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Wednesday, September 17th, 2003
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3:15a - Historical Films
The Library of Congress’ American Memory historical collections contain many interesting early films. Many are from over a hundred years ago. Below are some recommendations. The first, linked to at Making Light, got me looking for more.
What happened on Twenty-third street, New York City, 1903 - Women's skirts have been lifted up by the winds from subway grates for well over a century now. Watch especially the reactions of passersby.
TR in Africa, 1909. Watch footage from ex-president Theodore Roosevelt's Smithsonian Institution-sponsored safari in East and Central Africa.
See how the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo (yes, the one William McKinley was assassinated at) portrayed an "authentic" Japanese village. Speaking of McKinley, you can actually watch Leon Czolgosz being executed.
If that's not morbid enough for you, you can watch a reenactment (filmed by Thomas Edison in the Orange Mountains, NJ), of the US Army shooting up Filipinos during the Battle of the Trenches at Candabar. Or you can watch actual footage from the Spanish-American War, including Aguinaldo's Navy, 25th Infantry, and An Historic Feat (which apparently involved getting mules across a river).
current mood: silent
current music: None. I'm watching silent films. (comment on this)
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9:04p - Carrying Coal to Newcastle
Stoner #3 (my roommates have names, but their nicknames are more fun) has just complained about the lack of Chinese food in the neighborhood. He must not have tried walking south. Ever. This is CHINATOWN!
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