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Comet Halley Returns
NASA films regarding exploration of Halley's Comet and the planet Uranus.
Universe
An otherworldly educational film about the beauty and austerity of interstellar space, with narration provided by the equally otherworldly William Shatner. Features some very trippy, check yer head shots, some of which are animated but bear in mind that it is high quality work w/out a hint of it being animation.
1950s - Mothers and Children - Women Listening to Radio
Adult Caucasian woman seated with male child in her lap next to radio. Seated woman turns knob, listening to radio.
1960s - Modern Kitchen - Housewife
Adult Caucasian woman standing behind a half-wall, using her hands. She takes item out of freezer and places it in refrigerator.
1950s - School Bus - Students Boarding
Caucasian female children, and one male child board school bus; one of them skipping rope until it's time to get on board.
1950s - Home Movies - Baby
Close-up of baby in adult Caucasian female's arms, man's arms tickling baby while baby cries. VS of baby being held, cradled by woman. Man cradling baby.
1950s - Home Movies - Summer Vacation
Pan across lake or large pool with diving tower and walkway.
1940s - Groundbreaking in African-American Community - Standing on Steps of Mobile Trailer
Adult Caucasian men and women standing on the steps of a S. Patti Construction Co. mobile trailer.
1930s - Home Movies - Adults and Children
Adult Caucasian man and woman, smiling, walking down sidewalk, arm in arm; man takes off hat. Woman poses, smiles at camera. Man carries basket up walkway. VS of three girls together outside.
Ruth St. Denis East Indian Nautch Dance
Dancer Ruth St. Denis wearing sumptuously colorful Eastern clothing, sitting in front of silken backdrop. Expressive and fluid gesture. She stands, opening and closing her hands, performing traditional Indian dance.
Crystallization
Sound color - somewhat red. Examples of experimentally grown crystals. Scientists conducts experiment with microscope. 00:02:07 CU microscope & scientist. Highly technical narration and diagrams showing beams of X-Rays and the action of crystals on them. Chemistry lessons, models of crystalline molecules, and experiments of various sorts. 00:14:50 CU microscopic view of crystals growing. 00:17:55 C molecule model with hand and pointer.
Berne - Switzerland
GORGEOUS FLOATS MARK REVOLUTION DAY REVIEW
High contrast and waving images GORGEOUS FLOATS MARK REVOLUTION DAY REVIEW President Portes Gil honors heroes who helped put down last uprising. Decorating the widow of a general. The parade - the marchers with the floats are from the athletic divisions of the army.
Santa Claus Here With His Xmas Pack
High contrast, waving images Santa Claus Here With His Xmas Pack Big department stores display wonderful array of yuletide toys. Doggies that never, never bite. Mechanical marvels. St. Nick greets a lot of good little girls and boys.
Foil Smugglers And Get $25,000 in Dope
High contrast, waving images Foil Smugglers And Get $25,000 in Dope. U.S. Customs men on Canadian border find old 'flivver' filled with drugs. And what they don't do to 'lizzie'. Inspectors rip a car apart looking for contraband.
Build Biggest Bonfire On Eve of Grid Crash
High contrast, waving images Build Biggest Bonfire On Eve of Grid Crash Stanford 'U' freshmen erect huge pile as defiance to California rivals. Students build bonfire before the big game, bonfire, flames.
What's Wrong With These News Pictures
High contrast, shaky, undulating and parts of the pictures are faded out, grainy images What's Wrong With These News Pictures First - take a good look at the Englishman s clock and see if you can detect an error. Exclusive pictures. Image of clock. Answer - there are two 'elevens,' but no 'nine'. Tommy Atkins is striking an incorrect posture outside the royal exchange - what is it? Statue of soldier. No good soldier covers a rifle muzzle with his hands. The Duke of Wellington is all wrong - why? Statue of Duke. He hasn't any stirrups or spurs, and the reins look like a rope.
Ship Whole Railroad
High contrast, shaky images Ship Whole Railroad. Seventeen locomotives and thirty cars are loaded on steamship for South America. Freight & cargo handling. Trains are loaded onto a ship.
Pair Leap After plane Wedding
High contrast, shaky images Marjorie Klinger and Donald Babcock make parachute jumps after mid-air marriage.
20,000 Drill In Honor Of Japan's Empire Builder
High contrast, wavy, rolling images 20,000 Drill In Honor Of Japan's Empire Builder School children fill stadium in memory of late Emperor Meiji. High schools girls perform a drill routine. The whole company joins in one vast display.
'Shoot' Planes From Decks Of Utah
High contrast, rolling images Latest catapult device is demonstrated on Utah and Arkansas in maneuvers. Official navy pictures. A high explosive gives the airplane its impetus. Rear Admiral Lanning (?) directs the demonstration. Planes leave the runways at eighty-mile-an-hour speed, taking off from ship. Getting back is almost as thrilling as taking off.
Present Tax Cut As Congress Opens
Footage very dark Lawmakers rush $160,000,000 reduction proposal. 1. Speaker Longworth calls the House to order. Women representatives with Speaker Longworth - Pratt, N. Y., Rogers, Mass., Norton, N. J., Owens, FL
16 Teams Start In Six-day Bike
High contrast, wavy images Foreign and American track stars compete in forty-seventh annual contest. Furious sprints thrill the spectators.
News Paragraphs
High contrast, undulating images Dedicate Rodin Museum, the late Jules Mastbaum's $2,000,000 gift to city. (statues, sculpture)