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United States Secretary of State James Byrnes requests increased production for the war effort (WWII)

United States Secretary of State James Byrnes addresses Americans to participate in the war effort during World War II. Byrnes calls for Americans to divert work from non-essential, civilian production to increase war production of necessary supplies to the front. “Our boys are suffering and dying abroad while we are living in safety and comfort at home. If they are willing to die for their country surely we should be willing to work for that country.” Byrnes said.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080040
Workers shovel coal, locomotive train with coal cargo, oil field with derricks (WW2)

Men shoveling pile of coal near a factory during World War II. Pile of coal outside a factory or power plant. A locomotive train transporting coal cargo. Mass of oil derricks on oil field with pumpjack working in the foreground.

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080098
Spanish journalist talks about the Cuban Missile Crisis

A Spanish-speaking journalist reports on the developments of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Words read "Cuba: Peligro Rojo" ("Cuba: Red Danger") beside the journalist. The journalist talks about the missile confrontation in Cuba inside a conference room of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC. The reporter reads from his report while holding a microphone. Nameplates bearing the names of countries from the Organization of American States such as Uruguay, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile. The journalist reads from his report while a janitor cleans the conference room behind him. The journalist interviews a man who just arrived in the conference room. The man, a representative from the Organization of American States, talks about the ongoing Cuban Missile Crisis. The camera shows the seal of the Organization of American States in Spanish (“Organización de los Estados Americanos”).

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 7 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675080127
Servicemen surfing and sunbathe on Waikiki Beach, watch a burlesque show in Honolulu, Hawaii (WW2)

United States servicemen with the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division rest before deployment in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Men sailing in long boat off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Diamond Head seen in the background. A group of men surfing on the beach. Surfers swimming. A couple looks at the beach together. Men running towards the water on the beach. Servicemen sunbathing. Sunbathing man reads a newspaper. Men and a woman paddle in their boat. United States servicemen and sailors watch a burlesque show in Honolulu. A serviceman uses binoculars to watch the burlesque performance. Man wolf-whistles at burlesque girl.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080153
Thomas A. Edison and wife Mrs. Mina Edison meets with Harvey Firestone; Edison visits a rose garden with Henry Ford

Thomas A. Edison and his wife, Mrs. Mina Miller Edison, possibly on the grounds of Edison Park in Fort Myers, Florida. The couple walking down path in tropical garden toward a small pool. There is a microphone standing in front of the pool. A man meets Edison and gives him a paper. Mrs. Edison is holding a corsage. The Edisons meet with a group of men including businessman Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. and his son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr. A man hands a hat to Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison, possibly Henry Ford, and another man visit a rose garden. Thomas Edison picks a rose in the garden. Thomas Edison and (possibly) Henry Ford both looking at the rose.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080170
Thomas A. Edison at Seminole Lodge, cars driving past Edison Park entrance in Fort Myers, Florida.

American inventor Thomas A. Edison and an unidentified man talking to each other outside what appears to be Edison's Seminole Lodge in Fort Myers, Florida. Man shows a paper to Edison. The man escorts Edison in the garden. The man holding Edison’s arm as they walk together. A young man walking in baseball park. A sign advertises the Pollock Lumber Company in the background. The young man smiles in front of the camera. Cars driving past entrance to Edison Park at 2404 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33901. A car enters the park. The Spirit of Fort Myers statue by Helmuth von Zengen is seen. Park sign reads ‘Substantial…Edison Park.’

Date: 1926
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080171