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Newsreel titled 'King Cotton Holds Court' depicting a spectacular night parade by civilians in Memphis, Tennessee.

Newsreel titled 'King Cotton Holds Court' depicting a spectacular night parade by the civilians in Memphis, Tennessee. The civilians enjoy the ripening of their staple crop -- Cotton. Floats depict King Cotton and his Queen. The spectators hail the King. Several floats carry fancily dressed participants of the parade. One float catches fire and is engulfed in flames. Men point fire hoses at the fire.

Date: 1946, May 20
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036132
An aircraft crashes while a trick landing and being stripped off in Memphis, Tennessee.

An aircraft crashes in Memphis, Tennessee. The aircraft takes off from a field and in flight. It comes in for a landing. It crashes while trick landing in a field. People rush towards the aircraft and gather around it. The aircraft after being stripped by souvenir hunters.

Date: 1934, October 8
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042756
People watch fireworks during night in Memphis, Tennessee.

Views of fireworks during night time in Memphis, Tennessee. Different kinds of fireworks over the river can be seen. A large crowd is gathered to view the fire show at the bank of river. Gathering turns out to pay tribute to Cotton.

Date: 1961, May 12
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032763
A girls soft ball team practice during their training in Hodges Field in Memphis, Tennessee.

Soft ball teams doing their training in Memphis, Tennessee. The girls of a soft ball team stand together. They practice in a field. A car parked in the background. A girl throws a ball and another one hits it. A board reads 'Hodges Field'. A girl catches the ball. A girl applies compact powder on her face and starts playing.

Date: 1938, March 23
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033967
United States soldiers survey the damage after an air crash in Memphis, Tennessee.

An air crash in Memphis, Tennessee. The wrecked aircraft, a Douglas DC-3 (USAF C-47B 44-76366), along the hillside where the plane struck. The damaged wheel of the plane. United States soldiers look at scattered wreckage of the plane on a tree. Soldiers survey the damage caused to the aircraft. Various parts of the wrecked aircraft lay all over the 200-yard area.

Date: 1947, December 16
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021111
Lucky Teeter and fellow daredevils crew perform stunts at show in Memphis Tennessee.

Stunt driver Lucky Teeter and his fellow daredevils amaze and thrill the crowds during a Memphis, Tennessee show. Teeter leapfrogs over a line-up of automobiles in his car, does a flip and bursts through a ring of fire. Instant rewind of several of the stunts. April 1938.

Date: 1938, April
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028782