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Family in a Garden United States
Family in Yard
Family in Yard United States CU Group of adults - two men and two women in various casual clothing - sit outdoors. There is a small garden and trees in the background. The woman in the center of the screen is wearing a short-sleeved blue plaid dress (typical 1940s fashion) and the men wear blue button-down shirts and slacks or jeans. The other woman is relatively obscured, but she wears a dark blue outfit (most likely a dress). The woman in the blue plaid dress opens a small present (package? birthday party?). A little girl (toddler, c. age 2) in a white dress and dark, curly hair comes running up to the woman and the woman shows the item to the small child. The woman breaks off a portion of the gift and hands it to the man on her right. He places the item in his left pocket (keeping it away from the small child?).
1929 - Arriving in Havana by Ship
Travelling POV from ship deck.
1929 - Arriving in Havana by Ship
Travelling POV from ship deck of another, smaller, boat approaching. High angle view of adult man leaving smaller boat, climbing onto ship; man on boat pulling on rope. Cuban shoreline. Ship travelling; pan right to the shoreline.
1929 - Panamanian Children Dancing
VS of Panamanian male and female children dancing in costume.
Family Playing
Family Playing - Candid view of young family goofing around and having a good time on the front lawn of their up-scale residential/suburban home. United States Various shots as young family exits the front door in winter clothing, girls have bobbed hair, boy wears a cap, men wear fedora hats. Various GV pans of family in the yard, kids and adults are seen running around having a good time. MS teen aged girl doing kart-wheels across the lawn. MS grade school aged girl skipping and dancing for camera. MS grade school aged boy rolling on the lawn, kind of doing backwards summersaults. GV family on the lawn dancing about and showing off their gymnastic abilities. Nice LS pan of 1920's era car driving along residential street.
1926 - POV Driving Over NY Bridge
Travelling POV from side window of car while passing stone building with roman-style columns; steps and lampposts in FG. Travelling POV from the backseat of a car driving over bridge (possibly Brooklyn Bridge); adult Caucasian male driver, and trolley in the left lane. Brief and shaky travelling POV from side window of city's skyline (very blurry) with bridge cables in FG. Shaky travelling POV looking toward front of car as other car passes on the left. Travelling POV from passenger side window of buildings, elevated rail line; bridge in BG.
Three Sister Islands
Three Sisters Islands - Candid look at family visiting Niagara Falls in the late 1920's/early 1930's. Good source for fashion of this era. Niagara Falls MS sign reading "Three Sister Islands" with arrow pointing to the left. TLS family posing w/scenic river view behind them. MS fast moving water, pan up to wide LS choppy river water. Rear GV of people walking onto bridge. Wide LS people standing on boulder overhang of the Niagara River. GV/LS pan rapids & cascades of the Niagara River. Nice TLS tourists walking over pedestrian bridge, cute grade school girl in short sundress looks at the camera and smiles. POV following tourists over foot bridge. Low angle LS looking up at airplane flying overhead. Nice GVs of woman and her three children sitting on boulders w/cascading fall behind them. Wide LS pan rapids of the Niagara River, tourists are gatherer along river bank. LS cascades. Nice CU face of woman w/great 1920's era hairstyle w, a tight curl resting on her forehead. CU grade school aged boy seated on rocks waving. ECU young girl's face, pan to grade school aged girl. Nice MS man in fedora & bowtie posing in front of the raging river, he takes off his hat and takes a seat on the rocks w/his children. MSs man seated on rocks w/his children in front of the Niagara River. Nice MS of man & woman posing on rocks w/their children in front of the river. MS man in Panama hat & striped bowtie seated on rocks w/children. Wide LS/GV cascades of Niagara River. MS "Warning" sign telling visitors that defacing the Three Sister Bridge is a Misdemeanor.
1927 - Children Playing in Snow
Adult woman and two children walking along snowy sidewalk, one child bends down to make a snowball. Boy and girl (possibly brother and sister) playing in the snow in backyard; slipping and falling, making snowballs.
1926 - Cars Driving in Snow Storm
High angle view of cars driving slowly as heavy snow falls; two people can be seen walking on sidewalk.
1929 - Arriving in Havana by Ship
Travelling POV from ship deck, approaching land in the distance; other boats.
1927 - Children Playing In Costumes
Two Caucasian male children dressed as cowboys running around lawn, chasing and shooting each other with toy pistols. Children taking elderly adult Caucasian man, wearing fedora, hostage; he plays along and puts his hands in the air.
1927 - Arlington National Cemetery
Coast Guard Memorial. Panning view of rows of gravestones. Bas-relief sculpture of man on a horse.
1927 - Residential Neighborhood Covered in Snow
Panning views of large residential landscape covered in snow. Panning view of house, driveway, front lawn, and street; dog runs across.
1928 - Map of Oil & Gas Fields of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas
Piece of paper printed in typewriter font reading: "The following sketch map shows the geographic relationship between a few of the more important oil and gas fields of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas." Sketch map showing general areas of natural gas/oil operations.
1926 - Sledding in Central Park
Two Caucasian children sledding down hill. Children walking up hill as one child sleds down hill. Children on hill slope; two children standing, walking along half wall in FG.
Budweiser Beer Ads
Master 109 - Tape 1 Late 1950s TV commercials for cold, refreshing Budweiser beer.
Budweiser Beer Ads
Spot 2. Beer pitchman sitting in chair grabs bottle of Bud next to porcelain Clydesdale horse on nightstand, touts Budweiser beer, then replaces bottle back beside statue of a Clydesdale.
Budweiser Beer Ads
Spot 4. Papier mache house in suburbs, zoom in. MCU man using door knocker. MS spokesman seated on sofa, wooden tray of three bottles of Budweiser beer on table; man pours beer into three flutes. MCU bottle of Bud beside porcelain statue of Clydesdale horse. Budweiser logo.
Budweiser Beer Ads
Spot 5. MS beer spokesman touting Budweiser next to appetizer table setting, remarking how compatible "cold, golden" Bud is with grub. MCU man using bottle opener on bottles of Bud on wooden tray, pouring contents into flutes. Product shot of bar bottle, can, case & tall boy Budwesier family. Budweiser logo.
Budweiser Beer Ads
Spot 3. Beer spokesman touts Budweiser while standing beside Grandfather's Clock in somewhat darkened room. MCU flute glass being filled with Budweiser.
Budweiser Beer Ads
Spot 1. Tilting CU beer being poured into Anheuser-Busch Budweiser flute glass. Product shot of glass and beer bottle which has an older label only slightly different than the one used today.
Doctor And Mice
DO NOT SELL B/W (newsreel?) footage of doctor in his office, talking about smoking. Starts with "MISSOURI" title superimposed over United Press teletype. He sort of sits there for a bit before going over to a jar, and removing mice with tumors. They've been painted with cigarette tars and have gotten cancers. He then sums up the then-current findings about cigarette smoking.
Groom And Clean Ad
DO NOT SELL Color commercial, late 1960s, for men's hair-care product called Groom and Clean. Features a mermaid perched on a rock by the shore, who sings a ballad about Groom and Clean, and does a little demonstration with axle grease and water. "...sexy hair comes naturally when you use Groom and Clean." Water, Sexy, Grooming.