- Title: F-2705
- Summary: MOVIETONE YEAR-ENDER: 1921: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 1921. ARMY OF OCCUPATION TROOPS.
- Description:01:23:47 - STUNTMEN-DAREDEVILS ON BUILDING TOPS. ESCAPE ARTISTS. HOUDINI. CLIMBING SIDES OF BUILDINGS. STUNTS. FLAG POLE SITTING. HANGING UPSIDE DOWN FROM ROPE IN STRAIGHT JACKET. LOWERED. 01:24:02 - BAPTISM IN SWIMMING POOL. DISCIPLES OF AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON. RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. RITUALS. 01:25:55 - CALIFORNIA. PROSPERITY. LUXURY ITEMS. FUR COATS. FANCY CLOTHES. 1920s FASHION SHOW. WOMEN MODEL BATHING SUITS. 01:26:43 - HOUSTON TEXAS. BURNING DUMMY. RECESSION EFFIGY 01:28:02 - WARREN G. HARDING PLAYS GOLF. CAMPAIGNING. LINE OF PEOPLE. WHITE HOUSE. 01:29:07 - CU TAFT. PAN ANDREW MELLON AND OTHER CABINET MEMBERS POSE. HOOVER, HUGHES, WALLACE, DOHERTY 01:29:36 - CROWDS LINE UP TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE. 01:29:46 - MONTAGE VETERANS IN WHEELCHAIRS. 01:30:47 - EUROPEAN RELIEF. FARMERS. SURPLUS OF FOOD. 01:31:09 - LOTS OF PEOPLE WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS. 01:31:12 - LONG TABLE OF MEN EATING ALFRESCO 01:31:22 - MEN CLEARING LAND. CHOPPING TREES. 01:31:36 - SOLDIERS. 1921 TULSA, OKLAHOMA RACE RIOTS. BLACK SECTION OF THE CITY, GREENWOOD, IN RUINS. CALLED BLACK WALL STREET, LITTLE AFRICA. AFFLUENT, RICH BLACK PEOPLE LIVED THERE. KILLED ABOUT 300 BLACKS. CROWDS OF BLACK PEOPLE. "POLICE PROTECTION" RIBBON 01:32:44 - RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. INTOLERANCE. RACISM. INFORMATION TABLE. KKK. THE KU KLUX KLAN. HOODED KLANSMEN, HIDDEN IDENTITIES. RITUALS. BURNING CROSS 01:33:00 - PUBLIC RALLIES. ARENA FILLED WITH PEOPLE. 01:33:19 - KKK RITUAL, HOODED KLANSMEN MARCHING IN A CIRCLE. CU GRAND DRAGON. SKULL-FACED LEADER. NEW MEMBER SWORN IN. ANTI-CATHOLIC MOVEMENT. DRIVE TO ELIMINATE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. 01:34:23 - DISMANTLING MACHINES OF WAR. BURNING GAS MASKS, ETC. BONFIRE. 01:34:54 - STEAMSHIP. BATTLESHIP. MELTED DOWN. HUGE MAGNET PICKS UP PIECES OF SCRAP METAL. MOLTEN METAL. 01:35:30 - FACTORY INTERIOR. RED HOT PIECES OF METAL. 01:36:09 - CHINESE OFFICIALS MEET WITH AMERICANS. SIGNING TRADE TREATY. 01:36:59 - CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN BERLIN. PLACARDS IN GERMAN READ "NEVER AGAIN IN WAR" 01:37:13 - ARMY OF OCCUPATION TROOPS MARCH OUT LEAD BY GENERAL PERSHING'S ARMY. VISIT TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. PAYING TRIBUTE TO WAR DEAD 01:38:02 - SOLDIERS MARCH WITH THEIR FOREIGN WIVES AND CHILDREN. GET ON TRAIN. WAR BRIDES. 01:38:35 - LITTLE KIDS PRETEEN BOYS WITH FAKE CAMERAS ON TRIPODS. PRETEND TO MAKE NEWSREELS 01:39:09 - FADS. GIRLS SHAPE BANGS TO MAKE BOYFRIENDS INITIALS. 01:39:32 - GIRLS DANCING IN BLOOMERS. SCANTILY CLAD FOR 1921. 1921 FASHIONS 01:39:53 - GIRLS GET INTO AIRPLANE. ELOPING BY PLANE. WOMAN IN FLIGHT GEAR. WEDDING KISS. FOX NEWS ON AIRPLANE. UNUSUAL WEDDINGS. 01:41:03 - STUNT MAN STANDS ON FLYING AIRPLANE. STUNT FLYING DAREDEVIL 01:41:25 - CU COWBOY RIDES PLANE LIKE A HORSE COMPLETE WITH SADDLE. HANGING FROM PLANE. STUNT DAREDEVIL 01:43:19 - PROHIBITION ERA. RAID ON MOONSHINE OPERATION. MAN GAGGED AND TIED TO TREE. BEATING UP MAN. BOOT LEGGER. 01:43:58 - BEER MANUFACTURED ON ASSEMBLY LINE. BREWERY. 01:44:05 - WORKERS LOADING PILES OF WOODEN CRATES ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, DELIVERING "MEDICINAL" WINE TO PHARMACY. JEWISH WINE DISTRIBUTED. 01:44:39 - PILES OF WOODEN CRATES, MEN ADDING MORE. NEAR BEER. 01:44:46 - RUM RUNNER SHIPS. SHIPS ON THE OCEAN. FEDERAL OFFICERS. MARINE GLIDERS. CAPSIZES, DUMPING STILLS INTO THE WATER FROM BOAT BY THE NAVY. CARRYING WOODEN BOXES. 01:47:14 - BREAKING WOODEN BARRELS. BOOTLEGGERS. POURING OUT LIQUOR. BEER FOAM EVERYWHERE. FLOWING DOWN BACK ALLEY. 1920s PROHIBITION 01:47:59 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1921
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: F-2705