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Cierva C30 Autogiro parked at airfield. Autogiro lands on roof of new Post Office Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Cierva C30 Autogiro (G-ACIO) built by British A.V. Roe & Co. is seen parked at Air Park, London, England. Several views of the autogiro. Scene shifts to aerial view of the new Federal Post Office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. A Kellett autogiro lands on the building roof, on May 25, 1935,as part of dedication ceremonies,for the new Post Office building. Officials stand on the rooftop watching the landing. The pilot delivers a mail pouch to James A. Farley, the U.S. Postmaster General, thus initiating airmail service between Camden New Jersey and Philadelphia. Aerial views of the Post Office building and surrounding downtown Philadelphia. The autogiro climbing steeply away.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1935, May 25
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072925
Nellie Tayloe Ross and officials oversee first gold shipment to Fort Knox from United States Mint in Philadelphia

Nellie Tayloe Ross, the 28th Director of the Mint, and Employees at the United States Mint, Department of Treasury oversee the first shipment of government gold from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Clip shows casting and weighing of government gold, at the U.S. Mint facility in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Nellie Tayloe Ross seen speaking and seated at a desk with other officials nearby. Mint officials check the quality and dimensions of a cast gold bar to be transported to Fort Knox in Kentucky. Gold molded into bars by ram machines. Nellie Tayloe Ross signs papers. Molding machines and employees at work. Molten gold in a kiln. Man casts it into gold bars. Officials and armed guards keep an eye on the process. Gold bars are placed on one side of a large scale and weighed. Exterior view of the U.S. Mint department building in Philadelphia. View is of the third U.S. Mint building in Philadelphia, North facade, facing Spring Garden Street (building later owned by the Community College of Philadelphia, as of 1973). Late 1930's automobiles seen passing by the U.S. Mint on Spring Garden Street.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1937, January 13
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036430
Assembling an electric locomotive at Baldwin Locomotive Works, Pennsylvania

A film regarding Electric Railroading in the United States. The assembly of electric locomotives at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a joint venture with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Twin Armature Motors for electric locomotives being assembled. Workers at machines as they assemble the armatures into the motors. Men attach an iron chain to a motor and place in onto a part of the locomotive. Railroad cab being placed on wheels. Seen is Locomotive number 10300. This is a Class EP-3 electric Quill locomotive, Type: 2C-1-1-C2 (passenger), Drivers: 68" diameter. It displays lettering: "C M & St. P," and will run on the Milwaukee Road (Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad). A different locomotive: Pennsylvania Railroad Class DD1, runs down a railroad track.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050746
President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses crowd in Philadelphia during 1940 presidential campaign.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center (3517 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The President speaks from the podium and gives a political speech responding to what he characterizes as deliberate falsehoods promulgated by the political opposition.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1940, October 23
Duration: 8 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046215
City officials mark Independence Day in colorful ceremony at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia City officials mark July 4th Indepdence Day in colorful ceremony at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. View of Independence Hall and Public Library in Philadelphia. American flags flutter on building. City and US Navy officials and women pose for photographs. Display of stacked rifles with U.S. Navy sailors in the background in Independence Square. Bronze statue of Commodore John Barry visible. US Navy Vice Admiral Harris Laning stands with Philadelphia Mayor J. Hampton Moore. Between them is a young man, Edward Weiner, a graduate of Central High School, to whom was given the annual honor of reading the Declaration of Independence. US Navy sailors march during the ceremony.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1934, July 4
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022431
Aerial view of Philadelphia Navy Yard, surrounding industrial and suburban areas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Aerial view of highway, river, industrial areas, suburban areas around Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, USA. Aerial view of smokestacks emitting smoke, ships at dock, factory buildings, highway, vehicular traffic on highway and industrial areas. The last scene is the Westinghouse Electric plant along the Industrial Hwy. {Pa. Rte. 291) between Lester and Essington, Pa. The Rte. 37 trolley (streetcar) loop is also an aid to identification.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050349
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