Here’s Luck (1937)

Full title: “Here’s Luck“. A look at talesmen and lucky charms through the ages. Location of events unknown, much of item consists of illustrations and cartoons by Joe Noble. L/S of regiment of soldiers and military brass band on parade ground, they have their lucky mascot, a goat, with them. C/U of student in mortar board and robes holding large rag doll. M/S of students gathered around “famous Highlander“ - a bronze statue in a Scottish University? C/U of woman holding a tiger cub. Intertitle reads: “3,000 years ago! Stone Age“ Illustration of flint axe. Various illustrations of flint pedants and a Neolithic man wearing one. C/U of woman holding flint axe head. Extreme C/U of woman’s finger poking pile of old arrow heads. M/S of procession of men in tricorne hats, one carries a mace. Various illustrations of swastikas in their original Asian settings. The narrator explains it is a Buddhist symbol for happiness and good luck. He also makes wry comment on its continued importance to
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