CONEY ISLAND IN THE 1920s

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00:00 (TC: 01.24.08): REEL OPENS - CONEY ISLAND IN THE 1920s.
TITLE CARD INTRODUCING FILM ABOUT THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AMUSEMENT PARK, CONEY ISLAND.
00:09 (TC: 01.24.17): CONEY ISLAND AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES. CROWDS OF PEOPLE. MAN WITH MEGAPHONE. CUT TICKETS TO RIDES BEING SOLD. PEOPLE TRYING TO STAND UP IN REVOLVING TUNNEL RIDE. BLACK WOMAN FALLS AND LAUGHS SO HARD SHE CAN'T GET UP.
01:10 (TC: 01.25.19): CROWD RIDING HORSES. STEEPLECHASE.
01:20 (TC: 01.25.28): STEEPLECHASE RIDE, CONEY ISLAND. COUPLES ON STEEPLECHASE.
02:16 (TC: 01.26.24): SAILBOATS
02:25 (TC: 01.26.33): SAILBOAT RIDE, CONEY ISLAND. UNDULATING FLOOR
03:08 (TC: 01.27.17): HUNTERS WITH RIFLES SHOOT BIRDS. FLOCK OF BIRDS IN THE SKY.
03:18 (TC: 01.27.26): SPILL THE MILK GAME AT CONEY ISLAND. MEN THROWING BALLS AT MILK BOTTLES.
03:55 (TC: 01.28.03): AERIAL VIEW OF CITY. 1920S.
04:02 (TC: 01.28.10): FLAPPERS ON SWING RIDE.
04:26 (TC: 01.28.34): SPEED BOATS.
04:35 (TC: 01.28.43): WATER BOAT RIDE, CONEY ISLAND
05:37 (TC: 01.29.45): FAMILY OF 5 ON TOBOGGAN SLED IN THE SNOW
05:47 (TC: 01.29.55): CONEY ISLAND ROLLER COASTER. PEOPLE GETTING ON RIDE. TRACKS WITH AMAZING DIPS AND CURVES. ROLLER COASTER RIGHT AT CAMERA. PEOPLE IN FRONT WAVING AT CAMERA.
07:13 (TC: 01.31.21): VINTAGE CAR ON HIGHWAY GOING OVER BRIDGE. 1920S
07:19 (TC: 01.31.28): AERIAL OF SPINNING PLATE RIDE, CONEY ISLAND. GRUP OF FLAPPERS ON THE SPINNING PLATE RIDEE. PEOPLE WATCHING. VARIOUS CRAZY SPINNING RIDES AT CONEY ISLAND.
09:31 (TC: 01.33.40): END REEL. CONEY ISLAND IN THE 1920S.