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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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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Eight people are standing in front of an Oakland automobile and airplane, and four more...
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Madison League of Women Voters

Date: 07 02 1946
Description: United Nations poll, conducted by the League of Women Voters. Image appeared in the Capital Times newspaper.
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4-H Members on TV at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A group of 4-H members standing underneath lights to be filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair, while a woman nearby is playing the piano.
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Television Camera at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A television crew worker films "Iowa's First Television Show" while an audience looks on. The sign reads: "Iowa's First Television Show In Cooperation With...
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MGM Studio Booth

Date: 08 1928
Description: A man operates a Mitchell camera from inside an MGM sound booth as Raquel Torres and Nils Asther perform seated in front of lights and a microphone. Direct...
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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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Advertising Shapes American Life

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Clark Hogan, operations manager of WKOW-TV, prepares advertising in the television studio.
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Frame 64: The Three Women Set Off to Washington

Date: 1964
Description: Annie Devine, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Victoria Gray, fellow MFDP candidates. All three women are wearing hats and carrying handbags. A crowd of people are be...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Luella Mortenson, women's director for bot...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Fern Fowler demonstrates a plant made of t...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Jeanne Parr, also known as Jeanne Noth, ho...
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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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James Wong Howe in "The North Star" production still

Date: 1943
Description: Cinematographer James Wong Howe high up on a camera crane directs actors playing German soldiers who are replacing the Soviet flag flying from a flagstaff ...
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James Wong Howe in "The North Star" production still

Date: 1943
Description: High up on a camera crane, cinematographer James Wong Howe adjusts a flag over the cameraman's head. In front of the camera, two actors playing German sold...
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Production still of German soldiers entering a village

Date: 1943
Description: A line of German foot soldiers and an automobile with officers and their motorcycle escort entering a Ukrainian village in a production still for "The Nort...
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Production still of German soldiers entering a village

Date: 1943
Description: Five German foot soldiers run toward the camera with bayonets on their rifles while another shoots water on a burning building on the left in a production ...
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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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Gisholt Movie

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Description: Three men are looking on, one running the movie camera, as a Gisholt worker is filmed working at a machine. The three men behind the camera are wearing sui...
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"Klondike" TV Show Set

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Description: The cast and crew of the TV show "Klondike" on an outdoor set designed like the main street of a western town. There is a camera operator on the left. Bann...

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