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Minnesota, Louisiana and Florida (1930)

1930 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

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Opens in Rochester, Minnesota; dismal, snowy city. VS street scenes including a black woman dancing and smoking a pipe for camera. JACKSON SQUARE in New Orleans. Famous above ground cemetery tombs of New Orleans, elaborately constructed. Lots of bridges, houses and monuments dedicated to Huey P. Long (Louisiana?) Finally, the Levy couple feed seagulls on the beach with bread (amazing scene, filmed mostly in CUs); shot in MIAMI. 1:23:22 sign: "Rochester", snowy Midwestern town, with shots of…

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10 minutes