- Title: P-217-1
- Summary: PATHE RAW NEWSREEL:
- Description:01:00:01 - MCU SHOT GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AL SMITH AFTER HE WAS NOMINATED IN 1928 BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST REPUBLICAN HERBERT HOOVER (HE LOST ELECTION). POLITICS 01:00:10 - VARIOUS SHOTS, WORKERS ON NEW YORK'S WATERFRONT MILLING AROUND, MANHATTAN OR BROOKLYN BRIDGE SPAN IN UPPER B/G. VARIOUS SHOTS LOWER MANHATTAN, GREAT OLD BUILDINGS NEAR MANHATTAN BRIDGE AND BOWERY. 01:00:16 - GREAT SHOT DRESSES HANGING ON LINES OUTSIDE STORE WITH RACKS OF GOODS ON DISPLAY BELOW THEM (BOWERY ?). SHOT ON SAME STREET SHOWS CIRCA 1920S CARS PARKED ALONG CURBS ON NARROW STREET WITH STORES, DISPLAYING THEIR GOODS ON OUTSIDE RACKS, TENEMENT HOUSES SOME WITH CLOTHES LINES, BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN B/G. 01:00:23 - TILT DOWN DOMED TOWER TO CITY HALL-LIKE BUILDING, OR LIBRARY, ALONGSIDE MULTI-STORY APARTMENT HOUSE. GREAT SHOTS THREE AND FOUR STORY ATTACHED TENEMENT BROWNSTONE HOUSES. WITH STOOPS. LONG STRING OF BROWN STONE TENEMENT HOMES., 01:01:10 - VARIOUS SHOTS PARADE IN GERMANY, OF UNIFORMED MEN IN S MARCHING, CARRYING BLACK FLAGS, AS HUGE CROWD WATCHES.(TOWARDS CAMERA). SAME SOLDIERS AT RALLY IN PARK LISTENING TO SPEAKER ON SOAP BOX, HOLDING FLAG. SOLDIERS GIVE A "ZIEG HEIL" ALMOST NAZI SALUTE PLEDGE, IN DEVOTION TO FATHERLAND - GERMANY 01:01:58 - VARIOUS SHOTS CIVILIANS MARCHING, SOME WITH BLACK FLAGS. SAME TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:02:19 - VARIOUS VIEWS THOUSANDS IN HUGE COMMUNIST RALLY WITH MANY CARRYING SIGNS. VARIOUS SHOTS NYC POLICE, SOME MOUNTED, BREAKING UP RALLY. 01:03:24 - PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING SHOTS OF DIGNITARIES OR LEADERS AT RALLY. 01:03:38 - AS CROWD GATHERS IN STREET, PEOPLE IN BUILDINGS WATCH FROM OFFICE, FACTORY, WINDOWS IN B/G. 01:03:51 - ABOVE VIEW POLICEMEN ROUGH UP DEMONSTRATOR AS THEY LEAD HIM TOWARDS PADDY WAGON. 01:04:03 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SHOTS OF CATWALKS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE. CU PANS AND TILT UP AND DOWN STEEL GIRDERS THAT MAKE UP SUPERSTRUCTURE. 01:04:55 - DAREDEVIL BRIDGE WORKERS POSE HIGH ABOVE GROUND. MORE OF CATWALKS. 01:05:55 - UNIDENTIFIED INDIAN TRIBE MEMBERS, MEN AND WOMEN DOING AN INDIAN DANCE. 01:05:58 - AIR ACROBATICS POV GROUND LOOKING SKYWARD.- DAREDEVIL ACROBAT STANDING ON TOP WING AND OTHER PARTS OF PLANE FUSELAGE, OF BI-WING AIRPLANE (CIRCA 1920S), IN FLIGHT HIGH ABOVE GROUND, DOING ACROBATICS DURING CIRCUS AIR SHOW (?). LS PLANE DOES A LOOP AND OTHER MANEUVERS, WITH MAN ON TOP( PROBABLY WITH FEET STRAPPED TO WING), STAYS STANDING WITH HANDS. MORE SHOTS MAN HANGING FROM LANDING GEAR OF PLANE IN FLIGHT OUTSTRETCHED. HE PARACHUTES TO GROUND. AIR CIRCUS, DAREDEVIL 01:07:29 - VARIOUS SHOTS SPINNING FIREWORKS, AND OTHER FIREWORKS ABOVE BODY OF WATER. 01:07:48 - NEW YORK CITY GREETS GRAF ZEPPELIN - ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD IN NEW YORK CITY WITH GRAFFITI, TICKER TAPE, STREAMERS BEING SHOWERED DOWN ON THEM, AND MOTORCADE CONTAINING OPEN LIMO WITH COMMANDER HUGO ECKENER OF GRAF ZEPPELIN, AFTER HIS STOP IN NEW YORK CITY DURING HIS RECORD SETTING FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD IN AN AIRSHIP. 01:09:38 - OPEN LIMO WITH ECKENER AND OTHER DIGNITARIES, STOPS AT CURB IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, AS MOUNTED POLICE PAS IN B/G, AND HUGE CROWD LOOKS ON. 01:09:55 - COMMANDER ECKENER,, SHAKES WITH MAYOR JIMMY WALKER, ON STEPS OF CITY HALL. LS ABOVE VIEW CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISE AS PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS USING EXPLOSIVE FLASH POWDER (CIRCA EARLY 20TH CENTURY). ABOVE VIEW LIMO WITH ECKENER LEAVES CITY HALL AS CROWD, PHOTOGRAPHERS LOOK ON. 01:10:44 - VARIOUS SHOTS ZEPPELIN IN HUGE HANGAR BEING SERVICED. ABOVE SHOT PAN OF ZEPPELIN IN HANGAR ALONGSIDE ANOTHER WITH "GRAF ZEPPELIN" WRITTEN ON BODY OF SHIP. 01:11:21 - COMMANDER ECKENER IN TUXEDO AND WIFE IN WHITE FUR COAT AND GOWN, MAYOR WALKER (?) AND OTHERS LOOK ON AS ECKENER SPEAKS OVER STAND UP MICROPHONE, AT GALA. WIFE ALSO SPEAKS. 01:12:14 - FARM IMPLEMENT - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE HARVESTERS AT WORK ON FARM. GOOD SHOTS HARVESTER CUTS CROP, SHAKES OFF THE STEMS, DEPOSITS THE GRAIN IN INTO BINS ON HARVESTER AND LEAVES STEM ON GROUND. GOOD SHOT FARMER ON ARVESTER PLACING GRAIN INTO SACKS, TYING THEM UP. WORKER LOADS SACKS OF GRAIN FROM HARVESTER INTO TRUCK RIDING ALONGSIDE. 01:14:29 - CONEY ISLAND - VARIOUS SHOTS 1920S CONEY ISLAND, ALL LIT UP AT NIGH 01:14:35 - GREAT SHOT (CONEY ISLAND RIDE) CROWD PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH LARGE CIRCULATING TUBE, TRYING TO GET THROUGH STILL STANDING ON THEIR FEET. MANY ARE THROWN TO GROUND. 01:14:48 - CONEY RIDE - ABOVE SHOT CROWD KIDS SITTING IN CENTER OF LARGE CIRCULATING DISK (LOOKS LIKE LARGE PHONO DISK ON TURNTABLE), CLINGING TO EACH OTHER AS THOSE ON END ARE FLUNG OFF DISK AS IT BEGINS TO SPEED SPEEDS AROUND. CROWD WATCHING FROM RAILING AROUND THE DISK. THOSE THROWN OFF DISK ARE FLUNG ONTO WIDE SLIPPERY SLIDING POND. (GOOD SHOT) 01:15:27 - NY WELCOMES LINDBERGH - VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS TICKER TAPE, STREAMERS, SHOWERING DOWN FROM SKYSCRAPERS AND OFFICE BUILDINGS, ON MOTORCADE AND PARADE IN HONOR OF CHARLES LINDBERGH IN 1927 FOLLOWING SOLO FLIGHT (THE LONE EAGLE), FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK TO PARIS, FRANCE. 01:15:39 - PAN CROWD WATCHING EVENT. GOOD SHOT OF MATERIAL BEING THROWN DOWN FROM OFFICE BUILDINGS, ALMOST OBLITERATING THE SCENE. LOOKS LIKE HEAVY SNOW BLIZZARD. PAN OFFICE BUILDING WINDOWS SEEN THROUGH THE BLIZZARD OF TICKER TAPE. MORE OF SAME. 01:16:31 - MLS LINDBERGH ADDRESS THRONG FROM REVIEWING PLATFORM AT CITY HALL. 01:16:56 - PEDDLERS IN NYC - MS OLD PEDDLER WITH WHITE BEARD POSES FOR SHOT, POLITELY REMOVES HIS CAP. ANOTHER LOOK-ALIKE WITH CANE OLD DERBY AND OVERCOAT, LEANS AGAINST GATE OF BUILDING ON BOWERY (?), REMOVES HIS HAT, REVEALING YARMULKE ON HEAD. CU INTERESTING FACE, SMILE REVEALS ROTTING TEETH AS HE SMILES FOR cAMERA. TWO MORE OLD PEDDLERS POSE. BASKETS HANG FROM OVERHEAD ROPE. POLICEMAN IN B/G TRIES TO KEEP AREA CLEAR, AS SCENE ATTRACTS OTHER STREET VENDORS AND PASSERSBY. 01:18:29 - NY YANKEE SERIES - MS BABE RUTH IN YANKEE PIN STRIPES, GLOVE, POSES FOR SHOT.. 01:18:33 - LS ABOVE SHOT BABE RUTH HITS A SINGLE, RUNS TO FIRST BASE. CU FACE SHOTS OF OTHER UNIDENTIFIED YANKEE GREAT PLAYERS. 01:18:57 - MANAGER OF YANKEES (?) MILLER HUGGINS POSES WITH COULD BE YANKEE GENERAL MANAGER OR OWNER (?) 19 04 GROUP PHOTO - NEW YORK YANKEE PLAYERS. 01:19:17 - AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS IN FRANCE - LS TRUCKS FULL WITH BOY SCOUTS, CARRYING AMERICAN FLAGS, RIDE THROUGH BOMBED OUT AREA IN FRANCE (WORLD WAR 1 RUBBLE), GATHER AROUND LEADERS, IN THE BOMBED OUT AREA, WHO SPEAK TO THEM. 01:19:35 - 3 BOY SCOUTS WEARING FRENCH HELMET, LOOKS OVER A RIFLE, AIM THEM. SCOUTS POSE WITH HELMETS AND RIFLES. 01:20:01 - MLS ABOVE SHOT TROUPE OF BOY SCOUTS CARRYING AMERICAN FLAG, MARCH TO MILITARY CEMETERY (AMERICAN FALLEN ?) MARKED WITH HUNDREDS OF CROSSES. CU BOY SCOUT CHECKS NAME ON CROSS. BOY SCOUT LEADER, ELDERLY DIGNITARY, LAY WREATH AT GRAVE SITE, AS BOY SCOUTS WITH AMERICAN FLAGS, STAND AT ATTENTION. MS BOY SCOUT TROUPE LINED UP, SALUTING. 01:20:58 - FEMALE CALISTHENICS ON BEACH SANDS - PAN VARIOUS SHOTS HUNDREDS WOMEN IN BLACK BATHING SUITS (CIRCA 1920S) DO A VARIETY OF CALISTHENICS ON BEACH SANDS. 01:21:36 - LARGE GROUP WOMEN LAY ON BACK IN SAND, KICK AND PASS AROUND LARGE MEDICINE BALL WITH THEIR HANDS AND FEET. 01:21:51 - CAMERA FOCUSES ON FAT WOMAN WITH HIGH BLACK SOCKS DOING EXERCISES WITH THE OTHERS. EXERCISES ON HER BACK. ZEPPELIN ON WORLD TOUT - LS DOZENS PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN WALKING TO HUGE HANGAR WITH PARTLY OPENED DOORS. MS CROWD HAVE LOOK AT HUGE GRAF ZEPPELIN IN HANGAR. MCU SHOT OF PASSENGER CABIN OF ZEPPELIN. PAN HUGE SHIP, DWARFING CROWD OF VISITORS. 01:22:54 - COMMANDER OF ZEPPELIN HUGE E ECKENER, SEATED IN LIMO. LS ZEPPELIN IN HANGAR SIDE BY SIDE WITH ANOTHER ZEPPELIN. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS SECURING HUGE PILES OF HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS (?) LINED UP IN ROW. 01:23:47 - LINE-UP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH UPRIGHT CAMERA (MOVIE ?) TAKING SHOTS OF DIGNITARIES AND THE EVENT. TWO YOUNG WOMEN IN FLAPPER-TYPE DRESSES AND BOWLER HATS PASSIONATELY KISSING TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN. 01:24:15 - LS ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT, POV GROUND . 01:24:32 - FASCISTA REVOLT IN ITALY - LS CROWDS OF PEOPLE GATHER ON STREETS OF ROME (?) - LS PAN DEMONSTRATORS WAVING TO CAMERA. VARIOUS SHOTS FASCIST UNIFORMED GROUPS MARCHING AS CROWD WATCH. 01:24:56 - ABOVE VIEW WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK SHIRT ITALIAN FASCISTS MARCHING AS CROWD WATCH FROM BOTH SIDES OF STREET. 01:25:07 - FASCISTS UNIFORMED FOLDERS MARCH WITH RIFLES, TOWARDS CAMERA. CROWDS WATCH DEMONSTRATION IN RAIN WITH UMBRELLAS. 01:25:31 - LS BENITO MUSSOLINI ADDRESSES CROWD FROM BALCONY. PAN HUGE CROWD WITH RIFLES, CHEER. 01:25:48 - NEW MEMBERS INDOCTRINATED IN KKK - LS HOODED KKK MEMBERS SWEARING IN NEW MEMBERS. NEW MEMBER KNEELS BEFORE LIT UP CROSS, RAISES HAND IN OATH. RAISES HAND IN OATH AS GRAND WIZARD ANOINTS HIM WITH AMERICAN FLAG, LIKE BEING KNIGHTED. 01:26:17 - HOODED CLANSMEN RUN IN SINGLE LINE TOWARDS CAMERA. CU HOODED LEADERS, ONE WITH WHITE HOOD AND GRAND WIZARD WEARING SCARY, UGLY SKELETAL FACE MASK AND CROWN. 01:26:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS KKK MEMBERS WITH HOODS MARCH IN PARADE, CARRYING AMERICAN FLAG, CROSS 01:27:13 - BRIDGE AND TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION - VARIOUS SHOTS MEN WORKING BUILDING SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER UNIDENTIFIED BODY OF WATER. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS LAYING, SPREADING CEMENT, USING SHOVELS AND TROWELS. 01:28:03 - ENGINEERS IN MINE LOOKING OVER TUNNEL PLANS, AS WORKERS WATCH. 01:28:07 - MCU GOOD SHOT MAN WITH JACK HAMMER DRILLS INTO WALL OF TUNNEL, AS ANOTHER WORKER PHYSICALLY HOLDS JACK HAMMER IN PLACE. MINERS IN SMALL DERRICK, SCOOPS UP ROCKS AND DIRT, PLACES IT IN HOPPER AS OTHER WORKERS WATCH. 01:28:31 - WITH CANDIDATE - UNIDENTIFIED POLITICAL CANDIDATE WITH WIFE WAVING TO CROWD PASSING BY TO VIEW THEM, SHAKING HANDS WITH A LINE UP OF MEN AND WOMEN ADMIRERS. . 01:28:40 - TALL THIN POLITICIAN (?) (COULD BE A YOUNG FDR ?) SHAKING HANDS WITH BOY. 01:28:44 - FDR?? - VARIOUS SHOTS (LOOKS LIKE A YOUNG THIN, TALL FRANKLYN D. ROOSEVELT MINGLING WITH MEN AND WOMEN AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE GARDEN PARTY??? 01:28:54 - YOUNG FRANKLYN D. ROOSEVELT BEING PRESENTED WITH SOME SORT OF AWARD AS PEOPLE LOOK ON IN B/G 01:29:05 - MCU SHOT YOUNG, LANKY, FDR (?) IN STARCHED COLLAR, FAMILIAR EYEGLASSES, MAKING SPEECH. 01:29:26 - VARIOUS RAILROAD STATION. FRENCH SOLDIERS POSING BY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. FRENCH ERECT CUSTOMS BARRIER - PAN RAILROAD FREIGHT YARD WITH LONG LINE OF GONDOLA CARS FILLED WITH ORE?. FRENCH POLICEMAN WITH FLAG, DIRECTS TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE AS IT BACKS UP TO STATION. FRENCH SOLDIERS WITH RIFLES WATCH. 01:30:06 - VARIOUS SHOTS OUTSIDE SOUP KITCHEN MEN SERVING PAILS HOT FOOD TO WOMEN. 01:30:28 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1928
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: P-217-1