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Covered wagons from America's West gather at Valley Forge Pennsylvania to celebrate 200th anniversary of the U.S.A.

Americans watch Pioneer style covered wagons arriving from the West, at gathering in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to celebrate the United States 200th Anniversary. . parade during United States 200th Anniversary. Boy seated on grass in a park, watches A cattle-drawn Prairie Schooner wagon as it passes, carrying women in Pioneer attire. A man walking accompanies the wagon. Other similar wagons pass, pulled by horses decorated with festive harness. Girl seated on man's shoulder watches wagons as they pass in a wooded area. One has "Findley,Ohio" written on its side. Most display American flags. An elderly gentleman smoking a pipe, takes pictures with a movie camera. Men, women and children seated on wagons. A number of participants are riding on horseback. A man in Colonial dress is interviewed. People from different Nationalities watch the parade. One man (unseen) tells interviewer he is from India. An elderly man and woman ride past in a wagon decorated with a garland of flowers. A small child claps as she watches from shoulders of an elderly man. More wagons pass the camera. View from hillside, of crowd watching as wagons begin to assemble to make camp in field below. Closeups of wagons and spectators. Some persons speak to interviewer as they are photographed. Fiddlers and a guitar player are seen playing country music. Children participating in a sack race Spectators watch from a packed grandstand at the field. Closeups of children in a pie-eating contest and of country musicians playing as folks watching clap hands in rhythm.

Date: 1976, July 4
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022743
Flooded city of Zanesville, Ohio in 1937.

Cars move on a flooded street in Zanesville, Ohio. Trees, houses, shops and various other buildings submerged in water of the Muskingum River following heavy flooding of Ohio River and other nearby rivers in February 1937. An overturned truck in water. Water flows at a great speed under a bridge.

Date: 1937, February
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048958
People rescued during massive flooding in Marietta, Ohio and Cincinnati, Ohio in February 1937.

Opening scenes are in Marietta, Ohio: Houses submerged in water, people along a railroad track. Men carry a boat, people in boats taken to safer place from the flooded city of Marietta, Ohio. People board a railroad train as they flee from the flooded city. Stretchers carrying injured victims are loaded into train. Scene changes to Cincinnati Ohio, with many parts of the city submerged under flood water. Water flows under the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge, also called the Ohio River Bridge (and later the Roebling Suspension Bridge) at very high level. Houses submerged in water. Aerial view of the city with water all around. Men load their belongings onto a truck. People rescued and carried away in boats to safer places. Police help rescue a woman and a baby. 750,000 people rendered homeless. Houses and industrial buildings submerged in water up to roof lines. Men in boats move through city streets. A boat passes by a stop light at same level due to extreme high flood waters. View of the submerged doorway of the Queen City Hospital in Cincinnati. Vehicles are used to pull cars and trucks out of flood waters.

Date: 1937, February
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048959
Workers entering a coal mine through entrance and a river in the valley in Harlan, Kentucky, United States.

Houses are seen in the valley and a river passes by the valley. The houses are well built and trees are scattered among the houses. A rail track is seen. Workers move over a small wooden bridge constructed at the entrance of a coal mine. The workers are wearing helmets.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023725
Damaged bridges, houses and property due to the floods in the various rivers of the United States in 1936.

Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1936, March
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067099
Cowboys drive herds of cattle in Western United States. Village life in New England, United States. Skyscrapers in U.S. cities.

Cattle ranching in Western United States. Man and woman on horseback, overlooking valley where cowboys work a large cattle herd. New England scene in Eastern U.S.A. waterwheel turning by an old mill. Boy lying on his back in wagon pulled by horse. He waves and jumps off as it arrives in village. Boys swimming in river. Neighbors conversing on front porches and sitting in porch swings. Horse drawn wagon moving down village street. High rise buildings and skyscrapers in crowded cities in America.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052587