Oddities footage

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220273 1936 SIL B/W
Farmers Tattoo Chickens In Drive To Halt Thieves: Farmer feeding white chickens. Sign: Thieves Beware This Poultry Is Marked & registered. Farmer shows chickens to police who tattoo wing (MCU). Crooks walking down sidewalk escorted by police carrying chicken. Put into jail. Chicken also in Jail.

220274 1953 SD B/W
News In Brief (Safety Steering Wheel): CU of steering wheel that raises up under impact. Test driver drives open jeep at full speed into parked car and steering wheel folds up. Intercut with shot of photographers & others watching. Then does the same driving an old sedan. Both cases he walks away.

220296 1947 SD B/W
News in Brief - Paris. Odd furniture and inventions - includes model snail which is a slow cooker - model swan which is container - small parasol which is cigarette holder and gun which man points at head which is clock.

LN 501-101 1958 SD B/W
Tips on Toppers. Hat fashions at NY summer showing. Models & somewhat oddball hats. Hat as carrying bag. Convertible hat is a four-in-one.

220272           1954        SD     B/W
Animal Corner (dog with tiger cub): Alsatian Wolfhound picks up tiger cub in mouth and lets it nurse along with its own pups. CU of cub suckling. CU of mother.   Pup & cub playing. Tiger in circus cage that deserted cub.

220272 1954 SD B/W
Animal Corner (Elephant stunting lying on man): Elephant walks over man, Wally Ross, & lies down onto him. Man gets up and waves. Wally Ross then puts head into elephants mouth who picks him up and carries him across lot.

220270 1930 SIL B/W
Take Matrimonial Plunge In Swimming Pool Ceremonial. Flower girl walk towards camera alongside pool, then into pool with bride and groom. Minister on floating barge.

220270 1931 SIL B/W
Champion Athlete at 9 Months! Perfect Child Specimen Gets 100... Man throwing baby up into the air and catching him. Then swinging around and balancing. CU of baby clapping.

220270 1931 SIL B/W
Newly-discovered Turtle Puzzles Experts! Why? Because It Has 2-Headed Turtle on platform. Held and then put into plate where it tries to walk in two directions with its 5 legs.

220270 1934 SIL B/W
[Invention - Goggles with Windshield Wipers]: Man puts on goggles with fan & windshield wipers. Sprayed with flit gun. CU.

220270 1934 SIL B/W
Man picking up pool balls with 2 hands. Holds them up for the camera.

220270 1934 SIL B/W
Man imitating Popeye.

220270 1934 SIL B/W
[Boxing Cats]: Woman & cats boozing, watched by kids and a few adults. Counts one out & holds winner up.

220270 1934 SIL B/W
Four month long burial stunt. Women & boys looking down into coffin that has been buried with man inside. Sign: 10 cent admission. Crowd watches digging up & removing lid. Man stands up and waves. Bearded.

220270 1935 SD B/W
Meet Cecil Dill Universal's Gift To Music Lovers: Man in suit swings arm as pianist begins to play Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Then plays hands (slightly off screen). Does a repeat with hands in CU. CU of face as he explains how he learned to do it while walking home from school in the cold. Then milked cows to keep hands limber.

220265 1933 SIL B/W
Brownies Take Zero Swim - moving title: Women & men sitting on ice & splashing in water. Diving into pool in ice from diving platform; swimming. Sitting at card tables & playing cards on ice. Pouring tea. High diving into snow. Man holding frozen swimming suit.

220265 1933 SIL B/W
Pampered Pets Receive Facials And Marcels in Novel Beauty Salon: Permanent given to dog by man. Woman washing another. MCU of curlers being attached while other dogs watch. Combing Pekinese & other dogs.

2003543 1925 B/W
Funny Eating Habits etc: Very fat man seated at table eating huge amounts of hot dogs. Small man being served plate of cigarettes and books of matches which he lights and eats. Back to fat man who is paying bill. Shot of line of girls legs - modelling swimsuits.

200354 1925 B/W
College initiation - night shots celebrations - bonfires - student wearing NYU shirt - mud bath - student wearing black face dancing in street - students in various costumes parade - model house with sign saying " The End of a Perfect World" relates to eclipse.

200267 1940 SIL B/W
Grilled Chicken - The Newest Idea for Getting a Tan-- Tanning in Miami - Beauty line up, girls in swimsuits - girls being sprayed with oil in various ways - chef turning them as if on barbecue. Girls hanging from bar getting sprayed with oil.

200267 SIL B/W
Sports including US football and Tomato wrestling: Hollywood - Green Bay Packers 16 - National All Stars 7 - game in progress. Lake Worth Florida - wrestling in tomatoes.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Builds Noah's Ark: William Greenwood says the World's coming to an end in 1932 . - Ark under construction - animals : dog with puppy - chickens - owl. William Greenwood points to chart.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Farmyard Athletes: Dog and duck fight.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Lion Cubs at Christmas: Christmas at zoo - lion cubs hanging from decorated tree - elephant carrying Xmas presents - monkey with tinsel - lion cubs in tinsel.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Alligator wrestling.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Bears Birthday - bear waves and gets birthday cake.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Man and Dog tackle 500lb bear Man and Dog tackle 500lb bear. Pet bear eating from trainers mouth - wrestles with dog and man.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Boxing Cats: Cats fighting in boxing ring - oriental children watching.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Famed Boxing Cats battle for Championship.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Rooster Racing.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Innocent Monk jailed - chimpanzee under arrest - on back of police motor bike - chimp behind bars.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Monkeys - chimps driving cars.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Monkey on trip to bar - chimp with bottle of beer - drinks and does break dancing!

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Boxing Monkeys: Chimps in ring fighting one gets KO'd

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Chimp Adopts Terrier Monkey riding bicycle with puppy in basket - chimp reading newspaper upside down - puppy chasing duck - chimp hitting duck.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Monkeys Marry Monkeys fighting all the way down the "aisle"; don't actually see 'wedding'.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Bonzo Arrives Grand Central Station. Chimp arrives by train - signs in at hotel desk - monkey lies on bed using telephone.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Monkeys in car and on unicycle Circus act; also balancing act - audience - close up chimp kisses little boy - line of chimps walk off.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Bossies Bonnets Cows having hats tried on in front of mirror. Cow in field wearing bowler - one cow decided it's more fun to eat the hats.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
New Jersey Kids and Fawns. Young boys carrying fawns - playing in back yard - feeding from bottles.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Diving Dog
Dog on shoulders of diver - diving from high platform - swimming ashore - repeat and run backwards.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Hollywood - Dancing Dogs: Dogs dressed in dance clothes - one plays piano other dances. Both dogs (Yorkshire terriers) jump into bed and go to sleep.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Setter has Sixteen Pups - Dog wearing bonnet in basket with pups - puppies playing. Puppies in individual socks ? hanging from washing line.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Handles for Dogs New fashion accessory - handles strapped round small dogs to allow women to pick them up like a handbag. Various shots crossing road. Group of four women walking their small dogs all pick them up when Borzoi approaches.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Fashion Models and Dog Clothes Collars tried on Afghan Hound - Hat tried on poodle. Terrier tries boots and beret. Various dogs wearing ridiculous clothes paraded round pool - they don't seem to like it too much!

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Zany Zoo News: Elephants in Tutus performing. Elephant riding tricycle. Chimp on motorcycle, other monkeys join in. Chimps in dodgem boats and pulling water-skier on skate board.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Models and Birds: Beauty parade - girls in swimsuits holding different sorts of birds - ducks chickens etc.

LN 797-001 1900s SIL B/W
Elephants Shooting the Chutes at Luna Park Elephants down water slide.

LN 797-001 1930s SD B/W
La Habra California - Elephant - elephant lays on man then carries him in mouth.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Venice California - Goat on Tightrope: Goat on high wire with little girl as trainer.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Goats Drink Beer Three long haired goats with three young women - goats drink beer from glasses.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Strongman & Woman- Man chained between two horses who are pulling apart - Woman lays on half bed of nails - has anvil placed on chest which is struck with sledgehammer. Indentations in back.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Zebra delivers milk. Milk cart drawn by two Zebras - lady milkman delivers milk to doo r.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Basketball on Horseback - teams play.

LN 797-001 1930s SD B/W
Playboy Horse Horse joins family at dining table - eating cake. Horse tucked up in bed.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Woman Feeds Leopards cakes Woman trainer gives fruit and birthday cake to Leopards in cage.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Cubs and Puppy Lion cubs play with Pekinese puppy.

LN 797-001 1930s SD B/W
Caveman Football with Pig. American football team dressed in skins play football with piglet. Audience also dressed as cavemen.

LN 797-001 1930s SD B/W
Sea Lion Takes Over Flip the sea lion lives with family - Flip in bed - having a bath - eating at table - swimming in sea - back home.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Lion on Flying Trapeze Man kissing lion - lion on swing.

LN 797-001 1930s SIL B/W
Two Headed Turtle Shots of freak turtle.

220293 1952 SD B/W
Sports - NYU pie throwing. Students raising money for New York University dance floor - pies in faces.

220293 1954 SIL B/W
Sports - Aquashow Preview: Formation swimming a la Busby Berkeley. Man and chimp walk on rolling log in water - chimp jumps off - stunt divers - diving off board in threes.

220293 1962 SD B/W
News in Brief - Germany - Talking dog: Two poodles down street and enter house. Owner with dog - offers dog treat - dog appears to say 'Mama'.

220294 1962 SD B/W
News in Brief - Germany Parrot: Trained parrot with owner, bird takes sweet from owner's mouth - has shower.

220294 1962 SD B/W
Sports : Finger Wrestling or finger hooking. Audience dressed in traditional Bavarian costumes.

220294 1965 SD B/W
Christmas Chopping - Cut your own tree. Sends folks to woods. Women and children - families cut their own fir trees for Christmas.

220294 1967 SD B/W
News in Brief - Yugoslavia - mail delivered by rockets in hills of Yugoslavia. Amateur rocket makers - rocket launched.

220290 1951 SD B/W
News in Brief Denmark - Aquatic car crosses Atlantic: Boat or sea-going jeep arrives in Denmark crossing the Atlantic from Canada. Banner: Politiken on boat. Boat drives up onto shore and Captain Todd Collins ? Collings ? and wife disembark. Boat / Jeep driving around city streets.

220290 1957 SD B/W
News in Brief - Ohio - Baby Gorilla: Colo first gorilla born in captivity - dressed in frilly baby clothes. Being raised at home like any other baby. Baby gorilla taken to visit dad in zoo.

220295 1936 SIL B/W
Air Conditioned Clothes Invented for Hot Weather. Man modelling - wears air pumps on feet with tubes going inside clothing - action of walking pushes air round body.

220295 1940 SIL B/W
Bachelors Fined as Girls Rule City on Leap Year Day: Girls polish fire engine - take engine out all posing. Girls as police " arrest " men and take them to jail. Girl "policewoman" on point duty making hash of things as she stops to powder nose.

220295 1946 SIL B/W
Sports - Motorcycle Soccer Football: Motorcycle soccer with action on open field & people around edges. Muddy, spills and frustrated goalie. Smiling mud covered face & kissing clean woman.

220295 1946 SD B/W
New High in Weddings: Flagpole sitter, 'Mad' Marshall Jacobs seen from plane. Bride-to-be Lonnie Cosmar kisses mother & dad goodbye & is hoisted up 180 ft. flag pole as people sit below and watch. After 26 days he comes down. Goodyear Blimp seen. Minister on ground before a CBS mic does the service. She throws bouquet from above & bridesmaids chase it.

220295 1946 SD B/W
Footloose and Free wheeling: Man who plans to push a wheelbarrow around the world - walking in traffic - Man - Larry Hightower walking with barrow along snowy road - stops to cool off eating snow and cooling feet.

220297 1930 SIL B/W
First Under-water wedding in Deep Sea Helmets. Bride and Groom and priest putting on diving helmets - submerged in pool seen through viewing windows - marriage performed - helmets removed - kiss.

220297 1930 SIL B/W
Take Matrimonial Plunge In Swimming Pool Ceremonial. Flower girls wearing swimsuits walk towards camera alongside pool, then into pool with bride and groom. Minister on floating barge.

220297 1938 SIL B/W
Zippy Wedding ceremony held on roller coaster
Bride & Groom getting on coaster car; Minister conducting ceremony on coaster; Bride & Groom Kissing; Couple getting off coaster and guests throwing confetti.

LN 050-006 c1900 SIL B/W
Toto Brothers, Balancing and Iron Jaw from Spanuth's original Vod-A-Vil Movies: Novelty act. On stage set, man in 1900s muscleman costume and man in mock sailor suit perform acrobatics with chairs. Performer in sailor costume stands stick on his nose whilst muscleman lies on floor carrying piled-up chairs. TITLE: "You will notice I do all the work, but a double act get more money so I'lI carry the brother with me". The acrobats continue their act. TITLE: " You must have lock-jaw to do this": Muscleman lifts table and chair with his teeth and a chair in each hand whilst the sailor man has difficulty lifting the one chair. TITLE: "To fully appreciate this stunt, try it on your kitchen table when you get home": Muscleman lifts brother on chair with his head.

220305 1958 SD B/W
Robots' Rhapsody. Three robots, built by former inmates of Nazi concentration camps, robots are musicians. Robot on accordion smoking cigarette. Robots in concert.

220441 1940s SD B/W
Quebec's Biggest Farm Family Goes All-Out For War! Family moving sheep, milk, butter made by churning. Family's boots on porch. 6 1/2 ft loaf of bread baked each day. 4 sons home from Canadian Army for 25th Anniversary. Parents & 18 kids eat outdoors. Pose for camera.

220361 1933 SIL B/W
Baby Prodigy, 2 Years Old Startles Golf World: Golfer teeing up and taking shot. Little boy tees off. Blindfold put on little boy - he swings at golf ball. Various trick shots by little boy.

220464 1930 SIL B/W
Smothers to death in Barrel Leap Over Famous Cataract: Man crawls inside barrel and others close it. Barrel dragged in water by boat. Barrel floats freely in water and down Niagara Falls as crowds watch. Boy in crowd holds up turtle.

220584 1939 SD B/W
World Wide News Events - London, Eng. British tea centenary feted in London. Tea crates lifted from cargo hold of ship. Elephants loaded with tea and taken by trainers through London streets.

220265 1931 SD B/W
Aged Waiters Hold Annual Wine Race Man pours wine then racing through streets, through cafe window. Winner gets kiss.