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Miniature park streamliner and engineer in the middle distance by striped signal posts, United States, circa 1955

A miniature streamliner comes into view along the park track, circa 1955.

1955 · United States

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Motion-blurred miniature streamlined engine and white-shirted engineer passing a sign board in a US park, circa 1955

The engine blurs as it moves past the white sign board on posts.

1955 · United States

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White-capped engineer drives a teal-striped miniature streamliner toward the camera in a US park, circa 1955

The engineer and riders draw nearer, with signal posts and bare trees behind.

1955 · United States

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Miniature park streamliner nears the camera with engineer and riders aboard, United States, circa 1955 home movie

The miniature locomotive nears the fence at the end of its pass.

1955 · United States

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Man in khaki trousers and a blue shirt watering a Virginia garden with a hose in 1966, wristwatch on his lowered left arm.

He holds the jet steady, one arm at his side, in front of the house and shrubs.

1966 · Virginia, United States

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Red sandstone butte in muted light above slickrock benches, probably southeastern Utah, circa 1970, on 8mm film.

The butte in even, muted light at the start of the time-lapse, with a bright cloud bank behind its left side.

1970 · Utah, United States

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Clouds streak over a banded sandstone butte in likely Utah canyon country, circa 1970, in an 8mm time-lapse.

Midway through the shot, cloud streams across the sky and the upper rock begins to warm in colour.

1970 · Utah, United States

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Evening sun starts to colour the upper face of a red rock butte, probably southeastern Utah, circa 1970 home movie.

Low sun begins to reach the upper right face of the butte as the cloud bank draws back.

1970 · Utah, United States

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Sunset lights a sandstone butte glowing orange above shadowed slickrock, likely Utah, circa 1970, 8mm film frame.

The peak of the sunset light: the right face of the butte glows orange while the benches below stay in shadow.

1970 · Utah, United States

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Circa 1965 8mm home movie frame of a river riffle and leafy summer bank, likely in the United States, with a pale log at the left waterline.

White water runs along the near edge of a shallow river below a thickly wooded bank, circa 1965.

1965 · United States

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Sunlit ripples cross a dark current beside a wooded bank in circa 1965 8mm home movie footage, probably shot in the United States.

Lines of sunlit ripples cross the mid-river current, with summer foliage filling the far bank.

1965 · United States

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Foaming shallow rapid below a shaded green bank, from a circa 1965 8mm scenic home movie likely filmed in the United States.

The foreground rapid foams brightly while the shaded bank and a pale log hold the upper half of the frame.

1965 · United States

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Late frame of a circa 1965 8mm home movie river scene, likely in the United States, showing steady current, a waterline log and thick summer greenery.

Near the end of the shot the current keeps running past the log and the unbroken wall of green on the far bank.

1965 · United States

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Disneyland City Hall sign above bunting and a globe lamp post on Town Square at dusk, Anaheim, California, circa 1959, from 8mm home movie film.

The 'DISNEYLAND CITY HALL' sign above the bunting-draped porch on Town Square, Disneyland, circa 1959.

1959 · Disneyland, California, United States

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Circa 1959 8mm view of the City Hall facade at Disneyland, Anaheim, with the name sign at upper right and bunting under the cornice in dusk light.

The framing drifts right, placing the City Hall sign at the upper edge above the porch, Disneyland, circa 1959.

1959 · Disneyland, California, United States

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Orange film flare crossing the left of an 8mm shot of the Disneyland City Hall sign and globe lamp post, Anaheim, California, circa 1959.

A warm flare washes the left side of the frame while the City Hall lettering stays readable, Disneyland, circa 1959.

1959 · Disneyland, California, United States

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Arched pediment above the Disneyland City Hall sign, with globe lamps and bunting on Town Square at dusk, Anaheim, circa 1959, 8mm home movie.

The camera drifts upward to show the arched pediment over the City Hall sign, Disneyland, circa 1959.

1959 · Disneyland, California, United States

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Two white streams of a twin waterfall running down dark rock, seen mid-tilt in circa 1970 home movie film, probably Hawaii.

The camera tightens on the two streams as it begins to tilt down the cliff.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Twin waterfall streams filling the frame above green treetops in tropical forest, probably Hawaii, circa 1970 amateur film.

Midway down the drop, the falling water fans out over the rock while treetops rise into the lower frame.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Top of a tall waterfall in Hawaii, circa 1970, where a stream leaves a pale rock shelf and drops down a dark cliff, on blue-tinted home movie film.

The top of the falls: a stream crosses bare rock and spills over a dark cliff, Hawaii, circa 1970.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Ribbon waterfall leaving a rock ledge and falling down a mossy cliff in Hawaii, circa 1970, seen as the camera begins to tilt down.

The camera starts its tilt, with the ledge at the top of frame and the water running down the cliff.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Mid-section of a tall Hawaiian waterfall, circa 1970, with white water crossing a dark cliff hung with moss and ferns on faded colour film.

Midway down the falls, the water passes moss and ferns on the dark rock.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Lower part of a tall waterfall in Hawaii, circa 1970, falling into a shadowed gorge with a few lit ledges on the cliff beside it.

The end of the tilt: the plume drops into near-black shadow at the foot of the cliff.

1970 · Hawaii, United States

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Detroit Zoo miniature train circa 1952, lettered side with a blond boy and a smiling white-haired man at the rail, 8mm home movie

A boy and a man at the rail of the Detroit Zoo train, circa 1952.

1952 · Detroit Zoo, Michigan, United States

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