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Archivist's notes: [additional label:] "Americus' Hero" 1928 by Don O. Newland, as filmed by Frank SheffieldTest pattern. Black slug. Title screen: "National Film Preservation Foundation." Segment one: Couple, 1:38. A couple sit on a small couch together. A person walks in front of the frame. They move to the other end of the couch. He gets down on one knee and proposes before slipping the ring on her finger and kissing her. A man with his face painted walks in and pretends to kidnap him, to her horror. Segment two: Town, 2:45. A large group of people stand on a street corner as a car backs up. There are a lot of people on the opposite street corner. A woman is shown up close. People topple over a car. A puff of smoke and a man grabs a woman to run off with. Other couples follow them. A woman makes faces at the camera. Black slug.

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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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Digital Library of Georgia