STORY OF THE SERIALS WS TC PART 1

Reel #: 20240928 TC In: 10114 TC Out: 11602

00:00 POV riding in a train car that lurches back and forth
00:16 men and a woman tussling in a car; a person swings on a rope to the top of a rail car
00:14 the fighting in the automobile
00:23 a woman trapped in a burning room; she drops through a trapdoor into water
00:34 she rides a modified bicycle on a train track; a locomotive head on
00:44 she drops in the water hole
00:47 a locomotive and car speed; they miss a collision; a couple in white water
00:56 a woman in a car with a creepy hand outside
00:59 drawing of a chained woman in waist-deep water
01:09 actress Pearl White walks through woods; she climbs down utility wires
01:41 she swings between two buildings, and climbs down a fire escape
01:55 in an Indian costume, Pearl falls to the ground
02:03 Indian costumed men climb down huge boulders; Pearl is thrown down an incline
02:27 men pushes a boulder that chases Pearl
02:37 Indians gathered; a white guy throws her a rope and she is pulled to him
02:57 a closeup of Pearl; she climbs stairs
03:07 a man in a lab; she peek inside; the guy inserts a 'wafer'; she holds a gun on him
03:30 they fight, a gun is fired; they struggle in an open window; a person falls into water
03:52 more of the fight; Marines arrive and beat the villain; he is unmasked; the shadow of the man passing a window
04:41 she looks at old photographs
04:56 she climbs down a drain pipe; three men run along rooftops
05:01 a man jumps between buildings; Pearl climbs down, and fights the men inside
05:17 VS Pearl gallops on a horse; a man follows
05:36 she fights with another man
05:58 she rides forward; two men run to a campsite
06:11 she struggles in quicksand while holding her pistol; she shoots a vine and pulls herself out
07:22 a woman climbs down from an apartment using a knotted bed sheet
07:31 actress Helen Holmes
07:39 a locomotive passes; Holmes is tied to railroad tracks; she escapes
08:05 she rides her horse aside a car and jumps in it and takes the wheel; a locomotive approaches; Helen drops and disconnects a train car
08:44 Ruth Roland fights men hanging from the top of the train; she jumps onto a train car
09:12 an airplane dangling a ladder, rescues Ruth
09:15 she rides a zip line; it drops and Ruth falls
09:25 POV a car drives erratically; a man drops and they fight; a train car dives to a bridge
09:39 water pours from under a door; a flames shoots an antique welding device
09:48 a woman between barrels of water as flames engulf her; a man rescues her from a burning cabin; she jumps on a trapdoor and falls in water; they ride
10:29 the 'Indian woman' slides down a hill chased by a boulder; jubilant Indians; the woman is pulled from the path of the rock
11:00 a motorcycle and side car; the passenger jumps to a train and rides the roof; he jumps into a car
11:24 fingers on a roof of a blond girl; a villain fights with her; seeing a rope beginning to fray; she drops
11:51 Harry Houdini in a bag struggles to get out; he's then suspended over a vat of acid; a woman goes to him
11:03 men in dark robes; a man falls through rug on a floor; closeup of a masked man; hairy hands with false fingernails; a woman being strangled; the uniformed men and a gorilla
13:31 a man reading is captured by a water creature and dragged under the water
13:54 young people and some in traditional attire; a miniature can fires on a farm house; inside the house, there's a lot of water, trapping the people
14:12 a man strolling an another bows and waves his hand back and forth over the sidewalk
14:22 a doctor with a mask and test tube

Keywords

Time: 1920s

Setting: United States

People: Pearl White, Marines, Helen Holmes, Ruth Roland, Harry Houdini,

Objects: trains, train cars, stunts, fire, trapdoors, locomotives, automobiles, bicycles, trains, Native Americans, Indians, boulders, ropes, stairs, fights, galloping, horses, campsite, fire, quicksand, motorcycles, gorillas, costumes, fingernails

Subjects: Silent film