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Cross pollinating lily and amaryllis by George Washington Carver.

George Washington Carver and an elder doctor (Walter Crump?) examining lilies. Close view of amaryllis and lilies. Carver transfers the pollen grains of lily to the plant carpel of amaryllis

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038922
Newspaper printing process; scenes of newspaper boys, newspaper editors, typesetters, and printing press operation

"When Black is Read" Depicts how news is spread all over so fast in the form of newspapers. View of newspaper boys (newsboys, newsies, paper boys) racing out of a newspaper building carrying copies of the latest news. One boy is riding on a 4-wheeled cart. Montage of scenes show possible news stories. A baseball game in progress. A team of firefighters fighting a fire blazing in a building. The building collapses to the ground in a dramatic shot. The reporter reports the news on telephone and editorial department works out the copy text. View of newspaper men in newsroom editorial offices working at desks. Scene of workers working in newspaper printing press. They work on Linotype machines, they create a stiff cardboard Matrix for all pages, then using the Matrix, they cast cylindrical plates from which the newspaper will be printed. Workers in overalls and hats examine the cylindrical plates for quality control. Newspaper printing staff examine a sample final issue of the Detroit News with headline "Italians beat back fierce foe attack." Worker attaches plates to big steel cylinders of printing press, preparing to run the press.

Date: 1919
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038923
Mass production of the printed works in a printing process.

Explains how the newspaper printing process works and allows the distribution of millions of copies of the Detroit News newspaper in a single day. High speed newspaper printing press running as workers look on. Tons of ink is consumed. Interiors of the Detroit News press company is shown where the whole process is being carried out using huge paper rolls that are cut, folded and counted faster. Printing presses running. Then these papers are bundled and distributed. Newspaper delivery boys boxing and cheering while they await arrival of papers. Other boys cheering the boxers. A police officer looks on and serves as referee during the boxing match. Views of the color presses running, tended by an operator. Operator checking an edition of the "funnies" comic section created using the color presses. Newspaper men playing tennis on the roof of a tall building. Newspapers with pictorials are shown. Group of ladies receiving calls to place classified advertisements at a newspaper agency. Group of civilians reading newspapers while seated on a park bench that appears to be gender segregated, with "Ladies Only" and "Men Only" signs.

Date: 1919
Duration: 4 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038924
Young boys and girls compete for prizes in a birdhouse building contest

Many samples of handicrafts are exhibited by young girls and boys in Bird House building contest. Group of boys holding bird houses they made. Few boys pose with their bird houses. View of two girls holding bird houses pose as winners. 14 year old Donald Greeger wins with his Purple Martin house, which is admired by Walter Hastings, wildlife photographer of the state conservation department.

Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038925
Detroit team obtains a professional football franchise from Joseph Carr of the National Football League

Professional football is assured for Detroit. View of the luncheon of team sponsors. Many guests seated around table . President of National Football League, Joseph H. Carr, presents franchise to Cy Huston., the manager of the Detroit team.

Date: 1934
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038926
Rare stamps shown at Philatelic Exhibition in Michigan

Rare Stamps are shown at Philatelic Exhibition, the annual show of the Michigan Stamp Club. Crowd looking at stamps. Two winners of World's Fair Beauty contest, Lorraine Nevins and Ruth Hardy, looking at stamps and talking with Club President S.E. Andrews and C.A. Temple. 13ounce Swedish Coin and rare Saint Louis Bear stamp is shown, listed at $250.

Date: 1934
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038927