Summary

GAY NINETIES LIVE AGAIN

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Title: GAY NINETIES LIVE AGAIN
File Number: AFP-71C 16mm; VTM-71C Beta SP; NET-286 DigiBeta (at 01:50:43:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937
Description: 00:03:51:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Horse-drawn streetcar 00:03:56:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms 1890s street scene: horse-drawn streetcar, carts, pedestrians 00:04:14:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ws Elevated railroad cars, pulled by STEAM ENGINE wagon: "BLUE POINT OYSTERS" wagons cable cars -- NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1890'S 00:04:34:00 B W 1900s ms Street scene, a bit later, circa 1905: early cars, horse-drawn carriages, elegant buildings, men in bowler hats 00:04:46:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms 1890s: newsboy selling papers on street corner streetcar passing by uniformed policeman walks past 00:05:08:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ws Busy seamstresses at sewing machines factory 00:05:12:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms 1890s: women checking out at time clock 00:05:20:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Women leaving work, streaming out of factory 00:05:28:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms "FIFTH AVENUE AT EASTER TIME": top-hatted, smiling men impeccably dressed men, women, children 00:05:38:00 B W 1904 ms "EXTRA! The first subway rush!" 1904 -- crowd of people inspect newly-opened New York City subway helmeted policemen 00:05:43:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Helmeted policeman turns around, SPITS 00:05:54:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Early tennis tournament: woman playing tennis, wearing long white dress, white bonnet man sitting on ladder, watching, keeping score 00:06:04:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Attractive young woman in early tennis outfit, serves ball with racket 00:06:07:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Man playing tennis, early outfit: cap, knickers, striped socks 00:06:17:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Early tennis racket 00:06:23:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Turn-of-the-century women, dressed in fine clothes: large bonnets, long, frilly dresses 00:06:34:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ws CELEBRATION: huge crowd of people, sailors marching, holding guns car, flags stuck in radiator, moves through crowd 00:06:41:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms SARAH BERNHARDT in back of open car 00:06:49:00 B W 1910s cu Early film comedian JOHN BUNNY, circa early 1910s 00:06:54:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms JOHN BUNNY sees woman's bonnet puts on bonnet, holds up mirror, laughs 00:07:03:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Bearded, smiling ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, circa late 1890s 00:07:15:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ws Parade: marching musicians, followed by TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND HIS ROUGH RIDERS on horseback 00:07:45:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu THEODORE ROOSEVELT 00:07:50:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms MADAME MARIE CURIE, performing an experiment 00:07:55:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Face of MADAME MARIE CURIE 00:08:02:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu THOMAS EDISON 00:08:10:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Governor-elect WOODROW WILSON, in chair, reading letters 00:08:16:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Photographers looking through view-finders of cameras, taking photos 00:08:31:00 B W 1900s ws CHICAGO -- early 1900s (circa 1910) city street: cars, man on early motorcycle 00:08:38:00 B W 1910s ws BUSY CHICAGO STREET, circa 1910: horses, cars, pedestrians, El train railroad structure, horse-drawn passenger bus 00:08:53:00 B W 1900s ms SAN FRANCISCO STREET photographed from moving streetcar: ws many streetcars, pedestrians, horse-drawn wagon, cars, policemen, boy on bicycle -- circa early 1900s 00:09:04:00 B W 1900s ws SAN FRANCISCO STREET, circa early 1900s: man dodges car streetcar "SIGHT-SEEING CAR" printed on side, passes 00:09:19:00 B W 1900s ws Car passing cart on bumpy, early 1900s SAN FRANCISCO ms STREET "No red lights to worry about": streetcar turns, pulls up directly in front of camera 00:09:32:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Horse-drawn fire wagon leaves firehouse 00:09:48:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Horse-drawn fire wagons, belching smoke, race to fire 00:09:52:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu SURGING HORSES PULLING FIRE WAGON, RACING TO FIRE 00:10:05:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Women, early beach attire 00:10:16:00 B W 1900s ms Beauty pageant at amusement park, early 1900s: PARADING BATHING BEAUTIES, roller-coaster in BG 00:10:30:00 B W 1900s ms PARADING BATHING BEAUTIES, early 1900s 00:10:41:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Bathing beauty in parade, WEARING AMERICAN FLAG COSTUME, streaming stripes 00:11:05:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms "LADY GODIVA" [sic] on white horse no, she is NOT naked, dressed in white hat and dress 00:11:13:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Woman's long hair being cut, groomed by barber 00:11:20:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Smiling woman after hair grooming wavy hair 00:11:30:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Smiling young woman turning, showing off evening gown, large feathered headdress 00:11:43:00 B W 1910s ms Ballroom dancers, circa 1910s floor-phonograph 00:12:05:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Man jumps on trampoline, balances himself on tightrope 00:12:16:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms "Gay 90's" woman in tights circus wagon in BG, holds open parasol, balances herself on tightrope at amusement park 00:12:35:00 B W 1900s ms Woman, in coat, scarf, goggles -- in early 1900s car 00:12:37:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Man removes crank from underneath car hood, cranks side of car, car starts up 00:12:41:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Undercarriage of car: gears, large wheels shaking head-lamps 00:12:47:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 cu Quivering, shaking car, woman in back seat holding large flower bouquet man, wearing caped coat, goggles steps into driver's seat 00:12:53:00 B W 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1937 ms Car shakes, staggers, drives off down country road
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