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Jimmie Mattern takes off from Floyd Bennett Field, New York in his aircraft for a trip across the Atlantic.

Aviator Jimmie Mattern in Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Jimmie Mattern boards the aircraft and takes off for his trip across the Atlantic. Crowd watches as the young Texas pilot takes off.

Date: 1933, June 5
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044354
Boy Scouts of America demonstrate outdoor camping skills in North Kansas City, Missouri.

Young American Boy Scouts camp for the first outdoor convention in North Kansas City, Missouri. Scouts march with flags on a field. A closeup view of a scoutmaster or scout leader is shown. The scouts demonstre various outdoor skills. A scout starts a fire using a bow drill. Two boys peel potatoes for a meal. They cut vegetables and cook food over a fire. Scouts pitch tents and two scouts are seen sleeping in a tent.

Date: 1933, June 5
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044363
Teenagers Constantin and Peter Georgescu, freed by Romanian authorities, arrive and are greeted by their mother in New York

A happy family reunion in New York, United States. Teenage boys Constantin and Peter Georgescu, held by Romania's Communist government for 7 years in an effort to force their father to spy on the United States, disembark a plane with their father and are greeted by their mother at a New York airport. They pose for photos by press.

Date: 1954, April 15
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044575
Two men drink, talk about Russia and read a newspaper in New York.

News headlines in New York. Two men drink and talk at a bar about Russia and read a newspaper. The newspaper insert in one of the man's hand reads "European Peace Bid Rejected by Soviet". Views of man talking and drinking.

Date: 1948, November
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044606
Slot machines are smashed under an anti-gambling campaign in New York led by Mayor LaGuardia.

An anti-gambling campaign is launched by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in New York. Views of smashed slot machines. People smash slot machines and carry them away. Mayor La Guardia and then others on a boat throw the smashed machines into the Long Island Sound. Part of a "25 years ago today" UN newsreel story issued September 24, 1959.

Date: 1934, September
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044712
A coal-fueled, steam powered truck and a collision-proof car are demonstrated.

Automotive progress notes feature a steam powered truck and a collision-proof car. A man fills coal into the hopper of a steam-powered truck and starts the truck. The truck is driven on the roads of a stone quarry in West Virginia. The truck was imported from the UK and has written on the door, "The Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd. Shrewsbury England". Smoke from the steam truck as it drives up a hill. Scene shifts to demonstration of a collision-proof car made with stainless steel mesh and plaster of paris. It was invented by a San Diego man. The car is driven on rugged terrain. After going over a large bump the drivers door flys open. Part of a "25 years ago today" UN newsreel story issued September 24, 1959.

Date: 1934, September
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044713