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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spot of Bother During Roosevelt’s Adoption. SHOTLIST: Shot of banners for Al Smith. Men in the crowd start fighting. Roosevelt banners and crowds. Shot of Roosevelt speaking.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gold Galore in US. SHOTLIST: Gold bricks in mint.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: America Starts Its Christmas Parade. SHOTLIST: Shots of girls with Father Christmas and large figures in procession. Night shots of Hollywood procession. Night shots of floats. Night...
Streets littered with rubbish and dustbins. Police guard volunteers who clear rubbish.
At Philadelphia’s stadium the Army v Navy football match is played in thick fog. The army are confident of a win, but the tables are turned when the Navy beat them ten to nothing.
Republican Party Convention hears nominations. Tom Dewey is named first, then Senator Taft and Wendell Wilkie. Dewey leads on the first three ballots but by the sixth it’s down to Wilkie and Taft. Then...
Demonstration of building given by two chimpanzees at Philadelphia Zoo, but they end up eating the mortar.
Chimpanzees from Philadelphia Zoo give a display of bricklaying, but end up eating the mortar.
Secretary of War Stimson, Secretary of Navy Knox and General Marshall are spectators at annual Army and Navy football match in which the Navy are the victors. Crowds storm the pitch after the match.
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