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Destroyed houses and submerged houses during territorial floods in Morehead, Kentucky.

Territorial flood in Morehead, Kentucky. Submerged houses and trees. Men walk on a railway track. Damaged wooden houses all around. Vehicles pass through the flooded area.

Date: 1939, July 10
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047774
Rescuers and family members of victims of coal mine disaster in Providence, Kentucky.

Rescue efforts to rescue coal miners stuck in a mine after explosion in Providence, Kentucky. People at the entrance of mine shaft. Iron bars outside the mine. Two men pose. Family and relatives of miners stand outside the mine.

Date: 1939, July 14
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046704
President Lyndon B Johnson arrives to unveil statue of George Marshall at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

George Marshall Research Library at Virginia Military Institute (319 Letcher Ave, Lexington, VA 24450) in Lexington, Virginia. President Lyndon B. Johnson arrives by a plane to unveil statue of George Marshall. He shakes hand with a man. He reviews honor guard. Large crowd gathers. Wife of Marshall and President Johnson stand near the statue of Marshall. President addresses.

Date: 1964, March 25
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035420
Harry S. Truman, president of Old Trails Association, is honored at site of Madonna of the Trail statue in Lexington, Missouri.

Dignitaries and people gather at the NSDAR Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days in Lexington, Missouri. The memorial (one of 12 identical ones) was established by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and created by sculptor August Leimbach. Harry S. Truman, then Missouri's director for the Federal Re-Employment program (part of the Civil Works Administration), and President of the Old Trails Association, speaks to Mrs. John Trigg Moss, Chairman of the National Old Trails Committee. Mrs. Moss, in 1927, had designed the memorial that was sculpted by Leimbach, and dedicated in 1928. View of "Madonna of the Trail" inscribed on the main statue. Harry S. Truman, who later in 1934 was elected Senator of Missouri, holds up two miniature bookend models of the statue, which are being given to him as a gift for serving as President of the Old Trails Association. (Truman had also delivered the keynote address at the statue unveiling 6 years earlier). View from behind the statue with the Lexington Bridge, a seven-span truss bridge on Route 13, crossing over the Missouri River.

Date: 1934
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029843
Racehorse Bold Venture wins the Kentucky Derby in Kentucky, United States.

Kentucky Derby in Kentucky, United States. A large crowd of spectators gather to watch the Kentucky Derby. Bidders at a betting window placing bets. The horse race begins. The spectators cheer the horses. The racehorse Bold Venture wins the Kentucky Derby.

Date: 1936, May 2
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055905
Proud Clarion wins the 93rd Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. People turn out in large numbers with umbrellas on a rainy day to witness the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. National Guardsmen patrol to curb any racial demonstrations. The horse race gets underway. Proud Clarion at 30-to-1 wins the race.

Date: 1963, May 9
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042829