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Easter celebration in different parts of the World.

Celebration of Easter in different parts of the world. Christians during a Sunrise Service in the Cathedral-like majesty of Yosemite Park. A huge gathering in Hollywood Bowl for the Sunrise Service. President John F Kennedy with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and their two children attend a private service at Palm Beach. Pope John XXIII extends his blessings "To the City and to the World". Before that, around 500,000 devotees attended the Mass in St. Peter's Square. Easter Parade in Fifth Avenue of New York City. The street is jammed by a huge crowd of spectators.

Date: 1962, April 23
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032764
Scenes of life on a farm and ranch in Texas during World War Two

Film begins showing a man riding a horse past some cattle grazing, in Tex during World War 2. A large windmill is turning nearby. A boy visiting from England, dressed in western clothes, waves to the rider as he enters an enclosure. The boy envisions the cowboy wearing a six gun. He rides alongside the cowboy as they go to inspect and repair barbed wire fencing. Closeups of barbed wire fence and cattle grazing in various areas. The cowboy, wearing a gun belt, uses the but of his pistol to hammer on a fence post. The two ride to an area labeled: "Check Plot No. 5." The cowboy climbs through barbed wire fence into the area where he takes and records measurements. Next, men are seen riding on harvesters, pulled by horses, cutting grasses. Another rides a tractor pushing a pile of harvested grasses atop a screen through which it passes onto a larger pile. The young boy sits on his horse looking glum. Next, cowboys begin a roundup of cattle. A horse-drawn wagon passes by, filled with harvested grasses. The driver throws lots of it on the ground to provide fodder for cattle when snow prevents them from normal grazing.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Norwegian
Clip: 65675032776
Cowboys during round up of wild horses on a ranch in Texas during World War II.

At beginning, film shows wild horses being herded into a corral on a ranch and farm in Texas, during World War II. Cowboys select several horses for "breaking." A cowboy adjusts a saddle on a horse. He then goes to a fence where a visiting boy from England sits. He helps the boy to mount the horse. The boy rides out of the ranch enclosures with several cowboys. Cattle grazing on the sparse land. A cowboy watching over the herd. Cowboys setting up a camp with horse-drawn wagons and cooking supplies. They take food and coffee cooked over an open fire. Closeup of one sitting and eating from a metal plate. Others also eating their meals.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Norwegian
Clip: 65675032777
Band and dancers of Oklahoma Sooners, and clowns performing on New Years Eve during 1958 Orange Bowl parade.

A huge gathering present for the 1958 Orange Bowl parade associated with the January 1, 1958 Orange Bowl game between the University of Oklahoma "Sooners" and the Duke University "Blue Devils" college football teams. Dancers and band of the Oklahoma Sooners perform at the parade. Girls dancing, instrumentalists pass by, a clown on a canoe with wheels and another clown on snow skis with wheels. Police motorcyclists perform a drill. Girls in dresses (Orange Bowl queen and court) ride by on a parade float.

Date: 1957, December 31
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032783
Lou and Eleanor Hamilton from New Jersey with their mobile home and mobile dialysis machine.

Lou and Eleanor Hamilton and family comes out of their house in New Jersey, enter their custom mobile home (a converted bus) and start traveling. While Lou drives, Eleanor sits next to him with their dog on her lap. While they travel, we see their son shaving and their daughter making tea and playing cards. The narrator explains that traveling for them is possible only because Lou created a portable dialysis machine for use by Eleanor, who has kidney disease. Various shots of Lou constructing the machine are seen. He uses a drill press to drill metal. We also see a second bus that Lou has created called the 'Kidney Koach' which he has outfitted with various exhibits explaining kidney disease and the mechanics behind kidney dialysis.

Date: 1972
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032793
A memorial piece recalls the music of Cole Porter; several views of Paris in 1920s

A memorial to Cole Porter shows clips from films featuring the music of Cole Porter. Mary Martin singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." Brief shots of Paris in the 1920s including traffic on city streets and view of Palais du Trocadéro (Trocadero Palace) which existed from 1878-1936. Still photo of Cole Porter cut with colorful moving background graphics.

Date: 1972
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032794