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Prison riots in 1952 include North Korean POWs in Koji and U.S. prison riots in Michigan and New Jersey.

Major prison riots of the year 1952. North Korean POW soldiers of the Korean War stage a mass rebellion at POW camps in Koji islands and Pongam Island, off South Korea. U.S. and U.N. guards quell riots at the camps, resulting in death of North Korean prisoners and injuries. Medics are seen treating injured North Korean prisoners. U.N. guards escort prisoners in lines after the riots. Scene shifts to the the United States where damaged prison property in Michigan and New Jersey is seen after prison riots. Broken window glasses and furniture strewn about in a multi-story room of the New Jersey State Reformatory. Scene changes to Southern Michigan State Prison, also called Jackson State Prison, following riots there. Four prisoners including ring leader Earl Ward (second from left) are seen inside the building behind bars, during the standoff where they seized a cell block and held guards as hostages. A prison guard on watch with rifle in hand, looking from an elevated post downward onto a Jackson State Prison courtyard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1952, April
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049159
Coast Guard Rescue Stations along the Eastern and Southern coasts of the United States

After extensive slate of historical information, this film shows U.S. Coast Guard personnel launching a large dory (life boat) from the U.S. Coast Guard Gloucester Station in Gloucester, Massachusetts (Old House Cove, westerly side Gloucester Harbor). They slide the boat down rails, launching it directly into the water. Coast Guardsmen in foul weather gear are seen rowing a large lifeboat in rough waters near rocky shores. Eight men row, sitting in four pairs side-by-side on fixed thwarts (benches) and one stands in the stern (a coxwain) steering with a 16’ oar. A powered life boat is seen briefly, in extremely rough waters. Remainder of the film shows an animated map of the East and South coasts of the United States with dots identifying Coast Guard Stations on those coasts. At this point, the film concentrates on Rescue Stations in the Boston Division. A beached two-masted sailing ship is shown. A large steamship emitting black smoke from her funnel, is seen beached and listing on a shore. Aerial view of Light House on Block Island, off Rhode Island. Aerial view of a freighter run aground just off shore. Aerial view of a Coast Guard Station with a highway running past it. Aerial view of another Coast Guard Station located where narrator says is a dangerous point.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049568
Rubber plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. The map shows a location of Sumatra in Indonesia. View of the island. Natives around their settlements on the island. Natives outside a Sumatran temple. Houses of Sumatran architecture in a village. Rubber trees are girdled and latex is collected. Natives bring latex in containers. The containers are weighed and coagulated. Coagulated rubber is taken out. Rubber blocks are loaded into railroad cars by Sumatran natives for transportation. Picture shows a telephone receiver made up of rubber.

Location: Sumatra Indonesia
Date: 1928
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030440
Crewmen mending flattened tire of a B-29 bomber of U.S. Army Air Force at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during WW II.

United States Army Air Force at their base in the Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. Flattened tire of a B-29 bomber. Crewmen working to mend a flatted tire. A vehicle drags the plane on blocks of concrete. Crewmen remove tire from its shaft. They roll the tire for mending. Working on a flattened tire.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, December 23
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036234
Dr. Albert Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt being typed in Long Island, New York.

A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1939, August
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074404
Research Bell towed out to M-2 Buoy Jamestown Island in Narragansett Bay, Newport.

Underwater Research bell at Newport shipyard in Newport. Workers on deck handle hoses and lines. Two personnel converse with each other standing in front of Research Bell. The bell lifted by sling. Research bell lowered two blocks from where it was hoisted. Men work around the bell. Raymond Edwards opens the hatch door and enters inside. He does final check up of all equipment. Small tug toes bell on a barge en route to M-2 Buoy off Jamestown Island in Narragansett Bay. Barge with Research Bell aboard towed out to M-2 Buoy.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1963, January 27
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043190
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