This is a recovered 11-minute piece of the celebrated “lost” three-reel documentary U.S. Navy of 1915
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/u-s-navy-documentary-1915#
No fedoras, but I did spot a peacoat.
Mac
Clash of the icons -- Reagan and Dean in "The Dark, Dark Hours" episode of General Electric Theater aired live from Hollywood on December 12, 1954.
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/04/ronald-reagan-and-james-dean-rare-video-from-1954/39238/
Film of Market Street in San Francisco on April 14, 1906 -- four days before the '06 great earthquake. The camera was set up on the front platform of a cable car. Interesting to see the anarchy/disregard of traffic rules, automobiles with steering wheels on right or left, horse-drawn traffic...
I stumbled upon this site:
http://www.letterheady.com/
It's a blog devoted to letterhead designs. There are many golden era examples, including Hal Roach Studios, the Hindenburg, Laurel and Hardy, and MGM 1937.
Cheers,
Mac
Video, San Francisco, 1940:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duZDzQTZ1vQ&feature=player_embedded#
New York, 1956:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa7WpL9d_B4&feature=channel
Mac
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