Word: plainsfolk
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...pictures which are to be shown include "Bedouins of the Sahara", a film representing the life of these nomad peoples in its various settings. "Mediaeval Moderns" gives a glimpse of the plainsfolk of Hungary in their everyday occupations. They are seen moulding pottery, grinding with windmill power, busy about many other of their daily activities. A Sunday scene reveals their picturesque and richly colored costumes at a wedding and a dance...
...were squatting, dancing, shouting on a flat and barren plain in the dead of night. Revelers in. evening clothes uncorked champagne bottles for actresses who did not mind sitting on the grass. Peasants were satisfied with good red wine and longish sandwiches. Suddenly, at 3:15 a. m., the plainsfolk scampered toward other folk who cheered as a huge, ghostly bird emerged from a huger tent...
White Bird, the biplane of Captain Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser and Captain Francois Coli had come out of its hangar. The plainsfolk, awed, were so quiet they could hear the gurgle of 1,000 gallons of gasoline which were promptly put into the White Bird. Its engine was tested?roared magnificently. Soon Captains Nungesser and Coli gave it a final inspection. Soon they kissed relatives, mechanics, engineers; climbed aboard, while French soldiers with bayonets kept the crowd at a distance. Engineer Carol, designer of the White Bird, fell to the ground, weeping, as the plane left the soil...
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