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Waves crash against rocky cliffs of Pointe du Raz, and sailboats in a harbor in Brittany France

Rocky cliffs at the Pointe du Raz on the west coast of Brittany France (or Bretagne). Waves crash into rocks at the shore. The lighthouse of "La Vieille" is visible off the rocky point. Numerous sail boats and fishing boats in a quiet harbor, likely in Concarneau.

Date: 1931
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031146
U.S. Pacific fleet at sea before Pearl Harbor attack, and Italian sailors establish barrage balloons around Italian Naval base

The U.S. Naval fleet underway in the Pacific before Pearl Harbor. Italian narrator describing names and sizes of various ships including the USS Arizona,USS Oklahoma, USS West Virginia, USS California and USS New Mexico. Footage of the U.S. Pacific fleet ships in heavy seas with water crashing over their bows. Army Air Force biplanes take off from the deck of the USS Langley Aircraft Carrier. Sailors stand by as a biplane aircraft lands on the deck of the USS Langley (CV-1). Biplane aircraft on the deck of the USS Langley. Topic then changes to Air-Raid Defenses in and around Italian naval bases. Italian Sailors roll helium barrage balloon inflation tanks into ships. Sailors direct air into a balloon. Numerous barrage balloons in the sky. Soldiers prepare to release a balloon from a boat and fasten the metal cables. Deck guns in position. Soldiers observe through binoculars, telescopes, other instruments and monitor gauges and radar on a machine. A soldier talks on the radio from amidst sand bag barricades. Soldiers watch as two play a bacci ball game. They run to take their positions as a soldier signals incoming enemy aircraft. Enemy planes attack the Italian base. Explosions near ships in the water. A barrage balloon is hit and bursts into flames. Sailors fire anti aircraft artillery from behind a barricade. Mobile units dash to substitute the destroyed barrage balloon with a new one. Soldiers in a truck hold onto the new balloon and then release it. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675031297
University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson's statue in Charlottesville,Virginia.

Scenes from the Academical Village at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. A sketch of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, on a table. View of the North side of the Rotunda, and the statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of the Rotunda. View of the Rotunda (1826 University Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States). Students standing on the steps of Old Cabell Hall, with a view past a statue of Blind Homer with his Student Guide, by Moses Ezekiel, and up the Lawn toward the Rotunda South entrance. A couple walking on the lawn. Women stand and talk on the Rotunda terrace near the East Lawn. Lawn at the Academical Village of the University of Virginia. Students walking on the East Lawn steps beside the Rotunda, toward University Avenue. Three U.S. military soldiers stand with a woman in front of a statue of Thomas Jefferson, founder of the University of Virginia, located on the West Lawn. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031627
Hot springs and wildlife at Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

The Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Audience watch movie of a geyser. Map shows location of Yellowstone National park. Car being driven along a highway. Views of mountains. Gateway to park. Road sign reads distances to "Mammoth Hot Springs"; "Old Faithful" and "West Entrance.", . Rock formations. Sign reads 'Liberty Cap'. Mammoth hot springs. Mineral deposits left by flowing hot water. Tourists at observation point. A waterfall. Animals grazing on grassland. Bear seen in a tree in woods.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031922
Regional issues are discussed by world leaders during the Moscow Summit

Regional issues are discussed during the Moscow Summit on Soviet troops in Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq War, Middle East Peace, and Nicaragua cease fire. Soviet Union army troops in Afghanistan. A Russian tank is stationed. A camel wearing a mask in the foreground. Soviet soldiers marching. United States President Ronald Reagan speaks on the Soviet Union's decision on the removal of the soldiers from Afghanistan. “The next few months will be no time for complacency, no time to sit back and congratulate ourselves. The Soviets have rarely before--and not at all in more than three decades--left a country, once occupied. They have often promised to leave, but rarely in their history, and then only under pressure from the West, have they actually done it.” President Reagan said. Soviet Army trucks and tanks are driven. Soviet soldiers patrolling on streets in a town in Afghanistan. A United States officer in a press conference. A Soviet aircraft in flight dropping supplies. Soviet soldiers on tanks. Scene changes to Iranian and Iraqi soldiers as they fire artillery, rockets, and from tanks during the Iran-Iraq War. Scene of United Nations meeting in progress with George Schultz representing the United States. Missile fired by United States Navy ship at Iranian target. View of firefighting operations and wreckage of Iranian oil platforms following U.S. missile attack in Operation Nimble Archer on 19 October 1987. The U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz visits places in the Middle East, working to convince Arabs and the Israelis about a peace agreement. Scenes in Nicaragua, as a cease fire with the contra rebels is signed by Nicaraguan Defense Minister Humberto Ortega, on March 23 in Sapoa. Figures seen include Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Joao Baena Soares, (General Secretary of the Organization of American States), Cardinal Miguel Obando Y Bravo, and Alfredo Cesar, director of Nicaraguan Resistance.

Date: 1988
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032114
Reenactment for the making of a movie. Patrons rush out of Speakeasy before a raid during Prohibition, in New York City.

New York City, during Prohibition. About the 21 Club, at number 21, West 52nd Street, in Manhattan, Well dressed men and women patrons rush out of establishment with address number 21, in New York City. Four men arrive. Two station themselves to the sides and two ring the front door bell. When the door is answered, they present a warrant and all four men push their way inside. A group of men leaves the building shaking hands, and chatting. Several agents come to the door and present a warant, and force their way into the establishment. Spectators line the sidewalks to watch during the filming.

Date: 1930
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032141