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Clip #: SF-9B
Length: 14:40
Year: 1915
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
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A young man tries to rescue his fiancee from kidnappers. Produced by Thomas Alva Edison. Bessie Learn, Warren Cook, Augustus Phillips, Harry Paddock, Carlton King.Unable to go to the pier to meet his daughter, Helen, who is expected on the Brazilian from Europe, the Hon. John Dearborn dispatches ...
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Clip #: TFA-344B
Length: 24:44
Year: 1959
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
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Last Clear Chance is a 1959 American short film produced and directed by Robert Carlisle. Sponsored by Union Pacific Railroad, Last Clear Chance is a safety film intended to warn young drivers to be careful at railroad crossings.On the day young Alan receives his driver's license, Officer Hal...
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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 #: SF-11C-2
Length: 7:53
Year: 1913
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
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Roscoe's sister brings her two boys over to his office -- he's a doctor in this one, with a nice beard, and a manner like Ford Sterling -- while she goes out shopping. He doesn't like them and they don't like him and spend a lot of time and effort in ruining his practice.
Directed by George...
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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-12A
Length: 24:23
Year: 1925
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
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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 #: MF-14E-2
Length: :59
Year: 1947
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Theatrical Ad for a 1940 reconditioned Chevrolet Special Deluxe 2 door sedan, in which a family drives to grandmother's house to deliver her a present.
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Clip #: SF-1F
Length: 7:55
Year: 1912
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
Mr. Hobb's secretary and Mrs. Hobb's maid are sweethearts, but Mr. Hobbs has a tender feeling for his wife's maid, while Mrs. Hobbs forms a liking for Hobbs' secretary. Both are fired for an offense of which they are quite innocent, and while strolling in the park taking pictures with a Kodak,...
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Clip #: SF-2B
Length: 2:43
Year: 1904
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1900s
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Directed by and starring Georges Méliès. Through a rapid succession of drawings, ingenious disguises and soft dissolves, the director portrays a quick-sketch artist who transforms to various characters according to the static outlines on his chalkboard. The background of this picture...
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Clip #: SF-2E
Length: 18:29
Year: 1914
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
From Journal of the Outdoor Life By National Tuberculosis Association February 1914:
The plot of this year's picture, "The Temple of Moloch," is laid in a small village, the chief industries of which are some potteries, owned by Harrison Pratt. He also owns a group of dilapidated tenements,...
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