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CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
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HEADLINES
200
'July 7, 2009:
If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this'
the Moon
200
'1956:
The Red Sea is parted'
The Ten Commandments
200
'George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered"'
Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
200
'This street, seen here, was crossed on a 1969 album cover'
Abbey Road
200
'On May 24, 1927 the Las Vegas Review headlined that this man "Spurns Offers. Back to Air Mail, Says"'
(Charles) Lindbergh
400
'The schedule is TBD, but if you head way up north in March or Sept., you can probably catch this big light show'
Aurora borealis
400
'1968:
(Spoiler alert!)
Taylor discovers Lady Liberty poking up through the sand'
Planet of the Apes
400
'Algernon: "You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life"'
The Importance of Being Earnest
400
'This sign means there's a legal crossing for those going here'
school
400
'On May 3, 1973 the Chicago Tribune said this local landmark "Becomes the Tallest of the Tall"'
the Sears Tower
600
'January 3, 2010:
Look out! The Quadrantids will be coming from Bootes! Oh... relax, it's just a shower of these things'
meteors
600
'1998:
Bullet trails in the water showcase the horror of the Normandy invasion'
Saving Private Ryan
600
'Nathan: "There is the highest player of them all... why do you think they call him Sky? That's how high he bets"'
Guys and Dolls
600
'You might see the sign here on your way to Samut Prakan in this country where elephants are a national symbol'
Thailand
600
'A Sept. 13, 1901 Buffalo News headline read, he "Passed Away... from Effects of Cowardly Assassin's Bullet"'
President McKinley
800
'If you stay up really, really, late (like till 2061), you'll see this, named for the guy who identified it in 1705'
Halley\'s Comet
800
'1968:
Dave enters the airlock without a space helmet'
2001: A Space Odyssey
800
'Orsino: "O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, methought she purged the air of pestilence"'
Twelfth Night
800
'Bogie and Bacall are moseying over to protest hearings by the House committee on these in 1947'
Un-American Activities
800
'From the July 22, 1925 Knoxville Journal:
This man "Declared Guilty"; "Bryan's Testimony Ordered Stricken"'
(John T.) Scopes
1000
'June 6, 2012:
At sunset, watch this planet make a transit across the sun--only the 8th since the invention of the telescope'
Venus
1000
'1984:
Men ride giant worms & attack the forces of the Emperor'
Dune
1000
'Inez: "I prefer to choose my hell; I prefer to look you in the eyes and fight it out face to face"'
No Exit
1000
'The crossing sign here is for this South American bird, not the actress who played Carla on "Cheers"'
a rhea
1000
'From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times:
He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"'
Dag Hammarskjold