Cinemagazine: Magic Castle - a private club for magicians in Hollywood Hills; Aerial logging - huge helium balloons lift fallen logs from a steep hillside and carry them to the timberyard; Chuck Huntington - Ramsay Junior High School in Minnesota has an artist-in-residence who creates objects with a blowtorch and junk materials; Brain pacemaker - a new pacemaker for the brain; Old time fiddlers - today, amateur fiddlers in the US still travel miles to play, sing and pass along the tunes of their forefathers.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313013
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → United States - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → United States - Social life and customs
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)