19 February 1928 10 mins
This Fox Films short subject shows some of the world's last working four-riggers, still eking out a living well into the third decade of the 20th century. Beauty is part of the workaday background of these ships, even in their dotage, from the ship's masts and rigging -- partially hidden, it is true, by the rigging of lines to dry laundry on.
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United States 19 February 1928
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14 January 1928
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19 December 1928
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10 December 1928
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18 November 1928
Human cowboy hero is teamed with Rex, King of Wild Horses, an ornery critter but a magnificent animal.
01 October 1928
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18 November 1928
Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man.
27 August 1928
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28 August 1928
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10 May 1928
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04 June 1928
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01 October 1928
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