Funny Political Shorts from 1930's Washington DC
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2014 · Film & Animation
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive ([email protected] / http://www.historicfilms.com) 00:01 (TC: 01.00.01): GIVE HIM A LIFT - GREAT DEPRESSION ERA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TO GIVE TO THE POOR 00:10 (TC: 01.00.10): CU DOOR WITH GLASS WINDOW " EDDIE CANTOR - BROKER ' ( INSIDE JOKE AS EDDIE CANTOR HAD RECENTLY LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE 1929 WALL STREET CRASH ) 00:15 (TC: 01.00.15): MS VAUDEVILLE SINGER AND ACTOR EDDIE CANTOR GIVES A SERIOUS-COMIC APPEAL FOR THEATER GOERS TO GIVE MONEY TO THE POOR AND DEPRESSION HIT UNEMPLOYED OF EACH CITY - A MESSAGE RELAYED BY EDDIE CANTOR AS FROM WILL HAYES - GREAT DEPRESSION " WE MUST TAKE CARE OF THE UNEMPLOYED" 02:40 (TC: 01.02.40): BLACK OR GRISLY BEAR IN WOODS AND CLIMBING UP A TREE - VARIOUS SHOTS OF A CANADIAN GRISLY BEAR 03:09 (TC: 01.03.09): SLOW WS PAN OF CANADIAN MOUNTAINS AND LAKE WHITE CAPPED MOUNTAINS ROCKY MOUNTAINS NORTH WEST - SONG "OUT WEST" IS SUNG OFF CAMERA BY A MAKE QUARTET 03:41 (TC: 01.03.41): WS OF HORSES DRINKING BY STREAM IN MOUNTAIN AREA OF NORTH WEST - COWBOY AND HORSE ON TRAIL - SHOT OF SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS 04:26 (TC: 01.04.26): TITLE CARD FOR " AMERICAN EXPLORER " SHORT SUBJECT - WASHINGTON LIMITED - A CIRCA 1934 TOUR OF WASHINGTON DC 04:38 (TC: 01.04.38): MEMBERS OF THE "EXPLORER'S CLUB" SITTING AND CHATTING IN LIVING ROOM, SMOKING CIGARS - LEO DONNELLY 05:11 (TC: 01.05.11): WS OF WASHINGTON DC WITH WHITE HOUSE AND CAPITOL BUILDING IN VIEW 05:20 (TC: 01.05.20): WS OF WASHINGTON DC, WASHINGTON MONUMENT, CAPITOL BUILDING, CITY HALL, MARY NORTON, US TREASURY 05:59 (TC: 01.05.59): ALEXANDER HAMILTON STATUE 06:07 (TC: 01.06.07): MEN SHOVEL PILES OF DISCONTINUED PAPER MONEY INTO OVEN - BURNING MONEY 06:33 (TC: 01.06.33): GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HOME 06:42 (TC: 01.06.42): WS OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S WHITE HOUSE - RED ROOM, BLUE ROOM, STUDY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE BEDROOM - FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AT HIS DESK 07:21 (TC: 01.07.21): MS OF SQUIRRELS CLIMBING UP AND DOWN TREE IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE 07:32 (TC: 01.07.32): PEANUT STREET VENDOR WITH CART STEVE THE GREEK PEANUT VENDOR - IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE 07:58 (TC: 01.07.58): HOME OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WITH CIRCA 1920 TRUCKS PARKED IN FRONT OF IT 08:40 (TC: 01.08.40): WS OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL VARIOUS SHOTS 09:03 (TC: 01.09.03): FORD'S THEATER EXTERIOR 09:13 (TC: 01.09.13): PATTERSON HOUSE WHERE MORTALLY WOUNDED ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED - WS EXTERIOR 09:17 (TC: 01.09.17): SIGN IN PATTERSON HOUSE " ROOM IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED" - SHOT OF BED AND ROOM 09:33 (TC: 01.09.33): TINY 11 FOOT WIDE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON - DOLLY MADISON'S HOUSE 10:14 (TC: 01.10.14): MORE SHOTS OF THE LEMON BUILDING - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR 10:42 (TC: 01.10.42): SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH EXTERIOR 10:47 (TC: 01.10.47): CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY EXTERIORS 11:05 (TC: 01.11.05): CONGRESSMEN WORKING IN CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY 11:19 (TC: 01.11.19): NRA LIBRARY EXTERIOR
