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Résumé |
1. Newsreel story entitled "On a Flying Fish at 71 miles per hour". Alexander Graham Bell at the wheel of his hydrofoil with a young boy seated beside him; another man climbs out; several shots of the hydrofoil speeding toward and away from the camera; and the shoreline of Baddeck Lake as seen from the speeding craft being piloted by F.W. "Casey" Baldwin, the co-inventor of the hydrofoil and manager of Bell's Baddeck, Nova Scotia estate and laboratory. The hydrofoil is described in the intertitles as the world's fastest water craft. 2. Newsreel story entitled: "Snapping the Whip!". Tobaganning at Big Bear Lake, California. 3. Newsreel story entitled: "Daffy News". A humouristic take on news headlines. 4. Newsreel story entitled: "France Acclaims the Triumph of Carpenter". The new heavyweight champion shown in Boulogne, France. 5. Newsreel story entitled: "Floods Imperial Lives in Philippine Villages". Images of villagers affected by flooding near Manila, Philippines. 6. Newsreel story entitled: "America Bids Farewell to Red Agitators". Over 300 undesirables from the United States board the "Soviet Ark" at Ellis Island for deportation to Europe. 7. Newsreel story entitled: "A Real Movie Fire". Antique fire-fighting methods result in destruction of Solax Film Laboratories in Fort Lee, New Jersey. |