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Scene from "Blockade"
Cast and crew are filming a scene from the 1938 movie "Blockade." A microphone is hanging over the cast in the background. In the left-foreground is the crew. The set resembles a harbor.
Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"
1951
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 their heads. The boat is on a body of water, a...
Griffith Jones
Actor Griffith Jones on the underwater cave set, preparing to film a scene from the 1948 movie "Miranda." The set contains a platform where some of the film crew is set up with a movie camera and a...
Boat from "The African Queen"
1951
Cast and crew of the 1951 film "The African Queen" on a boat, preparing to film a scene. They are floating on a body of water, with trees behind them. Actors Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn a...
Car Scene from "Blockade"
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, while lights, a microphone and a movie camer...
Play Scene from "Hamlet"
Elevated view of the cast and crew filming the play scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." The movie camera is on a semicircular track around the stage. Lights are along the ceiling.