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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.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021571
Players dressed in medieval attire play American Football in Florence, Italy.

American Football (also known as Gridiron) in Florence, Italy. Players dressed in medieval dresses convene at the Piazza della Signoria (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). Italian spectators are seated in the stand to watch the match. Players get on the field and the game starts. Contestants playing American Football at the Piazza della Signoria.

Date: 1938, July 6
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033917
Models wear clothes and accessories by top Italian fashion houses during a fashion show in Florence, Italy

A fashion show in Florence, Italy. Models display the ready to wear garments at the Pitti Palace (Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Models wear oversized sunglasses. A model walks down the catwalk wearing a velvet gown by Pino Lancetti. A model with a hooped coiffure wears a coat by Emilio Pucci. Two Italian women talk to each other while watching the fashion show. A model displays a coat by Gregoriana, an Italian fashion brand. A model walks with a dog on the ramp. Models wear corkscrew hats.

Date: 1967, April 18
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032125
Models walk on a ramp in different deluxe ready to wear garments like skirts and coats at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.

A fashion show at the Pitti Palace (Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy) in Florence, Italy. Models walk on a ramp in different deluxe ready to wear garments in the Pitti Palace ballroom. Italian models wearing oversized sunglasses and whimsical costumes. Italian models showing off fashionable velvet gowns, skirts, coats, hats, and sunglasses with different hairstyles. A model walks with a small dog. Spectators watch the fashion show.

Date: 1967, April 18
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073297
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini view huge crowd from a decorated balcony of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy (WW2)

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini visit Florence, Italy. Soldiers in uniform and civilians gathered at the Piazza Della Signoria. Men blow trumpets with Florentine fleur-de-lis banners in the Piazza della Signoria. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini look out at the crowd from a decorated balcony in the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). The German and the Italian flags on poles on the balcony. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063505
Relief material, food and drugs sent to Florence after heavy floods damage great artistic works.

Heavy floods inundate the city of Florence, Italy, caused by flooding of the Arno River on November 4, 1966. A man views immense erosion on the side of the Arno River caused by floodwaters. Relief material, food and drugs sent from various nations to Italy. Workers try to clean and restore the famous art works by great artists.

Date: 1966, November
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056529