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International Houses in New York, University of California at Berkeley, and Chicago.

Clouds move in the sky. A college student lies in the grass with his hands behind his head, then joins two fellow students of differing nationalities as they enter the main gate of a college. Exteriors of the college building. A young engineer draws designs. Young woman draws a sketch. A student examines corn and makes notes. A man reads a medicine book. Scenes from International Houses in New York, Chicago and Berkeley, California. Front facade of International House building on Riverside Drive in Manhattan, New York City, with words "That brotherhood may prevail" inscribed above "International House". Exterior shots of college buildings in New York City, at the University of Chicago, and at the University of California at Berkeley. Individuals arrive at International House at the University of California, Berkeley. Exteriors of the building. Student named Carlos walks up the steps. He is greeted by a staff person who escorts him inside. In the lobby, Alan Blaisdell, Executive Director of Berkeley's International House, meets him and escorts him upstairs.

Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040102
Photographer Edward Weston at work; viewing various forms that might serve as subjects for his photographs

A view of broken forms, door frames, stones at an abandoned mining town or ghost town in California. The photographer Edward Weston sets the view camera in a suitable position on a tripod stand. A woman student accompanying him uses a focusing cloth over her head. The photographer reduces length opening of the camera. The student looks for an object. Edward Weston seen talking, laughing and eating with friends on the shore of the Pacific ocean on the California coast. He looks for objects for his photographs. View of road, rocks, cliffs, and ocean on the coast of California.

Date: 1948
Duration: 5 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040686
The California Milk ship sails carrying canned milk and clothing for needy children overseas

California residents donate canned milk and clothing for needy children overseas. The California Milk Ship at a dock. People crowd in large number at the dock. Governor Warren, sponsor of the milk ship. Young Hollywood star actress Margaret O'Brien christens the ship with a milk bottle. The canned milk and clothes loaded aboard the ship. The Governor and his family wave. A parade in San Diego. People crowd on either side of the street. The pom pom girls march. A jeep tows a trailer on which a model of canned milk is kept. The ships at the dock. The canned milk and clothes loaded on the ship. The ship leaves the dock.

Date: 1948, January 26
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069638
Photographer Edward Weston at work taking pictures along with a woman student

A view of sand dunes and arid landscape of Death Valley California. The car leaves the area and a range of hills is seen in California. The photographer Edward Weston sets the view camera in a suitable position on a tripod stand. He uses a photoelectric cell to check the intensity of light. The shutter of the lens is removed. A woman student accompanying the photographer uses a focusing cloth over her head. A bunkhouse seen in a valley.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040685
U.S. president Truman greets heads of state, signs Marshall Plan, and speaks at 1948 Democratic campaign convention.

A car arrives at the White House in Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman greets President of Mexico, Miguel Aleman, during state visit of Mexican President to Washington DC on April 29, 1947. Next scene shows President Truman being presented a Jewish Torah by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of the newly declared State of Israel. Exterior view of south side of White House. Truman with Secretary of State, George Marshall, by the fireplace inside the White House. They discuss world affairs looking at a globe. An animated map shows the increasing Soviet Communist influence in Europe. April 3, 1948, President Truman signs the European Recovery Program (ERP), better know as the Marshall Plan, as members of Congressional leadership look on. Sacks of grain being off loaded at a dock in Italy, as part of Marshall Plan aid. Scene shifts to October 6, 1948 with crowd gathered outside the Democratic Convention at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Convention delegates applaud during President Truman's address. Officials on stage. Truman talks about his sincere desire to promote peace throughout the world. Pictures of Franklin Roosevelt and Alben Barkley on stage. Exterior view of north side of the White House. Truman seated at a table.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031323
Women campaign for Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate during the United States Presidential elections of 1948.

United States Presidential elections of 1948. Women and girls feed a donkey, there parodying the democratic party, and they place a poster on it. The poster on donkey reads 'Our next President-Thomas Dewey'. A crowd of women stands near the donkey, at the railway station terminal in Junction City, Kansas. A train arrives and emerges Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections. Women pose the donkey in front of him. He addresses the crowd. Guards control the crowd. Men show placards to Dewey as he finishes his speech and move inside.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036369