Business As Usual (1925)

Item title reads Santa Barbara courageously begins to rebuild scores of workers start huge task of reconstruction by clearing the streets of earthquake debris. USA M, S as men shovel and throw rubble into a truck, M, S as one man carries a piece of rock while others help clear up. M, S as a man on a crane lifts stone from a collapsed building and moves it into a truck. Intertitle Uncle Sam meets the emergency with an openair post M, S as postal workers sort mail into slots in a rack outdoors. Intertitle Street restaurants but they re popular just the same M, S of people cooking and selling food. M, S of people sat at outdoor tables eating and drinking, the camera pans across them. Intertitle Business as usual Even an earthquake fails to shock a M, S of a dentist looking after his patients in the open air, he checks an elderly lady s mouth. M, S of ladies looking through racks of clothes for something to buy. Note: there is a shorter