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Men aboard Gertrude L. Thebaud schooner underway off Gloucester, Massachusetts hoist sail and prepare for a forthcoming race.

Captain Ben Pine and crew aboard Gertrude L. Thebaud schooner underway at sea off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. They are preparing for upcoming sailing boat races against Canadian schooner Bluenose from Nova Scotia, Canada. Crew hoisting sail aboard the Gertrude L. Thebaud. crew members aloft on the masts and in the rigging. Captain Ben Pine in white shirt with bow tie, wearing a cap, looks aloft toward crew member high above. One crew member slides rapidly down a rope line.

Date: 1930, September 29
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075495
U.S. schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud and Canadian schooner Bluenose race off Gloucester, Massachusetts during Lipton Cup Regatta.

American and Canadian sailing boats race for Lipton Cup Regatta off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. American schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud and Canadian schooner Bluenose underway at sea.

Date: 1930, October 13
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075508
U.S. Coast Guard seizes three water crafts and their crews with illegal cargo of rum in Boston, Massachusetts

A tug and two barges with their illegal rum cargo and crew seized by the Coast guards are seen floating beside a Coast guard vessel. The boat of Coast Guards and federal agents with a United States flag hoisted on it arrives at dock. The seized crew is taken into custody. The seized cargo of rum, during prohibition, is loaded on a pulley and pulled up.

Date: 1930, November 24
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023912
U.S. President Hoover, and Generals Pershing and Gouraud, review troops parade at the end of the Legion Convention in Boston.

U.S. President Herbert Hoover, with Generals Pershing and Gouraud view the parade at the end of the Legion Convention, in Boston, Massachusetts. Troops parade along a street in Boston, at the end of the Legion Convention. Horsemen and troops with guns, move along the road. Spectators on both sides of the road. Flags being displayed along the side of the road. Troops march through an archway across the road. An open motor carriage carrying officials pass along the road. U.S. President Herbert Hoover, U.S. Army General Pershing and French General Gouraud, on a stand along the side of the road, salute. Officials beside the dignitaries. A railway road motor follows the troops marching. Men seated above the cars of the railway road motor. A motor carriage behind the railway road motor carrying officials. 'American Legion, Newport, N.H.' written on the motor carriage.

Date: 1930, October 9
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054976
Alexander Graham Bell at 1916 ceremony; Telephone manufacturing at Western Electric Company plant in Chicago

A film titled "The world's telephone workshop". Opening scene shows ceremony on March 10, 1916, with Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, unveiling a plaque at the invention site of the telephone in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The plaque, at 109 Court Street, states "Here the Telephone was Born, June 2, 1875" and it notes that it was placed by The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alexander Graham Bell tips his hat to the crowd as they celebrate the unveiling. View of Western Electric Company plant in Chicago as smoke emerges from chimneys. Turbines in coal power plant. Massive group of thousands of American workers gathered together, from all walks of life, who are employed in the telephone industry.

Date: 1930
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038284
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