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President Harry S Truman and Governor Thomas E Dewey during 1948 presidential election campaign activities in the United States

United States President Harry S Truman with Vice President Garner in Texas during an election campaign. President Truman in car with Vice President John Nance Garner 'Cactus Jack'. Man with a sheep. Sign on the sheep reads 'Dewey Goat', and Truman is seen petting the sheep that represents his opponent. Crowd greets President Truman in San Antonio and waves as his car goes by on a street. Truman is seen posing in front of the Alamo. Next Truman visits Austin Texas where he addressed Civil Rights, according to the narrator, saying that his opponents, the Republicans, don't want public unity. President Truman meets on his moving train car with Sam Rayburn, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. President Truman addresses a large crowd gathered outdoors in Fort Worth Texas. Next seen shows his opponents activities: Crowd greets Governor Thomas E Dewey in Oakland California. Banner reads 'Welcome Governor Dewey'. Train of Governor Dewey is seen moving on tracks. Scenes of Republican presidential candidate Dewey with Mrs. Dewey addressing a crowd in Kelso, Oregon. Officials there present him with a string of fresh caught salmon fish as a gift. Governor Dewey on dais with his wife. Mrs. Dewey addresses crowd.

Date: 1948, September 30
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025594
Douglas Skyrocket research aircraft taking off during initial testing in 1948

Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket research aircraft, built for the U.S. Navy, is seen taking off from Muroc Army Airfield (AKA Edwards Air Force Base). in first test flight, piloted by Douglas test pilot, John F. Martin. It makes gradual ascent passing low over the camera. In this first flight it is powered by a Westinghouse J34-40 turbojet engine. (After early flights with the jet engine, it would re-powered by a rocket engine.)

Date: 1948, February 4
Duration: 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044934
Take off of the General Motors GM A-1 'Bug' missile from a launching automobile in Muroc, California.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. General Motors power-driven bomb (GM A-1 Bug), number 9 on tail, in Muroc, California. Technicians work on the same. The bomb is raised into position for attaching to the launching automobile by means of a hoist on a truck. The missile is nick named the 'Bug'. Technicians work at the automobile being driven beneath the suspended missile. The missile is radio controlled. The automobile specifically built for the launch of the missile is powered by two 165 HP Cadillac engines attached to a single drive shaft. Attaching the 'bug' missile to the launching car. The tractor and the hoist are removed. The automobile is driven across terrain at Muroc. A testing station for testing radio control section of aircraft during test. A technician checks over the radio equipment and shows television camera and equipment used for test. The automobile start at a high speed across the launching strip. Take off of the missile from the automobile. 'Bug' missile in flight. Views from a control aircraft beside the GM A-1 Bug while the Bug is in flight. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046002
Launching of NATIV missile under Project MX770 in California United States.

A scientist makes a presentation of Project MX770 showing coverage of model and various phases of missile development from 1946-1951. Development of NATIV (NORTH AMERICAN TEST INSTRUMENTATION VEHICLE) missile is between 1946-47 while NAVAHO is developed between 1948-49.The presentation shows the pulling of test vehicle under launching tower and its vertical position. A technician ties guide wires near the top of the missile.The missile is fired. Graphical presentation shows the parabolic pathway of missile showing altitude of 400mt and speed of mach8 (2722.32m/s). The firing range of Navaho is 3000mt from surface to surface.The missile uses Ramjet engines. Models of three missiles are also shown.

Date: 1951, July 1
Duration: 6 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027869
A film titled 'The Photographer' featuring philosophy, techniques and artistry of Edward Weston, and various California landmark views

A film titled 'The Photographer' featuring philosophy, techniques and artistry of Edward Weston. A woman is seen taking photographs of two men on the Coast of California as they crack open a sea food. The woman later takes the camera along with her. Signboard reading 'Edward Weston' is seen. Several cats are seen in the simply furnished home of Edward Weston. Next scene shows a 1946 Pontiac car going through an automated car wash. Next scene shows Weston and the woman in a different car after their car is washed. Point of view (POV) shot from moving car on Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California, as car passes by Chapman Park and approaches the Packard Bell building with radio towers behind. Next scene is on Wilshire Boulevard looking out at the Zephyr Room at the Chapman Park Hotel, and then on the opposite corner is the Brown Derby Restaurant (also called the Little Hat). The woman drives the car with the photographer seated beside her. Natural scenic beauty of California including plowed farm land outside Los Angeles, and then roads near Yosemite National Park and view of Half Dome from a moving car. Also seen are California farms, Sierra Nevada mountains, forests, rivers and sand dunes seen. The photographer takes pictures. Close up views of his old fashioned view camera. View from under cover or hood, just behind the photographer's shoulder, as he looks into the view screen from under the drape.

Date: 1948
Duration: 9 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040683
International Houses in New York, University of California at Berkeley, and Chicago.

Clouds move in the sky. A college student lies in the grass with his hands behind his head, then joins two fellow students of differing nationalities as they enter the main gate of a college. Exteriors of the college building. A young engineer draws designs. Young woman draws a sketch. A student examines corn and makes notes. A man reads a medicine book. Scenes from International Houses in New York, Chicago and Berkeley, California. Front facade of International House building on Riverside Drive in Manhattan, New York City, with words "That brotherhood may prevail" inscribed above "International House". Exterior shots of college buildings in New York City, at the University of Chicago, and at the University of California at Berkeley. Individuals arrive at International House at the University of California, Berkeley. Exteriors of the building. Student named Carlos walks up the steps. He is greeted by a staff person who escorts him inside. In the lobby, Alan Blaisdell, Executive Director of Berkeley's International House, meets him and escorts him upstairs.

Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040102
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