Paper print. An early motion picture titled 'Sporting Blood' depicts a fight between a wealthy husband and wife because of a race horse in the United States. A man reads sports news from a newspaper. His wife comes and sits with him at a table. A maid serves them tea. A telegram boy comes and hands a telegram to the man. It contains a tip on a horse race. The man tells his wife he must leave on important business. His wife reads the telegraph. The maid opens a door. Wife's friend enters. The women arm themselves with kitchen implements and leave the house. Two men talk on a street. A man with his horse preparing for a harness racing event. Men purchase tickets and place bets at a harness racing bid counter with signs, "Wilson & Shepp." They watch horses and jockeys in a harness race. The man arrives home. The maid complains to the man about his wife. The man leaves his home and arrives at a court. He reports about his lost wife. The wife sits near a street fountain. Other women in long dresses and fancy hats (typical of wealthy of the gilded age) come and they talk to her. The husband asks a shopkeeper and other men about his lost wife. All the gamblers wives join together in protest. Their husbands follow them. The husband asks his wife to forgive him. He takes her to a stable and shows her the horse named Sweet Marie. Other husbands do likewise with their angry spouses. Lubin Manufacturing Co. logo seen at end.
Paper print. Very early motion picture documentary. The Suburban Handicap in New York, United States in the year 1897. Riders mounted on horseback move through the race course before the race. The race begins. Spectators seated in stands cheer for the riders. Jockeys pet their horses after the race.
Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn,New York,United States in the year 1897. Thoroughbred horses racing at the track. Spectators seated in the stands. Jockeys pet their horses after the race.
Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A unique race in the United States in the year 1902. A race between an elephant, a bicycle, a camel, a horse and an automobile. Buildings in the background.
Perhaps as part of campaign to denigrate holy relics, and to question incorruptibility, a secular Bolshevik Russian man is seen on an outdoor stage holding an electric device with wires connected to it. He displays bones of a Saint to crowd of persons. Men on stage hold up various bones of the saint. Snow on ground. Crowd of soldiers and civilians shows mixed emotions during this anti-religious campaign of the Russian Civil War, following the Russian Revolution.
The funeral ceremony of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin in Moscow, Soviet Union. Medals placed near the coffin of Joseph Stalin. A large crowd of civilians gathered to view body of Stalin. Women weep. Men carry wreaths. Civilians lined up outside Lenin's Tomb to pay homage to Stalin.
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