
Roaring Twenties
Experience the nostalgia of the roaring twenties.
Retrospective 1929-1931
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Audio:
499349_1_2
No
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1930
B/W
MS elderly black man dancing, flanked by several African-American men & women dressed in rural Southern U.S. clothing, clapping. MSs two young white couples dancing to jazz on street. LS Times Square, neon signs advertising for Pepsodent, Chevrolet, others, night; superimposed over Times Square are nice CUs neon, twinkling lights. TLS/MSs chorus girls dancing, kicking on stage at nightclub; MSs young white people sitting at table in nightclub, drinking alcohol, having a ball; CU flapper smoking cigarette; CU waiter rolling bottle of champagne between palms; superimposed shots of alcoholic drinks being poured, room spinning uncontrollably; ah yes, the Jazz Age. MSs exhausted young white people competing in dance marathon, some partners mere limp rag dolls.
Retrospective 1929-1931
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Audio:
499349_1_4
No
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1930
B/W
TLS tall mast schooner sailing in bay; TLS three police boats speeding through bay, small American flags flying from bow; TLS men loading bootleg booze (alcohol, bootlegging, rum running, rum-running). CUs secret knock on door of speakeasy, lookout peephole opening, eye peering through, latches being unlocked; MSs men entering speakeasy during Prohibition, standing, drinking whiskey at bar. MSs storefront of liquor store, woman walking out w/ bottle. LS large crowd gathered in street, police in FG; MS cops & detective w/ white female suspect; MSs cops loading body of (smiling) dead man onto wagon. High angle TLS bank robber walking to bank teller in busy bank, drawing gun; MS bank teller holding hands up; CU foot on emergency pedal; TLS vents of gas or smoke erupting, flooding the bank, foiling the hold-up. TLS police officer leading a train of men (criminal suspects) onto police wagon, although one man struggles, manages to get away.
Speakeasy
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Audio:
511986_1_1
No
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1931
B/W
Same as catalog #313084
MS young men and women seated at table having fun drinking alcohol. CU woman taking sip from glass. CU of hands pouring liquor out of flask into glasses, a warning message is superimposed over the beverages. CU woman exhaling cigarette smoke with image of man's hand holding lighter superimposed. Images dissolve into hands gently agitating champagne on ice. Image dissolves into hand pouring champagne into glasses. MS young men and women seated at table, man lights a cigarette. Shot of show girls performing dance routine. Nice look at late 20's-early 30's lifestyles and fashion.
Biography: John Barrymore
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Audio:
479978_1_21
Yes
Year Shot:
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1920
B/W
Excellent Roaring Twenties montage: MS's of traditional jazz bands, speakeasies, dancers, parties. CU's of bottles being opened and poured, feet shuffling on the dance floor, and so on; there is also great use of superimposition.
America From 1919 to 1935
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Audio:
490605_1_6
Yes
Year Shot:
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1920
B/W
The Roaring Twenties: MSs white flappers and gentlemen dancing in ballroom, CU hands tinkling ivories (playing piano) superimposed.
Focus on the 20s
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Audio:
493113_1_15
Yes
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1920
B/W
MSs "Queen of the Speakeasys" TEXAS GUINAN posing with "friends". MS routlette wheel spinning; MSs white folks gambling at roulette wheel, craps table.
Biography: Huey Long
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Audio:
479976_1_7
Yes
Year Shot:
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1920
B/W
Great montage of New Orleans culture and fanfare: MS's of Dixieland jazz bands, nightclubs, costumes, Mardi Gras, floats, dancing, dancers, partying. CU's of roulette wheels spinning, bottles of champagne being uncorked, a sliding viewing door of a speakeasy being opened, etc. Roaring 20s.
Roaring 20s Montage
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Audio:
540549_1_1
No
Year Shot:
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1920
B/W
Roaring 20s Montage
GV/MS female dancers performing floor show with short skirts and high kicking. MCU men and women drinking table drinking alcohol, looks like speakeasy. CU flapper woman giving a huge smile after drinking some booze. MCU cocktails being poured. CU woman exhaling ciggarette smoke. CU Champagne bottle getting chilled and poured into glasses. MCU man lighting cigaerrtet, next to him are two beautiful flapper women with botles of hard liquir in front of them. GVs floor show with women high kicking.
Dealers in Death Part 1 - Al Capone and Prohibition
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Audio:
540757_1_3
Yes
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1929
B/W
Great Roaring Twenties/gangster montage: CUs machine guns & pistols firing, sometimes into the camera; thugs tossing rocks into window of store; gangsters with rifles in car at night; beer barrels being shot up, destroyed; a car is run off the road by another car; bootleg liquor being destroyed. CU business card for protection agency (aka the mob). MSs feds with seized slot machines (illegal gambling). MSs white men drinking at bar. Shots of hidden spigot on truck full of bootleg liquor; the feds drain it of its contents. Prohibition.
Dealers in Death Part 1 - Al Capone and Prohibition
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Audio:
540757_1_4
Yes
Year Shot:
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1927
B/W
The Mona Lisa Club; CUs "Queen of the Speakeasies" Texas Guinan. Shots inside posh nightclubs: well-to-do white folks dance, drink, have a swell time. Prohibition, speakeasy.
The Visual History of Cars: Cadillac - 1920s
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Audio:
541987_1_3
Yes
Year Shot:
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1920
B/W
1920s Montage: CU of automobile tire superimposed over roaring twenties in=imagery such as amusement park rides, dancing, alcohol and show girls.