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Influx of European immigrants in America in search of jobs and shelter from 1880 to 1914.

European immigration to America from 1880 to 1914. A farmer and team of horses are silhouetted against the sky as they move in a field. They pull what appears to be a field kitchen and a thresher. Scene changes to men working at a drilling site. They appear to be discharging water from a well. Men with horses and rigs, lined up near a passing steam locomotive and railroad train. A dirt road in a town, cluttered with horses and wagons. Telegraph poles and lines are visible. A woman immigrant from Russia, recounts her imagined views of America being a land of milk and honey where fortunes could be easily made. View of an immigrant family. View of shanty houses clustered together around 1900. A family poses outside their rough dwelling in a city. Children pose near a huge cotton bale by a city storefront. A family poses on a rickety 2nd story iron porch on a building. Brief views of new immigrant families inside their slum dwellings. An historian speaking, notes that the East side (of New York City) had population density equivalent to that of Bombay,India.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1900
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039775
Events that initiated World War I and animated map showing involvement of nations from 1914 through 1918

Opening scene shows a man being roughed up by a group of men in an alleyway. A slate comments (in French) that when nations are bellicose, an assassination can cause a world war. Next, a slate shows picture of the world and states (in English) "One murder may start a world war." Another slate (in French) states that In 1914, while Europe's armies and fleets were more powerful than they had ever been, the nephew of the Emperor of Austria (Archduke Ferdinand) was assassinated. A front page is shown of newspaper, "Journal De Geneve" carrying the story. Next scene is a view of the city of Sarajevo. The ancient Emperor's Mosque dominates the scene. A slate appears asking Where is Sarajevo? It is followed by a map of Europe in 1914, which zooms in on Austria and Serbia and identifies and labels Sarajevo,in Austria, close to the Serbian border. Slates (in French) says Austria accused Serbia of War and other nations enter the melee. Animated World map shows the nations getting involved, starting with the German Empire in 1914, including its African colonies, and then successively showing Russia, France, Belgium,Great Britain, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. Map advances to 1915, showing the Italian empire, Bulgaria,and Central Arabia. In 1916 it adds Portugal, Roumania. Next, the U.S.A. is added in, 1917, along with Central and South America, Greece, Siam, and China. Finally, the slate shows the war ending in 1918. Slate shows Armistice Day, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month (November), with time shown on hands of Big Ben in London.

Location: Geneva Switzerland
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675029392
Streetcar on road and large poster of Yugoslavian Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito in Belgrade, Eastern European politician speaks in rally during the Cold War

A streetcar seen as a celebration is underway in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. A Communist, Brutalist building in the background. A large poster of Yugoslavian Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito hanging in front of a building. Large posters of important communist figures in Belgrade. A communist rally in Eastern Europe. Eastern European woman listens to speech. Eastern European politician, possibly Valko Chervenkov, delivers a speech in front of Soviet symbol and large communist personality’s poster.

Location: Eastern Europe
Date: 1949
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078477
German Operation "Barbarossa," the invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II

German troops advance in Transcarpathian Oblast, Ukraine, during World War 2. Map shows the Polish-Ukrainian (Soviet Union) border. Narrator refers to the Battle in the East (the Eastern Front). German armored forces, camouflaged with branches of shrubbery, attack to the East, primarily from Poland, in Operation Barbarossa. Stug III self-propelled assault guns are seen, as well as towed artillery pieces moving along rural roads in agricultural areas. German officers look through binoculars. Spire of a church seen in distant rural village. German artillery firing at close to zero elevation. A small village with houses burning. Closeup of German tank commander looking out from his top hatch. German soldier receiving first aid for cut on face. German infantry engaging defenders in house-to-house combat with small arms. Houses ablaze in the village.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1941, June
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675061171
German troops building railway embankment and capturing Soviet prisoners in the Eastern Front (WW2)

German troops in the Eastern Front during the winter of 1941-1942 (World War II). A German soldier keeps watch in the Eastern Front (“Ostfront” in German). Two German soldiers walk in the snow. Troops walk with horses under extremely cold conditions, with temperature as low as -45°C. Soldiers cover their mouths with cloths to protect their faces from extreme temperatures. Soldiers build houses of made of ice blocks and a bridge. Railway embankment construction and ice blocks. German soldiers lift blocks of ice from a lake. Men building a railway embankment. Soldiers on tanks. Soldiers repair a tank track. Soldiers escort wagons. Snow covered tanks and field. German soldiers assume prone position in the snow. German tank fires. Germans attack Russian positions. Soldiers firing with rifles. Germans move forward on the front. German soldiers in white winter camouflage suits rush towards a barbed wire fence. A soldier cuts a barbed wire entanglement on the field. Firing and bombardment in the field. German soldiers clear a village. Soldiers with machine guns facing the window inside a house. Soldiers stand on top of moving tanks. German soldiers use a machine gun in the snow. Soldiers take the prisoners from the snow. Panzer tanks penetrate Soviet positions. An injured Soviet prisoner with head bandage. German troops lead away captured Soviet prisoners.

Location: Eastern Front
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028442
A German convoy advances as troops capture a burning village on the Eastern Front during World War II.

German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops advance on the Eastern Front during World War II. A map depicts the Eastern Front. A German convoy including trucks, half-tracks, and artillery moves up on the Russian front. Camouflaged trucks, soldiers seated in half-tracks camouflaged with foliage. Panther tanks and infantry of 5.SS Wiking advance as artillery is fired. A German officer gives orders as soldiers load and fire artillery. Russian Prisoners of War (POWs) are marched to the rear. Officers and soldiers strategize using a map. An SS soldier fires an MG42 machine gun that is rested on another's shoulder. Soldiers amidst heavy firing and smoke from explosions. Soldiers in camouflaged helmets. A burning village is captured. Tanks and half-tracks advance into the village. Soldiers with guns cross a field, fire machine guns and artillery. An officer looks through binoculars. Bomb damaged and burning buildings.Soldiers among the ruins and rubble. Soldiers examine burning Russian tanks. Smoking tanks. German troops in discussion, drinking water and resting.

Location: Eastern Front European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021774
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