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Views of Honolulu, Hawaii, as seen from the Punchbowl Crater

Panning views of Honolulu, Hawaii, from the Punchbowl crater overlooking the city. The camera pans from the East, where Diamond Head can be seen in the distance, and moves toward the South, with the Pacific ocean in the background.The camera stops panning about where the Ilikai hotel on Waikaki Beach comes into view. This process is repeated, again. The camera then reverses, panning back to the East and Northeast. It also repeats this pan again. Finally, a more distant view is seen followed by several fragmentary spurious shots.

Date: 1967
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065906
Adult people gain knowledge about American history and government at the New York Adult Education Council in New York.

Opening scene shows office door of the New York Adult Education Council, (at 254 Fourth Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City). Next, two middle aged men dressed in older fashion style European shirts and ties, are seen sitting at a table and conversing with a man and a young woman (who appears to be an interpreter). Scene shifts to about a dozen people in a reading room. Several are consulting a large wall map of the United States. Others are reading brochures about the United States. Closeup of a woman engrossed in her reading material. A woman writes notes on a pad, as she peruses a book. A man, next to her reads a book about U.S. Presidents. Another man is seen reading a book about Gettysburg with an image of Abraham Lincoln on its cover. Three persons are discussing the wall map of America that is drawn to illustrate the manufacturing, farming, mining, ranching and myriad other characteristics and activities associated with various parts of America. Across the top of the map a label reads: "America - A Nation of One People from many Countries." A woman looks at a copy of the Declaration of Independence displayed on another wall. An employee, or volunteer, selects several small brochures from a shelf and gives them to a woman as she explains them to her. Closeups of people looking at books. Closeup of book shelf containing biographies of Daniel Webster; Abraham Lincoln; Lafayettte; Monroe; Theodore Roosevelt; Daniel Boone; and others. A woman's hand reaches for a copy of "Patriotic Songs of America" and a brochure on George Washington.

Date: 1941, January
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065922
Immigrants in a classroom under Works Progress Administration's adult education program in the United States.

Works Progress Administration's adult education program in the United States during the Great Depression. A reenactment shows a teacher and adult students in a classroom. The film contains numerous takes of the group of immigrants ostensibly learning about normal pedestrian procedures in New York City. In particular, one man tries repeatedly to explain how to cross the street in response to a traffic policeman's whistle and direction. He has trouble explaining it (to the amusement of the others in the room). The young woman instructor, who holds a policeman's whistle in her hand, must keep correcting him. Each time she repeats, "When the policeman blows, you walk." A sign in the background is about WPA adult education program for foreign born. A sign on a bulletin board reads 'Speak English Only'.

Date: 1941, January
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065926
Engineers, surgeons, nurses, carpenters and other workers at work in the United States.

Scenes of American people engaged in different occupations in the United States in the 1950s. African American surveyor looks through a survey transit instrument as they work on a construction project with Brooklyn Bridge of New York City in background. Men in suits examine blueprints at construction site of an interstate highway cloverleaf system. A man studies and works on the construction site of a bridge. Women nurses in a classroom take down notes. A redcap pulls baggage at a railway station. Men work on construction projects. Masons, carpenters work at construction site. Surgeons operate on patient in operating theater. Cowboys hold down a calf and brand it, A housewife prepares a meal. A man operates an automobile elevator parking lot and 1950's American automobiles are seen passing by his lift. A truck of the 'Sand and Gravel Corporation' at a construction site.

Date: 1958
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065927
Policemen and firemen and other workers at their jobs in the United States.

People engaged in different occupations in the United States. Policemen and women direct traffic on a street. A fireman rides in a firetruck. Cab drivers pick up fares. Men push dress racks on the streets of New York City in garment district. Women clerical workers or secretaries type on typewriters and use adding machines in an office.

Date: 1958
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065928
Various sports events being held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. A neon sign reads 'Welcome Sugar bowl'. A New Orleans Saints logo beneath it. Artists sketch of exterior of the Louisiana Superdome. A play from a football game featuring the New Orleans Saints. Horses run along a race track at the Fair Grounds Race Course as spectators look on. Women play tennis on a court. Men enjoy golf on a course. Sail boats underway at sea.

Date: 1978
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065933