Summary

Universal Newsreels

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Title: Universal Newsreels
File Number: DN-LB-535 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1949
Subjects: Aerials New York City
Description: 17:01:19:00 B W 1949 03Mar49 Si New York. 'Strike Cardinal Spellman Leads Gravediggers.' Strikers picket outside of graveyard, cop stands by huge wrought iron gates, church in background. Bus load of deacons, priesthood students and lay men arrive led by Cardinal Spellman. Men digging grave. Spellman bless cheap coffin with holy water, funerals take place. Rows of coffins lined up awaiting grave site. Men lower coffins into ground with flat rope. Labor. Scab. Picket. Religion. Catholic. End: 17:02:1?:00 17:02:24:00 B W 1949 Si New York. Urban League dinner. Levi Jackson, captain of the Yale football team and Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion are made vice-chairman and chairman respectively of the League's campaign to advance job opportunities for Black people, or 'the colored.' Hand shaking. Equality. Civil rights. Quotas. Sports. Football Boxing Ethnic 17:03:03:00 B W 1949 Si Brooklyn, New York Whaler pulls into dock. Men scrape forty tons of barnacles from the hull, VS. Ship's name is Anglo Morse. MCU of barnacles, then CU of barnacles in man's hand, workers in hard hats stand behind. 17:03:49:00 B W 1949 Si New Orleans, Louisiana Mardi Gras. Huge crowds pack street at parade. Float with Rex waving at spectators and reviewing stand. Float, 'Louisiana Utopia of the South' passes. VS of costumes, disguises, including clown, cats, black face. Religious Celebration. 17:04:35:00 B W 1949 Sd Spain. VO in Spanish. Women sell apples from baskets in market. Sign, '1 Premo' Rams are rubbed down in vast courtyard surrounded by building with arches, balconies. Rams fight each other, take run back, clash horns, and start all over. One knocks other down. Huge crowd of onlookers. Basques. Violence. Animal Rights. 17:05:20:00 B W 1949 Si Paris, France 'Basket Weave Hats from Gay Paree.' Fake framed painting, woman posing in it turns head slowly to show off the hat she's wearing. VS of hats. One model wearing pearls. Model looks at herself in compact. Wicker hat with fake vegetables as decoration, good. Woman checking herself out in mirror. Millinery. Fashion. Stunts. Gag. Oddities. 17:06:45:00 B W 1949 Si Fort Worth, Texas 'World Hop First Non-stop Flight Made by US Bomber.' Crew of B-50 bomber. Plane takes off from Fort Worth. Sound starts 17:07:13 plane in flight. Int, cockpit with pilot. At 17:07:19 no sound again. Refueling plane in mid air. Subtext, penetration. VS refueling, good. VS men in plane, MCUs, good. Military and civilian men on ground looking at wrist watches. B-50 lands. WA of its approach, line of cameras waiting. First time world has been circled non-stop in plane. MCU nose of plane with view of men inside, good. Crew line up for handshakes and congratulations. 'Lucky Lady II' name of plane. Group stands in front of microphones with bomber behind them for photo op. Record. Aviation. End: 17:08:4?:00 17:08:55:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Refugees disembark, men, women & children, They have tags on their coats. Girl holds National Refugee organization's sign as new group is welcomed to Canada. Dour and poor looking women and men sit and watch. Man in dark coat and hat presents doll to girl with sign. All the refugees applaud and smile. The girl curtseys several times, man kisses her. CU of girl with doll smiling broadly. Cuts to ext, looks like family is reunited, hugging and kissing. Int, at home in kitchen, big woman and girl stir food. Post-WWII. End: 17:09:5?:00 17:09:59:00 B W 1949 07Mar49 Si Canada. Ext of large building surrounded by wall and railings. Car drives by. Wanted sign, Sam Carr. Show mug shots, side profile and full face. Under occupation it states, 'National Organizer.' Police van drives off. Ext of building, could be school. Three men and one woman stand and pose outside, one man is Carr. One man smokes pipe. Carr escorted inside by cops. Crime. Cold War. Criminal. Arrest. 17:10:57:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Man preparing skiis. Skier takes off down slope, trees and shadows of trees fall across snow. VS of skiing down hill, good. Crossing finish line. Spectators. Woman skier. Winter Sports, Race. End: 17:12:?? 00 17:12:06:00 B W 1949 10Mar49 Si Canada. Premier or Prime Minister Saint Laurent walking through crowd, shaking young boy's hand and chatting. Rows of people stand behing low railings. Saint Laurent presents trophy to man who looks very happy. HA shot of Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Premier enters. Int, nurses in ward. Cuts to shot of Saint Laurent sitting next to patient in bed talking. Hand shaking. PM gives packet to patient. Several men with PM gather around bed of very weak looking man. Post WWII. Medical. Politician. End: 17:13:0?:00 17:13:14:00 B W 1949 14Mar49 Si Luxor, Egypt. 'Jig Saw 4000 Year Old Temple Restored by Science.' WA of restoration of the Temple of Karnak, two men walk towards foreground. CUs of detail, sculpture. LA shot of truck with trailer full of rock, huge rocks and pillars in view. Men in front of great structure study maps. Cuts to plaque 'Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Egypt.' Egyptians in long white robes and turbins move giant slab of rock using sticks as lever. CU curved rock and feet walking across it. High WA shot of men at work, like human assembly line. Re-construction, dragging rock up track and using crane-like contraption to move again. Fixing decorative sculpture in place, man on ladder lining up carved rocks. WA shot of corridor in temple, sunshine breaking through, men walk in shade, good. Archeology. Architecture. History. Grandeur. 17:14:28:00 B W 1949 Si New York. Little boys line up in gym and weigh in for boxing matches. CU faces, one boy missing his two front teeth, probably seven years old. Man fixes shorts on boy who has them pulled up right under his chin. He steps off scales. LA spectators. Kids get ready for fight, don't look too happy. They tip gloves in ring and start whacking each other, end up brawling on floor. Referee separates them. Boys in audience bounce up and down and cheer. Next round kid runs at other kid, end up on the floor again, thoroughly enjoying themselves. CU boys blowing bubble gum. Next match, boys are much more aggressive. LA, one boy raises his arms in the air, may be goading the other. They knock hell out of each other. Boy in knee-socks wins after knocking opponent down, ref holds his hand in the air. Sport. Violent. Violence. 17:16:22:00 B W 1949 Si Sd Daytona Beach, Florida. Don Evans wins gas cycle speed classic for second year in a row. Motorcycles take off up beach, ocean in background. VS of race course, up hills, round tricky bends. Several accidents, two where spectators react very quickly and get out of the way of bikes, good. Winner takes helmet off, very young and cool with bandana around his neck. Sports Racing. sound intermittent. 17:17:21:00 B W 1949 Sd Cheltenham, England. Irish gelding, Castledermot wins Nations Hunt Steeplechase. Lots of good shots of spectators, many types of people, men and women. Fashion. Bookies at work, signalling in foreground. WA of racecourse. Four mile race starts. Clearing jumps, one horse down, good. CU water jump. People look through binoculars. Easy finish for winner, way ahead of field. End: 17:18:3?:00 17:18:40:00 B W 1949 17Mar48 Si Canada. WA ski lodge, mountain peak in back ground. Woman sits in chair of ski lift and down she goes, good. Chairs going in opposite directions on life pass each other in air, snow-covered peaks in background, good. POV from lift, VS, good. Woman, novice, looks nervous on skiis, falls. Ski-jumps, spectacular. Flying through air. Man hold skiis shakes woman's hand, formal. End: 17:19:5?:00 17:20:02:00 B W 1949 21Mar49 Si Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 'Atom Oak Ridge Opens Books to Public.' Tracking shot of housing, cuts to heavy traffic on road. Thousands turn up for opening ceremony. Big parade, military, American flags, women and girls dressed in white on float: 'Oak Ridge.' Subtext, pure, virginal. VS of huge crowd and VIP including Vice- President Barkley and movie stars. Ribbon cutting by explosion, nice humor. Sign, 'American Museum of Atomic Engery. Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.' Int, fancy equipment demonstates how things work. Diagrams, lighting, sophisticated exhibits. Energy-nuclear propaganda, Science. Post-WWII. Nuclear energy industry. Gag. Stunt. 17:21:27:00 B W 1949 Si Houston, Texas. 'Party Movie Stars Gather for Swank Opening.' Glen MacCarthy opens 20 million dollar Shamrock hotel. Crowds jostling, PAN across smiling, laughing people on RR platform. (2 of the movie stars are Dorothy Lamour and Andy Devine). Man (Eddie Rickenbacker) gets off plane, sign 'Welcome to Houston.' CU of Eddie Rickenbacker, coat over his arm, shaking hands. Ext of hotel, flags. Opening ceremony under entrance canopy, CU of ribbon with shamrock hanging from it cut with scissors Dorothy Lamour smiles at the ribbon- cutter. Pat O'Brien and Hugh Herbert posing, play acting Edgar Bergen runs hand through hair of smiling, white-haired man (Sid Grauman ???), flanked by Buddy Rogers in black hat. Int, lobby, posing for photographs and cameras. Unidentified men in bow ties, suits. Woman comedian (Joan Davis) acting tough. WA dining room, people seated and walking about. Promotion. Tourism. 17:22:54:00 B W 1949 Si Washington, DC. President Truman looks at photo exhibition. Press photographers best news photo of the year competition. Several phots of him hanging including the winner which is Truman holding up newpaper with headline announcing, 'Dewey Defeats Truman' after his presidential victory. He hands trophy to winner. CU of trophy with cameraman looking thru camera on tripod, this is presented to Truman. Prediction failure Election wrong. 17:23:53:00 B W 1949 Si Chicago, Illinois. Jene Maynor holds jugs of nitric acid and alcohol, his idea for rocket fuel. Ext, pours them on ground and they explode, smoke and burn. Maynor with diagram of rocket to demonstrate his theory. Nothing happens when he tests his fuel, it just burns. CU of Maynor looking baffled and a bit dejected. Invention. Failure. 17:24:47:00 B W 1949 Si Seattle, Washington. Men on motorcycles. Flag lowered and race starts. Race course is full of mud, pools of water. VS of men riding through muck, falling, covered in mud. Winner laughs with trophy in his hand, face covered in mud. Sports. Racing. Gags. 17:25:40:00 B W 1949 Si New York City. College basketball, San Francisco 48, Loyola 47. VS of play, scores and misses. Players on sidelines getting excited, jumping off bench, cheering. Free throw goes in, not overhead shot but awkward shot. VS of spectators. One Black player on court. Winning team celebrate. Unsophisticated. Good comparison with skill of contemporary game. Sports. End: 17:27:2?:00 17:27:34:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Soldiers get out of car. American flag on top of building, blowing in wind. CU of three boxes with medals. Award ceremony, medals pinned to uniforms of Air Force men. Hand shakes all round. 17:28:34:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Truck over bridge. Heavy machinery lift earth and dumps into truck. Surveyor at work. WA construction, tree and snow-capped mountains in background. CU construction work, steel rods and wood. Machinery digging, dredging and levelling surface. End: 17:29:2?:00 17:29:29:00 B W 1949 28Apr49 Si Canada. Street scene in town, traffic, stores, people. Ext, Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Women working switchboards, good. Man at desk on phone, using same device to listen and to speak into. Lifts receiver to rotary dial phone, CU fingers dialling number. MCU telecommunications equipment and how call gets routed. Man chatting on phone, wearing wedding ring. 17:30:03 VS of old telephones, good montage. Communications. Technology. 17:30:28:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Raft-type device in water with wooden frame in middle. Mountains in background. Man gets into air tight contraption, oxygen tank and telephone passed in to him, then sealed. Man in overalls gives hand signals and man is lowered into water. Reel of rope turns rapidly. Man above water on phone. CU cogs, wheels turning. Scum floating on top of water as man is pulled back out. Vessel he was in is long and very narrow. End: 17:31:2?:00 17:31:36:00 B W 1949 02May49 Si. Canada. Electioneering. People walk past with placards, 'Roberts Champion of the People.' Banner 'Roberts for Leader.' Woman hands out literature, leaflet, huge poster of Roberts beside her. PAN across men in suits, candidates perhaps. LA shot of convention floor. Voting, stuffing paper into ballot box, box passed around. People smoking. Sitting at tables writing, taking notes. Winners on stage, curtains behind them. Woman throws grabs other woman, taking her by surprise, and hugs her, not letting go. Sign 'Congratulations Premier Frost.' Man with bag pipes in audience, brief. Frost and woman, his wife perhaps, smile and wave. Poster in background, 'Frost for Leader.' End: 17:32:3?:00. 17:32:42:00 B W 1949 05May49 Si Sd New York City 'Blockade Big Four Agree on Lifting Berlin Siege.' WA street scene, New York, lots of people on sidewalk. Cuts to int, four men seated at conference table, windows with venetian blinds behind them. CU of each man. Leaving meeting. 17:33:18:00 B W 1949 sound cuts in and out, English and German VO. VS that por- tray the blockade. Street scene in German city, with pedestrians and cops. LA of railway lines with signal house, no trains. Weeds growing in between tracks. Cargo trains full of raw material parked, noting moving, good. More street scenes, trolley, traffic. Cold War. 17:33:52:00 B W 1949 Si New York City. [125,000 gather to cheer the 1st Anniversary of State of Israel and to seek aid. LA full view of street crowded with people. PAN across crowd, waving flags. CU man wearing yarmulke. Rabbi addresses crowd. VS of demonstration. Old men with long white beards hold American and Israeli flags, good. Identity Religious secular political. Religion, Orthodox Jewish. Palestine. Nationalism. 17:34:29:00 B W 1949 Si Tokyo, Japan. [Central Tokyo Fire Following Re-building] Firemen run across smokey street with hosees. Sorting through rubble and debris as fire burns. VS smoke, buildings in flames, firefighting. Int, hosing ceiling with water. Police. 17:35:07:00 B W 1949 Si Camp Pendleton, California. [Marine Review] Aerial base. Planes in for landing, trucks full of marines in foreground. Military maneuvers. Tanks past camera, planes fly very low over troops. Mountains in background. Marching, parade with flags reviewed from stand, officers salute. Dogs runs past. Marines march carrying flame throwers. Soldiers, Marines. Cold War. 17:36:05:00 B W 1949 Si The Hague, Holland. Queen Juliana on palace steps with husband and daughters, celebrating her 40th birthday. Crowds gather, children with balloons. Queen and family wave, husband smoking. Humorless and frosty looking. MCU of children, mostly girls, in crowd. Queen receives four girls at top of steps, shakes hands. Crowd releases balloons in air, good. Queen's daughters release their two balloons. Sky is full of balloons, good. Queen gets excited and points to something. Husband bored out of his mind or cross. Infant standing in window holding balloon, forlorn. CU of boy holding out daffodils. People line up and come through grounds of palace to place flowers on steps. Queen sits at top with family, CU of queen nodding, waving. Royalty. Family. Netherlands. Palace. 17:37:05:00 B W 1949 Si Jersey City, New Jersey. [Ext. Mass Calisthenics] physical education exercises, demonstration. Young women marching with batons, majorettes. CU of smiling girl with band behind her. Cocky young men show themsleves off in white T-shirts, marching. Crowds of spectators watch from stadium. Cop. WA of hundreds of young men stretching and doing various exercises, MCUs too. Young women applaud them. VS of young women dancing together, folk dance. First is Irish dance. Health Social control Same sex-dancing Physical Fitness Patriotism Nationalism. Oddities. Gags. Teen-agers. 17:38:13:00 B W 1949 Si Sd New York City. Baseball's Leo Durocher, Giants manager, cleared by Commissioner Chandler following clash with a fan. WA shot of ext of Giant's stadium, floodlights. People walking across field. CU of man at desk smiling broadly. 17:38:30 sound. Durocher and others off plane, cameras flashing. Giants team coming down steps to field, waving, led by Durocher. He's followed by cameramen and reporters. sports. 17:39:06:00 B W 1949 Si Miami Beach, Florida. Seven people dive into pool from different boards, heights. Underwaters shots of their entry. VS dives, men and women, interesting camera angles. End: 17:40:??:00 17:40:14:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Landmark demolished. WA of huge building, grand. VS demolition, wall being pulled down. Wrecking ball smashing concrete. Workers, one using pneumatic drill. Men wheeling wheelbarrows, silhouettes. LS chimney with scaffolding, VS, good. 17:41:14:00 B W 1949 09May49 Si Shanghai, China 'China War Shanghai Digs in for Defense Against Reds.' Poor people, women and men digging in mud. Truck full of soldiers drives up street. People fleeing, carrying baskets, bicycles laden down with belongings. Checkpoint, truck stopped by soldier, men searched, suitcase searched. WA Shanghai with bridge in background. LA of harbor, bridge. Street scenes, traffic, cars and bikes, pedestrains. Stores with windows boarded up. 'Ford' boarded up, good. Shot thru barbed wire as solider march by, one in background standing on top of hillock. Soldier on guard, good. Post WWII. Anti-Communism. Refugees. Cold War. Revolution. 17:42:33:00 B W 1949 Si Sd Washington, DC 'Freedom Sec. Johnson Speaks for National Defense.' VS of dining hall, Chamber of Commerce dinner. (17:42:48) sound. Johnson, 'My job with your help is to make America so strong on land, on sea, in the air, that no aggressor from any source will dare attack us or intefer with our enjoyment of our inalienable rights as free Americans.' Applause. More speech, 'We're free in America...' He's wearing bow tie. Nationalism. Propaganda. Cold War Politician. 17:43:37:00 B W 1949 Si San Francisco, California. The International Variety Club's humanitarian award goes to former President Herbert Hoover, received by proxy, no Hoover. CU of placque. Men in suits and bow ties shake hands and chat. Nice floral panels behind them. Awards. 17:44:03:00 B W 1949 Si Washington, DC. President Truman presents Collier's award for congressional service to Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senator Vandenberg, ext. Plaques and checks for $10,000 handed over, applause. CU of award. Posing for camera. 17:44:40:00 B W 1949 Si Los Angeles. California. Hollywood Park track burns causing 5 million dollars in damages. VS of flames, fire burning at night. Devastation in daylight, still smouldering. Firefighters hosing water on debris. Grandstand in ruins, int of club house, in ruins. Intact sign, 'Please do not Stand on Stairs, Fire Regulation.' PAN across ruined stand. Horse racing. 17:45:32:00 B W 1949 Si New York City. [Quadruplets] Track star Charles Collins sits beside his wife who gave birth to two girl and two boys. They're reading newspaper clips. Shots of babies sleeping. Four nurses wearing masks feed the babies. Collins gets lipstick kiss on his cheek, wipes it with handkerchief as Mrs. Collins laughs. Family. Birth. Fertility. Shy. Bottle-baby. Gags. Athlete. 17:46:09:00 B W 1949 Si Louisville, KY. 'Kentucky Derby' Ext race course, sign 'Churchill Downs.' People on their way in. Int, in line for entrance, going thru turnstiles handing over tickets. Crowds, MCU, LA of woman and man having picnic. Very LA dice game. People on line to place bets, buy tickets. WA Grandstand and course. Jockey onto horse, horses onto track. CU of man with starter button, horses off. VS of race. Looking thru binoculars. MCU spectators. Ponder, 16 to 1, wins with great finish. Favorite, Olympia, finishes 6th. Jockey & flowers. End: 17:48:4?:00 17:48:50:00 B W 1949 Si Sd Ontario, Canada. Ext castle-type building with drive way and flag. Int, cameras flashing, ceremony. Man puts bible (assumption) to lips and kisses. Others follow. Some military men present, wearing kilts. Sound starts at 17:49:15, intermittent. Women watching. Possibly the swearing in of new cabinet. Politicians. End: 17:49:3?:00 17:49:44:00 B W 1949 16May49 Si Canada. Queen of the ? Stars Ice Revue. Carriage drawn around ice rink, with handmen. LA chorus line of women VS. Women in drag. Couples glide across rink. Woman in white dress and feather hat does solo, awkward and graceless. She takes a bow and leaves through curtains. 17:50:44:00 B W 1949 Si Canada. Indian Army general reviews troop drill. He wears turbin, salutes. Union Jack raised beside Indian flag. CU of officers speaking, smiling, tank in background. Indian general inspects troops. Army vehicles pass by, more saluting. Military. Diplomacy. End: 17:51:4?:00 17:51:47:00 B W 1949 19May49 Si Canada. WA shot of logger running across logs in water. Man in foreground steering, brief. CU, lighting fuse on stick of dynamite. Man running across logs towards camera, stops for a moment, starts again. Explosion, logs blown up into air. Log jam cleared. Logs rushing thru small dam and making journey down fast flowing river, good. Rapids. Good logging piece. Log drive. End: 17:52:4?:00 17:52:52:00 B W 1949 25May49 Si Paris, France. 'World Affairs Once Again Big Four Try for German Peace.' US, UK and France reject Russia's proposal of a four-power rule for all of Germany. Post WWII. Ext of meeting, flags of the four nations outside. Delegates from each country get out of cars and climb up steps to main door, photos taken. CU of guards with swords at door. Dean Acheson at round table with other delegates, wearing polka dot tie. CUs of all four men. Diplomacy. Four Power Paris Conference. 17:54:01:00 B W 1949 Si Shanghai. 'Communists Capture Shanghai.' Soldiers heave big gun, MCU looking at and adjusting. Refugees on road. Taking shingles off roof, throwing them to ground. Pan of destruction, buildings on fire, smoke, flames. Revolution. Anti-Communism. 17:55:01:00 B W 1949 Si Greece. Queen Fredericka visits refugee children who nearly knock her down with their hugging. She smiles at them, walks thru yard holding hands with children. Many children have shaved heads, clapping. She holds boy in her arms as children sing. CU of very young girls, all shaved, one presents flowers to queen, they have brief conversation and shake hands. Queen pushes girl on swing. Orphans. Result of guerilla warfare. Cold War. Anti-Communist. 17:55:50:00 B W 1949 Si Washington, DC. Francis Matthews is sworn in as Secretary of the Navy following resignation of John L Sullivan after giant aircraft carrier was cancelled. Back of cameraman shooting. CU of Matthews with right hand raised and hand on the bible. Warm hand shake. Politics. Cold War. 17:56:10:00 B W 1949 Si Puerto Rico. Young women and men line up on beach. Man at chalk board, 'Universidad Puerto Roco.' WA beach, palm trees, student wading into water with nets. Gather oysters at base of tree near roots. MCU oysters clinging to tree. Man hacking branch with knife, women study branch with oysters. Looking thru some kind of box. Woman surfaces wearing goggles and holding specimens. Oyster shell opened, MCU, woman slurps oyster out and smiles at man with knife in his hand. Seafood. 17:57:12:00 B W 1949 Si London, England. Hospital ward, people with paralysis. Mrs Lewis Douglas, wife of ambassador, presents device which turns pages at nudge of chin. It also projects microfilm of books on to the ceiling. Man in bed, demonstration of projection. Man in bed nudges lever with his chin, pages turn. Older man sitting in bed reading, device under chin turns pages when he tips it. CU mechanism for turning pages, very complicated and delicate aparatus but works. Disabled. 17:58:19:00 B W 1949 Si New York City. Joe DiMaggio choosing bat, looks at camera, smiles. He leans on bat talking while he talks to other men. Practice with net behind him. Camera focus on his feet, has heel injury. Baseball, Sports. 17:59:12:00 B W 1949 Si Tacoma, Washington. Men fiddling and poking at their motorcyles. Hillclimb starts, scrambling up Blue Barron's hill, leaving trail of dust behind. Bikes can't make it, one man gets very close to top but loses control at last moment, good. LS man almost does somersault half way up hill. One rider gets on wheel over the top but can't get rest of bike, close call. Sports, Failures, Falling, Race. End: 18:00:1?:00 18:00:20:00 B W 1949 28May49 Si Canada. WA fire in middle of field, huge flames and black smoke blown to right of frame. Map with pencil as pointer. Drilling for oil probably, VS, good. Huge storage tanks. Grain storage. Men walk past tract housing. Cows in field in fore- ground, oil drilling frame in back, with smoke. 18:01:11:00 B W 1949 Si Parade thru town. Car leads, boys in sailor suits march by side while girls in 'Franlilene' speed boat float are dressed in white and wave. Float 'We're Still Young but we have Big Ideas!' message, people in costumes with big mask heads. Young girls in short white dresses carry little baskets of flowers and do dainty dance step, old men with little girls on their arms, weird. Looks a like escorts at a cottillion. Subtext-
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