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[Various News Items and Documentary Clips]

Item number (ISN):

51230

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1900/1969

Item number (ISN):

51230

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

KASEY, George

Accession:

1976-0219

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1900/1969

Description:

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Various news items and documentary clips, produced in a number of countries between 1900 and the 1960s, on the following topics:~The Military. High ranking military officers and Earl Haig (?) with a top-hatted man are shown at a military function. German and French officers, pre-WWI, are shown being escorted by officials in ceremonial robes. View of French military officers and top-hatted gentlemen at a unidentified occassion with British officers strolling in, saluting, and greeting one another. WWI bell tent camp with US troops running out and falling in. Shots of marching soldiers during WWI.~Automobiles. Footage from the 1930s of a parking lot crammed with cars. Individual shots of 1920s and 1930s classic automobiles.~Sculling. Sequence at Cambridge (?) of a sculling race with various boats moving about on the river with people watching.~Aviation. Footage of the Wright Flyer being pulled out of the hangar and being prepared for take off. The plane is shown in flight. Sequences on dirigibles on the ground and airborne. Shown are experimental landings on a flight deck and catapult launchings of aircraft. Crackups off the end of the catapult and landings on an aircraft carrier deck are shown. Footage on a Schneider Cup Supermarine racing seaplane being eased into the water; DH biplanes taking off in groups; and British jet interceptors in flight, one of which is a Vulcan bomber.~Air Raids. Shown is the interior of an air raid shelter with people seated on bunks and children being tucked in. Several views of war ruins after an air raid, probably in England.~Ships. High angle shot of a freighter wallowing in heavy seas, about to sink. Shots of the Queen Mary passenger ship. Shown is a crowded ferry boat and the Queen Mary in New York harbour. Several other views of the Queen Mary are shown, including aerial shots with a large escort of smaller craft.~The McCarthy Hearings. Several shots of hearings in progress and the principals involved.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

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1. These items and clips are from various countries produced between 1900 and the 1960s.~2. The last item on the McCarthy Hearings is a tentative identification and subject to correction.~3. The copyright on the news item portion of this material more than 50 years old has expired.
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Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8706-0003
V1 2006-11-0028

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

This material involves multiple copyright owners.~The producers of the segments probably own copyright on the individual segments.

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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