Centennial of first railroad bridge constructed across Mississippi River between Davenport, IA, and Rock Island, Il
Title "Mississippi River bridge centennial" superimposed over shot of Government Bridge / wide panning shot of Davenport and Mississippi River / wide shot of Rock Island and Mississippi River / men in Davenport unveiling plaque on replica of one of original bridge piers / closer shot of inscription on plaque / two shots of US Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper and Davenport Mayor Walter Beuse sealing time capsule into base of pier / crowd of people in Rock Island gathered around people in Native American costumes / men and women in 19th Century costumes / US Senator Everett Dirksen on left with railroad president Downing B. Jenks and Rock Island Mayor Carl F. Bauer sitting in crowd / closer shot of Bauer and next to him US Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks / men in Native American costumes dancing next to old train locomotive / man in Native American costume waving tomahawk at box on locomotive / men in 19th Century costumes posing for photo opportunity / men and women in 19th Century costumes getting on railroad car of old train / train conductor leaning out window of locomotive waving / old train rolling down track past camera / shot from train as it rolls past people on train station platform in Rock Island / shot from train as it rolls along tracks towards bridge across Mississippi River / shot from train as it rolls across bridge, Davenport visible in near distance / shot from train as it rolls past people on train station platform in Davenport / people in crowd waving at camera / crowd gathered next to train / band playing, crowd listening / shot of US Representative Thomas E. Martin watching / Iowa Governor Leo Hoegh on right with two officials posing for photo opportunity
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Editorial #:
1336473262
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
April 22, 1956
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:26:21
Location:
Davenport, Iowa, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004861_01_06
- Crowd of People,
- Iowa,
- Mississippi River,
- 100th Anniversary,
- 1950-1959,
- 19th Century,
- Achievement,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Black And White,
- Bourke B. Hickenlooper,
- Bridge - Built Structure,
- Composite Image,
- Costume,
- Dancing,
- Engraved Image,
- Everett Dirksen,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Composite,
- Group Of People,
- HD Format,
- Horizontal,
- Illinois,
- Indigenous Peoples of the Americas,
- Launch Event,
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- Replica,
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- Secretary Of Commerce,
- Senator,
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- Sitting,
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- Text,
- Tomahawk Axe,
- Train - Vehicle,
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- Video with Sound,
- Watching,
- Waving - Gesture,
- Wide,
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- Women,