- Title: F-2706
- Summary: MOVIETONE YEAR-ENDER: 1926: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 1926 STRIKE ON ENGLAND BY ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES; MASSIVE LAND BOOMS IN FLORIDA; DIRIGIBLE SS NORGE & ITS COMMANDER RONALD AMUNDSEN; RICHARD BYRD & FLOYD BENNETT BECOME FIRST TO FLY TO NORTH POLE; GERTRUDE EDERLE SWIMS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL; LADY WRESTLER VIRGINIA MERCEREAU; DEATH OF RUDOLPH VALENTINO. PHILADELPHIA'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. CELEBRATIONS. PAUL REVERE RECREATION. LIBERTY BELL. CROWDED STREETS IN LONDON DURING TRANSPORTATION STRIKE. BACKED-UP TRAFFIC. ITALY. MUSSOLINI. TROOPS MARCH. CROWDS IN STREET. MORE REPRESSION. UNSTABLE EUROPE. RECREATION OF WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE. FROZEN SO THEY WALKED ACROSS. OLD TIME FIDDLERES. SPINNING WHEELS. HAPPY OLD WOMAN. POCAHONTAS WHITE WITH HUGE BOOK. TELLS THE STORY. GOLD RUSH. PROSPECTORS IN MODEL T CARS. CARRYING HOUSE ON BACK OF TRUCK. TENT WITH FORTUNE TELLER IN IT. OIL RIGS. DERRICKS. GOLF. MIAMI. RELAXING UNDER PALM TREES. JAZZ AGE. GIRL IN BATHING SUIT DANCES. BAND PLAYS WHILE SURFING. MAN GIVES AIRPLANE TICKET. FIRST SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT. MAIL BAGS PUT ON PLANE. PLANE STARTS UP. TAKES OFF. VIEW FROM FLYING PLANE. SHAKING HANDS AS THEY GET OFF AIRPLANE. PITTSBURGH TO NORWAY FLIGHT. ZEPPELIN AIR BALLOON. LOADING UP SHIP IN NORWAY. RACE. SHIP IN ICEBERT WATERS. MAY 9, 1926. RICHARD BYRD. MEN WAVE THEIR HATS. SNOWY LANDSCAPE. PLANE FLYING. NORGE. FLYING OVER THE NORTH POLE. EXPLORERS. JACK DEMPSEY HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP. EATING. CROWDED BY FANS. BREAKFAST. TRAINING. RUNNING ON ROAD. PUNCHING BAG. CLIMBING ROCK MOUNTAIN. CHICAGO TICKER TAPE PARADE. MARCHING BAND. GENE TIERNEY IN PARADE. WITH POET. EUROPEAN ROYALTY. QUEEN MARIE FROM ROMANIA ON SHIP. POMP. PARADE. BABE RUTH SIGNS CONTRACT AT BEGINNING OF 1926 SEASON. BASEBALL GAME. 4TH GAME OF THE SERIES IN ST. LOUIS. BABE RUNS THE BASES. TICKER TAPE PARADE FOR THE YANKEES. PITCHERS. CROWDS IN THE STANDS. THE FINAL GAME. GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER. BABE TRIED TO STEAL 2ND BASE. KENTUCKY DERBY HORSE RACE. BUBBLING OVER. FANS RUN ONTO TRACK. ROSES ON HORSE. REPUBLICAN-DEMOCRAT BASEBALL GAME. MEN RIDE ELEPHANT. ACTING SILLY. GERTRUDE EDDERLY SWIMS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. JAZZ BAND PLAYS FROM ROW BOAT. LADY WRESTLERS. FEMALE LIBERATION. WOMEN IN THE POLICE FORCE ATTACK MEN. WOMEN THROW ROLLING PINS AT DUMMY. SWEEPING CONTEST OF HOUSEWIVES. CLEANING DISHES. THE FASTEST. DOING SIT UPS IN UNISON. MASS EXERCISE. WOMEN GETTING BEAUTY TREATMENTS. MAKE UP APPLIED BY BEAUTICIAN. EXERCISE MACHINES. BEAUTY CONTEST. IN LOS ANGELES. WOMEN WITH BROOMS. RUDOLPH VALENTINO FUNERAL. CARRYING HIS FLOWER-COVERED COFFIN. FUNERAL. OUTSIDE THE FUNERAL HOME. PEOPLE LEAVE CHURCH.
- Description:01:47:52 - TREMENDOUS BELL, REPRODUCTION OF LIBERTY BELL, PHILADELPHIA, MEN WORKING ON IT, SCAFFOLDING 01:47:55 - MEN WORKING ON HUGE BELL, POLISHING 01:48:01 - DOWNWARD PAN OF HUGE LIBERTY BELL, MEN WORKING ON TOP, SCAFFOLDING, THE PROVINCE OF PENN. 01:48:07 - VARIOUS VIEWS OF PARADE, MARCHING MILITARY, MARINES 01:48:18 - VIEW OF HISTORIC TAVERN, FLAG UNFURLED 01:48:23 - MAN WITH GUN SILHOUETTED IN FRONT OF WAVING FLAG, WINTER 01:48:27 - GRANDSTAND WITH BUNTING, OFFICIALS IN TOP HATS, MILITARY, GENERAL PERSHING SHAKES HANDS WITH HORSE BACK RIDER, HISTORIC RE-ENACTMENTS 01:48:35 - PAUL REVERE'S RIDE RE-ENACTMENT, STEAM FROM HORSES BREATHING, CROWDS LINE STREET 01:48:46 - STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON ON HUGE COLUMN 01:48:50 - BLACK SCREEN 01:49:28 - VIEWS OF LONDON STREETS, STRIKES BY ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES, MILITARY VEHICLES IN USE, TRAFFIC, CARS AND TRUCKS STOPPED, ABC TEA ROOM 01:50:03 - VIEWS OF BOLOGNA ITALY, SOLDIERS, MARCHING 01:50:09 - MUSSOLINI, ON HORSE, PLUMED HAT, ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS 01:50:15 - MARCHERS 01:50:21 - PAN OF CROWDS WATCHING 01:50:25 - MUSSOLINI ON HORSEBACK, LOOKS DOWN AT CAMERA 01:50:28 - VIEW DOWN AT CROWDS IN AN ITALIAN SQUARE, COLUMNS 01:50:40 - MILITARY RUNS IN A SQUARE AFTER ASSASSIN? 01:50:43 - VIEW OVER CROWD'S HEADS OF CARRIAGE LEAVING 01:50:46 - VIEW DOWN AT CROWDED SQUARE 01:50:49 - BLACK SCREEN 01:51:10 - HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT OF WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, WALKING THROUGH SNOW, COLD WINTER, TRI-CORN HATS, 01:51:20 - ELDERLY FIDDLERS PERFORMING, PLAYING FAST, SMILING 01:51:29 - LS OF WOMEN SPINNING/ SPINNING WHEELS, MEN FIDDLING 01:51:38 - MS OF WOMAN TURNING SPINNING WHEEL, TRYING TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE 01:51:46 - ELDERLY FIDDLER, JAMES CLAFFY OF BOSTON SITTING IN FRONT OF A BRICK WALL 01:51:54 - WOMAN SITTING AT SPINNING WHEEL, SMILING, DANCING, ENJOYING THE MUSIC 01:52:04 - 1920S WOMAN, FLAPPER, BIG HAT, SMILING 01:52:10 - WOMAN TURNING PAGES OF HUGE BOOK, THE STORY OF THE SOUTH, GOLD EDGED, STORY TELLING 01:52:31 - BLACK SCREEN 01:53:01 - VIEWS OF TENT TOWN IN NEVADA, GOD RUSH, CASINO SIGN 01:53:14 - MODEL T CARS PARADE ACROSS DESERT IN NEVADA, MOUNTAINS IN DISTANCE 01:53:24 - SMALL HOUSE BEING MOVED ON TRUCK, DESERT 01:53:29 - MS MAN SITTING WITH COWBOY HAT 01:53:33 - GUITAR PLAYER, MINISTER AND MANDOLIN 01:53:35 - MADAM ODOS PHRENOLOGIST AND MEDIUM TENT, MEN LINE UP 01:53:43 - MAN USING PICK AX LOOKING FOR GOLD IN DESERT SAND 01:53:52 - OIL DERRICKS, MODERN GOLD RUSH, OIL SPURTING 01:54:08 - MAN TAKING A GOLF SWING, WIPING OFF SWEAT 01:54:12 - VIEWS OF MIAMI STREETS, FLORIDA LAND BOOM 01:54:17 - WOMAN/MAID SERVING DRINKS TO MEN IN WHITE SUITS SMOKING CIGARS, PALM TREES 01:54:22 - DRINKS WITH ICE CUBES AND STIRRERS, FLOWERS ON TABLE 01:54:24 - MEN TOAST EACH OTHER AND DRINK, WIPE FACE WITH HANKERCHIEF 01:54:35 - WOMAN IN BATHING SUIT DANCING ON BEACH, 1920S, JAZZ AGE, FLAPPERS, CHARLESTON 01:54:42 - WATER SKIING, POV BOAT, AQUAPLANES, PIGGY BACK, PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, CRAZY STUNT 01:55:12 - BLACK SCREEN 01:55:43 - VIEWS OF AIR MAIL EXPRESS, MEN LOADING SACKS OF MAIL, DALLAS TO CHICAGO ROUTE 01:56:13 - NAT US MAIL EXPRESS PLANE RECEIVING MAIL AND PACKAGES FROM TRUCK 01:56:21 - CRANKING UP AIRPLANE 01:56:27 - SMALL PLANES AT AIRPORT, TAKING OFF, EARLY AVIATION 01:56:44 - VIEWS FROM AIRPLANE OF CITY, TOWNS 01:56:58 - MEN GETTING OUT OF SMALL PLANE, SHAKING HANDS, RECIEVING LINE 01:57:07 - BLACK SCREEN 01:57:41 - VIEWS OF DIRIGIBLE, ROALD AMUNDSEN, AIRSHIP NORGE, TRAVELING TO NORTH POLE, PREPARATIONS, EXPEDITIONS 01:58:02 - DICK BYRD, PREPARING EXPEDITON, LOADING SHIP, PARCELS, WRAPPED AIRPLANE BEING LIFTED 01:58:09 - LS OF AIRSHIP OVER NORWAY 01:58:13 - SHIP MOVING THROUGH ICEBURGS, VIEWS OF ADM'L BYRD ON BOARD 01:58:28 - VIEW OF FROZEN SEA, ICEBURGS FROM MOVING BOAT 01:58:34 - ADMIRAL BYRD MEETING SUPPORTERS, ICY TUNDRA 01:58:45 - MEN PULLING PLANE OVER ICE 01:58:52 - BYRD GETTING PLANE 01:58:58 - REAR VIEW OF MEN WAVING THEIR HATS, CELEBRATION 01:59:00 - LS OF MOVING PLANE 01:59:13 - ROULD AMUNDSEN 01:59:17 - AIRSHIP NORGE TAKING OFF, CROWDS WAVING 01:59:48 - BLACK SCREEN 02:00:25 - MS JACK DEMPSEY, SMILING 02:00:29 - DEMSPEY WALKING DOWN CROWDED STREET WITH BOYS, POSING WITH THE CROWDS 02:00:39 - JACK DEMPSEY EATING BREACKFAST AT AN OUTDOOR TABLE, AL FRESCO, POLKA DOT TIE 02:01:03 - DEMPSEY RUNNING ON ROAD, VEST, BOW TIE, KNICKERS 02:01:09 - DEMPSEY JUMPING OVER PORCH 02:01:12 - DEMPSEY WORKING OUT IN GYM, PUNCHING BAG 02:01:20 - DEMPSEY CLIMBING ROCK WALLS, MOUNTAIN 02:01:35 - TICKER TAPE PARADE, CHICAGO, TUBA, MOTORCYCLE 02:01:49 - GENE TUNNEY'S CAR, TICKER TAPE PARADE CHICAGO, SURROUNDED BY CROWDS, STRAW HATS 02:01:58 - TUNNEY SITS WITH A POET, SIGNS BOOK, SHAKE HANDS 02:02:10 - SHIP MAKING WAKE IN OCEAN 02:02:14 - EUROPEAN ROYALTY, QUEEN MARIE OF ROMANIA ON SHIP 02:02:23 - QUEEN MARIE LEAVES BUILDING, CROWDS, FLOWERS, ESCORTED TO WAITING CAR, DRIVES DOWN CITY STREET, OFFICIAL CAR, FLAGS 02:02:43 - VIEW OF CITY STREETS, CANYONS OF NYC?, TICKER TAPE PARADE, MOUNTED ESCORTS, PRESS FOLLOWING CAR, QUEEN MARIE OF ROMANIA, EARLY PAPARAZZI 02:03:10 - BABE RUTH SIGN CONTRACTS IN PUBLIC, SULTAN OF SWING, YANKEES, SHAKING HANDS 02:03:49 - FOURTH GAME OF 1926 WORLD SERIES, YANKEES AGAINST ST. LOUIS, BABE RUTH SWINGS 02:03:59 - BABE RUTH RUNS AROUND THE BASES, THIRD HOME RUN IN SAME GAME 02:04:12 - TICKER TAPE PARADE, NYC, AFTER 5TH GAME OF WORLD SERIES, FANS WATCHING OUT OF WINDOWS 02:04:25 - MS OF BUNTING AND CONFETTI 02:04:31 - ST. LOUIS CARDINAL PRACTICIING 02:04:36 - PAN OF STANDS AT YANKEE STADIUM, WORLD SERIES 1926 02:04:50 - LS OF YANKEE STADIUM FROM RIGHT FIELD 02:04:54 - ST. LOUIS CARDINAL GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER PITCHING 02:04:57 - YANKEE BATTER STRUCK OUT 02:05:00 - YANKEE BATTER RUNS TO FIRST 02:05:04 - GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER WINDS UP 02:05:07 - PLAYER RUNNING TO SECOND BASE 02:05:13 - HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF YANKEE STADIUM PLAYERS RUNNING ON FIELD, ST. LOUIS WINS 02:05:21 - FOOTAGE OF THE 1926 KENTUCKY DERBY, BUBBLING OVER IN THE LEAD 02:05:45 - VIEW OF CROWDED STANDS AT CHURCHILL DOWNS 02:05:49 - FINISH AT KENTUCKY DERBY, # 14, BUBBLING OVER 02:05:59 - CROWDS RUNNING ON TRACK AT CHURCHILL DOWNS 02:06:04 - BUBBLING OVER, WITH JOCKEY, # 14, KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER, 1926, GOING TO WINNER'S CIRCLE, WREATH OF ROSES PRESENTED 02:06:15 - REPUBLICAN VS DEMOCRATS BASEBALL GAME, TEAM ON AN ELEPHANT 02:06:24 - HOUSE SPEAKER NICK LONGWORTH THROWS OUT THE FIRST BALL 02:06:30 - VIEWS OF CONGRESS PLAYING BASEBALL 02:06:46 - GERTRUDE EDDERLY SWIMMING ENGLISH CHANNEL 02:06:50 - GERTRUDE EDDERLY SWIMMING WITH BOAT ESCORT 02:06:58 - OLD MAN IN BATHING COSTUME LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM BOAT, MAN POINTING 02:07:00 - SWIMMER TAKING A BREAK BY ESCORT BOAT, EATING 02:07:13 - JAZZ BAND PLAYS ON BOAT 02:07:17 - SWIMMER IN ENGLISH CHANNEL 02:07:20 - SWIMMERS WITH BOAT ESCORT, CHALLENGE 02:07:24 - GERTRUDE EDDERLY SMILING, 1920S, BOBBED HAIR 02:07:28 - BLACK SCREEN 02:08:09 - WRESTLING MATCH FROM ABOVE, FEMALE WRESTLER VS, MALE WRESTLER, WOMAN PINS MALE 02:08:24 - WOMAN POLICE OFFICER, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, WOMAN DIS-ARMS MAN AND KNOCKS HIM DOWN 02:08:32 - WOMAN THROWING ROLLING PINS AT DUMMY OF MAN, COUNTY FAIR 02:08:42 - WOMEN'S SWEEPING CONTEST, HOUSEWIVES IN DRESSES 02:08:56 - DISHWASHING CONTESTS, WOMEN LAUGHING, DISH TOWELS 02:09:16 - EXERCISE CLASS, WOMEN DOING SIT-UPS, LEG LIFTS 02:09:30 - ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY, MAKE-UP APPLICATION, COSMETOLOGY, WOMAN GETTING HAIR WRAPPED, MAKE-UP APPLIED, ROUGE, EYE SHADOW 02:10:14 - WOMAN WITH NEW HAIR CUT SMILING 02:10:20 - EXERCISE BELTS, SHAKING FLESH, WOMEN IN BATHING SUITS 02:10:28 - BEAUTY CONTEST, WOMEN WITH SASHES WALKING ON PLATFORM, RUNWAY, MEN WATCH 02:10:44 - VIEW OF PAGEANT CONTESTANTS LEGS 02:10:50 - TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WITH LONG CURLY HAIR 02:10:55 - DISHWASHING CHAMPION 02:11:03 - WOMEN WITH CORN BROOMS 02:11:16 - BLACK SCREEN 02:11:51 - CU OF RUDY VALENTINO 02:11:57 - MS OF RUDY VALENTINO, FUR COAT, WAVES 02:12:01 - VALENTINO'S FLOWER COVERD COFFIN LIFTED AND BROUGHT INTO CHURCH, NYC BROADWAY, PALL BEARERS 02:12:17 - CROWDS OUTSIDE FUNERAL, POLICEMEN 02:12:37 - VALENTINO'S COFFIN LEAVES CHURCH 02:12:48 - VIEWS OF CROWDS OUTSIDE CHURCH, COFFIN IN HEARSE, FUNERALS 02:13:13 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1926
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: F-2706