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Filming of McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: Cameraman and sound operator from Paramount Sound News on top of a truck filming a demonstration of the McCormick-Deering O-12 radio-controlled tractor and...
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Filming from an International C-1 Station Wagon

Date: 08 11 1936
Description: Four-man crew demonstrating their filming techniques with an International C-1 wood-paneled ("woody") station wagon in front of Metropolitan Studios. The c...
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On the set of "Youth Takes a Fling"

Date: 11 08 1938
Description: Cast and crew setting up a shot for the film "Youth Takes a Fling" starring Andrea Leeds and Joel McCrea. An International D-series panel truck was used in...
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Shooting Movie in Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom

Date: 02 23 1931
Description: Shooting movie in Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
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Old Timers Day at the Fair

Date: 1938
Description: The Old Timers Club of Milwaukee waves for a motion picture being made at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Book or Pamphlet

International C-1 Truck Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the half-ton, six-cylinder International C-1 truck. Includes a color illustration of men operating a motion picture ca...
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"A Star is Born" scene still

Date: 1937
Description: Scene still of a fictional camera and sound crew shooting Frederic March (playing actor Norman Maine) and Janet Gaynor (as Vicki Lester) on set in David O....
Print

Time Marches On

Date: 1936
Description: Advertising proof. Headline reads: "'Time Marches On' with International Trucks." There is an illustration of two men using a movie camera to film from an ...
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Commissary Supplies are Adequate

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of ...
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Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."
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Frank Borzage on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Film director Frank Borzage and camera operator Joseph Biroc, along with other members of the film crew, are seen in the reflection of mirrors on the set o...
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"History Is Made at Night" Overhead Shot

Date: 1937
Description: View of the set of the 1937 film "History Is Made at Night" taken from above. The scene being shot takes place in a restaurant kitchen. The camera is focus...
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Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur talk with director Frank Borzage on the set of the 1937 film "History Is Made at Night". Borzage sits in a chair while Boyer ...

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