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Scenes from the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Visitors stroll on the Avenue of Flags, in the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, United States. A statue of man with serpent underfoot. Porters push people in wheel chairs. Large facimile of a French Line ship. A sign reads 'PARIS'. Young man in American soldier's uniform chats, in French, with girl in French rural costume. A sign reads 'A hat from Paris'. Group of persons sing and walk in "Streets of Paris exhibit", led by guitar player.Scenes of Moroccan Village. Girls dressed in dancing costumes perform, accompanied by drummer and horn player. Group of people gathered near them. Fully dressed men compete in barrel rolling contest with their feet, in a swimming pool, filled with water. A huge crowd gathered along the Avenue of Flags.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041864
Views of the Midway, also known as "Ballyhoo Boulevard" in the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition of 1933.

Views of rides and entertainment on the Midway at the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, United States. An amusement ride called 'The Funnies'. African American jazz musicians and dancers perform a minstrel show in costume and blackface on stage at the "Old Plantation." A covered ride called "Bozo" spins around a track. Fire eater performs. Moving robotic animatronic models of a dinosaur and a bear at the Sinclair Dinosaur Exhibit. Children stand near them. Night views of the Exposition and fireworks show. Fireworks at night.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041865
Senators speaking in favor of and against the Civil Rights Act; Senate works to clear the way for the bill's passage.

View of the Capitol Hill in Washington. United States Senate clears the way for Civil Rights Bill by voting to limit debate on the measure. Group of lawmakers, including Everett Dirksen and Hubert Humphrey, shown together with a paper recording Cloture votes. On the steps of the Capitol, Democratic Hubert Humphrey gives a statement in favor of the bill. Senator Richard Russell of Georgia, a "Dixiecrat" leader of opposition to the civil rights movement in the Democratic party, speaks to a reporter and gives his view in opposition. Russell states that he does not think the Civil Rights Act should pass without many additional amendments and says "we are not yet ready to surrender in our opposition to this bill, which we feel is a perversion of the American way of life, and a great blow at the right of dominion over private property, that has been the genesis of our greatness."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1964, June 11
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041871
Reenactment: Speakeasy with hidden access through clothes closet. Hidden bar with booze. Federal agents raid during prohibition

Reenactment: A Speakeasy where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold during prohibition. Man carrying paper bags of liquor leaves by way of secret door through clothes closet. An investigator opens the door of the closet and looks inside. He searches the wardrobe thoroughly but does not find the secret door. Bottles of alcoholic beverages in a store room and displayed behind the bar in the hidden Speakeasy. A sign reads 'Open Sundays'. Agents force their way into the building housing the Speakeasy. They climb up stairs to the room with clothes closet, but find nothing. Other agents decent into the basement, but find nothing and come up again..

Location: United States USA
Date: 1930
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041883
Reenactment: Speakeasy operators sample bootlegged liquor and make notes for ordering

Reenactment: Prohibition. Two Speakeasy operators seated on chairs. Bottles of alcoholic beverages and other articles kept in front of them on a table. A lamp placed near the table. Rows of books arranged in shelves. They sample bootlegged liquors and inspect the bottles. One makes notes in a journal about the wares, presumably for ordering purposes. Speakeasy boss makes extended statement.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1930
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041884
Hollywood Director, Alfred Hitchcock, and movie star Tippi Hedren, interviewed by foreign press.

Film maker Alfred Hitchcock meets foreign press. Alfred Hitchcock stands in a room. Actress Tippi Hedren, star of Hitchcock's film, "The Birds", stands next to him. About a dozen foreign journalists sit on chairs, around Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren, who are seated on a sofa. Hitchcock conducts a press conference and answers journalist's questions, about his film, "The Birds."

Location: United States USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041906
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