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Clip #: MF-24A
Length: 16:06
Year: 1927
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Silent drama about the writing of the song "The Star Spangled Banner."
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Clip #: SF-18
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Year: 1922
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Reel two and three of a silent film starring Lon Chaney. Stooped over chinese man with bad posture, bowl haircut and chinese clothing standing on dock next to overweight boy in overalls and sailor hat. CU boy looking warily at piece of candy in his hand. CU chinese man smiling awkwardly, boy...
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Clip #: TFA-306A
Length: 25:17
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Documentary narrated in Hebrew about the formation of a farming community / kibbutz in the Palestinian desert near the Dead Sea.
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Clip #: MF-14B-8
Length: :32
Year: 1930
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Newsreel from 1933 about the foiled kidnapping attempt of the niece of Russell C. Leffingwell, partner of the House of Morgan (J. P. Morgan & Company) and daughter of Franklin K. Batcheller. The would be kidnappers also threatened to blow up Batcheller’s mansion in Yonkers, New York if they...
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Clip #: MF-14B-5
Length: :34
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Newsreel about the Royal Navy heavy cruiser H.M.S. Norfolk visiting New York, where sailors receive their daily ration of grog.
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Clip #: TFA-63B
Length: 10:12
Year: 1949
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A film about the Port of New York and how it was formed.
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Clip #: SF-12B
Length: 14:23
Year: 1926
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Selah Blair is treated badly by her stepmother, "Widder" Gasper, and her only friend is her dog, King. "Widder" Gasper's son, Bud, is a redneck, white-trash, bootlegging moonshiner in the Tennessee mountains in which they reside, and keeps a lustful eye on his step-sister. Kitty Carlyle, a...
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Clip #: MF-19B
Length: 9:07
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Children host an exhibit about courtesy for parents.
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Clip #: TFA-233G
Length: 12:36
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
The Spirit of Radio wakes up Rip Van Winkle and they visit WJZ, a radio station in New York City.
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Clip #: TFA-304A
Length: 13:17
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Traditional scenes of Tuareg life, including a young man's transition to manhood, wedding festivities and a camel salt caravan through the Sahara.
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