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Coast Guardsmen conduct a breeches buoy drill

Coast Guardsmen in uniform wheel a beach cart containing a lyle gun and other equipment for firing a shot line to a vessel in distress. They are conducting a breeches buoy drill. They remove a lyle gun and flaking box from the cart and uncover the shot line which they place in the gun. Using a long lanyard, one guardsman fires the gun. Closeup of the shot line smoothly paying out from the flaking box. It is fired to a simulated mast (tower) on the beach. Closeup of large spools of whip line with instructions to the distressed crew about their use. After the whip line and block are set on the distressed ship's mast, the Coast Guardsmen now prepare the whip line to move large hawser line to the mast. Large spools of hawser line are seen in background. Closeup of Guardsmen pulling hawser from the spools. Guardsmen tie the hawser to the whip line for hauling aboard the distressed vessel. Closeup of the whip line pulling the hawser across the sand to the tower. Guardsmen working rapidly to accomplish this. A breeches buoy being attached to the hawser which is then propped up for elevation. View of the Breeches Buoy traveling up to the tower. A guardsmen riding the breeches buoy down from the tower. He is helped by others when he reaches the ground. Closeup of a clamp placed on the hawser to retrieve it from the vessel. The hawser being retrieved.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049573
Coast Guardsmen rescue crew of the wecked Union Oil Carrier, "Lyman Stewart" in California and other examples of Coast Guard rescue operations.

Film starts showing the wrecked tanker "Lyman Stewart" off the coast of Land's end outside the Golden Gate, San Francisco. (She was victim of a crash in the fog with the freighter "Walter Luckenbach" and was beached to avoid sinking.) Closeups of the "Lyman stewart." A crew member of the stricken ship is seen being brought ashore by breeches buoy. Spectators gathered on the rocks watching the operation. View from between rocks of the "Lyman Stewart." Another stricken vessel is seen against rocks near San Francisco. It is a large freighter. Half the crew are seen being taken ashore in Coast Guard power life boats. To bring others ashore via breeches buoy, Coastguards men on an overlooking cliff, fire a shot line with a Lyle gun to the ship. Next, a crew member is seen being brought ashore by breeches buoy. A Coast guardsman assists him on the shore. Another crew member is likewise rescued. Several Coast Guard ships and boats are seen underway. A Coast Guard General Aviation PJ search and rescue flying boat seen from above as it flies over a shoreline. Aerial views of several Coast Guard Stations. Coast Guardsmen in lifeboats and patrolling a marine regatta in a power boat. Coast guardsmen firing a warning shot at a vessel being intercepted at sea. Guardsmen from a cutter examine a boat for violations. Persons in distress being helped by Guardsmen. A vessel in rough waters and a burning ship at sea. Coast Guardsmen aboard a cutter with a line to a ship in distress in heavy seas.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049574
Ford grandchild baby playing clapping game with woman; Henry Ford joins them.

A baby wearing a bonnet and a woman play on a lawn. The woman and the baby clap. She removes the baby's cap. Henry Ford joins them and plays with the baby.

Location: Michigan United States USA
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049576
Franklin D Roosevelt campaigning in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1932 Presidential campaign and relaxing at Warm Springs winter home

Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential election campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. In the opening scene, New York Governor Roosevelt begins addressing a huge gathering of some 7000 people in the old Atlanta Armory auditorium, on the evening of October 24, 1932. The stage is filled with flowers donated by Atlanta florists, for the occasion, including a tall arch of flowers surrounding the speaker rostrum. Roosevelt begins his comments expressing appreciation for the warm welcome given by people of Georgia. The scene then changes, completely, and He, along with his family, are seen relaxing in his winter home in Warm Springs, Georgia. He sits with a group of musicians and listens as they play country music.

Location: Georgia United States USA
Date: 1932, October 24
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049694
Armistice brings WWI fighting to an end, on November 11, 1918. German troops surrender. American troops leave combat zones.

Armistice ends hostilities of World War I. German troops surrender and large groups of Germans marching. American flag hoisted to symbolize Allied victory. American troops leave the war zone. People all over the world celebrate the end of war. People gather in New York to celebrate the end of World War I, smiling and waving happily.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049722
Franklin D Roosevelt attends public meetings and rallies after being nominated as the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate.

Franklin D Roosevelt's early political life. Delegates elect Franklin D Roosevelt as the Vice Presidential candidate at Democratic convention in San Francisco, California. Crowds cheer the decision. A smiling female delegate. The woman political activist cheering enthusiastically. Democratic Presidential candidate James Cox stands with Vice-Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt as they review a parade in San Francisco from a bandstand. Views of a parade in Marion, Ohio supporting the democratic ticket. Sign says "We're Here Jim, We're Marion." Bands play at the rally and women political activists also march at the parade, wearing "Marion" sashes. Scene changes to show Franklin D Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, with her children and a dog at her home. Roosevelt at various public meetings and rallies campaigns for the elections. Franklin D Roosevelt at his home in New York with his mother. He meets a number of visitors.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920, July 6
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049727
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