Kinograms Newsreel (1924)

From 1924, here's a Kinograms silent newsreel with President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge staging a White House reception with Chief Justice (and former President) William Howard Taft and economist Andrew Mellon in attendance.


 Among other items on this Educational Pictures-distributed newsreel:


Placerville, California: Inhabitants take a Sunday to start a new Park.


Famous runner Paavo Nurmi from Finland arrives in the United States to train for race.


Women candidates for Congress meet: Mrs. Kerr from Colorado, Mrs. Culbertson and Jessie Collet from Philadelphia.


Grand Duchess Cyril - wife of claimant to the Russian throne visits Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
St. Louis 45th annual carnival / thousands view $10,000 floats.


Nation pays tribute to Samuel Gompers, who died recently in Texas / he visits with San Francisco's Charles Schwab.


Mrs. Coolidge receives honorary Doctor of Laws from Boston University.


New York - Workers risk lives to paint WJZ's radio tower at Aeolian Hall, across 42nd Street from the New York Public Library, in Manhattan.


San Francisco: Army blasts away last signs of training cantonment foundation (at Crissy Field).
Philadelphia hires tale-teller for children.


"Frisco" ( San Francisco, California ) cops show how to make an arrest!


I figured that this would be something interesting to watch. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!

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FARMER AL FALFA IN THE HEALTH FARM-Terrytoons/Educational/20th Century-F...

From 1936, here's "FARMER AL FALFA IN THE HEALTH FARM," which was produced on behalf of Educational Pictures and originally released through 20th Century-Fox.  In this one, the notorious jewel thief Wooden Leg Willy comes to Farmer Al's Health Farm disguised as a customer.  Can Farmer Al and his canine sidekick Puddy the Pup capture Willy and turn him over to the sheriff?  With music by Philip A. Scheib, this cartoon, produced in New Rochelle, New York by Paul Terry, was directed by George Gordon and Mannie Davis.



This is a TV print which may have been shown on Paul Terry's Barker Bill's Cartoon Show, which aired late afternoons on CBS from 1953 to 1955.

Time For A Cartoon!

From 1936, here's Farmer Al Falfa, with Puddy the Pup, in "Farmer Al Falfa in The Dry Spell," produced by Terrytoons in New Rochelle, New York on behalf of Educational Pictures and released theatrically by 20th Century-Fox.  This is a TV syndication print.  In this one, our hero and his canine sidekick try to make it rain on the Farmer's drought-stricken farm, only to raise the ire of "Joe" Pluveus.

With music by Phil Scheib, this cartoon was produced by Paul Terry and directed by George Gordon and Mannie Davis.
You can find it here.