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Weddings – 1940s - 1960s

221596 04:18:37 - 04:30:04 1930s - 1940 c SIL COL&B/W

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COLOUR WAR Eva Braun’s home movies - Pt. 2
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04:21:24 B/W Int. wedding ceremony in government marriage office, performed by Goebbels? Signing register. Brief interior wedding reception.
04:23:36

X 221376 01:39:48 - 01:54:32 1939; 1940 SIL COL USA

[Home Movies, color - Wedding, 1940; Family ca 1940; 1939 Payne Family & Christmas]
Title: Our Wedding Day - July 20, 1940
Couple out of church & rice throwing, into car. GOOD Family posing (dark).
01:40:48 1-stack liner or excursion boat from coast. People pose w/ swimmers & beach behind, young couple. Boy in swim suit waves from porch; CU. Various people posing on vacation at beach (Atlantic City?) Boy diving & swimming in pool.
01:42:37 Front lawn of stone house, large trees; woman in pants suit pushing girl in wheelbarrow around house & across lawn. Naked child playing in lawn sprinkler, mother in sun suit w/ child.
01:43:36 Title: Happy Birthday Dad Baker ‘55’. Int. w/ family around dinner table w/ linen tablecloth & drinking from glasses. Black maid serving. Man carves roast.
01:44:37 Ext. Boy waves; mother holds baby in chair in shade. (dark). Boy playing w/ toy boat & ball w/ younger girl in large screened play pen or yard.
01:45:40 Mother & baby in MCU. Small girl pulls wagon on lawn. MCU of young woman. Flowers in bloom. Boy plays w/ balloon as two other kids watch.
01:46:45 Title: The Payne Family - Howard, Alice, Patty & Scott 9-16-39 Couple holding two small children in shade. Grandparents & daughters w/ grandchildren outdoors. CU baby in buggy; father & sister play. Couple & daughter posing. Men sitting in chairs outdoors reading papers in wind. Girl down steps; in yard.
01:49:37 Woman indoors (dark) playing w/ toy for baby(?).
01:50:01 Man out of small town drugstore storefront walks past camera.
01:50:13 Ext. of stone home - upper middle class w/ women leaving, walks on lawn. MCU on lawn in hats, picking flowers.
01:50:52 Man chopping log on lawn.
01:51:12 CU Santa Claus on title: Christmas 1939. Baby on rug in front of book shelves playing w/ rattles & doll, smiling, trying to crawl. Fireplace w/ small decorated christmas trees in front & objects on mantle.
01:52:09 MS Christmas dinner table w/ candles & place settings. Family seated at table.
01:52:33 Title: Payne’s Toy Land. Title: The House Pop Pop Built. Doll house outside & boy & girl look at. Inside, dollhouse by decorated Christmas tree & other toys. Shots of various family members sitting on sofa & chairs.
01:53:44 Woman out of car at curb, up steps towards camera.
01:53:58 CU daffodills. Woman feeding squirrel. CU pigeons on sidewalk
Holidays; Family; Families; Presents; Americana;
VERY GOOD reel for content & color.

221251 13:00:12 - 13:10:21 1939; 1940; 1941 SD B/W Poland;

The White Eagle, August 1940 - March 1941 R1 or 3
Narrated by Leslie Howard
Man’s shadow on wall, story of Poland in Britain.
INCLUDING:

13:06:43 CU sign on the door “Polish Heart” center of cultural and social life for Poles sponsored by British Council. UK & Polish flags next to the door, officials walk thru the hallway. President of Polish Republic in exile, Raczkiewicz meets King Haakon VII of Norway; sit at table & drink cups off tea. CU musicians play violins, LS plane over. Ext. building of Anglo -Polish ballet, int. dance performance of Krakow Peasant Wedding.
13:07:34

X LN 505-140 04:54:38 - 05:05:26 1941 SD B/W Poland;

Mary Visits Poland
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Set in 1939 High school & student to building; interior w/ class as Mary tells about visiting Grandmother in Poland. Kids & teacher listen.
04:55:42 Old Polish woman, other men & women in native dress. Car pulled by oxen away from camera, farm yard w/ horses turning mill, ducks by water. Man sitting ducking as pole comes around. Peasants working garden, digging potatoes by hand. Mother braiding daughter’s blond hair as she makes face. Girls w/ plaid blankets & all of village walking or in wagons to church. Couple riding bicycles. Church & people arriving in Lowicz provincial costumes. Girls sit by walk.
04:58:08 Wedding w/ bride & groom arriving, soldiers & others. Outdoor dancing in meadow by couples in formal dress costumes.
04:58:56 Young children in school circling & dancing, clapping & singing. Drawing & writing at table. CUs. Older children playing barefoot outside school throwing ball, etc.
04:59:55 Kids on school trip to historical buildings in Krakow. Boys wearing caps. Cathedral & Vistula river. Peasants dancing their local dance in large circle. clarinet, accordion & ??.
05:01:11

220689 00:00:09 - 00:09:58 1942 SD COL Tibet India

Inside Tibet [part 1/4]
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00:05:47 British Indian troops form guard of honour for travellers. Wedding party dressed in traditional clothing on its way to India. Honour guard present arms and Union Jack flag. Mule train passes through small village. Mule train laden with wool traveling to India.
00:07:20 Reaching Gyantse, the last British outpost, party met by Sepoi mounted infantry. American and British flags raised together. Major ? and Tibetan VIPs welcome group. Native officials present gifts - mostly of food. Tibetans attend reception at home of British trade agent.
00:08:29 Natives blow ceremonial horns at monastery. Ceremonial pageant - folk dancing. Elaborate headdresses and clothes. Abbot of monastery. Skeleton dancers. Dance of the lion spirit. Dwarfs representing the friendly spirits of India.

X 221324 04:09:48 - 04:17:42 1942 - 1972 SD COL&B/W

Russia / USSR The Soviet Army: Victorious Stalingrad R2 of 2
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04:12:59 Stalingrad veterans return to city 30 years later; shake hands at reunion, some in uniform, woman wearing medals. Bride lays flowers at eternal flame on wedding day. Modern day city street scenes, traffic; kids in park, veterans walk in street adorned w/ medals, talking, one-armed veteran & child. People mill around waterfront area, excursion boat passing Kids climb on tank memorial, people walk up steps.
04:14:48

LN 504-149 21:06:04 - 21:08:50 1943 SD B/W USA

Patty Cake Baker Man (main title missing)
w/ Tanya Sugar Geise, The Mattisons, Harlan Co-Eds
SOUNDIES ARE PD. MUSIC RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED!
Sugar Geise comes out & sings in front of line of women sitting on wall reading Mother Goose books. She sings to baker working w/ very large pan. Baker dances w/ woman as other chorus line comes from wall & dance wearing chefs hats. Woman comes in with hat of candles, skirt like a cake. Women on large cake like turn-table turning around.
Stereotypes; Dancing; Nursery rhymes; Oddities; Exotic; Wedding cake; Acrobatic dance; Bakery Kitchen; Bizarre; Musical;

LN 504-137 03:55:24 - 03:58:02 1943 sd B/W USA

Patty Cake Baker Man (missing title)
SOUNDIES ARE PD. MUSIC RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED!
Woman comes out and sings in front of line of women sitting on wall reading Mother Goose books. She sings to baker working with very large pan. Baker dances with woman as other chorus line come from wall and dance in chef’s hats. Woman comes in with hat of candles, skirt like a cake. Women on large cake like turn-table curning around.
stereotypes; dancing; Nursery rhymes. Oddities. Exotic. Wedding cake. Acrobatic dance

220785 00:33:06 - 00:40:56 1944 SD B/W Austria

INCLUDING:

00:33:37 - Austria - Scenes in Kufstein: scenic views - wedding party listening to organ- wounded soldiers - interiors of cottages - primitive plowing with oxen - farmers at work - women spreading fertilizer.
00:35:31 –
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221405 08:44:01 - 08:53:11 1944 SD B/W USA;

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08:44:30 Title: U.S. Navy Planes Bomb Jap Ships in South Pacific Following fighter dive bombing ship; explosions near. Other planes & explosions in water seen, one on bow of ship.
08:45:56 Title: U.S. Servicewomen Hail Spring From Coat-To-Coast Sailors, soldiers & military women walking w/ civilians around tidal basin under flowering cherry trees. Scenics & CUs.
08:46:33 Women pick daffodils in Washington State & military wedding among flowers of WAC private & Army sergeant as others watch. CU slipping ring on & kissing.
08:47:14

220468 02:12:48 - 02:14:05 1945 SD B/W USA

Graduation Day
Annapolis Naval School ceremony on first anniversary of D-day. Color Girl in long dress presents flag. Secretary of Navy Forrestal presents diplomas. Hats thrown in air.
02:13:23 West Point Academy graduation. Cadets parading in formal uniforms. General Bradley presents diplomas; Gen. Mark Clark presents diploma to son. Graduates throw hats.
02:13:55 Wedding on graduation day - bride and groom out of church (brief)
Title: Join the 7th War Loan Victory Drive.

220471 07:16:11 - 07:17:03 1945 SD B/W USA

Wedding Bells For Air hero Gabreski
Pilot Gabreski in uniform w/ bride in front of priest recite vows (SOF); exchange rings. Kissing.
(Gabreski shot down 28 German planes & was POW in Germany)
Title: Join the 7th Mighty War Loan
Post-WWII Homefront; Ceremony;

220881 17:18:56 - 17:28:04 1945 SIL B/W Israel Palestine

INCLUDING:

Palestine Problem - Announcement of the Sabbath in Tel Aviv
Friday night at dusk in Tel Aviv - Bearded Orthodox Jew playing trumpet to announce beginning of Sabbath. People at sidewalk cafe dispersing. People leaving shops and shop keeper putting up shutters. Wedding party coming down steps.
17:20:31

221026 23:10:54 - 23:11:49 1945 SIL B/W USA

Clothes Go To College
Fashion college students in class - sketching dress worn by model. VS student fashion show outdoors. Young man and woman model bathing suit fashions. Female audience sitting on grass applauds. Women model dresses and pants suits. Wedding dresses modelled.
1940s Fashions.

220295 17:16:14 - 17:17:32 1946 Sd B/W USA

New High in Weddings
Flagpole sitter, 'Mad' Marshall Jacobs seen from plane. Bride-to-be Lonnie Cosmar kisses mother & dad goodbye & is hoisted up 180 ft. flag pole as people sit below and watch. After 26 days he comes down. Goodyear Blimp seen. Minister on ground before a CBS mic does the service. She throws bouquet from above & bridesmaids chase it.
Stunts

220297 19:49:02 - 19:50:49 1946 Sd B/W England

Royal Wedding
Crowds in Romsey for wedding of Lord Mountbattens daughter to Lord Braebourne.
Lady Mountbatten and daughter Pamela arrive - Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra who is bridesmaid. Arrival of King George and Queen Elizabeth with princesses Elizabeth and Margaret who are both bridesmaids. Lord Mountbatten arrives with bride. Couple leave Romsey Abbey after ceremony - shots of bridesmaids. Broadlands - couple pose for photos.

221289 23:00:36 - 23:09:56
1946 SD B/W USA Seeds of Destiny R2 of 2
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23:05:28 People breaking stones to rebuild. Weighing grain, bread. Shelter of various kinds, gun covers, glider wings. Signs: Mines. People farming; cooking. Wedding couple out of destroyed church at marriage.
Home building, blankets given; trucks, livestock; rice given out. Illustration of budget for UNRRA.
23:07:51

221516 02:29:15 - 02:38:00 1947 SD B/W England Royal Wedding of Elizabeth And Philip
Castle Films
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth w/ daughters pose in garden. Shots of Princess Elizabeth at various ages & locales. War time, driving ambulance; walking in mountains.
02:29:58 w/ Lt. Philip Mountbatten posing prior to wedding; he helps her on w/ coat, walk past. Cabinets of gifts. Jewelry, Crown.
02:31:31 Procession from palace to wedding at Westminster Abbey in carriage. Crowds waving, lining streets. Stills of interior w/ voice-over of ceremony. Footage leaving the interior past invited spectators.
02:35:15 Leaving in carriage thru streets & crowds. Into Buckingham Palace grounds past huge crowds. Couple waving from balcony; joined by Margaret, Queen Mother Mary and the King and Queen.
02:37:10 Posing in gown with Prince Philip.

221516 02:38:09 - 02:47:12 1947 SD B/W England; Scotland Heir To The Throne
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03:39:31 W/ Lord Louis Mountbatten. Processions thru streets at various events. Marriage of Duke of Kent. Wedding of Duke of Gloucester. Waving with Queen Mary. Daughters at coronation watching parents crowned King George VI & Queen Elizabeth. Girl Guide & Margaret as Brownie. Daughters talking w/ parents before they went to Canada & USA. Walking on grounds.
02:41:35 In carriage w/ parents upon their return. Massive crowds lining street & royal family waving from balcony.
02:42:12

221157 17:46:56 - 17:48:02 1947 c Si B/W Japan [Mrs MacArthur Attends Wedding, Tokyo, Japan]
Bride and bridesmaids leave building.
Mrs Douglas MacArthur w/ son & accompanied by General Robert L Eichelberger leaving building or church after the wedding of an unid. one-star General. Posing of General & bride; people congratulating couple.

220297 19:51:16 - 19:51:49 1948 Si B/W Greece

Royal Wedding - Greece. Couple pose for cameras after marriage.

X 221456 02:47:02 - 02:48:22 1949 SIL B/W USA;

Title: People In the News (Unid. Wedding Couple; One Man Band & Unid. couple)
02:47:07 LS of ivy clad large church. Int. w/ wedding bride & groom walking to front, kneeling & congregation watching. Reverend in robes gives blessing w/ hands on their heads; they stand & kiss. Bride posing on steps w/ long gown.
02:47:46 Ext of ?? Athletic Club & bride & groom on sidewalk; exiting church w/ press photographers. End of wedding story.
02:47:54 One man band playing & cranking hand organ as couple watches him play. Couple waves.

X 221460 06:10:40 - 06:11:48 1949 SIL B/W USA;

Title: Camera Headlines (Unidentified Bridal Couple)
06:10:43 Crowd of women & students looking at bridal couple in New York City; walking thru crowd to awning. MCU of bride; crowd watching as they walk into building.
06:11:08 Bride fixing hair, groom smiling. LS of entrnace & crowd.
06:11:24 Walking up aisle on arm of ??. Limousine leading thru crowd
Wedding; September 1949;

X 221461 08:06:25 - 08:07:57 1949 SIL B/W USA

Title: News In Brief (Orchard Destroyed by Wind; Al Capp & Cartoon Characters, 1949)
08:06:28 Pan over broken tree branches, torn up stumps. Citrus crop on ground; hanging from trees w/ leaves stripped off. Devastation to fruit crop. Men dig at tree. Tractor pulling tree upright.
08:07:06 Wedding couple into room, posing. Ext. w/ guests, cartoonist Al Capp (?) gags w/ bouquet.
08:07:29 Daisy Mae feeding Schmoo doll as ?? rolls his eyes.
08:07:40 Lil Abner holding Schmoo. Al Capp pounds on Schmoo. The End.

220272 03:02:46 - 03:05:11 1950 si B/W USA

Title: Fashions: Glamor Rules New Styles For Spring
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03:04:17 CALIFORNIA Woman on sidewalk takes off coat showing low cut blouse; puts thin skirt on. Another models wedding dress across lawn, shows veil. Another models corset; takes it off, then takes off skirt and shows resulting sun dress.

221155 15:21:39 - 15:22:44 1950 SIL B/W Spain

News in Brief - Spain [Franco’s Daughter Weds Christobal Martinez] (1950)
Ceremonial procession, General Franco w/ daugher Carmen in bridal gown, followed by others. Interior church & march down aisle; marriage ceremony, register signed. VIPs. Couple pose after wedding.

X 221309 15:01:01 - 15:12:47 1950 SD B/W USA

This Charming Couple
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15:10:45 Winnie & Ken dressing for wedding. Voice over describes each but the descriptions are at odds w/ each other and point out they are each a dream in the other’s mind and want to change the other. Formal wedding in home. Final voice-over: “...that’s why they are doomed to fail.”

X 220958 12:09:53 - 12:19:20 1950 SD B/W USA

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12:16:40 New England church ext. Int. Good staged church wedding shots.
12:17:24

X 221185 20:00:24 - 20:15:01 1951 SD B/W USA

People Along The Mississippi [Part 1 of 2]
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20:04:04 Chippaway Indian boy plays Cowboys & Indians w/ friends, discovers boat & in VO reads letter to Robert describing his life, plays baseball, takes lunch to lumberjack father, buys miniature totem pole to attach to sailboat before setting it on its way. PoV shots from water as boat moves into more developed country: industrial plants, bridge, electric transmission lines, down waterfall.
20:07:17 Robert receives letter in mailbox at farm from Irish river captain; Captain’s daughter & friend finds boat at docks, attach it to father’s towboat. Scenes on board. Stops at La Crosse, Wisconsin. Arkansas crewman gets off to be married in rural church, new wife points out Wisconsin countryside sights. Wedding party arrives at farm, neighbors run to welcome them.
20:10:44

221092 17:18:06 - 17:19:20 1951 SD B/W France

Royalty: Austrian Archduke Weds German Princess
INT Cathedral of the Rope Makers in Nancy, France: wedding of Princess Regina Saxe-Meiningen & Archduke Otto, pretender to throne of Austria-Hungary. Bride w/ 22ft train poses w/ groom. Top shot main square in Nancy - large crowds restrained by police - bride’s huge train being carried - VIP guests inc. Empress Sita - bride & groom waving to cheering crowds.
European Royal Families. Marriage. Wedding Dress Fashions. 1950s.

221403 04:50:30 - 04:55:48 1951 ca; Sd/Sil B/W Iran;

INCLUDING:

04:54:25 Title: Shah of Iran: Wedding of The Year Si. 12Feb51 Soraya Esfandiary at ceremony, walking down aisle, w/ VIPs etc. Reza Pahlavi At dinner.
04:55:02

220297 20:03:40 - 20:05:08 1952 Sd B/W England

Eden Wedding - Diplomat Married To Churchill's Niece
Eden out of car waving at people; many watching; police. Cat. Winston Churchill arrives w/ wife. Ms Clarissa Spencer Churchill, niece, out of car. People watch from nearby windows. Photographers pushing.
Out of church & wave. Caxton Hall exterior. Press photographers. Couple w/ Winston in garden of 10 Downing Street.

220721 22:38:47 - 22:45:28 1952 SD B/W England
The King Is Dead - Profile King George VI - Royalty
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Filmed just before his death, King George walks with Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as they see Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip off at airport. Flashbacks - George watching sports day at Public school. George in naval uniform presenting award ? 1923 Wedding to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - coaches - Royal couple on balcony with Queen Mary. Various shots George performing public duties.
22:40:05

AND:

22:42:08 Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Silver anniversary celebrations of George VI and Queen in carriage. Huge crowds outside Buckingham Palace waiting for news of King following his operation. Bulletin board posted. King with RAF officers on airfield. Royal car in through palace gates.
22:43:53

X 221215 14:22:57 - 04:31:10 1952 SD B/W France Paris
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14:29:06 Montmartre & Place du Tertre, artist painting Cathedral of Sacre Coeur. Wedding procession thru streets. Pigalle bars & cafe lights at dusk. INT young people dancing in jazz club; women smoking & drinking.
14:30:07

220297 19:36:08 - 19:36:53 1953 Sd B/W USA

News in Brief - Wedding of John F. Kennedy
Crowds outside church - Speaker of the House Martin, Congresswomen Rogers - other guests. Kennedy parents. JFK and Jackie exit church.

220789 05:12:40 - 05:13:23 1953 SD B/W USA

News in Brief - Washington D.C. - Senator McCarthy Wedding.
Crowds outside St. Mathew’s Cathedral - arrivals including Harold Stasson, movie star Constance Bennet and VP Richard Nixon. Interior church, marriage ceremony. Wedding party out of cathedral doors and down steps. Cutting cake at reception. Jack Dempsey kisses bride.

220943 10:01:03 - 10:22:12 1953 SD COL Sweden;

The World Dances Pt. 1 of 4
Festival Pictures Presents, Prod./Dir. Brooke L. Peters
Technicolor feature w/ various dancers & groups: Carolina Cotton; Merle Travis; Antonio & Luisa Triana; Aura San Juan; Ruth St. Denis Dancers; Robert Lee House; George & Katrine Tatar; Barry O’Hara; Rima Rudina; Sy Melano; Dvora Isralow; Bob Osgood; Ramon Talavera; Richard Dehr; Konstantin Hopher & Jane Mueller; Lourdes Chavez; Pauline Farrell; George Dalvos; Festival Choir cond by Mervin L. Gallagher. international dances & customs brought to America by immigrants.
10:02:00 Choir singing in outdoor setting w/ international flags in BG [Cathedral Choir of the First Congregational Church, director Melvin L Gallagher].
10:02:43 Commentator George Fenneman introduces festival w/ speech re contribution of immigrants & their traditions to US life esp. songs & dances.
10:03:54 Top shot pan across Stockholm harbor on sunny day; Swedish villagers at country wedding in traditional costume; dancers perform celebration dance in colorful costumes in same outdoor setting as choir - flags visible in BG. [Andrew Wendell’s Vasa Folk Dance Group.]
10:07:26 Brief top shot Budapest (?), Hungary w/ cathedral; MCU woman dressed as gypsy playing violin - camera pulls back as tune gets faster. CUs. Couple dance Hungarian dance in traditional costume, others in BG clapping [Kato-Tatar & Hungarian Women’s Group].
10:11:22 Pan across Tyrolean Mountains of Bavaria; man blowing huge alpine horn calling people to village festival - two young girls in Heidi outfits run by; top shot alpine village in green valley. Back in dance arena, dancers perform regional German dance in traditional costumes of lederhosen & aprons; thigh slapping, heel slapping etc. [William Reordan’s Mountain Folk Dance Group.]
10:15:10 G. Fenneman in office set - talks of tribal marriage rituals of Africa; CU hands playing African drum; Black women in pink robes & drummer chanting; man dances solo & removes his headdress & jewellery in preparation for new wife - drumming gets more frenzied - dancer waves machetes & spins around. Costumes look very inauthentic. [Robert Lee House w/ Louis Brown on Congo drums.]
10:18:59 Ireland scenes of castle & countryside. Man wearing puff-sleeved shirt & green striped waistcoat sings ‘Irish’ song to woman in medieval wench dress; Irish dancers perform as man plays accordion. [Edward Masterson’s Irish Rovers Folk Dance Group.] Good vibrant colour.

X 221168 12:18:33 - 12:26:52 1954 SD B/W USA; VARS

Man And His Culture Pt 1 of 2
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Opening titles ‘If explorers from Outer Space were to approach the Earth to study the ways in which its people live together, how might they report their findings?’
Animation of Earth floating in space - narrated by ‘alien’ explorer - “the intelligent creatures on this planet call themselves ‘Human Beings’” - vars scenes compare behaviour of Western civilisation [i.e. US] w/ rest of the world. Tribal villages in jungle wear few clothes - hotel doorman? boiling under heavy uniform. Chinese girl eats w/ chopsticks - upper class woman eating w/ fork. Kids at funfair eating w/ hands [VO “five tentacle-like extensions”]. Tribesmen building mud hut - huge construction site. Inuit [?] family in hut. Indian women dressing in wedding saris, bridegroom in procession on donkey - VO re culture.
12:21:16 US teenagers into high school. Temple by the Ganges? European kids w/ mother outside cottage. Fishing scenes. Navao Indians.
12:22:32 VO re language, montage women asking “How much is this?” in vars languages - “Quanto costa questo?” etc. Western men gesturing around table. Montage treasured items of different cultures.
12:23:30 US street scenes. VO re cultural mores - man walking to his car - “although the streets of this country are lined w/ four-wheeled vehicles all looking very much alike, the individual will ignore every vehicle but one, which he calls ‘his own’”. Men in dinner jackets w/ bow ties, one looks uncomfortable because he’s wearing a normal suit & tie - alien narrator points out “great agony and mental distress” caused by Human cultural habits.
12:24:28 Many wives of tribal chief in African village. US man kisses wife, she finds hair on his coat, re monogamy in American marriage, he looks worried - VO “should a male have on his clothing so much as a strand of hair from a female not his wife, a serious crisis may result”.
12:24:49 Pan across US beach - man in high-waisted swimming trunks throwing beach ball - cut to same man on street wearing suit jacket w/o trousers - shots of appalled townspeople - “violating” social mores. Mother feeding baby in high chair - little girl copying mother by feeding doll, brother starts fight & mother tells them they “must always share things”. High school class being taught about key figure in their culture. Bored students.

220399 12:01:04 - 12:11:18 1955 SD B/W England

The Gold Express (1/5)
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Wedding and couple out of church. Flash camera pointed to screen Credits. Couple arrives at hotel and helped out of large car at country Inn. Into bedroom, kiss. Talk about each being newspaper reporters. Office trying to chase by phone where they are. Phone rings, he (Bob Wright) answers, refuses to get on train to cover a story about Gold Express. Wright agrees that they’ll do it. Station platform, old women buying book Buckets of Blood and paying with change.
12:06:1?

220297 19:53:56 - 19:56:24 1956 Si B/W Monaco

Monte Carlo - Miss Kelly Becomes Her Serene Highness
Top shot Monaco -Interior civil ceremony Prince Rainier and Princess Grace - guests - wedding gifts - exterior palace - cameras with telephoto lens - couple on balcony - night shots traditional dancing in courtyard - night shots over Monaco harbour - fireworks.
Very short excerpt re Middle East ceasefire follows

220808 13:18:47 - 13:19:27 1956 SD B/W USA

News In Brief - Princess Grace To Wedding
Princess Grace boards ship on her way to Monaco for wedding. Crowded and noisy press conference. Ship departs.

220808 13:25:46 - 13:26:38 1956 SD B/W At Sea

News In Brief - Grace Kelly To Wedding
Grace Kelly on board SS Constitution with her father - on way to Monaco for wedding with Prince Rainier . Other passengers take pictures of Kelly; Kelly with poodle dog.

220808 13:29:54 - 13:30:51 1956 SD B/W Monaco

Grace Kelly Welcomed to New Domain
Grace Kelly arrives Monaco for wedding with Prince Rainier.
Ship arrives in Monaco harbour - crowd waves to Grace Kelly. Kelly and Rainier get off ship & Kelly offered flowers by Monegasque children. Photographer with telephoto lens. Royal couple motorcade and into castle.

221248 06:32:43 - 06:33:05 1956 SD B/W Monaco

Story Book Wedding
Yacht into harbor, CU of Princess Grace Kelly on board. POV passing light house at entrance w/ people crowded on rocks waving.
06:32:55 18Apr56 Kneeling couple of Grace & Prince Rainier; CU of Prince & CU of Princess.
Beauty; Handsome; Celebrities;
News Review

221568 06:53:59 - 07:04:03 1956 SD B/W Canada

Introducing Canada Pt. 1 of 2
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Children playing on swings in city park; little boy dips in barrel bath. Just married wedding bride & groom thru tossed confetti. CUs happy faces. Faces in city pedestrian crowd. CU traffic cop; strong man pulls bus with his teeth. Man pulls ringing church bells. Telephone switchboard operator connecting calls. Woman packing apples beside conveyor belt. Administrator stamping forms as secretaries bring & take away (GOOD GAG).
06:55:50

220297 19:52:10 - 19:52:57 1957 Sd B/W Monaco

News in Brief - Monaco
Top shot Monaco and harbour. Grace Kelly on board yacht at arrival in Monaco - crowds - Wedding of prince Rainier and Princess Grace - Celebrations at birth of Princess Caroline - bells ringing, Guns fire salute - baby not seen.

220297 19:52:58 - 19:53:31 1957 Sd B/W France

News in Brief - France - Royal Wedding
Princess Helene and Belgium Count marry in chapel outside Paris. Interior ceremony in progress. Guests including Queen Alexandra of Greece.

221440 06:15:57 - 06:16:45 1957 SD B/W Monaco News In Brief - Monaco (Birth of Caroline to Grace Kelly Celebrated)
Scenics of palace, harbor & yachts. CU Grace Kelly, crowds waving at yacht entering harbor. Wedding w/ Prince & Princess kneeling; CU Prince. CU Grace in wedding dress.
06:16:32 Large bell ringing. Soldiers & cannons firing salute

221440 06:16:45 - 06:17:19 1957 SD B/W France

France (Royal Wedding)
LS & couple kneeling at altar. Belgian Count & Princess Helene; others watching including Queen Alexandra of Greece. View leaving church (GOOD but brief).
Society; Wealth; Love; Marriage; Royalty;

220919 02:46:32 - 02:47:07 1958 SD b/w france

News In Brief: France
84 year old Winston Churchill celebrates Golden Wedding anniversary on French Riviera; Churchill in car and sitting on terrace with Randolph Churchill, Lady Churchill and granddaughter Lady Arabella; CUs Winston and Lady Churchill; CU wedding photo.

X 221407 13:15:07 - 13:24:59 1958 SD B/W Hungary;

Russian News of The Day 1958 #45 November
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13:24:02 “Seven Weddings” Hungary, village Mezotur w/ wedding horse-carriage parade thru streets. Wedding couples out of carriages, into church, CU old ladies. Newlyweds pose for group picture. Outdoor
celebration w/ long line of chefs preparing food in big kettle's on open fire, orchestra plays music. People at tables, old lady serves food to bride & groom. CU orchestra, people on the dance floor. CU Newly weds dance traditional Hungarian dance. The End.

221107 16:28:59 - 16:35:33 1959 SD B/W Norway; Japan; Iran

News Review Of 1959
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16:32:42 Prince Akahito of Japan poses in ceremonial robes & on steps of Palace w/ new bride Mishiko Shoda.
16:32:59 Stephen Rockefeller out of church in Norway w/ new bride Anne Marie Rasmussen.
16:33:13 Shah Pahlevi of Iran after marriage to Farah Diba.
16:33:26

220272 03:46:24 - 03:46:53 1960 sd B/W USA

Sandra Dee & Bobby Darin off United Airlines plane after secret wedding in Elizabeth, NJ. Pose on steps for photographers. Walk off. Celebrity; Movie Stars; Actors; Promotion; marriage.

221322 00:03:03 - 00:03:40 1960 SD B/W USA

News in Brief - New York (Jimmy Durante Wedding)
St. Malachy church on West 49th St. exterior & crowd around Margie Little who’s waiting for Jimmy Durante to arrive for wedding. MCU of Durante joking w/ crowd.

220955 08:56:52 - 09:06:56 1960 c SD B/W USA

A Teenager’s Choice Pt 1 of 3
Family Films Dir. Harold Schuster
08:57:13 Teenage girl, Sandy, in bedroom, friend Anne comes in. Sandy playing w/ doll: “I’ve got some news, Doug & I are getting married, Saturday!” “ We’re cutting out Saturday, as soon as Doug finishes at the service station.” “Sandy, I don’t think its such a sharp idea that somebody our age gets married anyway. Look at all the things you’ll be missing: going to college, everything!” “What about your mom & dad?” “They’ll just worry about ‘what will their friends say’.” “Don’t you think you should tell them about it?” They talk about why they’re getting married. “You don’t get married on a dare.” “I didn’t think you’d be such a wet blanket.”
09:00:05 Doug arrives: “Maybe you shouldn’t tell anybody.” They talk about it & new apartment. Sandy’s parents come downstairs, invite him to dinner- younger brother in, annoys Sandy who grabs Doug to leave, “Don’t be home too late Sandy.” ”Oh mother would you please stop treating me like a child” etc.
09:01:52 Sandy’s parents getting ready for bed - discuss how late she comes in most nights & how uncommunicative she is. “It seems everything I say to her is wrong”. Dad: “It’s my fault, I neglected to stay close to her as she was growing up”. “Customers before children...Sandy is drifting away.”
09:03:11 Doug working at car garage, friend in, joking in comedy double-act style - can’t understand why he wants to get married & pass up college football scholarship “my heart specialist told me to avoid sudden shocks“ - asks if Sandy might be pregnant. “Why’re you putting you’re feet in the cement?... you’ve still got a bucket of oats to sow”. Friends out humming wedding march; Doug smiles then looks glum.
09:05:29 Doug shows Sandy their shabby new apartment. Sandy trying to be positive. “Nice view too..we can even see the park...a little”. “My uncle’s going to give me $1.85 an hour, in September.”

221485 15:12:55 - 15:14:16 1960; SD B/W Belgium; Dona Fabiola Se Casa Con El Rey De Los Belgas (Belgium King Baudouin Marries)
Brussels, Belgium - Royal Wedding - King of Belgium marries Spanish Dona Fabiola. Interior shots civil ceremony followed by church ceremony w/ priest, Princess Margaret present. Bride & groom kneeling. CU placing ring.

220507 23:13:24 - 23:22:17 1960s ? Sd b/w USA

INCLUDING:

Uptown - Portrait of the South Bronx - showing daily life of poor, mixed nationality ghetto
Night shots shop window displays. Wedding party. Illuminated cross over church. Illuminated sign re family finance - loans.
23:14:40

X 221419 13:10:46 - 13:20:22 1960s; 1970s; SIL COL USSR Moscow Under Construction Pt. 1 of 2
INCLUDING:
13:11:20 Pan over bride & groom & wedding party walking along overlook & on bridge over Volga. High angle shot of city. Many buses outside Red Square & Kremlin. Traffic. Apartment houses, parks. Interior & women at drafting tables. Architectural office or Univeristy classes. Views of modern apartment buildings intercut w/ students at work.
13:14:49

220297 19:58:33 - 19:59:31 1961 Sd B/W England

England - Royal Wedding
Duke of Kent and Catherine Worsley. York Minster - crowds - Guests arriving include Douglas Fairbanks, Noel Coward. Interior Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Prince Charles arrive - Queen Mother with Queen of Spain in congregation. Bride - down aisle. Nice shot Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong Jones. Archbishop of York Ramsey performs ceremony.

221554 00:14:38 - 00:15:36 1961; 1960s; SD B/W England England (Royal Wedding, 1961)
Ext. York Cathedral, spectators behind barriers, man selling British flags.
00:14:47 MCU Douglas Fairbanks, Noel Coward past camera. Int. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles walking past standing audience. MCU Queen Mother & Queen of Spain talking.
00:15:05 LS of bride (Katharine Worsley sp?) groom (Duke of Kent) & attendants up aisle.
00:15:14 MCU Princess Margaret & Antony Armstrong-Jones watch. Archbishop of York officiating.

220769 02:38:34 - 02:50:02 1962 SD B/W USA

Freedom and You - Part 5 of 6
INCLUDING:

02:43:48 Jerry is brought into a dark room by men in Russian uniform and executed by gunshot.
Jerry awakens from his Red Nightmare with new dedication to the defense of liberty.  Bill and Linda have decided to wait to get married until after Bill completes his hitch in the service.
Montage American values: group of young people running about at picnic; signs for polling stations and elections. Aerial motorway; LS suburban houses; wedding ceremony; family picnic; campus; meeting; church; Congress.

221536 19:22:54 - 19:25:02 1962 SD B/W USA

INCLUDING:
19:24:17 Montage: minister facing wedding couple; family picnic by pond; college steps; business group meeting; people out of church; House of Representatives; Capitol; street scene & pedestrians; military arm in arm down steps. The End.

220522 18:49:14 - 18:50:38 1965 Sd b/w USA

Suddenly - Spring! Flower Show Chases Those Winter Blues
Ext exhibition hall. Int. w/ flower displays - Model in wedding dress w/ small bridesmaid in garden setting. 18:49:45 Models in sportswear. Women buying plants etc from stalls. CARE exhibit which sends seed abroad. CU seed packets.
18:50:23 John F Kennedy memorial rose on display for first time. Top shot show.
Entertainment; Exhibits; Seasons; 1965; Charity Organizations;

221485 15:30:19 - 15:31:28 1965; SD B/W Netherlands; Holland; Royal Romance - Dutch Princess To Wed Commoner;
Ext, Netherlands palace; Int. Royal family sitting w/ Princess Margriet & fiancee, Pieter van Vollenhoven, sitting on sofa, Queen Juliana. CUs.
15:30:50 Sculpted bust of the four princesses. Ext. of palace & large group of journalists & photographers come to meet them as they leave the palace. Vollenhoven walking w/ aid of cane due to ski injury. Picture taking. CUs.

220297 19:39:44 - 19:40:57 1966 Si B/W USA

Society Wedding - Kennedys Attend Newport Ceremony
Crowds outside church - Jackie Kennedy - surrounded by press out of car and into church. Bride arrives. Bride and groom leave church after ceremony - Jackie Kennedy leaves church.

220603 11:47:53 - 11:49:24 1966 Sd b/w USA

News in Brief - New York - Circus Wedding
Top shot circus ring with elephants and other circus performers. Joyce McDougal riding on elephant’s back enters ring - Bride to be dances Frug whilst elephant does headstand in background.
11:48:23 Centre ring - wedding ceremony. Prince Paul - circus midget - is ring bearer. Bride escorted to ring by Henry Ringling North. Bride and groom who is Moroccan acrobat. Circus performers in costumes watch ceremony. Bride and groom kiss. Bride kisses clown.

220524 20:45:07 - 20:46:00 1966 Sd b/w USA

Ike and Mamie - Golden Wedding Anniversary Marked
Home of ex President Eisenhower and wife Mamie in Gettysburg. Ike and Mamie pose for cameras in gardens.

220708 05:29:06 - 05:30:48 1966 SIL B/W USA
Luci and Pat : Preview
Pre Wedding reception for Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent hosted by Averell Harriman.
Wedding invitation from The President and Mrs Johnson. Good shot exterior White House and church where marriage will take place.
05:29:27 Couple pose with Harrimans. Interior receiving line - shake hands with arriving guests.
05:30:11 LBJ arrives by car and is greeted by Harriman. Garden party.
05:30:26 Exterior and interior shots church. Couple at reception.

220809 15:16:19 - 15:23:17 1966 SIL B/W India

[Misc. India 1950s & 1960s]
India - Telenews
INCLUDING:

15:21:29 Workers make bicycle handlebars; repair radios, sew & string beads, Indians celebrate at wedding feast. Little boy has head shaved. Hindus at worship. Indian Moslems at prayer.
15:22:44 Crowd. Int. Nehru addressing Parliament. Crowds cheer Mahatma Gandhi; walks thru cheering crowd.
15:23:03 Parade - elephants w/ decorated howdahs, military parade, troops & tanks.

220919 02:50:38 - 02:56:49 1966 SD b/w USA

News Review of 1966
Vars montage summary of world events
INCLUDING:

02:55:17 Wedding Lucy Baines-Johnson to Patrick Nugent, TX 02:55:34

221071 01:11:19 - 01:21:55 1966 SD COL USA The President: July 1966 [Part 2 of 3]
INCLUDING:

01:14:45 INT members of mostly female distaff press gathered for forthcoming marriage of Luci Johnson - Luci & Lady Bird joking w/ journalists who perform skits for them - Luci throwing dart at board w/ possible honeymoon destinations, dart lands on leaflet for ‘Lyndon Johnson’s Boyhood Home’ - laughter [MOS]. LBJ press conference “If I could have your permission to just step aside on any of the detailed wedding arrangements I would like very much to do so”. B/W still sequence showing 19Jul66 meeting of LBJ & Congressional leaders in WH Cabinet Room - VO re strong economy.
01:17:13

X 221423 20:42:07 - 20:51:45 1966 SD COL USSR

Our Ukraine R4 of 7
INCLUDING:
20:49:03 Double wedding of twin sisters, newlyweds & guests walk thru country field, band playing music for folk dancers performance. Couples dancing, mixed shots of people dancing at wedding party in field, all smile, dance.
20:50:00 Low angle CU of big eagle, bare tree, ancient cathedral or church w/ ext. & int., various shots of priests & people at religious service, take holy bread or wafers.

221442 10:53:40 - 10:55:06 1966 SD B/W France

Keep Calm, Men! New Fashions Bring The Bug-Eyed Look
Models in weird clothes outfits designed by Jacques Esterel modeled on runway for people. Pop art; plastic or vinyl; kooky glasses; gay 90s inspired bathing costumes; combination afternoon & evening dress. Strange wedding dress.

220297 19:37:19 - 19:39:21 1967 sd B/W USA

Lynda and Charles Marriage Takes Place at the White House
Lynda Baines Johnson and Charles Robb wedding. President LBJ and daughter. Wedding ceremony . Bridegroom kisses bride on cheek.

220467 03:44:13 - 03:44:37 1967 Sd b/w USA

News in Brief - Las Vegas
Elvis Presley marries Priscilla. Couple cutting wedding cake. Couple kissing.

220637 15:11:46 - 15:12:29 1967 SD B/W USA

News in Brief - New York City
Nine couples married in mass wedding at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Brides lined up for cameras - Bridegrooms. Judge marries couples - crowds watching. Couples grouped round huge cake.

221340 14:34:24 - 14:34:50 1967 SD B/W USA Chicago [Wedding of Sharon Percy & John D. Rockefeller IV]
Bride & groom walking out of church under awning. John D. Rockefeller IV & Sharon Lee Percy daughter of Illinois Senator Charles Percy, father, MCU; George Hamilton & Linda Bird Johnson present.
Wealth; Dynasties; Family; Families;

221442 11:00:33 - 11:01:06 1967 SD B/W USA San Francisco (Satanic Wedding)
Judith Case & John Raymond married by Satan (Anton Szandor LaVey) before live alter of nude (covered w/ leopardskin-like cloth) red-head at The Church of Satan. Couple kisses.
Costumes; Oddities; Gags; Alternatives; Marriage Ceremony;

X 220487 03:20:44 - 03:30:28 1968 sd B/W USA Columbia [Revolt - Part 3 of 5]
The Newsreel - Radical Documentary
INCLUDING:
03:22:07 Girl and boy get married in lock-in, she in makeshift wedding dress and white veil, they say vows and other students cheer.
03:23:06

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