Summary

MISC 1920'S NEWSREEL #5

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Title: MISC 1920'S NEWSREEL #5
File Number: AFP-72J 16mm; VTM-72J Beta SP; NET-10 DigiBeta (at 01:31:22:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1920
Description: 00:29:56:00 B W 1928 ws September 1928 Al Wilson instructs Lindbergh in rudiments of piloting an old style pusher airplane Lindbergh takes off in the pusher airplane and after a short flight brings it in for a landing 00:30:28:00 B W 1920s ms ws Los Angeles 1928? Lindbergh and two flyer friends put on a demonstration of stunt flying - Lindbergh flies the center lead airplane 00:30:40:00 B W 1920s ws Los Angeles 1928? Lindbergh again in the lead airplane leads Army flyers thru acrobatics 00:30:47:00 B W 1929 ms February 20, 1929 Lindbergh aboard Aircraft Carrier learns how to and does take off from Carrier deck 00:30:55:00 B W 1929 ws 1929 - Washington DC US Navy Dirigible ZMC-2 the first all metal dirigible is eased out of its hangar for its maiden flight it was built by the Detroit Aircraft Corp of Grosse Pointe, Michigan it is filled with Helium it starts its flight with crew of 4 - it makes a speed of 62 miles an hour 00:32:00:00 B W 1929 ws February 17, 1929 Concord, New Hampshire - Leo Trembly? 20 year old student of aviation makes successful attempt to fly a glider towed by a car back on ground he gets ready for another flight he takes off successfully - releases the tow line and flies for 3 miles 00:32:59:00 B W 1925 ms cs October 28, 1925 Washington DC General Billy Mitchell he passes group of people and walks towards hearing room with wife? Standing outside hearing room with wife? and attorneys? he stands at his desk in hearing room he has been accused of criticizing his superiors and demoted from General to Colonel and put on trial Mitchell's counsel fire accusations at General Summeral sitting at table in hearing room who was subsequently ousted and replaced by Major General House? shown standing outside Mitchell and House? stand together out side Mitchell was found guilty on December 17 and suspended without pay from rank, command, and duty for 5 years he resigned from the service january 29, 1926 - he died in 1936 scenes of aircraft bombing enemy ships in WWII a vindication of Mitchell's predictions 00:34:34:00 B W 1925 ws March 1925 New York City - 6th Ave& 42nd Street where a 4 million dollar ditch is being dug to extend the Queensboro subway series of shots of the ditch being dug man uses pneumatic hand drill worker warns watchers to stand back because of blasting - worker pushes detonator box handle blast takes place back of New York Public Library 42nd & fifth wooden beams support walls of main library's back wall 00:35:27:00 B W 1925 ms 1925 beach - bathing beauty sips soda thru a straw circle of people on beach in bathing suits toss ball back and forth as crowd watches woman sleeping on beach wearing head cloth, bathing suit and black stockings? Mother and daughter in swim suits sitting on beach fanning themselves with Coolidge give away fans bathing beauty lies down on beach - she wears headband, bathing suit and black stockings? bathing beauty relaxes in beach chair - empty chair next to hers waits for man? 00:36:12:00 B W 1925 ms 1925 Girl in Sunday best sits on rock next to river? reading a book 00:36:26:00 B W 1925 cs ms Major Bowes (Major Bowes Amateur Hour Radio Show) sails on 1925 vacation stands on deck of ship holding microphone and talking finishes and gives microphone back to someone off camera 00:36:48:00 B W 1920 ms cs Movie Star Ramon Navarro returning from European vacation poses on deck of ship for photographers 00:36:59:00 B W 1920 ms cs Judges fit the perfect foot - winner is Miss Maybelle Beadley? who wins with a 6 inch foot Gustaf Carlson? shows a 17 inch shoe Carlson shows his foot between two women's feet to show size difference CU man's and two women's feet as the man dances with each of the women 00:37:30:00 B W 1925 ws ms 1925 Berlin - Tempelhof Aerdrome a mile wide and two miles long outdoor dining terrace indoor restaurant Passengers boarding Lufthansa airplane airport employee removes ground tail support as airplane readies for departure airport employee in tower waves flag at pilot indicating all clear for departure? Ad for Heinkel Aircraft is on railwall Lufthansa airplane D1342 taxis to take off 1949 Berlin - Tempelhof Aerdrome US Airforce DC4? comes in for landing bringing food to starving people as well as clothing and coal to the people of the city shots of waiting line of US cargo planes waiting to be unloaded - in 5 months 93,000,000 tons is unloaded during the famous Berlin Airlift 00:38:51:00 B W 1920s - 1930s ms Famed Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne demonstrates proper position of the hands for a pass Billy Rockne southpaw son of the coach shows his father his pass form and shows him how he makes a tackle - with father acting as center and passing ball to Billy the son runs for a touchdown 1925 All American Football Board - Pop Warner, Knute Rockne, Tad Jones sign the certificates issued that year Babe Ruth arrives - they stand and shake hands Ruth and the coaches line up for football play for CAM - play is run Ruth is given some instruction on how to pass a football 1929 Rockne's Notre Dame team plays University of Southern California in Chicago's Soldiers Field Rockne who is ill is wheeled onto field on a stretcher Notre Dame team runs onto field New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker wearing arm band of an official is at the game scenes of Notre Dame scoring winning touchdown = winning score 13 to 12 Rockne giving team pre game pep talk before the Penn game November 8, 1930 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia - series of game shots as Notre Dame wins 60 to 20 Rockne dressed in Homburg hat and business clothes 00:41:51:00 B W 1923 ws 1923 French troops move into Germany's Ruhr Industrial Area to force Germany to speed up the production of coal which Germany agreed to provide as a war reparation French cavalry and supply wagons move down road armored cars drive thru a city street French troops gather around machine gun as German children look on French rations are distributed French soldier waves locomotive forward French soldier chalks Paris destination on freight car two smiths hammer at a pickax head French soldiers pull handles controlling train switches? locomotive is moved around on a turntable Germans under guard work on railroad tracks French soldier stops car on city street examines drivers papers soldier stops streetcar and looks inside soldier examines papers of man on motorcycle Ruhr factories 00:43:57:00 B W 1923 ws ms 1923 Harvard students taking army training as cavalry men - they will receive credit for this course in warfare troop of students on horses led by army officer rides into training area students ride on artillery piece student checks rifle while army officer demonstrates machine gun professor? looks at artillery piece rhen pats student on shoulder and they walk away students ride horses over bar 00:45:02:00 B W 1920 ms cs 1920 Senator & Mrs Warren G Harding wife puts flower in his lapel button hole while posing in the garden 1920 Chicago Republican Convention - compromise candidate Warren Harding Will Hays poses for press - he has been chosen to spark Hardings presidential campaign Harding talks to famed republican bearded Uncle Joe Cannon and to Governor Lauden? of Ohio Harding shaking hands with line of moving people March 1921 Inauguration Parade in Washington DC 00:46:25:00 B W 1921 ws ms 1921 Washington DC - Hardings cabinet & others assemble Secy of State Charles Evans Hughes, Secy of Commerce and Labor Herbert C Hoover, Postmaster General Will Hays, Secy of Agriculture Henry C Wallace, Secy of the Navy Edwin Denby, Secy of War John W Weeks Vice President Calvin Coolidge sits next to Harding in posed picture 00:46:54:00 B W 1923 ws President and Mrs Harding leave White House to attend Calvary Baptist Church They shake hands with civilians and veterans in wheelchairs he and his wife greets members of the Salvation Army at White House he plays with his dog Laddie Boy on White House lawn he poses with General Pershing and other army officers at the War College 1923 he and his wife take a vacation in Alaska Getting off train in San Francisco they stay at the Palace Hotel - room indicated by draped bunting Harding dies August 2, 1923 in hotel room - doctors and nurse who attended him are shown body is brought back to Washington and coffin is put on display in Capitol building where people come to observe and say goodbye Flag draped coffin is transported on army caisson drawn by black horses to rail station for journey home and burial 00:48:39:00 B W 1925 ms ws 1925 Woman powders face stands on shore waves at bootleggers on boat men come ashore and arrested woman is City Marshall Parker Prohibition Agent - he removes woman's attire and reveals himself dressed as the man he is 00:00:00:00 B W 1928 ws ms 1928 near Richmond, Virginia motorcycle police chase Rum Runner who uses a smoke screen issuing from the rear of the car and in combination with dust from dirt road almost blind the pursuing officers officers finally catch car and find jars of moonshine in various hidden pockets officers (prohibition agents) demonstrate workings of car's smoke screen mechanism 00:50:06:00 B W 1925 ws ms 1925 Penn Relays Track and Field meet in Philadelphia - series of shots of meet events taking place Paavo Nurmi (Finland) known as the Flying Finn wins two mile race in 9 Minutes 15 Seconds - a new American Record 100 yard dash - George Simpson in world record tying time of 96 seconds pole vault Simpson in world record tying time of 96 seconds pole vaul won by Sturdee? of Yale all pose individually for CAM 00:51:23:00 B W 1925 ms cs Gloria Swanson points to Statue of Liberty from deck of steamship on which she is returning from Europe in 1925 she poses with her new husband the Marquis (This is the same clip as the one found on ARI-17) 00:51:48:00 B W 1920 ms cs Mr Clare Briggs shown with wife? cartoonist shown drawing one of his two popular strips When A Feller Needs A Friend and the full page Mr & Mrs Sunday feature 00:52:21:00 B W 1925 ms ws 1925 Portland, Maine - Grandma Bennett 100 years old gets ready for her first airplane ride sitting in the open cockpit of an outdated pusher type sea airplane landing safely she waves from cockpit then she is helped off the airplane 00:53:12:00 B W 1925 ws 1925 Dayton, Ohio - airplane engineers crash airplanes by running them down a track into a stone wall purpose to see what can be done to keep down fires in case of forced landings or crash good view of one of the crashes as it is done in slow motion 00:54:16:00 B W 1920s vs Narrator Bill Slater about Ty (Tyrus) Cobb (The Georgia Peach played for Detroit 1905 - 1926 and Philadelphia 1927 & 1928 played in the World Series of 1907, 1908, 1909 Cobb takes cut at the ball stands in dugout with a group of child ball players child ball players choose using hold on bat children play game on field in 1925 Cobb at home shows his son proper way to hold bat Cobb and his wife and children sit on porch steps Cobbs team Detroit Tigers warm up Cobb takes turn with bat Tigers have fun race on Donkeys - more fun one player talks into Donkey's tail the other listens at an ear Cobb batting hits a ball - crowd cheers Cobb hits home run in game Cobb steals a base Cobb shakes hands with Connie Mack of the Philadelphia team - Cobb becomes a coach for Connie Mack in 1927 - poses with Mack shows cameramen his new uniform which has an Elephant symbol on the left breast in Ft Myers, Florida Cobb stands with Connie Mack and Thomas Edison the famous inventor 1929 in England - British have decided to take up baseball Cobb signs autograph for English girl Cobb shown hitting and catching
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