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Mirror Of America Reel-1
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keywords: americana, early american lifestyles, automaker henry ford, inventor thomas edison, ford model-t, farm life, steam locomotive train
Synopsis: Americana footage of life in the United States from the 1890's to the early 1920's with a cross-section of people and the famous in daily life with scenes such as automaker Henry Ford camping with Thomas Edison, early automobile, steam-powered tractor, Ford Model-T, football game with players wearing leather helmets, farm life in the early 1900's, steam locomotive train, new york city landmarks, early swimsuit fashions and more...(read more)
- Date: 1890's-1920's
- Duration: 00:10:00
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States






















































Mirror Of America Reel-1
Shot List:
00:00:39;00
Henry Ford and wife Clara arriving home riding in a Ford Quadricycle, first motorized vehicle developed by Henry Ford. This vintage "horseless carriage" or vintage motorized carriage has a "steering tiller" rather than a steering wheel. Henry Ford with steam engine powered tractor. Henry Ford on horse-drawn thrashing machine and on an early Ford farm tractor.
00:01:24;07
The first Ford motor carriage alongside the ten millionth Ford model-T in 1924. Lettering on side of Model-T reads "The Ten-Millionth New York To San Francisco Via Lincoln Highway". Steam locomotive pulling a passenger train in the early 1920s.
00:01:49;03
Henry Ford's Greenfield Village, a collection of homesteads and buildings from the 1880s to the 1920s.
00:02:18;00
Photographers using hand cranked movie cameras filming a football game; football players wearing leather helmets. Henry Ford's motion picture department at his Highland Park plant.
00:03:38;02
Farmers and farming scenes from the early 1900s. Woman washing clothes by hand, woman milking a cow and woman using a well pump to draw water; woman churning butter in a butter churn. Farm family reading by a kerosene lamp. Horse pulling a wagon along a muddy, unpaved road, wheel comes off wagon. Young boys and girls walk along an unpaved country road carrying lunch pails (lunch boxes). Boys and girls riding a horse drawn sled. Boys and girls having a snowball fight and climbing up an old elm tree on a winter day.
00:05:20;09
Steam locomotive passenger train pulling into railroad station, view of railroad or train station as train pullout. Point of view (pov) from train caboose as train travel down tracks and across a railroad trestle spanning a river.
00:05:44;15
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. View of South Portico of White House, view of main entrance of White House and brief interior scene in early 1900s. Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston and scenes of the lower east side of New York City. New York Battery from elevated train, building sign reads "Hippodrome".
00:06:52;01
People boarding ferry in New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge, the Battery, buildings and skyline of New York City from the Hudson River.
00:07:39;11
Heavy traffic on 5th Ave in New York City. Traffic on Riverside Drive in New York City.
00:07:54;01
Grant's Tome. People and activity in New York City Central Park. People in boats and walking in park. The Angel of the Waters-Bethesda Fountain. Bow Bridge (Swan Bridge?) in Central Park. Coney Island amusement park rides, "Human Pool Table", "Steeplechase" and various other rides.
00:09:11;17
Early 1900s swimsuit and beach wear fashions, men and women on beach. Train pulling into Atlantic City. Lucy the Elephant Hotel at end of Atlantic City Boardwalk. People strolling along the Atlantic City Boardwalk or riding in "rolling chairs" on the Atlantic City boardwalk.