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While filming his new picture “The General,” Buster Keaton directs a scene in which a train engine is blown off a collapsing bridge into the Row River. 3,000-4,000 members of the public are on hand to watch the single most-expensive 14 seconds of film ever shot.

While filming his new picture “The General,” Buster Keaton directs a scene in which a train engine is blown off a collapsing bridge into the Row River. 3,000-4,000 members of the public are on hand to watch the single most-expensive 14 seconds of film ever shot.

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You are watching the first images produced on “television.” Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his new invention, the “televisor”, for members of the Royal Insistution and a reporter from The Times at his London laboratory. This “television” technology can display film at a rate of five frames per second.

You are watching the first images produced on “television.” Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his new invention, the “televisor”, for members of the Royal Insistution and a reporter from The Times at his London laboratory. This “television” technology can display film at a rate of five frames per second.

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English Jewish sprinter Harold Abrahams, who has been facing anti-Semitic prejudice in the Olympic Village, wins the 100m event at the Paris Olympics with a time of 10.6 seconds, upsetting the competition; American runner Jackson Scholz had been favored.

English Jewish sprinter Harold Abrahams, who has been facing anti-Semitic prejudice in the Olympic Village, wins the 100m event at the Paris Olympics with a time of 10.6 seconds, upsetting the competition; American runner Jackson Scholz had been favored.

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The temperature in London hits 83° F (28.3° C), a 28-year September temperature record for London.

The temperature in London hits 83° F (28.3° C), a 28-year September temperature record for London.

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Actor Rudolph Valentino’s funeral is held in Manhattan, New York City. An estimated 100,000 people line the streets to pay their respects. Desperate fans smash windows to try and get a better view and the NYPD is overwhelmed with rioting. There are at least six suicides, with one directly in front of Valentino’s hearse. Polish actress Pola Negri publicly claims for the first time that she and Valentino were lovers, and she breaks down in hysterics. Benito Mussolini sends four Fascist Blackshirt honor guards to attend.

Actor Rudolph Valentino’s funeral is held in Manhattan, New York City. An estimated 100,000 people line the streets to pay their respects. Desperate fans smash windows to try and get a better view and the NYPD is overwhelmed with rioting. There are at least six suicides, with one directly in front of Valentino’s hearse. Polish actress Pola Negri publicly claims for the first time that she and Valentino were lovers, and she breaks down in hysterics. Benito Mussolini sends four Fascist Blackshirt honor guards to attend.

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As England regain the Ashes for the first time in 14 years with a Test cricket victory over Australia, film-maker Claude Friese-Greene is on hand filming at The Oval, the final sequence of a project called The Open Road, which uses his father’s two-colour tinted system to produce colorised pictures.

As England regain the Ashes for the first time in 14 years with a Test cricket victory over Australia, film-maker Claude Friese-Greene is on hand filming at The Oval, the final sequence of a project called The Open Road, which uses his father’s two-colour tinted system to produce colorised pictures.

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Buster Keaton and his film crew are forced to suspend production of The General and return to Los Angeles due to excessive forest fires in Oregon.

Buster Keaton and his film crew are forced to suspend production of The General and return to Los Angeles due to excessive forest fires in Oregon.

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Benito Mussolini arrives in Tripoli, Italian Libya, and reviews 3,000 colonial troops - with a big bandage on his face where he was shot four days ago.

Benito Mussolini arrives in Tripoli, Italian Libya, and reviews 3,000 colonial troops - with a big bandage on his face where he was shot four days ago.

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Brooklyn dancer Bee Jackson, who allegedly invented the Charleston dance, visits Charleston, South Carolina for the first time.

Brooklyn dancer Bee Jackson, who allegedly invented the Charleston dance, visits Charleston, South Carolina for the first time.

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