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U.S. President Nixon addresses crowd at Mississippi Economic Council meeting at Jackson,Mississippi

A large crowd gathered to welcome U.S. President Nixon at the Mississippi Economic Council silver anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi. President Nixon from speaker's podium in the Coliseum addresses the Economic Council. The spectators applaud as Nixon speaks about Mississippi. Officials attending include Governor William Waller, Senator Jim Eastland, Senator John Stennis, and Mississippi congressmen.

Date: 1974, May
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057301
U.S. President Nixon during his speech at Mississippi Economic Council meeting at Jackson, Mississippi

A large crowd gathered to welcome U.S. President Nixon at the Mississippi Economic Council silver anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi, held in the Coliseum. President Nixon from speaker's podium addresses the Economic Council. Nixon presents his vision of Mississippi in the future. He mentions effects of Korean War, Vietnam War and economic crises. The spectators applaud as Nixon expresses hope for a bright future for the United States of America. Officials attending included Governor William Waller, Senator Jim Eastland, Senator John Stennis, and Mississippi congressmen.

Date: 1974, May
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057302
U.S. President Nixon arrives at Mississippi Economic Council meeting in the Coliseum and greets crowd

A large crowd gathered at the Mississippi Economic Council silver anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi, held at the Mississippi Coliseum (1207 Mississippi St, Jackson, MS 39202, United States). Many people gathered outside the auditorium to welcome President Nixon. A band of musicians plays to welcome the Presidential party. President's motorcade enters the gate. The large crowd applauds and cheers for the President. President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon get out of the car, wave towards the crowd and are greeted by officials. The President shakes hands with the crowd and enters auditorium.

Date: 1974, May
Duration: 5 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057298
Film describing social character of United States in decade leading up to World War II

Film describes American society in the 1930s and 40s, including World War 2. CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) President John L Lewis and Father Coughlin speaking. Harlem street scene. Crowd entering a subway station in New York City. Newspaper headlines posted in China Town New York. Storefronts of Greek and Italian merchants in downtown New York City. Signs seen include 'Grande Deposito Dolio Doliva,' and 'Anthony Coulapides, manufacturer of high grade cigarettes.' Hebrew writing and star of David seen on side of building. Buildings with Spanish language signs in New York. A parade float with Virgin Mary depiction. Wide shot of a vineyard. View of a water wheel turning at a mill. Boys skinny dipping. 1930's and 1940's era cars on deep snow covered roads of an American town. Homes in deep snow. People recline on a beach in Florida in winter while on the same day in New Hampshire people ski, some pulled by horses. Skiers on slopes. People slip while walking across a street during a blizzard. A boy takes removes an apple from an icebox (early refrigerator). Dust storms in farm country of the rural Midwest during the dust bowl. Man races across a field toward a barn as a dust storm bears down on it. A farmer leads his horses out of a corral. A farm is destroyed by dust storms during the dust bowl. A family piles their remaining things on a farm truck and abandons their farm destroyed by the dust bowl. A poor family in a shack in the River Mississippi Valley area.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053398
Men work at quarters aboard USS Tennessee underway in Hampton Roads, United States.

U.S. battleships underway in Hampton Roads, United States. The battleships in a column formation. The stern of a battleship showing wake. Airplanes loaded on the battleship. Men work on the deck of the battleship. USS Mississippi underway at sea. The U.S. flag flutters on the mast of USS Tennessee and men at quarters of the ship.

Date: 1939, April
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062204
View of Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River in Northwestern Minnesota, USA.

A map of United States. Tourists couple on shore of Lake Itasca. View of Mississippi Headwaters Monument post that gives information about the Mississippi River starting at that location, originating 1475 feet above the sea level from the glacial Lake Itasca. The couple crosses a water channel through stepping stones.

Date: 1942
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050328