Reel Number: 221137-01
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1925,1920s
Country: USA
Location: NYC
TC Begins: 19:00:00
TC Ends: 19:01:51
Duration: 00:01:51
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Total Eclipse of the Sun, 24Jan25 People preparing equipment; silhouetted. Large wooden tube to focus light, tilt up to sun ecliped. People in streets watching eclipse w dark glasses & filters. Policeman blows whistle & puts up hands to stop traffic. 19:00:54 Dirigible overhead. Overhead shot of man cranking camera; eclipse; camera being cranked. People sit on snow & stand, watch thru cards w/ filters. 19:01:23 William Jennings Bryan watching in Washington DC. NYC Central Park & people watching. Sun eclipsed. President Calvin Coolidge & wife looking at eclipse thru large sheets of glass. Astronomy; Public Imagination; Solar System; 1920s;