Near the beginning of the film, after a grim montage
of old newsreels and photos of southern black labor and lynching of blacks, a color fade takes us from archival footage of blacks exiting a New Orleans train to a shot of Junior alone with his suitcase in front of the station.
It reminds
me of the old newsreels of the Hindenburg as it crashed and burned.
A pair of spotlights shot into the air most likely to announce the new Sizzler on Rodeo, but I imagined it was to herald one
of those old newsreel, fur coat and spat premieres, right behind the barber college, maybe, that sits at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
Not exact matches
The video, which is modeled after an
old - fashioned
newsreel, features an array
of individuals criticizing Ryan and his policy positions and says the Wisconsin congressman's «vision for American is one that will take the nation back to a very different era.»
On a day such as today, our thoughts invariably stray to the past, but, as the 2nd President
of the 4th Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, once put it, and I quote: «we do not intend to live on past memories, nor the Ghana story to be only what can be seen on
old newsreel tapes, nor our sporting glories to be recounted only through the exploits
of past heroes».
The archival goodies include a Movietone
newsreel, covering steelhead trout, the Nazi invasion
of Scandinavia, and new women's fashion (featuring «non-crushable linen, crisp and cool for summer»); and the patriotic cartoon «
Old Glory,» with Porky Pig in a non-gag short about the importance in learning the Pledge
of Allegiance.