel, crowd watching). Stills of buildings built by PWA, 1930s.
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MS/TLSs men sitting on flagpoles, trying to break world records. LSs stunt daredevils leaping from planes, opening parachutes. MSs stuntman Buddy Dryton (sp) and his wife performing highwire stunts over Los Angeles skyline. Coney Island amusement park montage: TLS/MSs people on merry go rounds, slides, funhouses, swings and other amusement rides. MSs New Jersey couple getting married on a Coney Island roller coaster.
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TLS/LSs man threatening to jump from building in New York City (suicide jumper), authorities trying to talk him down. End of Prohibition montage: TLS/MSs people drinking, bartenders shaking & pouring martinis; MCUs chef pulling wine form wine rack; MS men in Bavarian garb balancing steins of beer, then toasting & drinking. TLS/MSs Wellesley College girls rehearsing dance number for musical review. LS/MSs summer camp girls doing a Busby Berkeley-style rowing & swimming routine in a lake. MSs kids & their dads flying gas-powered model airplanes in field. TLS/MSs revelers celebrating the New Year in Times Square, 1936.
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MS/CUs astrologist BELLE BART making predictions for 1936.
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DO NOT USE Still of Christian marchers
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EST shot St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City; LS/MSs parishioners entering church; MSs priest administering Roman Catholic mass. MS Jewish bris ceremony. Great MSs mass Baptist baptism being held in a lake, African-Americans testifying, getting dunked. (religion)
Focus on the 30s
DO NOT USE Still of Baptist baptism. Car at gas station.
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TLSs line snaking out DMV office; MS white man attaching Michigan license plate to grille of car. Newsreel of NYC elevator operator strike: LS picketers on street; MS/CUs feet walking up stairs; MSs strikers marching; CU African-American woman on phone, saying she's not coming to work b/c of the strike and her dog-tired feet. MSs world's most perfect back contest in Los Angeles, 1931, chiropractors analyzing the exposed backs of women. 1937 newsreel of a senior citizens bathing beauty contest... that's right, grannies in swimwear. MSs spring fashion show held aboard a commercial Clipper plane, models in swimsuits modeling in aisle. MSs French designer fashion show along a lake, models modeling swimwear, light weather clothes. CUs women modeling the Up-Sweep hairstyle (movie star hairdos). MSs fancy models at a nightclub.
Sir Hubert Wilkins Hops Off To Seek Lost Soviet Fliers
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery Sir Hubert Wilkins hops off to seek lost Soviet flyers. Sir Hubert shaking hands just before he boards a single wing, sea plane. The plane takes off out of water MS.
Marines Rehearse Tactics On Eve Of Sailing For China
Little shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Marines rehearse tactics on eve of sailing for China ( War Games). Marines running through the fields with their riffles in hand shooting.
Girl, 13, Becomes A Bride But Clings To Dog And Doll
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery Girl 13, becomes a bride but clings to her dog and doll. A young looking girl who looks a little older than 13 is sitting on a porch petting her puppy. I guess her husband comes out holding a baby that turns out to be a doll. She is holding the doll like a real baby and her husband leans over to kiss her. child bride
Army Of Jobless Camps In Capital In WPA Protest
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery Army of jobless camps in Capital in WPA protest, the Strikers Alliance of America and For jobs and security. A father and his little girl sleeping on the white house lawn on a cot, ladies sitting and knitting, people washing their cloths in make shift wash tubs.
Great Memorial To American War Dead Dedicated
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Great memorial to American war dead dedicated. Blowing in the wind is our old 48 State American Flag, Old Glory