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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:20:33 GMT
This is a thread where I'll post newsreel stories from 1923.
If the year is wrong, blame the uploader!
I'll start with "Climb Run And Swim America's Latest Tank", with a rather goofy-looking tank!
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:24:29 GMT
"Hair Fashions", featuring women showing hair (and in one case, a hat).
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:28:07 GMT
"National Bicycle Week". Men on their bicycles. Some of the bikes are then-new, others were already old.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:32:00 GMT
"The Story of a Brick" - How bricks are made.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:38:03 GMT
"Royal Flying Corps Irish Army Air Corps", featuring some planes, and some footage of a soldiers drill.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:40:57 GMT
"400 Firemen And 50 Engines" - I love their uniforms.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:43:56 GMT
"Mr Bonar Law Meets Unemployed" - Nearly everyone wearing a hat!
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:47:08 GMT
"Motor Race" - Exactly.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:49:53 GMT
"The Grand Prix France" - When race car drivers had a good drink of booze after the race.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 7:53:16 GMT
"Another Wireless Wonder" - A car with a radio. I admit it, I laughed when I saw this.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:00:04 GMT
"Express Train Disaster", four people died (I'm surprised it wasn't more)
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:03:45 GMT
"5 Million Pounds Of Naphtha On Fire"
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:06:27 GMT
"The Marksman's Mecca" - Fun at a firing range
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:09:25 GMT
"£25,000 Worth Of Food" - Given to the unemployed. They seem very happy after getting the food.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:12:23 GMT
"Funeral Of Workmen Killed In Demonstration At Krupp Factory"
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:16:15 GMT
"America Mourns Dead President" - Warren G. Harding's funeral.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 8:26:42 GMT
"Down To Davy Jones' Locker" - An obsolete battleship is destroyed.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 9:06:00 GMT
"Caterpillar Crawl" - Tanks cheerfully run over trees.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 9:12:42 GMT
"The Grand Parade" - A segment featuring women's fashions.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 2, 2017 9:18:12 GMT
"Paris in Dublin" - A fashion show. Paris fashions worn by Irish models.
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