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Hollywood actor Dick Powell composes and sings "The Road is Open Again" for the National Recovery Administration

Framed photographs of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson on a wall. A song writer writes a song on behalf of the National Recovery Administration (NRA). He falls asleep while writing the song. As he "dreams" actors portraying Washington, Lincoln and Wilson appear in his room asking him why he wants to write such a song and they're reassuring him that Franklin D Roosevelt is the right way. When he starts singing his new song, he finds himself alone, but he knows that Franklin Delano Roosevelt will lead the USA back on the road to prosperity. He sings "The Road is Open Again". Film is a National Recovery Administration and New Deal propaganda piece during the Great Depression.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 6 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051797
C-130 Tactical Airlift aircraft demonstrate Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System.

Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System shows airlift delivery method where aircraft deposits parachute supplies when landing is not possible. Parachute supplies deposited by an aircraft flying low. Parachute low delivery system shows a plane releasing parachute with supplies at a certain height from drop point at ground. Interior views of C-130 aircraft including pilot and controls. The cargo hatch is opened and the extraction parachute is deployed. Once the parachute catches the wind outside the craft, it pulls the connected supplies out of the plane and on to the ground. View of supply drop using many parachutes of different colors, with parachutes opening and supplies falling to ground. Supplies offloaded from aircraft at landing field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051879
Montage of scenes with William Jennings Bryan

Some restrospective scenes with William Jennings Bryan, assembled after his sudden death in Dayton, Ohio, shortly after the celebtrated "Scopes" trial in 1925. Bryan speaking in front of a residence. (Slate notes he ran for Presidency three times, and was Secretary of State in cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson.) Bryan wearing a cloak and hat, walking on a rainy day, in a city. Automobiles parked at the curb in the background. He smiles, stops and removes his hat to pose for the camera. Next, a closeup of Bryan, bareheaded. Scene shifts to New York City, in 1924, where Bryan stands with his brother, Charles W. Bryan, former Governor of Nebraska, who was nominated as Vice-Presidential candidate during the Democratic Party Convention. William Jennings Bryan conducting one of his weekly Bible classes and Sunday Sermon, to a large outdoor audience, from a stage, in Royal Palm Park, Miami, Florida. Closeup of him gesticulating as he speaks. Bryan and members of his family standing on the bayfront balcony of his residence,“Villa Serena," on the occasion of a visit by former U.S. President Warren G. Harding, who stands behind several Bryan grandchildren

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051999
Flight test of a rotary-wing aircraft designed by Canadian designers.

A group of Canadian designers come up with rotary-wing aircraft that combines a conventional engine with free-spinning rotors. Technicians examine the plane while pilot boards for take off. Aircraft taxies, hangar in the background. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft flies on airfield.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1964, July 30
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052052
Jimmie Caras wins Billiard championship. Various players take part in the contest. Trick shots displayed.

A man plays pocket billiards. Various views of shots being made. Audience watches in the background. Men at desk watch. Winner, Jimmie Caras, is presented with prize. Audience claps for the Caras. Other experts put on demonstrations for the audience. Player tries trick shots using two cues. Audience surrounds the player and table. Man hits the ball without using cue. Close view of player smiling.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052054
A radio show called "Jubilee" featuring Rochester, Timmie Rogers, and Lena Horne

A U.S. soldier radio announcer introduces the radio program "Jubilee" as a band of Army musicians, in uniform, plays a fanfare. Opening montage features a man writing a V-mail fan letter to "Jubilee" to the Armed Forces Radio Service. Montage also shows V-mail staff women processing mail. Announcer Ernie 'Bubbles' Whitman then introduces 'Rochester' from the Jack Benny program. Lena Horne comes to mic and crowd applauds. Rochester and Lena Horne sing "Consequences." Timmie Rogers and Private Bate Wallace then perform, with Timmy Rogers singing, "Bring Enough Clothes for Three Days." Lena Horne is introduced again, finishing the program with the song, "That Man I Love." (World War II period).

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 10 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052082
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