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Great Depression era; westward migration; views of port area of the Columbia River and dust bowl dust storm in United States.

Trucks and cars on roads in America going west during the Great Depression. The vehicles are laden down with lots of gear and possessions as people migrate westward in search of work and better conditions during the Great Depression. One unusual view shows a car towing a covered wagon. Two men walking west on road with their baggage. Logging men or lumberjacks cutting a giant tree into logs of wood and floating the logs down a river to a sawmill. Two men working in the sawmill as the giant sawblade cuts the logs into lumber. Aerial view of little activity at the Portland Lumber Mills of Portland Oregon, as the Depression cut into business. Abandoned sawmills in disrepair. A man talking to a group of workers seeking jobs. Idle men who are unemployed on a street corner, standing in front of the Julian S Chybke Pharmacist and Chemist shop at the corner of East 13th Avenue and Spokane Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Unemployed men stand together looking dejected and talking. Views of dust storm underway during the Dust Bowl. Farm equipment covered in dust and dirt. A man crossing over dust dunes. A farmer looking at dust bowl devastation, and a woman with her child in a dust ravaged area.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032612
Candidates Nixon and Kennedy debate over prestige of the U.S. overseas prior to the presidential elections in the U.S.

The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC News correspondent Quincy Howe allows CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite to ask a question to Vice President Nixon. Mr. Cronkite asks Vice President Nixon if the Eisenhower Administration was suppressing a report by the United States Information Agency that shows a decline in United States prestige overseas as pointed by Senator Kennedy. Vice President Nixon replies and talks about Sputnik space program launched by the Soviet Union (compared to NASA efforts during the Space Race). He further compares the United States and the Soviet Union in terms of education and science. He speaks about UN General Assembly votes called on the Soviet Union to end its Hungarian intervention in 1956 and relates to American prestige. Senator Kennedy says that he did not make most of the statements that Vice President Nixon said he has made and he refers to the first one about Sputnik Program launched by the Soviet Union. Senator Kennedy refers to slums in the United States and talks about support housing legislation which the Eisenhower's Administration has opposed and also speaks about scientists and engineers United States has produced in comparison to the Soviet Union. He further says they were the first in other areas of science but in space, which is the new science, they are not the first

Date: 1960
Duration: 4 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073670
United States Air Force video debunking Roswell incident.

An anonymous UFO enthusiast talking. Aerial view of a deserted area near Roswell. Slate reads “Mufon 1992 International UFO Symposium Proceedings UFOs: The ultimate mystery of the millennia”. Anthropomorphic dummies mistaken as alien remains. Photographs of dummies used on high altitude experiments by the USAF. A Crash Test Dummies “Dummy Cam” PSA commercial by the United States Department of Transport and the Ad Council from the 80s-90s. A pair of crash test dummies inside a car. Vince the Crash Test Dummy adjusts his “Dummy Cam”. Car crashes into different places from crash test dummy’s perspective. Scientists prepare a crash test dummy in the 1950s. Two USAF personnel poses with an anthropomorphic test device (ATD). An ATD is released from a high altitude. A dummy is ejected from a fighter. An ATD descent with a parachute. A large high-altitude balloon is inflated and ascends. White balloon with dummies climbs upwards. A dummy is released from balloon. Camera attached to dummy shows its POV during descent. A dummy with a parachute land in a desert. USAF Test Pilot Captain Joseph William Kittinger II before a test flight. A high-altitude balloon ascends, carrying a module containing Captain Kittinger. A high-altitude balloon floats in the sky. A man opens a December 1960 National Geographic magazine. A page reads “The Long Lonely Leap” featuring Kittinger. LIFE, Collier’s, and TIME magazines covers feature Kittinger. Movie poster of 1956 drama “On the Threshold of Space”. Air Force personnel, aircraft, and other equipment are featured on film. A sign at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Deflated high altitude balloons in the desert. A diagram depicts the size comparison of a balloon and a DC-9 airliner. High-altitude balloons carry scientific devices from the Holloman Air Force Base. A man prepares a payload attached to a high-altitude balloon. Space probes from NASA. A large container labeled “Viking Project Langley Research Center”. USAF high-altitude balloons carrying various NASA equipment (resembling “flying saucers”). Roswell Industrial Air Center. A “flying saucer”-like device lands in a desert. Payloads after landing in desert west of Roswell. Scientists read data from a large computer. Sign reads “Welcome to Holloman Air Development Center”. Recovery personnel hands over a permit. Photographs of United States Air Force trucks and recovery crews working on the ground and on aircraft. A bomber approaching a balloon. Photographs of USAF Balloon branch personnel with locals. Balloon branch personnel use tractors and pack mules. A dummy attached to a high-altitude balloon in flight. Crowds gather to watch descent of payload. Deflated high-altitude balloon hang on a grove of trees. A high-altitude balloon in flight over Phoenix, Arizona on June 13, 1985. The high-altitude balloon after landing on the Gila River Indian Community. A box attached to the parachute lands on the desert. A man inspects a scientific payload. USAF personnel arrive to the scene. Air Force personnel talks about the scientific payload. Low altitude tethered balloons launched from Holloman Air Force Base in flight. Men inspect a balloon on the runway of Holloman Air Force Base. A UFO book by Donald R. Schmitt and Kevin D. Randle. A drawing of a crashed “spaceship”. Comparison between the drawing and a photograph of an experimental tethered balloon. Airman uncovers the aluminum foil cover of a module (Project Man High June 2, 1957). Captain Kittinger waving. A photograph of Colonel Kittinger with President Eisenhower. Captain Kittinger performs a record-breaking parachute jump from Excelsior III (August 16, 1960). Captain Kittinger jumps from a gondola. Captain Kittinger climbs on an aircraft. Kittinger puts on an aviation headset. A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in flight. An indicator locating target in flight during the Vietnam War. Target hits a Vietnamese fighter, exploding in flight. “Triple Nickel Phantom II” logo. Colonel Kittinger returns to the United States from Vietnam. Colonel Kittinger gives a speech after his return from captivity. Colonel Kittinger on his solo crossing of the Atlantic by balloon. Pallbearers hold the United States flag over a coffin during a full honors funeral. A Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter towing another aircraft in flight. A Report of AF Aircraft Accident. Walker Air Force Base entrance near Roswell. USAF Hospital inside Walker Air Force Base. Project Excelsior backup pilots in gondola. Photograph of Captain Dan B. Fulgham, a survivor of a 1959 balloon accident near Roswell. A United States Air Force Chase Helicopter transporting patients to Walker Air Force Base. Sign reads “Warning Restricted Area”. Captain Kittinger speaks to instructor pilot at night. Captain Fulgham with head wrap due to injuries. Clinical record cover sheet for Captain Fulgham. Captain Fulgham in spacesuit. Captain Fulgham holding a ladder leaning on an aircraft.

Date: 1997, March 31
Duration: 15 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079919
Car owner reports suspicious details of car he bought from an auction to the police

Unsuspecting man pays cash to gangster for stolen car and puts temporary license plate on car after examining its title. After signing paperwork, the thief walks away. Car driving out of parking lot. 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe driving into Tom's car lot across from Ben Franklin store and Suburban Trust bank. Exact location unknown but suspect suburban Maryland near D.C. Man examining car paperwork. Man and mechanic open car hood and converse. Close up of motor stamp pad with fake restamped numbers and grind marks with no broach marks. Finger pointing at engine stamp pad. Mechanic closes car hood and owner heads to mechanic’s office. Policeman on call during an FBI agent’s visit. Policeman hangs up phone and says, "looks like a stolen car case." Police car driving into parking lot at Tom's cars. Car lot owner shows his car’s papers to the police and FBI detective. Police and FBI agent reads car title documents. Policeman and FBI agent look under hood of 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe and confer. Finger pointing at motor stamp pad. Policeman and FBI agent examine car trunk, policeman looks for clues under passenger seat. Policeman and FBI agent look at car trim tag. Mechanic drives the car out of parking lot. FBI agent and policeman take notes after examining underside of 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe.

Date: 1956, August
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078757
North Western Native American Indians gather at their traditional salmon netting grounds at the Celilo Falls

Northwestern Indians gather at their traditional salmon netting grounds at the Celilo Falls in Oregon. The Native Americans do traditional dipnet fishing at the fishing sites at the Celilo Falls. The Chief of the tribe along with other people of the tribe have a last look at the traditional salmon netting grounds. View of the new Dalles Dam constructed which will submerge the area. White citizens gather and take pictures and photograph the Indians' final visit fishing for salmon fish at the site. Narrator describes a cash payment agreement between the tribes and the U.S. government for the tribes to relinquish the fishing rights. Narrator declares "Once again red man bows before white man's march of progress."

Date: 1956, September 13
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041382
The 1st Cavalry Division units charge through a smoke screen in Salem, Oregon, United States.

The 1st Cavalry Division moving across a field in Salem, Oregon. A smoke screen laid in the field. Soldiers riding horses under the smoke screen. The horsemen cross a waterway. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063119