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Filming "Design for Life"

Date: 1955
Description: The camera moves in on a retail pharmacy scene in "Design for Life", a film produced by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American F...
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Newsreel Crew Interviewing Senator McCarthy

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy being interviewed by a newsreel crew after his victory in the 1952 Republican primary election. McCarthy was celebrating at the ...
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Bill Duren

Date: 1968
Description: Bill Duren of Chippewa Falls, founder of Cygnet Films. Cygnet Films made training films. After his premature death, the company became known as Spectrum In...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Press photographers set up their equipment in the press area before they cover a visit by President Jimmy Carter. A scoreboard hangs on the wall in the bac...
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Campaign Finance Reform

Date: 1983
Description: Press conference called by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center) to introduce his bill to reform political campaign contributions by political actio...
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Walter Wanger and Neville Brand

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Description: Walter Wanger stands on the left while talking with actor Neville Brand, on the right. On the far left is a movie camera. They are on the set of the film "...
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"Riot on Cell Block 11" Stage Set

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Description: Elevated view of the set for the film "Riot on Cell Block 11." There is a large group of men in the center back, and movie cameras, lighting equipment, and...
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Wesley Scott Interviews Man at Allis-Chalmers

Date: 11 06 1975
Description: Wesley Scott, executive director of the Milwaukee Urban League, holding a microphone up to a man while interviewing him. On the right a cameraman is holdin...
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"Metropolis"

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Description: A behind the scenes photograph from the set of the film "Metropolis. "Men are seen behind and below where the Maria robot is sitting. The camera can be see...
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"Diamond Handcuffs" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Director John McCarthy watching as Henry Sharp films Eleanor Boardman and Lawrence Gray in a scene from the 1928 film "Diamond Handcuffs."
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Ed Sullivan

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Description: Ed Sullivan is bending down and looking into the eyepiece of a Mitchell movie camera. There are men in the background.
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Shirley Clarke with Video Setup

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Description: Shirley Clarke is sitting on a couch and holding a video camera. She is looking off to the side. There are two monitors and other equipment in front of her...
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Boxing Scene from "Body and Soul"

Date: 1947
Description: James Wong Howe filming John Garfield with a handheld camera in a boxing ring during the making of the 1947 film "Body and Soul." Two actors are standing b...
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Crew Filming "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Film crew for the 1951 film "The African Queen," including John Huston, Ted Moore, and Edward Scaife, surrounding a movie camera. They are all partially su...
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Ida Lupino

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Description: Director Ida Lupino on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." She is gesturing and talking to an unidentified man. A movie camera is on the right side of t...
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Ida Lupino, Keefe Brasselle and Sally Forest

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino is standing on the left, while actors Keefe Brasselle and Sally Forest are sitting at a table on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear."...
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Ida Lupino

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Description: Director Ida Lupino is sitting at movie camera, surrounded by unidentified men, probably the film crew, on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear."
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Ida Lupino

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Description: Director Ida Lupino is sitting in a wheelchair on the set of the 1949 film "Never Fear" with her right foot in a cast; her foot is propped up on a block. A...
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William Dieterle

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Description: Director William Dieterle in between a movie camera and light with some of the unidentified film crew on the set of the 1938 film "Blockade." A model ship ...

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