- Title: VM-16
- Summary: MISC. IMAGEWAYS CLIPS:
- Description:00:01:19 - WOMAN IN ONE PIECE BATHING SUIT AND LARGE HAT POSES IN AISLE OF AIRPLANE. WOMAN IN COCKPIT AS PILOTS LOOK AT HER AND SMILE. 00:01:35 - WOMAN IN LINGERIE (BRA AND PANTIES) TALKS ON PHONE & LOUNGES ON BED. WOMEN LOOK IN ROOM 00:01:50 - WOMAN IN NEGLIGEE LIES IN BED 00:01:59 - MAN SWINGS GOLF CLUB IN DESERT IN FRONT OF SITTING CAMEL. 00:02:05 - THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION MARCHING AND SINGING IN THE DESERT. 00:02:20 - COMICAL SCENE OF MAN DRESSED AS BULLFIGHTER-MATADOR FIGHTING PEOPLE DRESSED AS MOCK-UP OF BULL. TAKES PLACE IN SPANISH-MEXICAN TOWN SQUARE. 00:02:45 - COMICAL SCENE OF WORKERS CONSTRUCTING INTERIOR WALL. MAN PANTOMIMES CARRYING SOMETHING, MEASURING IT WITH RULER. HOME IMPROVEMENT 00:03:10 - MAN ACCIDENTLY DROPS PLASTER ON WORKER'S HEAD. USING LARGE BRUSH TO PUT PASTE ON WALLPAPER. 00:03:30 - MAN HANGS WALLPAPER ON UNFINISHED WALL. REACHES FOR LIGHT BULB WHICH TURNS OFF. 00:03:45 - LIGHT TURNS ON BY ITSELF. MAN DOES DOUBLE-TAKE. HITS AND SMASHES IT WITH LARGE WOODEN MALLET HAMMER. 00:04:00 - MAN CARRYING PLANKS OF WOOD ON SHOULDER. HITS MAN ON TABLE IN BUTT. PUSHES PLANK, KNOCKING OVER MEN AND WORK TABLE. 00:04:10 - FIGURE SKATING WOMAN DOES JAZZY ROUTINE. CARTWHEEL, SPLIT & JUMPS BACK ONTO SKATES. 00:04:30 - HAWAIIAN HULA DANCE. GRASS SKIRTS. 00:04:45 - FARMER TRIES TO MAKE HORSE MOVIE, PULL CART. COMICAL. TRAIN APPROACHING. 00:05:05 - HORSE-DRAWN CART AT RAILROAD CROSSING. HORSE STOPS. MAN TRIES TO MAKE IT MOVE. 00:05:35 - APPROACHING TRAIN. THEY MAKE IT. CU HORSES HEAD. 00:05:50 - IMPRESSIONIST SINGS FUNNY SONG. WEARS HAT, MAKES FACES. GOOFY LAUGH. MAKES RASPBERRY-TYPE NOISE WHILE SINGING. 00:07:45 - COMEDIAN ON STAGE IN VAUDEVILLE-TYPE ACT SINGS & DANCES. BURLESQUE. RUDY VALLEE SONG. MAN WITH PIPE SINGS. MEN SING ALONG. 00:08:05 - TITLE "SHORT SUBJECTS". "PRE-VUES OF COMING ATTRACTIONS". 00:08:30 - TOO MUCH HARMONY MOVIE PREVIEW: SCENES OF DANCING, MUSICAL PRODUCTION NUMBERS, CHORUS GIRLS, ROMANTIC KISS. 00:09:00 - MAN IN TUXEDO SINGS TO WOMAN. SHE LOOKS AT HIM LOVINGLY. WOMAN DRINKS MARTINI, PUTS HEAD ON MAN'S SHOULDER 00:09:30 - GLAMOROUS WOMAN. MAN DRINKS AT BAR. PLAYS PIANO, WOMAN SOBS, THEY KISS. 00:10:05 - BING CROSBY, JACK OAKIE, RICHARD SKEETS GALLAGHER, HARRY GREEN, JUDITH ALLEN, LILYAN TASHMAN, NED SPARKS 00:10:25 - SILHOUETTES OF CHORUS GIRLS DANCING. TITLES "GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!" BING IN TOP HAT SINGS. 00:10:50 - LARGE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. 00:11:10 - PROPAGANDA-TYPE POSTER OF MAN WITH RIFLE AND STRIP OF FILM READING: "COME ON, MOVIE-GOERS OF AMERICA! U.S. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS AND BONDS ON SALE HERE!" BOND PROMO. 00:11:30 - GRIM REAPER DEATH WITH SCYTHE WALKS AWAY FROM CAMERA. ACTUALLY IT'S FATHER TIME! ROLLING TANKS. BABY NEW YEAR SLIDES DOWN CURVING SLIDE PAST STARS AND CLOUDS. BABY NEW YEAR WITH HELMET AND RIFLE. BUY BONDS. PLANES. FLYING SHIPS SHOOTING CANNONS. AMERICAN FLAG FLYING. 00:12:00 - SCENE OF NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION. 1943. HAPPY NEW YEAR. MILITARY MARCHING BAND. SCENES TANKS, SHIPS, PLANES BEING BUILT. CLOCK. TITLE: "VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR!" 00:12:30 - FOX MOVIETONE NEWSREEL. TITLE: "NEW YORK - HIROSHI SAITO, JAPAN'S NEW AMBASSADOR". REPORTERS TALK TO HIM ABOUT RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA, CHINA AND USA 00:13:10 - CARD READS: "CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. WINTER GOLF TOURNAMENT WON BY MAUREEN ORCUTT OF NEW JERSEY". SHE SWINGS. HELEN HICKS OF LONG ISLAND. PEOPLE CROSS SMALL BRIDGE ON GOLF COURSE. SPECTATORS WATCH GOLFER IN SAND TRAP. WINNER SMILES. 00:13:50 - CARD READS: "HOOVER AIDE RAP TAKING OVER OF THE AIR MAILS". EX-POSTMASTER GENERAL BROWN HEARD BY SENATE. 00:14:50 - CARD READS: "HUGE TWA MAIL PLANE LANDS AT NEWARK FROM L.A." SCENE OF TWIN-ENGINE PROP PLANE. MEN DISEMBARK. CAPTAIN SPEAKS. 00:15:30 - CARD READS: ROOSEVELT CANCELS AIR MAIL CONTRACTS. POSTMASTER GENERAL FARLEY EXPLAINS HOW GOV'T WILL TAKE OVER PRIVATE LINES. TALKING HEAD. 00:16:50 - COWBOY DRESSED ALL IN BLACK TALKS TO HIS HORSE. LARGE GROUP OF MEN ON HORSEBACK CHASE HIM. HORSE RIDING DOWNHILL. 00:17:40 - COWBOY WITH BIG WHITE HAT AND CHAPS STEPS DOWN OFF HIS HORSE, PUTS EAR TO GROUND. 00:18:00 - GOOD SHOT OF COWBOY ON HORSE, HE RIDES DOWN HILL, CHASES AFTER ONE WITH BLACK HAT. BI-PLANE IN RIGHT SQUADRON OF PLANES FLY OVER CLOUDS. 00:18:30 - PILOT IN COCKPIT. PLANES IN FORMATION VEER OFF TO ATTACK (?) MAN WITH WHIP AND CHAIR TAMES TIGERS. TRAINS TIGERS. TIGER CAGE. 00:18:50 - PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS. NEWSREEL CARD READS: EVER SHOT A HIT! TORONTO, CANADA. GEN. PISANO, WORLD FAMOUS MARKSMAN, SHOWS SKILL WITH RIFLE. CROWD OF SPECTATORS IN GRANDSTAND IN BACKGROUND. PISANO WEARS MILITARY UNIFORM, SHOOTS CIGARETTE OUT OF WOMAN'S MOUTH. 00:19:30 - HE SHOOTS AT SWINGING TARGET, MAKING BELL RING. HE SHOOTS AT COLLECTION OF CHIMES, PLAYING SONG - SWANEE RIVER. 00:20:05 - PAIR OF IDENTICAL DANCERS IN PRISON. STRIPED OUTFITS TAP DANCE FOR ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR ANKLES CHAINED TO EACH OTHERS. CU FEET DANCING. BIZARRE, WEIRD, CRAZY, UNUSUAL. 00:21:00 - ARTIST DRAWS PORTRAIT OF WOMAN ON WALL. HE GESTURES FOR HER TO SMILE, SHE DOES. SPED UP FILM OF ARTIST DRAWING. 00:21:45 - VIEW OVER ARTIST'S SHOULDER AS HE DRAWS ON DRAWING BOARD. MEN WITH GIANT FAKE MOUSTACHES, HUGE BOW-TIES AND DRINKS HIT ON WOMAN. 00:22:00 - SPED-UP SCENE OF ARTIST DRAWING MODE. DRAWING BECOMES REAL WOMAN WHO DOES TAP DANCE FOR ROOMFUL OF PEOPLE. SHE WALKS ON HER HANDS. 00:23:00 - SHE DOES ABOUT 25 CARTWHEEL-TYPE FLIPS, AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. IMPRESSIVE. CRAZY, BIZARRE, WEIRD, UNUSUAL. 00:23:40 - SPANKY OF OUR GANG. LITTLE RASCALS. INTRODUCES YOUNG GIRLS DANCING IN GRASS SKIRTS. HULA DANCING. 00:24:05 - THREE MEN IN OLD FASHIONED MILITARY UNIFORMS TAP DANCE TOGETHER. BAND PLAYS IN BACKGROUND. CLOWN-LIKE. VAUDEVILLE. THEY TAKE OFF HATS AND BOW. 00:25:50 - ELEGANT, WELL DRESSED, HIGH CLASS COUPLE SIT IN CIRCULAR SHAPED BOX SEAT. MAN PLAYS GRAND PIANO BEFORE AUDIENCE. 00:26:20 - SIGN READING: AMBASSADOR LIDO CLUB. KIDS LEAN ON PIANO AS MAN PLAYS. COUPLE DANCE AT POOLSIDE AS AUDIENCE WATCHES, APPLAUDS. 00:26:50 - BLACK CLOUDS. NORMAN BROKENSHIRE SING-A-LONG. MAN PLAYS ACCORDION AND SINGS. WOMAN SIT AND WATCH ON ROMANTIC GARDEN SET. SING-A-LONG WITH LYRICS ON THE SCREEN. STREET SINGER: ARTHUR TRACY. 00:29:00 - ANOTHER, SIMILAR SONG. 00:31:00 - MS OF ACCORDION PLAYER. ANOTHER SONG WITH SING-A-LONG LYRICS. 00:32:30 - CARD READS: ROYAL STUDIOS PRESENTS JAZZ AFRICANUS WITH ARTHUR BUTTS AND ANN CONLAN. LARGE BAND, ORCHESTRA PLAYS AS MAN AND WOMAN PLAY XYLOPHONE UP FRONT. 00:33:00 - HE STOPS AND TELLS HER TO PLAY AS HE DOES. SHE TRIES. HE EXPLAINS EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 00:34:00 - STAGED SCENE OF AFRICAN NATIVES NEAR HUTS, MAN APPROACHES AND EXCITEDLY TALKS, POINTS. THEY LISTEN TO DRUMS, TALK IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE. 00:34:30 - THEY USE CLUBS TO HIT DRUM, LISTEN FOR RESPONSE. 00:35:10 - SCENE OF NATIVES PLAYING PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS THAT RESEMBLE XYLOPHONES MADE FROM GOURDS. THREE OTHER NATIVES GROOVE ALONG TO THE BEAT, SORT OF DANCING. 00:35:45 - CU OF INSTRUMENTS BEING PLAYED. SCENES INTERSPERSED OF MAN EXPLAINING HISTORY OF MUSIC TO WOMAN. 00:36:25 - MARIMBA. TWO MEN PLAY XYLOPHONE TOGETHER. 00:36:50 - CU OF INSTRUMENT AS IT IS PLAYED. 00:37:35 - WOMAN TAP DANCES IN FRONT OF XYLOPHONE, DOES CARTWHEEL, ENDS IN A SPLIT. 00:38:40 - MAN PLAYS XYLOPHONE. BAND PLAYS ALONG. 00:39:50 - SOUTHLAND NEWSREEL OPENING AND STORY. LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS. NEW GOV. MCMATH. SHOT OF STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. MAP. 00:40:25 - TALLAHASSEE, FLA. GOV. FULLER WARREN. HIS BOOK: HOW TO WIN IN POLITICS. SHAKES HANDS. IN CAR. GOV. GORDON BROWNING OF TENNESSEE AT STATE HOUSE IN NASHVILLE. ON STEPS. SHOT OF GOVERNORS MANSION. 00:41:00 - BLACK MEN CARRYING CHAIRS INTO MANSION. TITLE CARD: BOB HOPE ENDS SOUTHERN TOUR. HOPE ON STAGE WITH ORCHESTRA. DORIS DAY. 00:41:30 - LS HOPE AT MICROPHONE. HE TALKS ABOUT INFANTILE PARALYSIS CAMPAIGN. POLIO. 00:42:35 - HOPE IN AUDIENCE LITERALLY PASSING THE HAT FOR DONATIONS. TITLE READS: MOBILE DOCKS INCREASE SHIPPING. SCENES OF SHIPS IN BAY. DOCKS. TUGS. MAN AT DESK IN OFFICE. DOCK WORKERS. FREIGHT TRAIN. GIANT LINK-BELT MACHINE DUMPING COAL CAR'S CONTENTS ONTO CONVEYOR BELT. COAL MOVING ALONG BELT. 00:43:30 - MINERALS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM SHIP TO DOCK BY CRANE. MEN PUSHING RACK OF BANANAS. 00:43:50 - CARD READING: DIXIE BRIEFS. ATLANTA, GA. PEOPLE AT CAMILIA (FLOWER) SHOW. FLOWERS IN ARRANGEMENTS, SOME AS HEARTS, WITH LACE, ETC. BOUQUETS. 00:44:30 - WOMAN HAS BLUE RIBBON PINNED ON HER BY JUDGE. CITY STREET SCENE OF JACKSONVILLE, MISS. RESIDENTIAL, SUBURBAN HOMES. OLDER WOMAN IN LIVING ROOM AT HOME TAKES BOOK OFF SHELF. CU HER SNEEZING. 00:44:50 - SHE TAKES VICK'S NOSE DROPS OUT OF MEDICINE CABINET. CU BOTTLE. MAN IN OFFICE AT DESK. MAP OF U.S. BEHIND HIM. HE SNEEZES, PULLS BOTTLE OF VICK'S OUT OF DESK DRAWER. 00:45:20 - MAN PUTS NOSE DROPS IN NOSE. ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. OUTDOOR FASHION SHOW. RUNWAY MODELS. DRESSES, BATHING SUITS. 00:46:25 - BATHING BEAUTIES POSE IN A LINE. SPORTS. MEN PADDLE CANOE IN THE EVERGLADES. SWAMPS. MAN JUMPS INTO WATER, WRESTLES ALLIGATOR. 00:47:10 - MAN TIES UP ALLIGATOR (KINKY!) MORE GATOR WRESTLING. MAN HOLDS UP TIED UP GATOR. CAROLINA'S AAU BOXING FINALS. NOVICE HEAVYWEIGHTS. WELTER WEIGHTS. REFEREE. MIDDLE WEIGHTS. MAN LYING ON THE MAT ON HIS BACK. 00:48:45 - DRUG STORE EXTERIOR OF STREET CORNER. INTERIOR. DRUGGIST, PHARMACIST GETS VICKS FOR FEMALE CUSTOMER. VICKS ADVERTISEMENT POSTER. 00:49:00 - CARD SHOWS MAP OF AMERICAN SOUTH AND READS: SOUTHLAND NEWSREEL. THE END SCENE OF CHARLIE MCCARTHY (VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY) WEARING TUX, TOP HAT AND MONOCLE. AT BAR NEXT TO MAN DRESSED SIMILARLY. EDGAR BERGEN JOINS THEM. HE TALKS TO MCCARTHY. 00:51:30 - WOMAN IN LOW CUT GOWN JOINS THEM. THE DUMMY OGLES HER. 00:52:15 - SHE WALKS AWAY AND DUMMY CHECKS OUT HER BEHIND. HIGH SOCIETY, UPPER CLASS MEN DRINK. 00:52:50 - CU OF MCCARTHY DRESSED AS A COWBOY YELLING YIPEE! BERGEN DRESSED SIMILARLY. MEXICAN MARIACHI BAND PLAYS. WOMAN DANCES, PLAYS CASTANETS. COWBOYS WATCH. FLAMENCO. 00:53:30 - MAN IN SOMBRERO KICKS MAN ON GROUND. 00:54:15 - MEXICAN SENORITA ACTS SEXY, JOINS CHARLIE MCCARTHY AND EDGAR BERGEN. CARESSES DUMMY. 00:54:40 - MCCARTHY SINGS, BERGEN PLAYS HARMONICA. 00:55:40 - MEXICAN MAN SMOKES CIGARETTE, PULLS WIFE AWAY FROM DUMMY 00:56:30 - EDGAR BERGEN FINDS ELMER MORTIMER SNERD (DUMMY) LYING ON A TREE. THEY TALK. 00:58:15 - MEXICAN PUTS NOOSE AROUND THE NECK OF MCCARTHY WHO SITS IN HORSE DRAWN WAGON. BERGEN TRIES TO STOP HIM. 00:58:40 - MEXICAN COUPLE KISS, MAKING OUT. HER HUSBAND DRAWS PISTOL, SHOOTS. 00:59:10 - BERGEN GETS IN WAGON, DRIVES OFF, CAUSING MCCARTHY TO SWING FROM NOOSE. MEXICAN LAUGHS. DEAD DUMMY. CARD READING: FINIS. }W
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-16