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Firemen hold a dressing race in downtown Portland, Oregon

Firemen hold a dressing race in Portland Oregon. Two firemen lie down in beds before the dressing race commences. Crowd gathers to watch the race. The race starts and the firemen rush and put on their pants and coats. They grab a fire extinguisher and put out a burning candle.

Date: 1938, October 19
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041438
Take off of United States Air Force YH-16A turboshaft tactical transport helicopter

YH-16A turboshaft tactical transport helicopter (The Transporter). This aircraft, number 50-1270, is the second prototype produced. Two men board the huge aircraft. View from next to the pilot in the cockpit. A man guides the pilot from the ground. A C-124C Air Force aircraft taxiing in far background. The giant helicopter takes off. Views of the YH-16A Helicopter in flight.

Date: 1955
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041442
President Dwight Eisenhower and Press Secretary Hagerty meet Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin

President Eisenhower walks up steps of a building at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and East High Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace (Episcopal) visible across the intersection. Several local inhabitants gather to watch the President. A few Boy Scouts take his picture. He turns toward them briefly as he goes up the steps. View of President Eisenhower's grandchildren, Dwight David and Barbara Anne, in back seat of car, smiling and waving. The car drives away. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. stands on sidewalk and chats with reporters. Mr. Martin is next seen sitting and conversing with President Eisenhower. The President fools with his eyeglasses and looks at his watch during the conversation. The Speaker and James Hagerty , the President's Press Secretary, leave the building together, and get into a car.

Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041443
President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Senate Majority Leader William Knowland

Senate Majority Leader, William Knowland, sits with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in an office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After their conversations, Senator Knowland is seen leaving the building accompanied by the President's Press Secretary, James Haggerty. Some passersby gather outside the building. Senator Knowland and Mr. Haggerty get into a car. View of the building in which the meeting took place.

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041444
Workers in General Motors Research Labs assemble 1956 Firebird II Gas Turbine Concept Car

Workers in General Motors Research Labs, assemble hand-crafted Firebird II Concept Car. Worker with front end of the car. Assembling body and moving gas turbine engine into place on crane. The car in parking lot, with various openings and unique features displayed. Test driving on the highway. Man, woman and child in the car, driving by Lake Powell in Arizona.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041445
Robert Alphonso Taft campaigning for Republican Presidential nomination with a huge crowd of people on a ground

Senator Robert Alphonso Taft campaigning for the Republican Presidential nomination, with a huge crowd of people outdoors on a Fairground. The ground is decorated with balloons and lights. Cameramen take photographs. 'Learn your future, 50 cents' is written on a fortune teller's tent . 'Taft is tops' written on caps. Robert Taft meets different people. Banners and posters supporting Robert Taft seen throughout the grounds. Image of Democrats symbolic donkey shown, with Taft pinning on a strip of paper labeled "Truman" as the tail. Taft tries skill at throwing balls to win Taft into the White House. Signs make fun of well known Democrats, such as Dean Acheson. Cardboard cutout of Senator Taft, with a man shaking its hand.

Date: 1952
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041446