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Crew of Submarine rescue ship Falcon help to rescue submarine Squalus but it sinks in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

U.S. submarine Squalus being raised up by rescuers and it goes down again in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Crew members of submarine rescue ship Falcon work with McCann Rescue Chambers. Seaman push the chamber down and get on to the ship. Air-pumps on ship. A diver wearing scuba helmet and diving suit goes in water with the help of a pulley. The chambers float above the water. Men seated on chambers. Hull of the submarine rises up to the surface of the water and then goes down again. Cables in the water.

Date: 1939, July 14
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046711
English figure skater, Hazel Franklin, performs at opening of the Rockefeller Plaza skating rink, in New York City

View from above, of the newly opened skating rink at Rockefeller Center, in New York City. At rink level, a number of people are seen as they skate around the rink. Amidst the skaters, one girl displays considerable skills, and a little girl shows her talents. However, the rink is later cleared for Hazel Franklin, a 13-year old figure skater, newly arrived from England, who puts on a brilliant show, including various spins and maneuvers at high speed on the ice. Hazel Franklin poses and smiles for the camera. (Note: Hazel Franklin turned professional and was featured in the Ice Follies, Ice Capades, Holiday on Ice, and other such shows.)

Date: 1939, December 18
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046714
Sammy Snead and three other golfers compete at the Rich Golf Tourney in Miami, Florida.

Sammy Snead wins the Rich Golf Tourney in Miami, Florida. Sammy and other three golfers stroke the ball. A crowd watches the game. A player putts the ball. Sammy strokes the final putt. The crowd surrounds Sammy. Sammy poses with the trophy and the check.

Date: 1939, December 18
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046715
Team members of the Long Island University team and the University of Oregon team play a basketball game in New York.

The Long Island University team tops the Oregon team in a basketball game in New York. A basketball game between the two teams. A player baskets the ball. Both teams basket scores. The score on the board shows both the teams at equal score of 54-54.

Date: 1939, December 18
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046716
A Japanese boy and a woman indulge in household works in Manchuria, China.

Japanese immigration camps in Manchuria, China. Sheep enter corrals. A Japanese boy herding sheep. A Japanese colonist- woman hanging clothes outside her house. A Japanese woman uses a spinning wheel. Another Japanese woman fetches water from a well using a wheel.

Date: 1939, November
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046834
A reenactment of Japanese audience watching a film show in Tokyo, Japan.

A reenactment of Japanese audience at a theater in Japan. Women in kimonos arrive. The audience look towards a cinema movie screen and applauds. Views of faces of the men and women in the audience as they watch the film. A man and a woman watch the show.

Date: 1939, March
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046850