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YESTERDAY'S NEWSREELS
Source | Archive Films by Getty Images |
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Title: | YESTERDAY'S NEWSREELS |
File Number: | VTM-78BH Beta SP |
Color: | B W |
Type: | Newsreel |
Year: | 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1916 - 1937 |
Subjects: | Aerials |
Description: | 00:51:06:00 B W 1934 TOKYO PREPARES FOR BOMBING, 1934: mass air raid drill military maneuvers, urban combat, surface-to-air guns people run through streets, many wear handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses fires and explosions in the city. The Japanese war machine warms up. 00:52:46:00 B W 1923 DEATH DEFYING TRICK, 1923: in Long Beach, California, daredevil Albert Dewitten (sp?) stands on railroad bridge, men tie him up with rope the railroad drawbridge raises, WS, and a man jumps and falls into river below man in river swims ashore Dewitten, CU. Probably doctored footage. [Suicide jump, stunt, escape artist]. 00:53:37:00 B W 1924 FAMOUS FRIENDS VISIT PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, 1924: Coolidge sits outside of a house with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, VS Coolidge and Ford both sign their names to a "family heirloom sap bucket" (???) Coolidge watches Edison aimlessly hand-crank an early movie camera Grace Coolidge. 00:54:17:00 B W 1927 NEW RAILROAD FOR COMMUTERS OPENS, 1927: the maiden voyage of new train on the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad line, decorated with bunting and banner train pulls into station in Harrison, New York commuters and train conductor on platform INT crowded train car train tracks, POV front of moving train train pulls into West Street station (?). 00:55:32:00 B W 1931 PERSONALITIES, 1931: director Victor Schertzinger with his two daughters bride Gloria Gould and groom Henry Bishop, socialite newlyweds Jackie Coogan and his little brother Bob pet their dog. 00:56:42:00 B W 1935 HURRICANE FLATTENS KEY WEST, 1935: in Florida storm aftermath, ruined houses and cars, derailed train woman inspects glass-door cabinet where her house used to be, ironic shot. 00:57:49:00 B W 1925 MONKEYS MOVE INTO FANCY HOME, 1925: the monkey house at the St Louis Zoo men shake hands with a chimpanzee absurdly dressed in a tuxedo, ha-ha get it? stodgy white men eat meal, chimpanzees eat with them, use utensils. 00:58:33:00 B W 1925 FASHIONS OF THE DAY, 1925: two flapper women in short skirts surreptitiously smoke cigarettes: one woman lifts her skirt to reveal a cigarette case secured to her thigh by garter belt the other woman's cloche hat-feather doubles as a cigarette holder. The women's faces are never shown. 00:59:56:00 B W 1937 AVIATION, 1937: in Rochester, England, a large seaplane takes off with smaller airplane attached atop fuselage the smaller plane detaches in mid-air and flies. 01:00:40:00 B W 1926 SPORTS, 1926: marching band on Indianapolis Speedway race cars in formation approach the starting line for the Memorial Day race the race, VS winner Frank Lockhart, CU 1931: at the AAU National Championships, swimmer Helene Madison dives, swims, and wins freestyle race. 01:03:24:00 B W 1923 FRANCE OCCUPIES RUHR, 1923: French cavalry, armored vehicles and soldiers move down road as they occupy the Ruhr valley soldier looks over some sausages as the peddler smiles at an outdoor market man waves, directs a train locomotive into depot two blacksmiths hammer an anvil train locomotive spins on depot turntable French soldiers stop passing cars and inspect identification papers of drivers. 01:05:28:00 B W 1922 FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, 1922: the USS Langley, POV AV biplane takes off, CAM on tail wing, aircraft carrier recedes biplanes land and take off WWII scenes, Pacific air combat, bombing, an aircraft carrier. 01:07:17:00 B W 1929 JOSEPHINE BAKER, 1929: Baker sings, removes outer garment, and dances on stage of Paris theater. 01:08:28:00 B W 1928 PERSONALITIES, 1928: Charles Schwab, CU, MS Nora Bayes and Cissy Loftus, MS, CU writer Rex Beech, VS, smokes pipe. 01:09:52:00 B W 1926 TRANSATLANTIC CABLE, 1926: international communications cable is laid by crew men of ship "Colonia" and men on shore of New Foundland at the cable's anchorage, VS. 01:11:45:00 B W 1909, 1921 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT: 1909: scenes from Taft's inauguration as President 1921: Taft is sworn as Chief Justice Taft and Oliver Wendell Holmes, MS 1923: Taft and Calvin Coolidge at the funeral of President Harding, MS Coolidge makes his inaugural address, WS. 01:13:02:00 B W 1916, 1927 FASHIONS OF THE DAY: 1916: men and women model various outfits while trying to look natural, conversing 1927: men dressed in white coats walk along row of women in bathing suits and caress their exposed backs, in "woman with the most beautiful back" contest one ticklish woman giggles and turns as the judge strokes her back trophy is handed to the winner. [Sexist, idealized woman, etc.]. 01:14:10:00 B W 1933 SPORTS, 1933: Detroit team versus New York Rangers in hockey match in Madison Square Garden, VS, fist fight breaks out between players. 01:15:56:00 B W 1918 AIRMAIL HISTORY BEGINS: 1918: mail bags are loaded aboard airplane in Washington, DC to be flown to New York City in first airmail flight President Wilson and pilot GL Boyle, MS the biplane takes off the flight fails (not shown). In Belmont Park, New York, mail is loaded aboard airplane by Postmaster Thomas Patton and pilot Tory Webb the first airmail stamps, CU the biplane takes off, and lands in Philadelphia the biplane takes off again, lands in Washington and the 2nd pilot, JC Edgerton, gets out, girl gives him flowers 1924: the first transcontinental airmail flight lands in San Francisco people throw flowers at the crew, which includes Bert Acosta and Eddie Rickenbacker 1925: Postmaster ? and crowd in Chicago as the first airmail night flight takes off 1926: in Boston, Governor Fuller carries a mailbag pilot Leroy Thompson CU his airplane takes off to make first airmail flight from Massachusetts in Dallas, man rapidly stamps letters, MS pilot Herbert Kindred takes off for Chicago 1929: "flying boat" (ahem, it's a seaplane) lands in Panama, the first airmail flight over water pilot Charles Lindbergh, VS 1950s: at LaGuardia Airport, men load many bags of mail into an American Overseas Airlines airplane, which then takes off. NB: this endless litany is the most boring newsreel I've ever seen. 01:20:07:00 B W 1919 ACTORS WON'T PLAY, 1919: outside of their headquarters on West 45th Street in New York City, actors and their straw hats flood the street Francis Wilson makes impassioned speech, MS Bruce McRae makes impassioned speech, MS Frank Gilmore in bow tie, MS. 01:20:59:00 B W 1928 PERSONALITIES: 1928: two men apply a coat of plaster or somesuch material to the entire body of the well-toned Bernarr McFadden plaster dries, men start to remove it Pearl White, MS 1930: JP Morgan, MS in Maine his enormous, decadent yacht is launched from dry dock, MS. 01:22:43:00 B W 1917 HALIFAX LEVELED, 1917: after two ships collide off the coast (the "Imo" rammed the munitions ship "Mont Blanc", which was carrying armaments), the snow-covered city of Halifax is left in ruins rescue crews dig through rubble, carry away victims on stretchers. (December 6, 1917) (1,226 died in the blast, considered the most fatal shipwreck of all time). 01:24:01:00 B W 1924 DOLL SETS DANCE CRAZE, 1924: four couples on small dance floor dance the "Raggedy Anne" and the "Tangolio." 01:24:40:00 B W 1924 FIRST PHOTOS BY WIRE, 1924: in Cleveland, technicians at Bell Labs operate a primitive, photographic facsimile machine, send a "fax" to New York City there, a person's hands develop a photograph of a woman's face in developer chemical bath, under lights. 01:25:41:00 B W 1919 FASHIONS OF THE DAY, 1919: exotic dancers perform "Balinese" dance, ungraceful sudden movements, like a King Tut dance, while wearing batik costumes, though they're not clearly identifiable as such. 01:26:22:00 B W 1927 - 1928 SPORTS: 1928: CC Pyle, CU contestants in the Bunion Derby, a 3000-mile walk across the country, on New York City street approach the finish line on the race track inside Madison Square Garden winner Andrew Payne, MS, CU 1927: collegiate track and field events: the 100-yard dash, Garth Wilkinson wins John Collyer wins at the pole vault Ben Hedges wins the 120-yard hurdles. 01:28:34:00 B W 1928 MEMORIAL AT KITTY HAWK, 1928: ceremony at Kitty Hawk commemorating the Wright Brothers a cornerstone and monument are unveiled, birds are freed Orville Wright, Secy of War Dwight Davis and Senator Bingham in attendance 1908: the Wrights' first airplane, the "Kitty Hawk" is briefly flown in a re-enactment of its historic 1903 flight. 01:30:15:00 B W 1925 CHARLESTON DANCE CONTESTS, 1925: men and flapper women dance on stage at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, VS a banjo player, MS contest winner John Gioria loosens his shirt collar, CU men and women on stage in contest in Chicago, VS Mayor Stoney (sp?) of Charleston, South Carolina gives trophy cup to winning couple. This footage appears elsewhere in the collection with better image quality. 01:31:09:00 B W 1922 POPE BENEDICTUS XV DIES, 1922: crowd outside St Peter's Basilica awaiting news of the moribund Pope Pope Benedictus lies in state, terrible shot his successor, Pope Pius XI blesses crowd in plaza from balcony. 01:32:19:00 B W 1919, 1920s PERSONALITIES, 1919: Jackie Coogan gets off of train men pass the small boy around and hold him in their arms 1920: William Jennings Bryan, VS, at the Democratic Jackson Day Dinner also in attendance are Assistant Secy of State Long and Speaker of the House Champ Clark 1920s: George M Cohan, MS, CU. 01:33:17:00 B W 1931 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OPENS, 1931: the building, TD Governor FDR, Al Smith and Herbert Lehman attend ribbon-cutting ceremony little girl cuts ribbon Smith opens door and crowd heads inside INT foyer, WS. 01:34:39:00 B W 1933 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1933: in Long Beach, crushed cars and rubble line the streets in aftermath of the disaster ruined buildings, ripped-open houses with INT rooms exposed people and policemen on the street begin cleaning up a steamshovel. 01:36:32:00 B W 1929, 1934 FASHIONS OF THE DAY: 1929: women model various fashion ensembles on a rooftop women model fur coats 1934: a "Modern Venus" contest at Coney Island: women in bathing suits walk along narrow path over swimming pool contest judge Earl Carroll takes the women's measurements with a tape-measure the winner holds her trophy cup, MS. 01:37:34:00 B W 1931 AL CAPONE CONVICTED, 1931: in Chicago, Capone gets out of taxicab, goes into courthouse crowd idles around the courthouse steps Capone leaves courthouse after being convicted (?) weaves through crowd, gets into taxicab Judge Wilkerson, who sentenced Capone, looks over newspaper headline reporting Capone's demise. 01:38:21:00 B W 1930 SPORTS, 1930: tennis player Betty Nuthall, MS, CU Nuthall makes volley, slow-motion, WS in US Open tennis match versus Mrs Hopper (?), VS winner Nuthall with floral bouquet and trophy cup figure skater Sonia Henie performs her routines on the ice, VS Henie, CU. [Women athletes |