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- A husband waits for his wife to freshen up before going out. While shopping she sees some bargains but must compete with other customers.
- Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard, smashing up the tins and barrels seen earlier. The contents flow into what appears to be a lake of illegal hooch, and a few Negro residents are seen stealing some of the alcohol out of the battered leaking tins.
- Newspaper headlines taken from issues of April, 1906, form the first titles of the film, followed by scenes of the "first great disaster to be recorded in motion pictures." Ruins are on every side, and dynamiting squads are at work in an effort to check the spread of the flames. Attention is called to the absence of motor cars in the streets, and a lone machine serves as a contrast with our present-day automobiles. Refugees are seen quartered in the public parks, and some few days later, the first street car to be operated (a good scene, and particularly true to life) gives promise of the restoration of order in the stricken city. Throughout the entire reel are scattered scenes of present-day San Francisco, to show the contrast between the city then and now. The San Francisco of today, as seen from an airplane, follows the scenes of the ruins, and the shopping district then is contrasted with the street as it appears today. The ruins of the City Hall on Nob Hill precede some fine views of the beautiful structure of today, built upon the same site. Market Street then and now is shown, and a general panoramic view of the city of 1906 is followed by air views of the city today.
- A newspaper of the day headlines: "King of England dead - George V proclaimed new King." In the first part of the reel are shown some of the activities of Edward VII during the last days of his reign. Both King and Queen are shown at a public assemblage, King Edward is seen inspecting his regiment, and the royal party board a battleship. There follow scenes of the funeral procession. The casket, with Edward's crown upon it, is followed by his horse, and marching in the funeral procession are most of the other European monarchs of the time, even to the present ex-Kaiser. A diagram with the figures of these monarchs drawn in, helps to identify them as they pass the camera. The coronation of England's present King is most interestingly shown. The coronation procession passes up the steps, and Prince Edward, about to become Prince of Wales, marches up, like any other rather awed little boy. The ceremony is shown, and there follows a scene on the balcony when his investiture is proclaimed to the people. Princess Mary is photographed as she appeared then, and now. The reel closes with pictures of the Prince today- easily the most popular young man in the British Empire- and his three younger brothers.
- This newsreel depicts the inner-workings of a bootleggers' facility for making and distributing illegal bootleg liquor. The participants, all of whom wear masks, mix liquids and pour them into bottles while a portly African-American worker keeps coming and going with supplies. A shot of the finished product, a pan across a row of bottles with clearly visible labels, is followed by a final shot of prohibition agents destroying the seized goods.
- An absorbingly interesting story, begun in France less than fifteen years ago, when the Wrights made their first public flights in a motor-driven, heavier-than-air craft. The camera records this bit of history, and shows the machines in which the first experimental flights were taken, and their launching by the device of the "launching weight." The first flight achieved a little over a mile. "And," says the title, "this is what came of those early experiments." Then flashes an air view of a fleet of present-day planes in battle formation. On October 3rd, 1908, the first passenger flight was made - a run of 36 miles, staying in the air 55 minutes. The camera record of that flight is shown in contrast with exterior and interior views of our present monster passenger planes. While the Wrights were experimenting, other curious machines were being brought out. The camera gives us a glimpse of some of those early attempts at flight. Finally, Wilbur Weight reached a height of 360 feet - a record for that time. Views that follow show exceptional scenes taken from planes flying over mountain tops. In those early days, "stunting" was unknown. In contrast, the film ends with some examples of present-day stunt flying.
- The first section, called "The Fairyland of the Magic Camera," introduces the Denishawn dancers in slow motion photography - a series of lovely scenes, perhaps admirable as an art subject. There follows a bit of cartoon comedy which is done in mock seriousness. The first inaugural parade to be caught by the camera, Cleveland and McKinley are shown riding to the ceremony in a carriage (which the title calls a hack). Here again the crowds on Pennsylvania Avenue are of interest to the title writer principally for the styles of the fair promenaders. The film also points its contrasts - in the first place between the artillery of that day as it is seen in the parade, and ours now, twenty-five years later. Taft and Wilson are shown riding in an inaugural procession, as are Wilson and Harding at the last inaugural, to show the difference between vehicles then and now. Throughout the reel, however, it must be said that the emphasis is laid not so much upon an effort to present any connected story of the McKinley inauguration, as to show the remarkable advance which has been made in motion picture art within a period of twenty-five years. The slow movement of the crowds at the inauguration in 1897 is the fault of the early camera, as is some exceedingly hazy, bad photography. The early effort at a "closeup" is contrasted, of course, with what the camera can do today.
- Dakota Laden, Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder of "Destination Fear" join TAPS as they take on Old Joliet Prison. Unsettling paranormal activity has been ramping up at the now-shuttered penitentiary, and volunteers there are desperate for answers.
- Radio Local is a multilingual podcast highlighting ethical stories from India's 595 community radio stations serving minorities, farmers, indigenous and coastal communities. It sheds light on pressing local issues often overlooked.