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Early film from Movietone sound cameras of life in Havana including horse racing, thirsty American tourists at the world famous Sloppy Joe's bar having a legal drink, various scenes of entertainment and night life, religious pilgrims, the Pan American Conference of 1928, the state visit of US President Calvin Coolidge, some scenes of local landmarks and the visit by Charles Lindbergh. (B&W with sound appx 45 minutes)

Old sound film of the Atlantic City Boardwalk in New Jersey, USA, taken April 1928. Since the Movietone process started in late 1927, this is some of the earliest sound footage ever made. It has a very unique perspective of the cameraman 'walking' through the boardwalk (maybe mounted to the front of a rickshaw?) The sound is rough and muffled but this is great time travel.

Film footage from an early Movietone camera team showing everyday life in New York City during 1929 (pre-Crash). I got a mild case of vertigo just watching the guys plastering the side of the Chrysler Building. Note how well dressed everybody seems to be. Appx 15 minutes