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Man dressed as Santa Claus arrives in unusual vehicle in Allentown, Pennsylvania; also views of International Atomic Energy Agency Conference in Vienna

As Christmas approaches, a man dressed as Santa Claus arrives by a satellite looking vehicle in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A flying saucer rotating on a float. Crowds of children cheering. Several children gather to watch Santa. Children cheer as Santa waves at them from the satellite vehicle. Santa Claus waving on top of the flying saucer. A chihuahua dog wearing a frilly dress. Santa Claus shake hands with children dressed as aliens. Santa holding a child wearing a space helmet.

Date: 1957, November 4
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076337
Fashion models wearing raccoon coats and Preppy style leisurewear for Hess's Department Store in the United States

A blond fashion model wearing a thick raccoon fur coat waves at a passing car on the road. Women wearing Roaring-Twenties style raccoon fur coats pose in front of a vintage car. Smiling models in raccoon coats from Hess’s, a department store owned by entrepreneur Max Hess in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Models showing off “Preppy style” clothing popular on Ivy league campuses. A woman twirls to show off her plaid swing skirt. A woman wearing a “Preppy” sweater and plaid skirt stands up. A blond model wearing a striped long-sleeved blouse and black tapered pants plays on the swing. A brunette model sits on the grass while modeling a thick geometric sweater and Bermuda pants. A girl playing golf, hitting the golf ball.

Date: 1957, October 3
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069673
Santa Clause appears in a flying saucer and distributes gifts to children in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Santa Clause appears in a flying saucer in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Santa waives out standing in the flying saucer. Children clap and laugh on his arrival. Santa distributes presents to the children. Young boy crying.

Date: 1956, November 8
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064661
Labor Union movement grows significantly, but labor strife also continues during 1930s in the U.S.A.

Men work assembling transmissions on an automobile production line. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers Union, giving a speech supporting formation of the Congress of Industrial organizations (CIO). Group of workers gather to listen to a union speaker. Many wear miners hats. Cheering Union workers march in street carrying posters reading: "Long-Live the C.I.O." and "Forward with C.I.O." Leaders of the early C.I.O., Sidney Hillman, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA); Philip Murray, Vice President of the C.I.O.; and John L. Lewis, C.I.O. President, circa 1938. David Dubinsky, President of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU); along with Sidney Hillman, and John L. Lewis, are seen mingling with clothing workers. View of a steel mill from workers' residential street on a snowy day. Steel worker in a mill. Deckhand and an engine man aboard a merchant ship. Roustabouts and riggers at an oil well. Nonferris metal miner in rail car. Worker in tire factory. Electrical worker. Union leader speaking to group of workers carrying banner reading: "Shirt workers, Local 128 Allentown, Pennsylvania Joint Board." Labor organizers passing out leaflets to workers leaving a factory. Labor discussions with workers at lunch tables. Draftsman preparing labor organization protest signs calling for "Sanitary Conditions" and "Fair Play." Working women singing a union song. Union workers marching and carrying signs for various causes. Man riding a bicycle displaying sign:"Don't Scab." Car overloaded with people with sign: "Come To Lafollette Labor Rally Monday, July 5, 1937." ACWA workers of Local 95, Atlas Plant. UMWA members of Lafollette, Tennessee. Miners playing cards and playing musical instruments. Miners on strike below in mine for 5 days, cheer leader. Poster encouraging Americans to travel and visit in the USA. Police and military units repel, combat, and arrest striking and protesting workers. Scenes of military uniformed men throwing tear gas grenades into crowds of workers as workers disperse. People assisting injured protesters. Police firing various weapons at protesting workers during labor protests and strikes in San Francisco. U.S. Army soldiers arresting a civilian and throwing tear gas grenades.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036813
Children and teenagers in whimsical party dresses and kimono brought from Japan.

Children and teenagers wear whimsical fashionable dresses brought from Japan by Max Hess of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Three girls wear boxy Japanese-inspired dresses made of metallic fabric. Girl with Happi coat written with word “Matsuri”. A girl wears a baggy sack suit. Clothes being displayed for children and teenagers. A girl wears a “peekaboo” beach hat inspired by basket hats worn by Japanese Buddhist priests. Children pose in sack suit. Dresses for fishing and play time. A teenaged girl wears a short dress with Kimono-inspired sleeves.

Date: 1958
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055753
U.S. troops greet a buffalo calf as he arrives to join the 510th Tank Battalion as mascot in Germany.

The U.S. 510th Tank Battalion, of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, in Germany. The unit's roots go back to 1866 (Buffalo Soldiers). Troops lined up for a fun ceremony welcoming their 100 pound baby Buffalo mascot, from Allentown, Pennsylvania. An Army truck with canvas cover sits as backdrop. The canvas is painted with their buffalo unit insignia and the word "Geronimo." A Lieutenant Colonel and a noncom bring the calf forward and it drinks from a container held by the Colonel, who then places large "dog tags"around the calf's neck. The tags read " Allen T. Geronimo" and give its serial number as 12345678, and key dates as 1954. Unit band then plays.

Date: 1954, September 6
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069473
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