This “Yesterday’s Newsreel” film (episode 130) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. It begins with a look back to 1926 and celebrating New York City’s 300th birthday (00:09). The clip shows 19th-century pictures of two New York locations followed by photos or footage of the same locations in 1926: Bowling Green (00:28) and the Flatiron Building (00:42). It shows several buildings during 1926 and then concludes with an aerial view of the city in 1950 (01:47). “1920’s: Dr. Brewster’s Armor” (02:01) shows Dr. Brewster testing his bulletproof body armor, while “1920’s: Building Bridge Around Bridge” (02:32) provides footage of the 1922 construction of a modern bridge around Chicago’s existing Wells Street bridge. “1927: St. Louis Twister!” (04:29) shows the damage caused by the tornado that ripped through the city on 29 September 1927. The next segment in the episode, “1915: Gibson Girl Fire Dept.” (05:35), captures young women in a fire drill using hand-drawn fire equipment (05:47). “1920: Salvage Ships Sunk At Scapa Flow” (06:17) presents footage of salvage crews raising sunken ships off the coast of Scapa, England (06:24), including a tuba salvaged by a diver in full suit (06:43) and the German Battleship Kaiser (06:55). “1930: Aviation” (07:03) shows the first attempt to launch a motorless aircraft from a dirigible (blimp) (07:09) on 31 January 1930. A glider is released from the USS Los Angeles (07:25), piloted by Navy Lt. Ralph Barnaby (07:59), who guides the glider to a safe landing in a snowy field (07:54). A contest in Los Angeles on 9 August 1928 is the topic of the next clip, “1928: Fashions Of The Day” (08:07), as chiropractors look for the most perfectly shaped spinal column. Women contestants show off their backs (08:15) as well as their spinal flexibility (08:50) as they compete for the title. The film’s final segment is dedicated to sports, recapping two events—one from 1929 and another from 1926 (09:18). The first event is a 210-mile dog sled race from Berlin, NH to Boston, MA on 19 January 1929. Ms. Edward Clark drives her team of dogs onward (09:26), though it is her husband, Mr. Edward Clark, who crosses the finish line first (10:16). The second event is the Thanksgiving Handicap Horse Race in Southern California on 25 November 1926, where Cherry Tree takes the lead and a first-place finish (10:38).

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