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Topical Budget 734-2: 'Fundamentalism' v 'Evolution' (1925)
 

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'FUNDAMENTALISM' V 'EVOLUTION' "Head-on train smash staged at 'Monkeyville' to typify clash in U.S.A. between adherents of Bible and followers of Darwin". The trains approach each other and crash. Driver seen in the cabin of his engine. Shots of the burning wreck. Crowd watching the scene from a grandstand. Close-up of Fundamentalist W.J. Bryan [film taken around time of the Scopes 'Monkey' trial in USA].