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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 #: TFA-262A
Length: 24:55
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Publicity film detailing how trains have kept the United States economy going by transporting passengers and freight.
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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 #: SF-12A
Length: 24:23
Year: 1925
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Captain Dangerfield and Captain Barr are rivals in an upcoming boat race. Barr is excited about his innovative plans for his boat, but his work is proceeding slowly, and he is hampered by his inept assistant. Meanwhile, Dangerfield is plotting to sabotage his rival. Just before the race,...
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Clip #: TFA-236A
Length: 41:33
Year: 1939
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
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Clip #: MF-4D-1
Length: 13:39
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Film presented by the Social Security Administration explaining how Social Security benefits apply to farm workers, after being extended to them in 1954.
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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 #: MF-4D-2
Length: 9:00
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
1950s film about the United States Social Security system.
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Clip #: MF-4C
Length: 11:34
Year: 1937
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A lesson in how wives should “properly” undress in front of their husbands, as demonstrated by the graceful and alluring Elaine Barrie Barrymore and conversely by the clumsy and uncouth Trixie Friganza.
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Clip #: TFA-256A
Length: 42:45
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Documentary about missionary work being done in Brazil and nearby countries. Footage of missionary doctors treating patients infected with the then-fatal skin disease fogo selvagem, locally referred to as Savage Fire." Also contains footage of traditional Indian ways of life, such as barbasco...
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