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Clip #: SF-6B
Length: 14:12
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Part I of "Playmates," a 1918 American silent comedy film inspired by Charles Chaplin's "Easy Street,†featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Charley Chase.
Billy West - Kid
Oliver Hardy - Kid (as Babe Hardy)
Bud Ross
Fay Holderness
Ethelyn Gibson
Ethel Marie Burton
Myrtle...
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Clip #: MF-14B-11
Length: :34
Year: 1933
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Newsreel from 1933 about King Faisal I of Iraq’s first visit to England, where he is greeted by King George V who presents his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Gloucester before they all travel to Buckingham Palace in a coach escorted by the Life Guards.
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Clip #: TFA-319A
Length: 26:37
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
The lavish governmental, religious and military ceremonies for Emperor Haile Selassie’s coronation in 1930. While other US and European film crews were present, Burton Holmes was the only cameraman allowed inside the Royal Enclosure. Includes footage of the coronation, various foreign...
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Clip #: SF-5A
Length: 29:55
Year: 1914
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
Brute Force [a.k.a. Primitive Man] (1914) is a short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Robert Harron and Mae Marsh. The film was shot in Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is a story of cavemen and dinosaurs, and perhaps the first live-action...
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Clip #: MF-30D
Length: 5:45
Year: 1965
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
Newsreel footage of Winston Churchill's funeral, January 27, 1965
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Clip #: TFA-95C
Length: 20:17
Year: 1953
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s commonwealth visits to Fiji and Tonga in 1953.
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Clip #: AD-30-1
Length: 10.44
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
03:00:12:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
LS people running on field, person riding horseback.
Emperor Haile Selassie I sitting on throne under cover.
Soldiers holding Ethiopian flags.
MS cinematographer (Burton Holmes) filming throne.
MS Selassie seated on throne w/ son Prince Makonnen next to ...
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Clip #: MF-24A
Length: 16:06
Year: 1927
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Silent drama about the writing of the song "The Star Spangled Banner."
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Clip #: SF-12C
Length: 08:45
Year: 1915
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
A silent film about the kidnapping of a child.
Directed by Frank Cooley (as Fred Cooley)
Cast: Forrest Taylor - Black Pete, Ann Little - Carol Danforth (as Anna Little)
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Clip #: SF-11A
Length: 12:31
Year: 1909
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1900s
Description:
The Lonely Villa is a 1909 American short silent crime drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film stars David Miles, Marion Leonard and Mary Pickford in one of her first film roles. It is based on the 1901 French play Au Telephone (At the Telephone) by André de Lorde. A group of...
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