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Cartoon classics. no. 3
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1 edition published in 1985 in English and held by 13 libraries worldwide Six silent era animated films, three with music scores.
Kidnapped
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide Miser Ebenezer Balfour attempts to cheat his nephew David from the boy's rightful inheritance by having unscrupulous ship captain Elias Hoseason kidnap the lad for the purpose of selling him as a slave in the Carolinas. David manages to escape from the ship where he had been incarcerated, along with Alan Breck, a gentleman outlaw who had boarded the ship when it hit the small boat in which he had been journeying. David was fleeing from slavery, Breck from being the victim of robbery and murder. After a series of adventures in the Scottish Highlands, the two, having fought and made up, return to England where they restore David's estate to him, and Breck leaves to take up the cause of his exiled Stuart king.
Antony and Cleopatra
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide After conquering Egypt, Antony sends for Cleopatra, who has been told by an oracle that she will have great power over Antony. Antony travels to Alexandria to see Cleopatra again, and becomes obsessed with her. Octavius, Antony's Roman wife, threatens the vengeance of Rome against Antony after he spurns her in Egypt. Charmian, a slave who has saved Antony's life by warning him about Cleopatra's scheming courtiers, is put to death by a jealous Cleopatra. The Roman Senate declares Antony a traitor, and when he is defeated in battle by Octavius, he commits suicide. Cleopatra tries unsuccessfully to entice Octavius, and kills herself. Octavius returns triumphant to Rome. Photographed in Rome and Egypt.
Gold and diamond mines of South Africa
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2 editions published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Shows how gold and diamonds are extracted from the earth and processed in the province of Transvaal in South Africa. Pictures gold mining operations at the Joch Mine near Johannesburg and diamond mining operations at the Premier Mine in the town of Cullinan. Includes street scenes of Johannesburg and of Kimberley, the center of the world's largest diamond mining operations.
The dinosaur and the missing link, a prehistoric tragedy
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2 editions published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Uses puppet animation to tell a story of prehistoric times. Three suitors, named the Duke, Stonejaw Steve, and Theophilus Ivoryhead, compete for the hand of Miss Araminta Rockface. The latter, an unassuming weakling, wins her hand when the others mistakenly believe that he has killed a large ape which was actually felled by a dinosaur.
The Princess' necklace
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide A fairy tale in which a stranger comes to Happyland in order to learn the master secret of happiness, and, while there, manages to retrieve the princess' necklace from the wicked dwarfs who had stolen it. The stranger, who reveals himself later as the King of Roseland, learns that the real secret of happiness is making others happy, and he and the princess are wed.
Nature's perfect thread spinner
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Depicts the life cycle of a silk worm, emphasizing the spinning of the cocoon. Includes a mating sequence.
Musty's vacation
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Musty Suffer endures various tortures at the office of a beauty doctor, whose equipment includes an iron foundry, in order to get his features changed to resemble those of a man whose photograph is on a meal ticket in Musty's possession; when Musty emerges several feet taller and with a much higher forehead, he returns to the restaurant which honors the ticket only to find that it has gone out of business.
The Master passion
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide A melodrama about a woman who leaves her wealthy husband and child for an operatic career in Paris, becomes a famous prima donna, and later sacrifices her artistic talents and her pride to save her daughter from an unhappy marriage to a duke who has been having an affair with the mother; eventually the husband and the wife are reunited.
The Making of hundred-ton guns
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Shows the work of the men who forge fourteen-inch guns; traces the various processes that are involved in the manufacturing of these guns from the first rough-turning of the plain steel to the final completion of the finished gun. Photographed by special permission at the United States Arsenal at Watervliet, N.Y.
The Legend of the willow plate
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide A dramatization of a Chinese legend in which two lovers, who were forbidden marriage by the woman's father, elope to a beautiful island; the angry father follows them and burns down their home, but the gods take pity on the lovers and turn them into white doves so that they may escape the flames. A willow plate frames the scenes, and the interior titles are rhymed.
Light in darkness
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Two ex-convicts marry in violation of California parole laws. An understanding sheriff presents their story to the governor, who, after some hesitation, grants them full pardons.
The Lady of the photograph
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide A young American woman and a disinherited member of an English family fall in love while the woman is visiting in England. In order to pay off his gambling debts, the young man goes to America; there he encounters a soap millionaire who promises to help him financially if he will aid him with his sweetheart, who turns out to be the Englishman's sweetheart also. Eventually the Englishman inherits a large sum of money from another member of his family and marries his sweetheart, with the soap millionaire's blessing.
A Joy-rider of the ocean
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide A documentary nature film about the Remora, or sharksucker, which provides facts about the habitat, size, and physical structure of the fish, concentrating on the tremendous suction power of the oval disc that is located on the head of the fish.
The Holy Land
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Depicts living conditions, customs, and historical sights of the Holy Land. Includes scenes of a Russian monastery on the site of the garden of Gethsemane, a panorama of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, market day in the former Pool of Gihon, beggars, the ancient Wailing Wall, Christian pilgrims carrying a cross along the way to Calvary, the Damascus gate, Bethlehem, camels, people picking olives, goatskins being used as churns, and shepherds tending their flocks as they did centuries ago.
In old England
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Presents views of the English countryside around Wallingford; follows travelers along country roads, past farms, and through villages; and takes a ride down the Thames under bridges, past gardens and boat houses, and through a lock.
The Heart of the hills
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1 edition published in 1916 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Hester Madgwick, daughter of an English nobleman, was kidnapped as a baby, and consecrated to the service of a heathen god in India. Years later, Hester is sent by the Indian seditionists to recover a sacred ruby which had come into the possession of her father at the time of her kidnapping. Hester forgets her mission after falling in love with Dennis, her father's estate manager, and wishes to be released from the service of the god. Sir Madgwick dies, apparently of heart failure, and Hester is named chief beneficiary of his will. When Hester's drunken half-brother Eric has a friend break into his father's coffin to obtain the sacred ruby which was buried with him, the friend remarks that Sir Madgwick was poisoned. Suspicion points to Hester who is being held captive by the Indian Karaji. Hester makes a daring escape from a window, and returns to prove her innocence. Scotland Yard rounds up the seditionists, and the servant Ali reveals that Madgwick feared being buried alive, so he had Ali promise to put a vial of poison in his coffin. As the film ends, Dennis and Hester embrace. Set in India and England.
The Four R's
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Shows how the three R's are supplemented by a fourth--riding--at old American military schools. Shows boys forming pyramids on horseback, jumping on and off horses in motion, jumping hurdles, and riding in water. Highlights a two-day hike of the Culver cavalry troop of Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., showing their preparation for the hike, cleanup methods, setting up of the tents, pranks, meals, and horse riding activities. Includes a scene of author Kirk Monroe providing the boys with a bedtime tale.
The Fixer
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Bill Fowler is thrown in jail for gambling at his bachelor party on the eve of his wedding to widow Isabel Dare. Bill's friend Christopher Cutting, the fixer, manages Bill's escape by using chloroform to knock out the constable, who reappears immediately after Bill's wedding and demands Bill's rearrest. Bill steals the identity of a diplomat named William Fowler, and tells Isabel that he has to go to Mexico, and that the constable is a special envoy sent to escort him. Meanwhile, Isabel is worried that her first husband who resembles Fowler and was supposedly drowned, may still be alive. Cutting gains Bill's release by bribing the constable, but the friends have to go to Mexico to mail a letter to Isabel in order to keep their stories straight. They then return home to Rye, N.Y., where Bill is triumphantly greeted as the returning diplomat. William Fowler appears, and duels with Bill, who escapes trouble when the fixer knocks out the diplomat with a brick. The lack of a scar on the diplomat's forehead proves to Isabel that he is not her first husband.
Crystals and their beauties
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1 edition published in 1917 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Shows the formation of various types of crystals made from table salt, tin, silver, acetamide, and other materials. The resulting crystals resemble fireworks, skyrockets, maps of city streets, tree branches, bayonets, and stars. more
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Action and adventure films Adventure and adventurers Animated films Antonius, Marcus,--83?-30 B.C Balls (Parties) Battles Boy Scouts Cleopatra,--Queen of Egypt,--d. 30 B.C Comedy films Courtship Diamond mines and mining Documentary films Drama Egypt England Feature films Fiction films Film and video adaptations Gold mines and mining Historical films History Husband and wife Inheritance and succession Jealousy Kidnapping Kings and rulers Legends Love Miscegenation Nobility Nonfiction films Orphans Parent and child Prehistoric peoples Queens Revenge Rome Science films Seafaring life Short films Short films Silent films Silent films South Africa South Africa--Johannesburg South Africa--Kimberley South Africa--Transvaal Suicide Travel Western films
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