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Mirror Of America Reel-2
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keywords: americana, early american lifestyles, belle isle par, early race cars, buffalo bill cody wild west show, president woodrow wilson
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 leisure time at Belle Isle Park, early race cars, Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show, President Woodrow Wilson throws out first baseball of season, cowboy celebrity Will Rogers doing rope tricks, Civil War veterans, re-election of President Woodrow Wilson, America gears up for WWI and more...(read more)
- Date: 1890's-1920's
- Duration: 00:09:23
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States



















































Mirror Of America Reel-2
Shot List:
00:00:02;17
Belle Isle Park near Detroit, Michigan, people in canoes and people sitting on seats on the banks of the lagoon. Woman playing a piano, people and a couple ice skating. Ice boats on frozen lake. Point of view (pov) of rider on a toboggan on a toboggan slide.
00:01:00;20
Vintage race cars, early race cars racing on oval dirt track.
00:01:14;15
Year is 1916, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his Wild West Show with Indian war dances and bucking broncos (horses).
00:01:36;04
Opening of baseball season, President Woodrow Wilson throws out first baseball, ball player holds autographed ball, CU of autographed ball.
00:01:50;08
CU image of John Burroughs, American naturalist, waves to admirers. Luther Burbank, American botanist, next to a field of spineless cactus. CU image of Thomas Edison in San Francisco in 1915 out for a drive with his wife and Mr & Mrs Harvey Firestone. CU image of Joseph G. Cannon former Speaker of The House of Representatives. Will Rogers doing rope tricks for Ford Motor Company, Ford automobile painted on background screen. Tourist at Glacier National Park.
00:03:35;01
Horse drawn log carrier, logging scenes. Women working in various factories in 1915. Women in the progressive era working outside the home, women making footballs, ladies making hats, women postal workers sorting mail, women factory workers. Automobile factory workers, making wooden automobile wheels in automobile plant for the Model-T Ford. Round rubber treads are pressed onto wooden wheel by a machine. Shift change as factory workers leave automobile plant. Street cars (trolley car) and auto traffic on busy street.
00:05:45;21
Civil War (War Between The States) veterans, both Blue and Gray, meet once a year to renew old acquaintances. "Blue and Gray" meeting camp in Vicksburg Mississippi in 1917. New recruits at Camp Custer in Michigan being trained to fight in WWI. Training exercises of WWI recruits at Camp Custer. Incumbent President Woodrow Wilson re-elected in 1916; thousands cheer President Woodrow Wilson's election for a second term as president. Image of Theodore Roosevelt. Patriotic Parade as America seeks recruits for WWI.
00:08:10;14
America prepares for WWI, U.S. soldiers in basic training late 1916. U.S. factories convert to production of weapons of war, wartime production. Women building the Liberty engines for WWI aircraft. Women working in U.S. aircraft factory, woman receives certificate for buying five hundred dollars of Liberty Bonds. Henry Ford with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of The Navy, after receiving a Navy contract to build Eagle Boats. "Eagle Boats" being built at Ford's River Rouge plant. Launching of an Eagle class patrol craft. An Eagle class ship on anti-submarine patrol or U-Boat patrol.