| AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION President Woodrow Wilson speaks to audience and is driven past crowds in street. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5110 | |
| Catalog #: | 365563 | |
| Clip Number: | 365563-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 34 J | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:35 - 01:34:09 | |
| Location: | New York, NY, United States of America | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. ELECTIONS: Campaigns LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York PERSONALITIES: Wilson, Woodrow | |
| Description: | Politics. U.S. Presidential election of 1916. Scenes of last-minute campaigning on the eve of the American election. Opens with shot of President Woodrow Wilson; running for his second term; standing on a crowded platform and speaking to an audience. Next a sort of exciting short shot -- front. diag. of a motorcade driving down the street; past lines of suffragette protesters holding signs; "Wilson is Against Women"; etc. DS Procession driving through large crowd (nearly all men). Police on horseback. Car with Wilson standing and holding his hat; crowd all waving their hats madly as his car goes by; some of the crowd pushes; surges forward towards the cars. Looks pretty chaotic from above. DS crowd milling about; after motorcade has gone by. Whole screen full of hats. Demonstration; speech; government; voting; women's suffrage; polls | |
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