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  1. Santo Domingo

    Date released
    Jan 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    352134
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: survey of Trujillo’s dictatorship.

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  2. Centennial Cities’ battle of beauties

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352151
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: America laughs as beauty vies with municipal fervour in Texas’ centenary celebrations.

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  3. King Cotton’s Slave

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    352095
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: The No.12 issue of The March of Time contains a dramatic episode entitled "King Cotton’s Slaves" - a story of the bitter struggles between planters and sharecroppers (pickers)...

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  4. Conquering Cancer

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    352160
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Of significant interest to every man and woman in Great Britain is the episode entitled "Conquering Cancer", which reviews the increasingly successful efforts of science to combat...

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  5. Father of all turks

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    352159
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: The first episode of the new issue of the March of Time tells the dramatic story of Mustapha Kemal’s rise to fame and reviews the new Turkey he has brought into being. Pictured...

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  6. War in China

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352113
    Story no
    1 / 2

    Fielding synopsis: "Included were exclusive shots of the Japanese bombing of the Cathay Hotel and the Chinese native quarter, and the explosion of the ship Augusta... Reenactments made in New York City and...

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  7. USA: His Honor the Mayor

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352172
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the work of Fiorello LaGuardia to reconstruct New York and clean up the politics.

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  8. USA Child Labour

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    352161
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Efforts to bring in a Federal law banning child labour.

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  9. Father Divine’s Deal

    Date released
    1938
    Series name
    The March of Time 4th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352208
    Story no
    2 / 2

    BFI synopsis: the efforts of Father Divine, a religious leader in Harlem, to provide settlement for his followers in Hudson Valley.

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  10. The Laugh Industry

    Date released
    1938
    Series name
    The March of Time 4th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352200
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Inner secrets of the business of radio comedy - and it is a big business today - are revealed in this episode by such great comics as Eddie Cantor, Freeman Gosden and Charles...

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