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  1. Football Pools

    Date released
    Feb 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    352138
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Twelve years ago most of the leading Football Pool promoters were unknown Bookmakers. Today they control the newest and most lucrative business in the country. Started in...

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  2. Unemployment - America’s big political issue

    Date released
    Feb 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    352136
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: In America, the older the year 1936 becomes, the more feverish and full of ballyhoo it grows, for it brings another National election. Ballot boxes are dusted off, flag markers...

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  3. Mussolini’s Diplomatic Conquest

    Date released
    Feb 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    352137
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Few tourists today visit the capital of Albania, smallest of the Balkan kingdoms. Fewer still see Europe’s only self-made sovereign. Zog the First, whose closest friend today is...

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  4. England’s Tithe War

    Date released
    Mar 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352141
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Rising above England’s rolling farmlands are the steeples of a thousand Churches and a hundred Cathedrals, monuments of the hard-working farmers’ service to the Church of...

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  5. United States horse racing

    Date released
    Mar 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352140
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Every afternoon, somewhere in the U.S. is revived the pompous ceremonial of horse racing, the sport of kings. To-day its pomp is but needless formality to many who follow the...

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  6. American Fisheries

    Date released
    Mar 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352139
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Steeped in the brave tradition of America’s oldest industry are Gloucester’s hardy fishermen who go down to the sea in little boats and take their chances on not coming back....

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  7. Ireland’s "New Deal"

    Date released
    Apr 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352142
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: As the Irish Free State comes to the fore in world affairs and there is talk of reform of the Irish Constitution. March of Time cameramen and researchers draw up the balance sheet...

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  8. Behind the scenes with roosevelt

    Date released
    Apr 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352143
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Here, for the first time, are pictured the historic halls of the White House, the official residence of United States’ presidents since 1800. To-day, as Franklin D. Roosevelt...

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  9. The Lunatic Fringe

    Date released
    Apr 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352512
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Barnstorming breathlessly across America to-day are the self-appointed Messiahs of rabid political minorities - the so-called "lunatic fringe". Hardly missed is the man who might...

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  10. Universities’ paid athletes

    Date released
    May 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    352144
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: As forty million fans pack huge football grounds and countless others tune in to the autumn’s big games, a new and jarring note is heard. Mixed with the cheers and music is paid...

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