Library of Congress Slate states that this Edison film of July 31, 1897, was restored in 1996, from the Paper Print Collection. The scene is named: Waterfall in the Catskills. It depicts Haines' Falls in the Catskill Mountains, New York. (Filmed by Edison Company, June 1897, and copyrighted July 31, 1897)
A horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Coney Island, New York. Nine horses are seen running on the track. After the race, jockeys ride to an area where they dismount and weigh out. (The race was won by a horse named "Famous Clifford" ridden by a jockey named Sloane.)
Early advertising: Admiral Cigarette (1897) in the United States. A commercial. Four men in various costumes sit and converse in front of a billboard for Admiral Cigarettes. The billboard fills the entire background. Beside them is a large box, marked Admiral Cigarettes. A cross section of men: one dressed as an American Indian, with feather headdress, another a military outfit, a third, as Uncle Sam in striped pants, and the fourth (with pork-chop whiskers) is in a suit, vest, tie, and hat. Suddenly, the box pops open and a woman in tight-fitting costume emerges. She hands out cigarettes to the men and scatters dozens of cigarettes in front of them. She and the men smoke cigarettes and the men unfurl a banner saying, "We all smoke." (Edison Studio, New Jersey)
Rescue services of USAF Strategic Air Command in the United States. Views of flooding of Lake Darling and Mouse River and resulting devastating flood in North Dakota. Houses in flooded water. Aerial and ground level views of flood damage. A truck drives through the water. SAC personnel load sandbags onto truck. The personnel empty a warehouse filled with explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizers, before the flood water reach in. A house trailer, to provide food, clothing and blanket. Congressmen get into a U.S. Air Force helicopter. The helicopter takes off for an inspection trip. Views of the flooded area. The helicopter in flight to evacuate people and injured.
United States Women's Open Golf Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club, New Jersey. Golf players hit ball with golf club on a golf course. Spectators watch the game. Mickey Wright, American professional golfer and winner of Women's Open 1958 and 1959 hits the ball. Mickey Wright wins the United States Women's Open Golf Championship and is greeted by another golf player. Mickey Wright smiles.
New life raft is introduced during National Boat Safety Week in New York. Two men standing on a boat. They throw a life raft bundle into the water beside the boat and it opens. The self inflating life raft is made of synthetic rubber-coated nylon and can hold 10 people and equipment. It has an integrated sun canopy. A man jumps onto the life raft and enters into the raft. Two men row life raft.
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