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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220279-14
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1920
Country: USA
Location: Seattle, WA,St. Paul, MN,Toledo, Oh
TC Begins: 04:33:52
TC Ends: 04:43:20
Duration: 00:09:28
Early US Industrial & Farming Scenes - Seattle, Toledo & St. Paul Pacific Coast Steel company - Port of Seattle - seen from moving boat in harbour - steamships at piers. 04:34:28 Zinc production - workers in mix house - furnaces 04:35:50 Wheat elevator & dock scenes, Seattle - export to Europe. Crates of bananas unloaded from cargo hold. Bakers putting bread into oven. 04:37:15 Toledo Ohio - high pan across harbour w/ bridges - high pan across city rooftops inc. sign on building ‘You will do better in Toledo’ - industrial landscape w/ smoking chimneys - waterfront factories. 04:37:59 Madison Street Toledo - business & shopping district - busy street scenes. Docks. 04:38:23 St. Paul Minnesota - farming scenes c 1920 - farmer? poses for camera w/ elderly mother ? in rocking chair outside house. Vars livestock shots - pigs, cow, bull, sheep. 04:39:40 St Paul main street in snow w/ cars & trolley. City Hall - statue of Johnson - panorama of city w/ railroad track & smoke from passing train & chimneys. Fort Snelling, St. Paul. High Bridge spanning Mississippi River. Inaugural St. Paul Winter Festival - marchers in fur hats w/ banners & flags - boys w/ drums - man dressed as Santa pulled along in flower-covered car. Good top shot main street w/ parade in progress - groups in different costumes. 04:42:00 Drilling for oil? - blow pipe emitting clouds of vapour could be Zinc production?. Small town street w/ horse-drawn carts. 1910s / 1920s. Heavy Industry. Manufacturing