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John Donald Budge defeats Henry 'Bunny' Austin and wins Wimbledon in London, England in 1938.

In 1938 an American tennis champion John Donald Budge (Don Budge) wins Wimbledon in London, England. Don Budge playing a match. The spectators seated in a stand. He wins the Wimbledon title. Budge shakes hand with United Kingdom tennis player Henry 'Bunny' Austin. From a September 16, 1963 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.

Date: 1938, June
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069247
Wrecked ships, cars and a train after the Great New England hurricane of 1938

Damage due to the September 21, 1938 New England Hurricane (also called the Long Island Express Hurricane) in the United States. Buildings along streets in New York City in driving rain and winds. Cars moving on a street. Rain falling in the city and deep water ponding in roads. Rubble in the area. A large tree that crushed a car. Wrecked ships and boats along a coastal port. Men look at the boats, many of which are partially sunken or aground. Aerial view of wrecked cars and other vehicles. Destroyed bridges. Wind wrecked homes on coast. A wrecked train on a railroad line, derailed off the tracks.

Date: 1938, September 22
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076799
German-Jewish young refugees whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps arrive on shores in Harwich, England.

German-Jewish young refugees "whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps" (Source: Original 1938 Universal Newsreel film description sheet) arrive on shores in Harwich, England. 206 refugees walk out on the ramp of a ship, carrying their luggage. Refugee young men, young women and children walk towards the refugee camps. Most appear to be teenagers. Refugees wave from their quarters. They eat food at a mess hall and smile.

Date: 1938, December 12
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037207
Lt. Gen. Jacob Devers and Maj.Gen. Ira Eaker escort British civilian official in visit to an airfield in England.

U.S. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force, escort a British official visiting an air base in the UK. The official speaks momentarily with U.S. ground crewman. Then a U.S. Lieutenant Colonel escorts him in a walk around a B-17, named "Delta Rebel" while the Generals and others stand nearby.(Captain Robert K Morgan, Pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is a member of the visiting party.) The British Official has an extended dialog with escorting officer. All members of the visiting party begin climbing aboard a C-45 aircraft. Change of scene show the party walking from the C-45 past an honor guard. General Devers greets several Air Corps officers standing in a line. He is followed by the British official, with his Lt. Col. escort. Generals Devers and Eaker speak with the Lt. Col. escort and then General Eaker walks with the official to a waiting car (appears to be a 1938 Packard sedan). The official enters the car and drives away, followed by American staff car and another vehicle.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061349
U.S.Generals Devers and Eaker escort British official meeting air crews of U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses in England.

Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of U.S. 8th Air Force accompany a British civilian official who meets and talks with crews of B-17 bombers. (U.S.Captain Robert K. Morgan, pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is seen with the visiting party.) General Devers and the British official talk to each other. Air and ground crew of the B-17 "Delta Rebel" are inspected. A British lady is seen speaking with a B-17 crew member. (A 1938 Packard automobile is seen parked near the B-17s.) A C-45 Expeditor aircraft taxis on the airfield. Officers around the airplane.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061350
Mentally disabled people in the United States evaluated and prepared to work in the outside world.

Evaluation and assistance for mentally disabled people. Dr David Zieman talks about learning in the mentally disabled. A mentally disabled child in front of a one way mirror. A woman observes the child through the opposite side of the mirror. The woman pushes a tray towards the child from underneath the mirror. The tray has a circular object and an object in the form of a plus sign. The boy selects an object and pushes the tray towards the woman. A woman and a mentally disabled girl near a machine. The girl pushes a lever on the machine. A man works on a machine. A sign reads 'Meriden Regional Training Center and Shelter Workshop'. A bespectacled man explains something to a group of people. In a room several mentally disabled trainees are prepared to work in the outside world. A woman seated at a table. A man works on a machine. A woman punches a card at a machine and puts the card in a holder. A man follows the same. A meter. Several mentally disabled women work.

Date: 1969
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033428