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People greet Russian airmen after they set a record of flying the airplanes over the North pole from Moscow to California.

Russian airmen Gromov, Yumashev, and Danilin set a nonstop flight endurance record in 1937 of 62 hours 17 minutes. The airmen fly a Tupolev ANT-25 over the North pole from Moscow to a dairy pasture outside San Jacinto, California (near Los Angeles). High altitude aerial view of the dairy pasture area and the safely landed Tupolev ANT-25. Cars and other vehicles parked at the field and people gathered at the airplane including local farming families. Views of the the three Soviet airmen ( Gromov, Yumashev, and Danilin) after setting the record, while greeting officials and posing for cameras. From an August 1962 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Location: San Jacinto California USA
Date: 1937, July 14
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063221
Guests make their own bed and wash clothes as hotel staff goes on a strike in San Francisco, California.

Hotel staff goes on a strike in San Francisco, California. Hotel staff pickets in streets of San Francisco, California. An abandoned restaurant and bar in a hotel. Manager pushes a heavy trunk around the hotel. A guest makes his own bed as another one does the laundry himself.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1937, May 10
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051401
Crowds attend dedication of the Golden Gate Bridge

Opening slate states: "Golden Rivet Marks Dedication of Huge Golden Gate Span" View of the completed Golden Gate Bridge from the San Francisco side. A crowd of people is assembled for the bridge dedication on May 4, 1937. Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge holds the "Golden Rivet,"seen in closeup. Closeup of a bridge worker in a metal hard hat. Next he is seen holding up the rivet in a protective glove as he stands next to Mr. Strauss. Glimpse of worker's cage moving along a bridge cable overhead. Closeup of two riveters setting the final rivet as spectators crowd close around them. Long view from San Francisco hills of the bridge.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1937, May 4
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063194
Transfer of two American destroyers to Spain under Mutual Defense Assistance Pact.

Spanish crew lined up at San Francisco's Treasure Island Navy Base. Two American destroyer ships transferred to Spain. Naval officers and Spanish Ambassador arrive. Spanish ambassador to the United States, Jose Maria Areilza, the Count of Motrico, signs for two naval destroyers under Mutual Defense Assistance Pact. Naval officers salute the destroyer warships leaving the docks.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1957, May 16
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040123
U.S. Chief of Chemical Warfare General William N. Porter directs the establishment of tropical chemical warfare tests.

An introduction of chemical warfare tests to be carried out by the U.S. Army on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II . U.S. troops test chemical warfare in a jungle. Rocket artillery is fired. Rockets explode. U.S. Chief of Chemical Warfare General William N. Porter during an initial conference with two other U.S. officers in the United States. General Porter directs the establishment of tropical chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island. British, Canadian, U.S. Marine and U.S. Navy officers attend various conferences. U.S. NDRC (National Defense Research Committee) scientists and technicians in front of charts and various instruments. The technicians carry out chemical tests. A scientist during a laboratory testing. The technicians at various instruments in a jungle during a testing phase.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060514
The air-sea search undertaken to find the American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in the Pacific Ocean.

The disappearance of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1937. A smiling Amelia Earhart stands with a man, possibly Fred Noonan. Earhart and crew loading up an airplane parked in a hanger. May 20, 1937, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra taking off from Oakland, California bound for Miami, Florida on the first leg of Earhart's second attempt at an around-the-world flight. Earhart and her navigator disappear during the flight and are last heard from on July 2, 1937. A huge air sea search is undertaken to find them. An aircraft carrier underway at sea. Airplane parked on the flight deck. Bi-Planes fly in formation during search.

Location: Oakland California USA
Date: 1937, May 20
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063220
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