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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: View from across street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when the film "Foreign Correspondent" was showing there. The marquee says the gala premiere o...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square. There is a large crowd on the sidewalk outside the theater. The marquee says the premiere of the fi...
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Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
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Production still for "Alice in Wonderland" with Kathryn Beaumont

Date: 1951
Description: Child actress Kathryn Beaumont is held upside-down by a Disney studio technician before her tumble is filmed in the first step to rotoscope a sequence for ...
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Production Still for "Alice in Wonderland" with Kathryn Beaumont

Date: 1951
Description: Child actress Kathryn Beaumont falls as one Disney studio technician rotates the cylinder she is on and another technician rocks the platform. Her fall is ...
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Charlie Chaplin at a press conference for "The Great Dictator"

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin entertains the press at a press conference held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York on October 13, 1940, to promote "The Great Dictator." Un...
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Charlie Chaplin at a press conference for "The Great Dictator"

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin entertains the press at a press conference held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York on October 13, 1940, to promote "The Great Dictator." Un...
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"Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: Two actors in space suits and suction cup boots work on the exterior of a spaceship in a production still for "Destination Moon." Behind them is a black sk...
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"Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: An actor in a space suit "floats" in front of a background of stars. Below him is a safety net and a technician watching on the right.
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Production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In a production still for "Destination Moon," an astronaut in a space suit is floating away from the spaceship. Two of his companions stand on the hull of ...
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John Archer and Tom Powers in "Destination Moon" scene still.

Date: 1950
Description: Actors John Archer (left) and Tom Powers (right) pose in the set for the interior of a spacecraft. Powers is buckled into a padded bunk.
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Lunar scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three space suited astronauts stand on the lunar surface against a background of stars in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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Lunar scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut in a spacesuit carries some stiff laundry on the surface of the moon in scene still for "Destination Moon." On his belt are a flashlight, an a...
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Two astronauts in a "Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: Two astronauts in spacesuits unload equipment from their spaceship onto the surface of the moon. One has camera equipment including an 8mm Bolex motion pic...
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"Destination Moon" prodution still with Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson, and John Archer.

Date: 1950
Description: From left to right, the actors Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson, and John Archer relax on a lunar set during the filming of "Destination Moon." They sit on sto...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, and Dick Wesson.

Date: 1950
Description: "Destination Moon" scene still in the crew quarters of the spaceship with the actors Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, and Dick Wesson.
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"Destination Moon" scene still with John Archer and his suction boots.

Date: 1950
Description: The actor John Archer hangs on a ladder and puts on suction boots in a spaceship interior for a "Destination Moon" scene still. His posture is awkward, pro...
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Weightless food in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: The actor Tom Powers launches a banana and a sandwich up to Dick Wesson who floats at the top of the frame. The other two astronauts, Warner Anderson and J...
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John Archer walks down a wall in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: John Archer, wearing suction boots, walks down a wall of a spaceship interior in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

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