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Cameraman Filming Tractor in Action

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: Cameraman riding on a platform pulled by a McCormick-Deering tractor. The man appears to be filming the tractor while it is in motion.
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Camera Crew Films Farmers Harvesting Corn

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Camera crew from the Cloud County Farm Bureau filming farmers harvesting corn with a Farmall tractor. An International truck used by the crew is parked to ...
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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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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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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Three people are standing in front of an automobile parked next to an airplane at Pennc...
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Film Crew(?) for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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International Scout Truck on Film Set

Date: 1965
Description: A man stands on the bed of an International Scout truck while using a stage light on the set of the film "King Rat." Thatched-roof huts, a water tower, and...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
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Green Thumb Site

Date: 01 1979
Description: Green Thumb was a project sponsored by the National Farmers Union to find jobs for the elderly people who were able to work. During his district tour Congr...
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Filming "The Cool World"

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Description: Elevated view looking over the railings in front of a building of a crowd of people watching a scene from the film "The Cool World" being shot. The cameram...
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Need Two Tickets

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down grassy lawn bordered by trees towards two men wearing suits who are walking along a metal barricade blocking the sidewalk and street on the righ...
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Aileen Pringle Production Still

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Description: Actress Aileen Pringle sitting in the back seat of a car during the filming of a unidentified movie. One camera is mounted to a platform attached to the si...
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Car Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: Cast and crew are filming an outdoors scene from the 1938 film "Blockade." Two actors (probably Madeleine Carroll and Henry Fonda) are sitting in a car, wh...
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William Dieterle, Henry Fonda, and Madeleine Carroll

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Description: Elevated view of director William Dieterle standing and instructing actors Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll. The latter two are sitting in a car facing a ...
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Henry Fonda, Madeleine Carroll, and William Dieterle

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Description: Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll are sitting in a car in the background, and director William Dieterle is standing in the center. They are shooting a scen...
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"Salt of the Earth" Production Still

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Description: Director Herb Biberman and three other men are sitting and standing on a platform built on the roof of a shack during the filming of "Salt of the Earth." B...

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