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PATHE NEWS -- NEWSREEL. NUMBER 14

Basic Information

Inventory ID 420368
Production Type NEWSREELS
Release Year 1924
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Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
Collection
Episode Title 5532

Format & Technical

Format Size 35
Format Type NITRATE
Element Info PRINT
Film Base
Color Format B&W
Sound Format OPT^SD.^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

Condition

Deterioration 0

Notes

Record number 116307^Pathe News 14 -- 6 stories described below 1) Chicago Edition -- Brick smokestack demolished (by hand!) 2) Chicago Edition -- Spring flower show at Garfield Park Conservatory. Nice shots of period-dressed parents, children, walking through display. 5 WOOD NYMPHS FROLIC -- great 1920s dancers frolic -- pseudo ballet/free form, against botanical setting 3) Chicago Edition -- Roller racers vie for honors in big outdoor marathon staged by athletic club -- ROLLER SKATE RACE -- crowds watch as boys race. Close-up of first and second place winners -- look very period. 4) Chicago Edition -- Chicago mayoral race -- Dever wins. (Close up only) 5) Chicago Edition -- BASEBALL -- Pirates defeat Cubs 3-2 in season's opening ballgame before record crowd of 35,000. Manager Killefor receives tons of flowers on opening day. Crowd shots: white guys in coats, ties, hats. 6) Chicago Edition -- Milwaukee, Wisc. -- Police Dept. gives demonstration of first aid during Health Show week. (Precursor to real/reenactment police shows on television, like 911, Cops, Emergency Response.) a) nice staged shot of police rescuing guy in manhole -- with model Ts parked on street, trolley tracks b) Rescue of CO2 poisoning victim from garage -- before mouth to mouth resucitation. c) Fire -- rescue of people on second floor. Lots of smoke, ladders. Tinted red.

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
1 NV0001081900 V013-L14-13 Numbered