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President Conant, of Harvard University, pays tribute to Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Paris at tercentenary ceremony.

Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and alumni of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President Conant speaks. On behalf of the President, and fellows, the Board of overseers, faculty members, and those assembled, he pays tribute to Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Paris from which Harvard University has descended. Representatives of those institutions stand in a group as their respective universities are extolled. The crowd applauds. President Conant presents mementos to the representatives of Cambridge, Oxford, and Paris. The choir sings.

Date: 1936, September 18
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074541
Harvard President James Conant delivers a speech during tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge.

Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant speaks at the podium. President Conant talks about the necessary conditions required for the development of a national culture. The crowd applauds. The President says that they must have the spirit of tolerance which allows expression of all opinions. He speaks about the conditions necessary for material and intellectual progress of a nation. Further the President talks about the future of Harvard University. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt can be seen briefly, seated on the stage, during the ceremonies.

Date: 1936, September 18
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074542
Harvard President James Conant presents a memento to Charles McLain Andrew from Yale University during tercentenary ceremony.

Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant awards honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to Charles McLain Andrew from Yale University. The crowd applauds. The choir sings. Celebrants are seen filing into their respective places at the start of the ceremonies.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074543
People watch fireworks while celebrating three centuries of Harvard University, Cambridge.

Tercentenary celebrations at Harvard University, Cambridge. A band plays. People watch fireworks. Image of a dinosaur in fireworks. Fireworks on water. A lighted sign reads 'Veritas 1636-1936'.

Date: 1936, September
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074544
1940 launching of USS Hornet (CV-8); accomplishments of USS Hornet, famous for the 1942 Doolittle Raid during World War II.

A film titled 'The Life and Death of The USS Hornet' dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants during World War II. The Capitol building in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gathered at press conference to announce the bombing of Tokyo Japan by Doolittle Raid forces in April 1942. Reporters run out to phones and typewriters. A man at NBC microphone in 1943. The headlines of newspapers read 'Japs Murder Doolittle's Fliers'. American people in groups and families listen to radio broadcasts, gathered at work and in living rooms around radios to hear the radio news. They buy newspapers at newsstands. Headline of newspaper reads "Carrier Hornet was Shangri-La". Workers at shipyard, factories, machine shops. Men and women war workers of varying ages and races, including white, Japanese-American, and African-American seen welding, machining, and working to buld the ship and its parts. Scenes from the launching of USS Hornet CV-8 in December 14, 1940, with sponsor Annie Reid Knox at the launching.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074562
U.S. Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox makes a speech during commissioning of USS Hornet CV-8 in Norfolk.

A film dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants working to built USS Hornet (CV-8) and commissioning of the same in Norfolk during World War II. Workers work in shipyard to build USS Hornet. USS Hornet is launched. Sailors walk up gangway of USS Hornet. U.S. Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox makes a speech during commissioning of USS Hornet CV-8 on 20th October, 1941. Navy officers and sailors lined up.

Date: 1941, October 20
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074563