U.S.A.:HOBOS ARRIVE AT BRIT, IOWA, TO ATTEND THE HOBOS CONVENTION WHERE THE "HOBO KING" IS CHOSEN.
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1059022
U.S.A.:HOBOS ARRIVE AT BRIT, IOWA, TO ATTEND THE HOBOS CONVENTION WHERE THE "HOBO KING" IS CHOSEN.
- Title: U.S.A.:HOBOS ARRIVE AT BRIT, IOWA, TO ATTEND THE HOBOS CONVENTION WHERE THE "HOBO KING" IS CHOSEN.
- Date: 15th August 1975
- Summary: 1. PAN HOBO'S FEET 3 ft 2. NV-HOBO WALKING AWAY FROM CAMERA 5 ft 3. PAN-FEET 7 ft 4. GV-HOBO WALKING ALONG RAILWAY LINES 9 ft 5. (several shots) HOBOS 23 ft 6. CU-SHORTY 31 ft 7. LV-SHORTY AND REPORTER ON RAIL LINES 54 ft 8. (7 shots) HOBOS 52 ft 9. ZOOM OUT-TENTS etc.... 57 ft TRANSCRIPT: REPORTER: They call themselves the Kings of the road, to us they are hobos. At one time, hundreds of these hobos wandered the country, usually by boxcart or slow-moving freight, stooping only now and again to pick up an odd job. This weekend, most of the few remaining hobos in the country, are in Britt, Iowa for the National Hobo's Convention. Since 1930, hobos have been coming to Britt to the annual convent, to view for the title "hoboking"........and the reigning King is Slow motion Shorty. SHORTY: I get a lot of mail addressed to Slow motion Shorty.......for the last four or five years". REPORTER: The Hobo Convention has been quite a show. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 29th August 1975 13:00
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- Location: BRIT, IOWA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA87XFOZ6S97A9VVCTBWZEIQLST
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