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Eastman high speed motion picture camera shows close-up of a fly
Typed narrative: 'Close-up view of wing and halteres action.' / Typed narrative: 'You are seeing half of a fly which is less than 2/3 inch in length.' / Typed narrative: 'Note that the halteres moves down as the wing goes up' / VS CU...
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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle visit French troops in France during WWII
Title card: 'Front Line - Churchill, De Gaulle Visit French Troops' / from left to right British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Head of Provisional Government of French Republic Charles de Gaulle, and French General Jean de Tassigny...
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Final American Olympic Bobsled tryouts in Lake Placid, NY
Title card: 'Bob Run - Best Sled Teams Fly To US Titles' / two-man team of Ivan Brown and Alan Washbond starts run / four shots of their run / they finish run, winning race / four-man team of Aubrey Wells, Warren Martin, Hubert Nye and...
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Selected Marine riflemen practice shooting in Wakefield for upcoming international meet
Title card: 'Marines Train To Beat World, Wakefield, Mass. - Picked riflemen sharpen up eyes for international meet' / shooting range, US Marines on ground firing rifles at targets and others standing or seated on long bench / looking at...
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Transcontinental footrace ends in Los Angeles
Title card: 'Bunion racers reach Pacific, Los Angeles - weary dogs bear owners on last lap of run from New York' / with oil derricks beyond, walking men follow a motorcycle cop and lead several automobiles / title card: 'Salo - the...
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Runners finish the 1929 Bunion Derby in Los Angeles
Title card: 'Bunion racers reach Pacific, Los Angeles - weary dogs bear owners on last lap of run from New York' / with oil derricks beyond, walking men follow a motorcycle cop and lead several automobiles / Title card: 'Salo - the...
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1931 celebration in Troy, NY, honors Samuel Wilson, the inspiration for US icon 'Uncle Sam'
Title card: 'Uncle Sam's Home Town Honors Him - Troy, NY dedicates tablet to Samuel Wilson who is pictured in cartoons as U.S.' / white-clad women hold US flags at ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery; crowd looks on; breeze flutters flags; man...
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Montreal welcomes British sailors who perform gun drill; sailors sing
Title card: 'Canada Greets Britain's Tars, Montreal - Sea soldiers step and sailors give gun drill on visit of cruiser Dispatch [sic]' / military band and naval officers marching on wharf beside docked cruiser, HMS Despatch, can see ship...
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Customs officials in NY seize illegal liquor near Canadian border
Title card: 'Tourists Run Booze Gauntlet, Rouse's Point, NY - Customs men daily destroy gallons of captured liquors' / street scene with cars diagonally parked along curb, crowd on sidewalk / Customs official looking at man's probably ID...
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Thousands of Pittsburgh school teenagers perform exercise exhibition at Forbes Field in 1929
Title card: 'Pupils Stage Great Pageant, Pittsburgh - Thousand Gather at Forbes Field to See School Exhibition' / VS large group of teen, boys and girls, exercise with sticks in packed stadium, band plays almost off-screen, also girls in...
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Boys do stunts on horseback in contest in Ojai
Title card: 'Kid Wranglers Do Rodeo Stuff, Ojai, Calif. - World's champion juvenile riders gallop in cowboy contest' / horses with riders gallop toward camera kicking up dust, mountains in bg / side view horse galloping past group of...
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Vaudeville singer and comedian Harry Lauder and bagpipe band arrive in San Francisco via ship
Title card: 'Harry Lauder Makes A Talkie, San Francisco, Cal. - Comedian arrives and gives a snappy Scotch interview' / Lauder standing on deck of ship in front of bagpipe band members, all wearing traditional highland dress, two cameras...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt names former Detroit Mayor Frank Murphy Governor-General of the Philippines in 1933
Title card: 'Governor General Frank Murphy! Detroit's Former Mayor Named by Roosevelt to Rule Philippines' / CU Frank Murphy talking / Note: exact month/day not known
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Little girl sings at celebration for new highway in Long Beach, CA
Title card: 'Give The Little Girl A Big Hand, Long Beach, Calif - Tiny star entertains diners in celebration on new highway' / little girl singing while standing on table outdoors where male diners are seated with bibs tucked in / Note:...
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King George V Inspects the First Battalion of Royal Scots on its 300th anniversary in 1933
Title card: 'H.M. The King Reviews His Oldest Regiment - First Battalion of Royal Scots at Aldershot honored on 300th Anniversary' / VS King George V (along with his wife Queen Mary) inspects battalion in uniform and battalion in...
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8th Annual Daytona 200 motorcycle race in Daytona Beach, FL
Title card: 'Sand Race - Motorcycles Roar On Florida Beach' / racers on motorcycles waiting to start race / VS motorcycles racing along course on beach / motorcycles racing along road / motorcycles coming around turn / three shots of...
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British porters race with stacks of baskets on heads in 1933 Basket Carrying Derby
Title card: 'British Porters Use their Heads - Tottenham Toters Step Out in Big Basket-Carrying Derby Full of Spills' / MS competitors stooped down by stacks of eight baskets pick up baskets and begin race, spectators behind them / VS...
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Massachusetts Citizens' Military Training Corps parade at Camp Devens, MA
Title card: 'Mud Flies at Army Review - Camp Devens, Mass. - Citizen cavalry troop trots as Governor Allen watches' / MA Gov. Frank Allen, wearing top hat, stands on reviewing stand with two men in military uniforms / pan of cavalry...
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Great Central Valley Project in California
Title card: 'Great Central Valley project gets underway' / flyover view of Friant Dam, Millerton Lake, San Joaquin River / VS the dam with spillways opening; pan of water gushing into river / aerial shot of long canal, underside of...
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Attendees at 1937 testimonial dinner for James A. Farley
Title card: 'News Flashes!' / tilt-down WS attendees applaud at testimonial dinner for US Postmaster General James A. Farley
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Harry S Truman dedicates former President's Room at Union Station as new USO lounge
Title card superimposed on party scene: 'Truman opens 'royal lounge' to VIP's (GI's)' / exterior of Union Station and Columbus Fountain / Truman greeted at car / he gives parcels to Sergeant Irving B. Wait and WAVE Seaman Shirley Burns...
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31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin
Archbishop Michael Curley of Baltimore saying mass at outdoor altar, attendants at altar with him / huge crowd gathered for mass / Curley sits in chair next to altar, attendants standing in front of him / pan across huge crowd / title...
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Swimmers compete in 2-mile marathon in Chicago
Title card: 'Champion Sets New Swim Mark, Chicago - Ray Ruddy, who made 500-meters in six min, wins 2-mile marathon' / swimmers dive off dock into Lake Michigan and start marathon sponsored by Illinois Athletic Club / man rowing boat...
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Fall football practice for NYU Violets in Farmingdale, Long Island
Title card: 'Football Fever Hits New York, Farmingdale, LI - NYU candidates limber up in first Fall grid practice' /two shots of row of players punting / players running around on field and throwing footballs / players break huddle, go...