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A policeman’s widow receives award, various scenes of Washington D.C. streets.

Official seal of fictional "UrbanTown" in the United States. In dramatization, an official presents an award for valor to the widow of a police officer with two children. An award "For Merit" in woman’s hand. Dramatized newspaper headline reads, “Slain City Policeman Given Highest Honor”. Aerial view of an American city. 1960s cars honking in traffic jam. Street scenes in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods include old apartment building, smoke and pollution coming from factory chimney. African American pedestrians walking in Washington, D.C. Passengers waiting to board a crowded bus in Washington, D.C. Children playing jump rope in front of a school. African American children play ball in a street in Washington, D.C. A man walks in front of an old police building in Washington, D.C. A police chief reviews policemen standing in formation. Narrator indicates that police officers are often blamed by residents who are frustrated by circumstances of urban living. One of the police officers is an African American man. The other 15 are white men.

Date: 1967
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078769
Excerpt from end of film about John Glenn, America's first Astronaut, extolling the nation's scenic diversity and beauty

Scenic views of landmarks and landscapes in the United States in the mid 1960s. A couple strolling among cherry blossom trees during Spring, at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The Jefferson Memorial seen in the background. A university or college campus. Aerial view of skyscraper buildings in lower Manhattan, New York City. Street scenes in New York City with car traffic on street and pedestrians walking on sidewalks and crossing an intersection. Seven harvesters operating in parallel on a wheat field. Street scene in San Francisco, with cable car approaching passengers gathered at the Powell Street turnaround, near Ellis Street. Sign for Golden State Hotel is seen on Powell Street. Powell Street crowded with parked cars, shops and pedestrians. The Golden Gate Bridge. Waterfall and river in Yosemite National Park. Visitors watching Niagara Falls. "Maid of the Mist" tour boat moving along the base of the falls. View from car driving through forest in National Park. Cars driving on street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cowboys herding cattle on a ranch in southwest or western United States. Beautiful scenes of America's natural outdoors including mountain ranges and a rushing river. A woman riding a horse on a rocky coastline with the ocean behind her, at sunset. Closeup of the American flag waving.

Date: 1963
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070451
President Ronald Reagan gives a speech on the Defense Budget at the White House in Washington DC.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the White House in Washington DC. President Ronald Reagan gives a speech on the Defense Budget. He speaks about the Defense Program America needs. President Reagan states that the American security should be prepared for all situations. An animation shows 'Intercontinental Missiles'. Intermediate Range Weapons from 1978-1982. An animation shows the difference in production of submarines, artillery and weapons between the United States and the Soviets. An animated picture shows the 'Soviet Communications Intelligence Facility'. The Soviet Weaponry Sandino Airfield, Nicaragua. An airfield under construction in Grenada. President Reagan in his speech states that the American military force should be ready to respond to any emergency situation. An animated graph shows the percent of budget from 1960-1980. At the end of the speech President Ronald Reagan asks for America's prayers and support.

Date: 1983, March 23
Duration: 29 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044180
Students leave and enter New York University and Fordham University in New York, United States.

New York University in New York City, United States. Washington Square Arch at the park's center. Empire States building in the background. New York University administration building. Students leave and enter the University. Young men and young women college students in typical early 1960s fashions walking on sidewalks in the city. Fordham University. Stairs known as "Terrace of Presidents" at the Keat Hall. Inscriptions chiseled into steps: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Reviewed the ROTC and "President Manuel Prado of Peru was made a Doctor of Laws".

Date: 1962, October 14
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072587
Skyscrapers and an underpass, offices, sculpture, people working in offices in Chicago, Illinois United States.

Skyscrapers and an underpass of Chicago, Illinois United States. Modernistic offices and people working in them in the 1960s. Views of Daley Plaza (50 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) and the untitled sculpture (“Chicago Picasso”) by Pablo Picasso on display in the plaza. A boy with a camera takes photograph of the skyscrapers or sculpture. Busy streets and roads with buses and cars behind him can be seen.

Date: 1965
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036785
Events leading to Cuban Missile Crisis as United States military prepares for emergency in October 1962.

Events leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A helicopter lands on the White House lawn in Washington DC. Scenes of Cuba and emergence of Castro in recent prior years. Beach views in Cuba. A military parade in an earlier time, with Cuban troops marching in front of the Monument to the Battleship Maine. Next scene shows desecration and destruction of the Battleship Maine Monument in Cuba.. A crowd of cheering Cuban people as Fidel Castro enters Havana, Cuba in 1959. Exterior view of United Nations building in New York City. Fidel Castro and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev embrace during meeting in New York in September 1960. Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union Anastas Mikoyan deplanes and is greeted by Fidel Castro in Havana. A trade agreement between Russia and Cuba signed by Fidel Castro. Russian cargo ships en route to Havana. Cuban refugees in small boats. A map depicts proximity of Cuba to the U.S. U.S. surveillance aircraft heading for Cuba. A sign reads 'HQ. 4080 S W Intelligence Division'. Men examine reconnaissance photographs of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. The photographs show transports and tents for fueling and maintenance. A sign reads 'Strategic Missile Facility GAM 77 Combined Systems'. U.S. missiles rolled out of hangar and readied for emergency. A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber aircraft takes off from an airfield. U.S. Navy ships in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. submarine underway at sea.

Date: 1962, October 16
Duration: 4 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070167