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Sailors at the U.S. Naval Training Center in North Chicago, Illinois.

The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, during World War I. (now called Naval Station Great Lakes, or NAVSTA Great Lakes). Trucks and cars are driven through the main entrance gate. Sailors in uniforms walk in and out of the gate. A building near the gate. A sign on the building reads: 'US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes Illinois'. A flag flutters from a flag pole outside a building. Smoke from chimneys of a factory. Wide ranging views of many buildings at the training station from elevated and ground positions. View of barracks.

Location: North Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077376
Helicopters and aircraft help to fight fire in forests in United States by detecting fire and helping in firefighting.

Man drives an offroad vehicle specially designed, with individually suspended wheels, to traverse difficult terrain during a forest fire. A Canadair CL-215 "Super Scooper" twin engine float plane filling its 1400 gallon water tanks as it skims over a lake and then discharging it in a demonstration, in Quebec, Canada. Solar energy powered weather instruments and a tower with view of its instruments and a solar panel with solar cells on it. A satellite in the space. Surveillance planes in flight using infrared detectors to find forest fires. Image of the territory below on monitor screen aboard the airplane. "Smoke Jumpers" parachute from an aircraft. A helicopter hovers over trees in forest and lowers a rope that firefighter uses to rappel into the forest. Firefighters manually fighting a fire with hand tools at the fire's edge. They quickly leave the area, as a flareup occurs and then return to continue fighting the fire.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1984
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058694
Residents of Fairbanks Alaska enjoy their summer resort at Lake Harding.

Some scenes of Fairbanks Alaska and environs filmed by cameraman accompanying the U.S. Army Air Corps' 1934 Alaska Flight. A very tall pole with radio antenna, surrounded by smaller poles holding antenna wires for radio reception. A road through pine forest leading to the Fairbanks summer resort at Lake Harding. View from motor vehicle traveling along the road. It passes around another vehicle stopped in the roadway. View of the lake, with a floatplane resting in the water. Youngsters in bathing attire playing in the lake waters. A small tree house near a large log home in woods near the lake.

Location: Fairbanks Alaska USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064917
People at the Illinois State fair and various sporting and entertainment events in Illinois, United States, in the late 1940s

Film about the state of Illinois in the United States. People enter a building for the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois. People in the fair. Amusement rides, swings and people in a bus. Farmers walk with cattle. Children participate in 4-H club livestock competitions. A farmer near his blue ribbon winning cow. A girl near her sheep who won a blue ribbon. Children on a miniature train. Harness racing at a horse racing track in Illinois. Sports cars driven during an automobile race on a dirt track. Interior view of upper deck in double decker passenger train car with passengers enjoying the view through windows and a conductor punching tickets; Abraham Lincoln birth home cabin; View of statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois State Capitol building. The SS City of Grand Rapids ferry ship of the Cleveland & Buffalo Steamship Company passing by on Lake Michigan with Wrigley Building in background.

Location: Illinois United States USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067577
Role and training of African American soldiers in World War 2; also Louis versus Schmeling 1938 boxing scenes.

A film titled 'The African American soldier' about the role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization : Exteriors of various cathedrals and churches in the United States. African American children enter a church. A service being conducted in a church. African American soldier sings music song at the service, with gospel choir behind him. African American minister addresses the congregation after the service. A service flag in the church. Various African American Army officers and a WAC (Women's Army Corps) at the church. Past events (actual footage) show African American boxer Joe Louis during boxing rematch bout against German boxer Max Schemling at Yankee Stadium June 22, 1938. Shows Schmeling being knocked out by Louis. African American paratroopers train as they climb up a ladder and jump to the ground. African American soldiers undergo training and drills as they cross obstacles and run across a forest readying for service in World War II. A copy of the Constitution of the United States. African American pastor reads out a portion related to African Americans from Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078143
Big Bear Lake among the San Bernardino Mountains reached by a new forest road in Southern California.

The importance of roads and highways in the development of United States. The city of Big Bear Lake amidst San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. The city reached by a new developed forest road. The forest road over a bridge amidst the mountains.

Location: Big Bear Lake California USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031472
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