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MILLER, Cecil J.

1980-0196

Film

1945

Gaslight Follies Co.

narration, John B. Kennedy, Ethel Owen

This newsreel compilation examines the events of 1899 to 1919. Stories of note include: Theodore Roosevelt relaxes at Oyster Bay, 1908; Barney Oldfield demonstrates his Super Speed Car, 1902; D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sign document forming United Artists, 1919; the Triangle Factory fire, New York City, 1911; Andrew Carnegie endows the Carnegie Peace Foundation with one million dollars, 1901; President Woodrow Wilson throws out first pitch to launch the baseball season; former President William Howard Taft attends Peace Congress at San Francisco Fair, 1915; the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911; high fashions, 1901; Atlantic City beauty pageant, 1905; and Jim Jeffries fights Fitzsimmons at Coney Island, June 9, 1899.

English

libre

V1 9810-0008

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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