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Crossing the Line ceremony aboard battleship with President-elect Herbert Hoover

Black men (and white men in blackface) in grass skirts walk past during equator-crossing ceremony aboard the USS Maryland / VS men holding another on plank (this is probably Allan Hoover, son of President-elect Herbert Hoover) and others being dunked into a vat of water / Navy officers with Pres.-elect Hoover at right / VS dark-skinned men carousing in the water and others being beaten while being hauled out of a tank / men running a gauntlet while being struck with cudgels
Black men (and white men in blackface) in grass skirts walk past during equator-crossing ceremony aboard the USS Maryland / VS men holding another on plank (this is probably Allan Hoover, son of President-elect Herbert Hoover) and others being dunked into a vat of water / Navy officers with Pres.-elect Hoover at right / VS dark-skinned men carousing in the water and others being beaten while being hauled out of a tank / men running a gauntlet while being struck with cudgels
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
965375560
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
November 30, 1928
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:41:02
Location:
At Sea
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003027_03_03.mov