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Forks of Cypress plantation home and other sites, likely in Alabama, circa 1939; African American man tending a large bell.

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture documentary "The Land." A dilapidated house at an unidentified farm or former plantation location, possibly in Alabama, during the Great Depression. Spanish moss hanging from nearby trees. Views of a different, wooden, rundown house with a front porch, possibly at a different location. Scene changes again to a third different house, this one made of brick. A lone African American man emerges from double doors of the house. He walks up to a bell, cleans it, and rings it. Distant open view in front of the bell includes a valley and river (possibly the Tennessee River in western Lauderdale County, but not confirmed.) Scene changes again to show the first house and the trees with Spanish Moss. View returns to the location with the man tending the bell. Next scene shows the Forks of Cypress plantation house in Florence Alabama, (Lauderdale County). View of the old main Greek Revival Forks of Cypress house built in 1830 for James Jackson. View of the west elevation of the house. The smokehouse is seen behind and to the side of the main house. A clothes line with clothes on it is beside the smokehouse. Chickens walk on the porch of the house, past its tall colonnade of 24 ionic columns. (Note: The house burned completely in a 1966 fire). Next scene is again the elderly African American man at the brick house location. He looks around, mumbling to himself, walks back towards the house, and pauses on the front steps. The first wooden house with Spanish moss in nearby trees is shown again. Scene returns to the elderly African American man who enters the brick house and closes the doors behind him. Film directed and narrated by Robert Flaherty.

Location: Florence Alabama USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021571
U..S. Army Air Corps flight demonstration team known as "Men on the Flying Trapeze," put on air show at Maxwell field in Alabama, United States

Army pilots in thrilling stunt flight, Maxwell field in Alabama, United States. Four pilots known as "Men on the Flying Trapeze," an Army flight demonstration team, pose in front of a U.S. Army Air Corps P-l2. From the left they are Sgt. William C. McDonald; an unidentified pilot; Captain Claire Chennault and Sgt. John H. Williamson. (Claire Chennault went on to lead the famous "Flying Tigers," The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942.) Next, three P-12's are seen taking off together. When airborne, they start an inside loop, then execute other aerobatics in formation Three P-l2's executing a 360 degree roll. Three P-l2's in formation flight.

Location: Alabama United States USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045244
Five African American men undergo pilot tests to join U.S. Army Air Forces in Tuskegee, Alabama.

A film titled 'African American pilots' about the Tuskegee Airmen African American pilot training in U.S. Army Air Forces in July, 1941. Five African American pilots stand near an aircraft at Tuskegee, Alabama. Cadets and instructors walks past U.S. Army Air Forces BT-13aircraft. BT-13 aircraft take off and fly in formation. A BT-13 aircraft lands. African American pilot talks to an officer.

Location: Tuskegee Alabama USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077452
Traveling Vaudeville stars stop by New York, Vaudeville stars perform tap dance

Newsreel quote saying, “Lusty and glamorous was the Theater of Yesterday, when every actor worth his salt was a hardened trouper”. Dramatization of a late 19th century vaudeville group disembark from a train. Train porters unload a huge luggage. A 1894 poster of Bessie Bonehill, an English vaudeville singer who toured widely in the United States, saying, “Bessie Bonehill: And they never came back Playmates”. Actors sitting together near a ticketing booth in a New York train station. Close up view of an elderly vaudeville actor. Vaudeville actors talking with each other. “Haines & Vidocqs Metropolitan stars!!”. Curtains rise inside a theater. Poster of vaudeville stars, Jimmy and Florence Plunket, saying, “The Plunkets Jimmy Florence Broadway to you”. Vaudeville stars Jimmy and Florence Plunket, the former wears a top hat and the latter in a sequined A-line dress, perform a tap dance onstage.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079038
Superior officers award commissions and wings to USAAF cadets at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama (WW2)

U.S. Army Air Forces cadets at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama during World War II. Cadets marching. They march past a line of AT-6 Texan trainer aircraft. The cadets halt, do a left turn and open ranks. Several cadet graduates are given their wings and commissions. USAAF superior officers congratulate the cadets and present the wings. The cadets shake hands, then step back into rank. Several EM are cited. Infantry officers. Senior officers pin wings on infantry officers. The wing on the officer's uniform. Newly commissioned officers are congratulated by their families after graduation. Two new officers admire their wings and pose for the camera. Parked AT-6s in the background. The graduates at attention at "open ranks." Cadets in charge of men make hasty inspection and stop to square hat of Cadet. Superior officers award commissions and wings to the cadets. Graduates wave their hats, cheer, then break ranks.

Location: Montgomery Alabama USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057839
Instructor explains gauges and other parts inside the Piper Cub training aircraft in Alabama, United States

Pilot training on the Piper J-3 Cub training aircraft from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States (home of the Tuskegee Airmen). Instructor explains gauges inside the Piper Cub training aircraft. View of the direction gauge in the aircraft. Instructor points to the RPM meter on panel of aircraft. Oil gauge in the aircraft. Temperature and altitude gauge in the aircraft. The instructor and student in the aircraft. An airman removes the stop in front of wheel of aircraft. African American student looks out of the aircraft. African American crew member rotates propeller of the aircraft.

Location: Alabama United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068166
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