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Newsreels 1930 October 9
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keywords: trans-atlantic flight, american legion parade, 7th day adventist, river baptismal, mining, poet rabindranath, magician betty jane kolar, anastasia the tortoise, boat-bridge, pontoon bridge, miniature furniture, lilliputian manson
Synopsis: Pilots Fly Historic "Columbia" (Maple Leaf) To London, American Veterans Take A Stand Against Communism, 7th Day Adventists Perform A Baptismal In France, Five Tons Of Dynamite Makes For A Big Explosion, Hindu Poet Rabindranath Tagore Arrives In New York City, Child Betty Jane Kolar Shows Her Hypnotist Powers, Anastasia The Tortoise Celebrates 300th Birthday, World's Largest Telephone Conduit Laid Under Harlem River, Italian Military Engineers Construct Boat-Bridge In Record Time, Lilliputian Mansion Perfection In The Smallest Detail, Motorcycle Race On Historic Berlin AVUS Track...(read more)
- Date: 1930
- Duration: 00:08:21
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, France, Germany
Pilots Fly Historic "Columbia" (Maple Leaf) To London
The Columbia was flown to Toronto, Canada and re-named "Maple Leaf" and was demonstrated at the 1930 Canadian National Exhibition. The plane which Clarence Chamberlin flew to Germany three years ago, with Charles Levine as passenger, is taken on another trans-Atlantic jaunt by pilot Erroll Boyd and navigator Harry P. Conner who flew it on non-stop round trip between New York and Bermuda on June 29, 1930.
American Veterans Take A Stand Against Communism
Taking stand with President Hoover, who denounced Communists in King's Mountain speech, veterans pledge selves to defense against inroads of anti-government groups. Million spectators watch pageant of 70,000, which is reviewed by Generals Gouraud and Pershing in Boston, MA. Image of American Legion "trick car" in parade.
7th Day Adventists Perform A Baptismal In France
Throng ashore watches converts being ducked under water, with no regard for clothes or coiffures, and revive them with hot beverages after their plunge in the chilly waters. Seventh-Day Adventism religious drama in Saint Maurice, France as converts are baptized.
Five Tons Of Dynamite Makes For A Big Explosion
A volcano-cap is blasted to release gold and radium ore. A 5-ton dynamite explosion releases 100,000 tons of precious ore in Colorado.
Hindu Poet Rabindranath Tagore Arrives In New York City
Famous Hindu poet, Sir Rabindranath Tagore, arrives in New York City on first visit since 1920. CU images of Sir Rabindranath Tagore.
Child Betty Jane Kolar Shows Her Hypnotist Powers
6-year old Betty Jane Kolar astonishes Science by amazing hypnotic feats. Shows Betty Jane Kolar hypnotizing a rabbit.
Anastasia The Tortoise Celebrates 300th Birthday
Anastasia the tortoise celebrates 300th birthday in San Francisco California. Fresh lettuce diet is longevity secret of world's oldest tortoise that is 300 years old.
World's Largest Telephone Conduit Laid Under Harlem River
Master mechanics shown putting finishing touches on world's largest cast iron pipe that will house 300,000 telephone wires. This giant conduit will be sunk under the Harlem River and carry nerves of metropolitan system of communications to far away areas. Tube is so large that six-footers, reaching up, fail to touch roof.
Italian Military Engineers Construct Boat-Bridge In Record Time
Splendid training and discipline of Fascist Army Engineers is shown in rapidity with which men throws a pontoon roadway across a stream so that a regiment with full equipment, trailed by a military motorized supply train, is able to advance at great speed.
Lilliputian Mansion Perfection In The Smallest Detail
Tiny furniture, perfect in every detail, is made for 22-room San Francisco based, Lilliputian mansion, which is life work of "Mother" Katherine Larke, a World War worker, who already has in her unique three-story structure, five thousand articles, including gold and ivory art objects.
Motorcycle Race On Historic Berlin AVUS Track
Europe's greatest daredevil riders court death in mad pace on famous AVUS track in Berlin Germany. A Hundred thousand spectators see spills at speed far in excess of mile-a-minute and acclaim winner, Bill Huth, who makes better than 87-mile-an-hour average during chase.
