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Lieutenant Commander Frank Monroe Hawks and his companion die in a Gwinn Aircar crash in East Aurora, New York.

Pilot Hawks dies in a Gwinn Aircar crash in East Aurora, New York. Lieutenant Commander Frank Monroe Hawks and his companion in the cockpit of a Gwinn Aircar. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight over the town. It hits high tension wires and plunges to the ground. Men watch the damaged aircraft at the accident site. Trees in the background.

Date: 1938, August 24
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056259
Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter shows his family the Aurora 7 space capsule in Cape Canaveral, Florida

People clap and welcome astronaut Scott Carpenter in Cape Canaveral, Florida, following his successful Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. People seated on chairs. Photographers on wall capture the event. NASA Director James E. Webb speaks on stage. Astronaut Scott Carpenter shows the Aurora 7 space capsule to his children, his mother, Florence Carpenter, and his wife, Rene Louise (Price) Carpenter. People take photos. Scott Carpenter gets into the back seat of a car with his wife and mother. Scott Carpenter smiles.

Date: 1962, May 24
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024606
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses citizens of Chicago; scenes from 2nd Italo-Ethiopian War and Spanish Civil War

U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt warns of an increasing danger of armed conflict (increasing danger of war leading up to World War 2). Roosevelt's motorcade on the streets of Chicago. A large crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the President. Confetti rained on the motorcade. Soldiers salute as the motorcade passes by. Policemen on motorbikes lead the motorcade. People gathered at the venue to hear the President's speech. A board advertises candy bars 'Baby Ruth, Butterfinger" in the background. President Roosevelt with officials on stage. He addresses the crowd. Excerpts from his speech are interspersed with scenes of war and conflict elsewhere in the world during the late 1930's. Roosevelt speaks of recent events of "international lawlessness" including in the last few years "unjustified interference in the internal affairs of other nations." Scenes that follow include aerial bombings, naval attacks, and war: Scenes of war carnage during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936: Ethiopian soldiers on horseback cross a bridge, Italian forces fire artillery from a hill, aerial view as aircraft drop bombs. Italian soldiers pass a burning, smoldering building and overtake an Ethiopian position, with many Ethiopian soldiers lying dead. Ethiopian citizens in area of a war torn village. Bomb damage and war casualties on the street. Italian soldiers collect dead bodies and load them onto a truck. A ship quickly sinking after attack by a submarine. Scenes from battle during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 or 1937. Spanish nationalist and rebel soldiers engage in a battle in a village. Spanish prisoners are marched. Nationalist soldier fires machine gun from a balcony emplacement. Dead body on a road. Soldiers behind a barricade fire at opposition and carry wounded on stretchers. President Roosevelt concludes his speech with, "America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace." People applaud.

Date: 1937, October 5
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031439
Blind Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota uses a revolver for target practice, guided by sound as a wand taps the bulls eye

Blind Senator Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota fires a revolver at a target in Berwyn Heights, Maryland. He is guided by the sound of a wand tapped on the bulls-eye by his youngest son Richard. (Note: This newsreel was released December 23, 1935. Senator Schall was killed by a hit and run driver on December 19, 1935 while he was walking across the Baltimore-Washington Parkway within days of this footage being shot, earlier in December 1935 ).

Date: 1935, December
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060566
Fashion models exhibit new bar gadgets in Chicago, Illinois.

New bar gadgets being exhibited by models in 1930s clothing and hair style fashions, in Chicago, Illinois. The cocktail bar gadgets being exhibited by models in designer costumes. Two women seated on chairs. A woman arrives and serves them cocktails from a unique cylinder bar cabinet. They sample snacks from a cocktail platter. They drink from small shot glasses. Two models put on heavy mitts on their hands and then shake cocktails in large shakers. One model is wearing an enormous bowtie. Three women seated on floor enjoy beer from a small keg. One model pours them beer and they toast and drink the beer. Models sip wine wearing unusual cocktail dresses.

Date: 1935, March 11
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051632
Models at a preview at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois.

Models display fashionable beachwear in Chicago, Illinois. A model in her one-piece bathing suit. A blond model smiles as she wears a halter neck beachwear. A model shows off her woven straw hat. Another model takes off her jacket to show a revealing strap back swimsuit. Models at a preview at the Merchandise Mart (222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States). Other models seated in the background.

Date: 1935, November 25
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053528