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Places, paintings, and documents related to the American revolution 1776
Liberty Hall in Philadelphia. The cracked Liberty Bell. Reenactment of First Continental Congress and signing of Declaration of Independence. Paintings of George Washington crossing the Delaware River; and with his officers; and at prayer; Photos of Colonial cannons. Paintings of George Washington, on horseback.reviewing his troops; and on front porch of Mount Vernon. Copy of the Constitution of the United States.
Pan American 314 Clipper arrives. Small boat brings passengers to shore. Press conference about Boeing 314 Clipper
A Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper taxis in on two outboard engines, after a water landing. A DC-2 flies overhead. Passengers from the Clipper are ferried to an inclined pier and walk up towards shore. Several dozen people are seen boarding three buses parked on the inclined pier. An official at the microphones in a press conference. Wall-sized sectional drawing of Boeing 314 seaplane behind him, labeled "Giant Flying Clipper Ships of Pan American Airways." Igor Sikorsky comes to microphones and poses for photographs. A young couple appears at the microphones. Two gentlemen arrive at inclined ramp. One uses walkway to ramp, while the other hops up to the ramp. They are warmly greeted by a group of people and head up towards shore.
Movie depicts Idyllic life in American New England village, circa 1800
From movie "La Ciudad" (The City). Credited to Pare Lorentz. Opening credits text in Spanish. A reenactment of 18th Century life in American New England village. Reflections in water. Water gushing over an old water wheel at a mill. A sign over a structure reads 'Sias Farm 1791'. Old covered bridge spans river and waterfalls. Boys skinny dip swim naked in lake. Farmer drives a horse- drawn wagon on a path. Boy lying down in the wagon with head resting on a gunny sack next to a barrel of apples. Boy looks up at clouds overhead, daydreaming. Engraved granite milestone points to "Shirley" 3 miles and to "Shirley Village" 4 miles, the opposite way. Boy jumps off wagon as it enters village. Wagon stops at blacksmith shop, where farmer and blacksmith unload a damaged wheel as two boys and an old man watch.Blacksmith and farmer use hand-operated rollers to true-up broken iron strap from wheel. Old woman doing needle work. Young woman working on a loom. Man weaving a basket. Water wheel turning in water. View, inside mill, shows millstone, turning,as miller grinds corn. Farmers harvesting grain with scythes. White Wooden church with steeple.Graveyard with old gravestones.One reads: "Mary Day,died March 18, 1829,Aged 43." Blacksmith, at forge, repairing broken iron strap for wheel.
Steel Mill and Town. Smoke, ash, soot, fumes, dirt, molten iron, wooden sidewalks,dirt streets,densely packed housing
Molten iron being poured from industrial furnace into ladle in steel mill. Steel mill belching steam, black smoke and fumes from numerous stacks. Mill town, across the river, in smog of mill effluents. Densely packed houses, submerged in dirt and smoke pollution from the mill. People walk up wooden sidewalks on hilly dirt road lined with wooden houses. Goats tied near ditch behind house.
Life in a Steelmill town. Smoke, steam, smog, from locomotives, mills, steam shovels and use of coal for cooking
A sad looking boy stands near steep iron stairs of a run-down tenement in a poor, blue-collar mill or mining town during the great depression. Workers with lunch buckets descend steep steps. Steam locomotive belches smoke and pollution. A woman stands on porch of house and watches as boys run across railroad tracks to school, in front of oncoming steam locomotive and train. The boys run back across the tracks again. A man with a peg leg breaks up coal in his back yard and brings some into his dwelling in a bucket. An African American man enters his shack. A woman throws dishwater from her back porch. Women and children on wooden stairs and porches Black smoke streaming from industrial mill stacks.Girl with doll and boy with puppy. Boy and girl at doorway. Huge amounts of smoke from mills and locomotives in nearby rail yard. Little blond girl with dirty face. A man washes his face and hands using a wash basin. A woman cooks food on coal stove. Smoke emitted by chimney in the house. Black smoke and smog from steam locomotive. Black smoke from steam shovel. Steam and smoke from numerous locomotives in rail yard.
Crane lifts cars and place them in a stack which is set on fire at a junk yard in the United States
Police officer looks at minor damage on fender and headlight of a parked car. A stack of broken cars in a junkyard in the United States. Cars being lifted by a crane. Car being towed by truck with "Southwest Ford Sales" painted on its side. The side of a junked car reads 'The Last ride'. Another one reads "Goodbye Cruel World. My owner retired, Why shouldn't I ?"Stack of cars set on fire. A blazing inferno of junked cars.