Project Twenty: The Jazz Age

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A documentary film with the title The Jazz Age from the television series Project 20. It consists of two (2) reels of 16mm black-and-white acetate film with optical sound (2017.55.86.1a & 2017.55.86.1b). Two (2) green film cannisters also accompany the film strips. There is a partially removed circular label on the first cannister (2017.55.86.1c) with the following printed on it in ink [America Enters the Twentieth Century Series / THE JAZZ AGE, PART 1 - 1919-1926 / (Black & White) / 26 mins]. The second cannister (2017.55.86.1d) also has a circular green and white Mc-Graw-Hill Book Co. label affixed to it. Text in the lower half of the label reads [The Jazz Age Series / THE JAZZ AGE, PART II / 26 mins] Through a combination of voiceover narration by Fred Allen and archival footage of major events of the early 20th century, the documentary captures the zeitgeist of post WWI America.

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