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Clip #: TFA-214B
Length: 24:44
Year: 1953
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
An award winning documentary short by John Barnes and Haskel Wexler which surveys the need for redevelopment of American cities and the forces which have created problems in urban areas; describes obstacles which deter the elimination of blighted areas and tenements and the relief of traffic...
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Clip #: TFA-185B
Length: 8:52
Year: 1947
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
A film made in 1947 about the construction of the 36 story John Hancock building at 200 Berkeley St in Boston. It is also known as The Berkeley Building and the weather beacon on the top is a Boston landmark.
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Clip #: TFA-277A
Length: 23:22
Year: 1944
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Everyday life of the crofting community of Achriesgill, a rural village in the Scottish Highlands.
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Clip #: TFA-128B
Length: 16:59
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Produced by The Association of American Railroads, showcasing both steam and diesel passenger trains. Narrated by Ed Herlihy of newsreel fame. There are some very interesting locomotives: Alco PAs from the Pennsylvania Railroad Southern &...
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Clip #: TFA-302E
Length: 10:34
Year: 1951
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The agriculture of Northwestern Mexico, including a modern cotton gin and henequen processing factory.
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Clip #: SF-11E
Length: 13:20
Year: 1915
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
Bessie Graham has been a sort of maid-of-all-work in her mother's boarding house for years. Determined to make a change, she tells her mother that she is going to strike out for herself and try to get a position in the city. Arrived in the city, she rents a cheap room and starts to look for...
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Clip #: TFA-236B
Length: 10:33
Year: 1941
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Reveals the experiences of a pioneer family on their journey from Illinois to the Mid-western plains. 00:11:37:00 B/W 1941
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Clip #: TFA-157
Length: 01:36:51
Year: 1926
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Entertaining travelogue from 1926 promoting The French Line, a trans-Atlantic cruise line. This is
interspersed with narrative that focuses on a young middle-class couple who takes a trip on the ocean liner.
Extensive footage of passengers enjoying leisure time and activities on the sun...
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Clip #: TFA-348A
Length: 14:01
Year: 1935
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
An Adventures in Africa episode about Johannesburg, South Africa
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Clip #: TFA-239B
Length: 18:10
Year: 1962
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
A Puerto Rican boy gives a Caucasian girl a tour of Puerto Rico.
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