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Farmall 656 Tractor on the Set of "Mayberry RFD"

Date: 02 1969
Description: Actor Ken Berry and actress Marianna Hill with a Farmall 656 tractor on the set of the television show "Mayberry RFD". The tractor was a prop for the episo...
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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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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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"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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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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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Cameraman Jules Cronjagger and director Ralph Ince shoot a scene with Earle Williams (as Tom Barclay) and Anita Stewart (as Celestia, the Goddess) in the V...
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"The Broken Coin" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Group shot of the cast and crew for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin," taken after shooting the final scene. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are in the ...
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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....
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Kathlyn Williams and Bell & Howell Camera

Date: 1920
Description: Actress Kathlyn Williams wearing an evening dress sits in William C. de Mille's director's chair holding his small megaphone. Behind her is one of the Bell...
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Olga Petrova and George Irving

Date: 1917
Description: Production still of Olga Petrova and her director George Irving looking over the script for "Daughter of Destiny." Next to them is a Bell & Howell model 27...
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Elsie Ferguson and George M. Cohan Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "FROM ARTCRAFT PICTURES CORP. Pete Schmid. Elsie Ferguson, Artcraft's newest recruit gets her initial lessons in film technique from Geo...
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Citizen Kane Set

Date: 1941
Description: Orson Welles directs Agnes Moorehead in a scene from the film Citizen Kane. Welles is sitting on the camera crane behind the camera operator. The ca...
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"Gallant Lady" Still

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Description: The cast and crew of the film "Gallant Lady" preparing to shoot a scene on a lake. The motion picture camera and crew are on a raft on the left, and are sh...
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"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Stills

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Wuthering Heights." The crew is standing and sitting behind the camera which is on the ground. An actor and actress a...
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"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Still

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Description: The crew on the film "Wuthering Heights" shooting a scene with an actress on a cliff. The camera is on the left with two large lights, and two men holding ...
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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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"The Crowd" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Production still from the 1928 film "The Crowd." Two cameramen are sitting on a wooden slide behind a small camera. People are sitting at the top of the sl...
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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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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...
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Madeline Carroll

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Description: Actress Madeline Carroll and an unidentified actor sitting at a table preparing to film a scene for the 1938 film "Blockade." They are next to lights and a...

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