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Opening ceremony and athletic events at the 1936 track events between the USA and Britain held in London.

Athletic events at the 1936 track events between the USA and Great Britain in London, England, United Kingdom. The athletes of various participating nations during the march-past. Athletes on the mark for the men's race to begin. They run along the track, while the spectators cheer.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035855
Work Progress Administration Federal Theater Project Marionette play for children in Los Angeles California

A line of parents with their children entering the Marionettes: Theater of the Magic Strings in Los Angeles, California. Marionettes depicting characters such as a chef, an old lady, and some clowns, onstage. Work Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Theater Project puppeteers control their strings from above the stage. A kangaroo king marionette, wearing a crown and a cape, hops onstage. Children watching the marionette play. Marionettes dance onstage as confetti fall. (Great Depression period)

Date: 1936
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079043
Commander of the 341st Missile Wing flies over Minuteman silos near Great Falls, Montana, United States

View from a Helicopter flying over fields of grain in Montana, United States. Shadow of the helicopter is seen moving below. Cattle grazing on the range are startled by the chopper. Views of U.S. Minuteman intercontinental missile installations in the vicinity of Great Falls, in 1964. Colonel Rex Dowtin, Commander of the U.S. 341st Strategic Missile Wing, is seen in cockpit of the helicopter. Views from the helicopter as it flies over the steel-covered underground missile silos. Snow-capped mountains in background. Colonel Dowtin and another crew member inside the helicopter.

Date: 1964
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037566
The John Paul Jones monument and the Titanic Memorial inundated by flood waters during great Potomac River flood of 1936.

Damage caused due to Potomac River flood in Washington DC., United States. The John Paul Jones monument in Potomac Park amidst the flood affected area. Area submerged in water. Damaged cherry trees near Tidal Basin, overrun by water. View of the damaged area and harbor looking out toward Haynes Point, as seen from atop the Washington Monument. The Titanic Memorial amidst the flooded area. Giant flagstones near the Titanic Memorial dislodged and scattered by flood waters. People walking near the parkway. View of unscathed Federal buildings in downtown Washington DC and 1930s era automobiles on the street.

Date: 1936, March 19
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062898
Passaic New Jersey industry, traffic in Four corners Newark, and boats at Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey, United States.

Post-war home front activities in New Jersey, United States, shortly after the end of World War II. Locomotive train running on railroad tracks through the main street center of Passaic New Jersey. The Great Falls of the Passaic River is seen (now part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park) with a power generating facility in the foreground. Views of various industries in the Passaic area, some deriving power from the falls. Factory workers seen outside a large industrial factory as they enter it. Narrator notes that the factories are being converted to peace time production. Women seen working in a textile mill. View of bolts of cloth, sewing, and looms. Steel mill activities. A factory making wood veneer or cardboard or thick paper. A man operates an industrial machine. Women sew clothes. Workers work on machines. View of street signs, buildings, pedestrians, and traffic with 1940s era automobiles and buses at the intersection of Broad Street and Market Street, in the Four Corners District of Newark, New Jersey. Narrator describes it as the 3rd most busy intersection in the world. Boats in Lake Hopatcong. A boat launch area at the lake and some people on the lake shore. A woman wearing a swimming cap dives into the lake from a dock.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072227
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party, New York City. Earl Browder and theme"Against hunger fascism war"

Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA in New York City, June 24 -38, 1936. The theme as seen in outsize banners included a huge likeness of Earl Browder displaying the words: "Against Hunger Fascism War" and a banner around the hall reading in part: "forward to Unity..." The activities seen are like any major political party convention, including having placards identifying delegates from all the States of the Union, such as Georgia, Virginia,Iowa,West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Columbia,Oregon, etc. Lights sweep over the darkened arena highlighting the signs of the various states. Several scenes show massed flags of the Communist Party displaying the hammer and Sickle on a solid field.

Date: 1936, June 24
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028564