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Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover waving to crowd after speaking at Republican National Convention, Cleveland Ohio.

At the Republican National Convention held at Cleveland in Chio, former U.S. President Herbert Hoover waving to a house of republican representatives from various states of USA. He waves and retreats from the podium, handing the rostrum over to the next speaker. A large number of spectators are present. People cheering for Hoover and the next speaker. A woman waving an American flag wildly. The banners of the states could be seen. June 1936.

Date: 1936, June
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035779
U.S. Navy troops marching at the Liberty Loan Parade, Washingtion DC during World War I.

U.S. Navy troops marching on the roads in the Liberty Loan Parade, Washington DC in USA during World War I. Three floats in the parade can also be seen. The U.S. Navy sailors putting up recruitment posters depicting a wounded being treated, another recruiting poster shows German U-boat destroyed. Another shows a woman saying "Gee, I wish I were a man. I'd join the Navy".

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035867
Motorcade of President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives to address a huge crowd of democrats from all States of United States.

Huge crowd fills the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center (3517 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA) at the close of the Democratic National Convention. Arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's motorcade at the arena to deliver his nomination acceptance speech. Motorcade is escorted by troops on horseback. President Roosevelt's supporters stand on both sides of the road and cheer for him.

Date: 1936, June 27
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036469
Various steps of manufacturing engine and cylinder walls of trucks at a General Motors factory in Pontiac Michigan

Steps of truck manufacturing, at a General Motors factory in Pontiac, Michigan, USA. Workers at a factory work for casting engine block of a truck. Mould of engine poured with molten metal. When casting has set, the chain pulley crane lifts the engine so formed. Smoothening and reaming for cylinders of engine with various machines. Cylinder walls cast, then machined for uniform thickness on lathe machine. Worker fixes cylinder walls with engine housing.

Date: 1923
Duration: 5 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036572
Accomplishments of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and later challenges of the Civil Rights movement in America

Turn of the Century immigrants to the United States pose aboard ship. Some wear fez hats. View of clothing industry workers at sewing machines in early 1960s. Picture of Sidney Hillman and his wife, circa 1910. Older garment worker cutting cloth. Clothing or garment factory workers punching a time clock in the early 1960s. Men operating sewing machines. A cutter marking cloth from a pattern. A man sewing button holes on clothing. Old pictures of earlier garment workers. More modern view of unionized clothing workers at sewing machines. A cutter using a machine to cut multiple layers of fabric. Supervisors discussing a sample of sewn product. numerous views of men and women sewing garments. Flashback to earlier times of workers marching to demand a union contract. Union member distributing literature at a factory gate. Small group of union picketers on sidewalk. Union leader speaking to group of women workers in Southern town. Union organizer with bloodied head, smoking cigarette. Striking Workers (mostly women) standing in group outside employment office of Tuf-Nut Garment Manufacturing Company in Little Rock,Arkansas. The striking women being arrested by policemen. Change of scene to closeup of Alabama State policeman smoking cigar. Civil rights marchers during demonstration in Birmingham Alabama on May 7, 1963 during the "Birmingham Campaign" or "Birmingham Movement". Fire fighters in fire engine pumper truck stops near police on street in town and sets up fire hoses to spray high powered water directly at African American civil rights marchers. Civil Rights marchers soaked by high powered water hoses. One protestor or demonstrator tries to run away from the fire hose and is grabbed by two white police men. A protestor takes cover behind a telephone poll as a firehose is directed toward him. A black man converses with two women on a snowy street. Civil Rights marchers of the African American Southern Christian Leadership Conference carrying signs during a demonstration. People fill the area around the reflecting pool by the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. A man and his daughter share time together on a snowy day. Children sledding in the snow. People ice skating on lake in Central Park, New York City. Closing views of early immigrants to the U.S.A.

Date: 1964
Duration: 8 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036817
The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

October, 1962, U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, tail number 56-6707, of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, lands at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. View of Photographic evidence, brought back by the U-2, showing Soviet missiles being set up in Cuba. President John F. kennedy broadcasts to the nation about the crisis on October 22, 1962, announcing measures being taken by the USA to address the situation. A B-58 Hustler bomber landing. Airmen removing camera from nose of a reconnaissance aircraft. Air Force Sergeant, photo interpreter, reading wet film in a base laboratory. U.S. Naval officers and sailors in Command Center viewing large wall map of the world. U.S. Air Force SAC B-52 bombers taking off. View of United Nations Headquarters building in New York City. On October 25, 1962, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, confronts Soviet Ambassador Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin about missiles in Cuba.He looks at Zorin, and says,"Don't wait for the translation, yes, or no." Zorin smiles as the room fills with laughter. He then responds. View of a Soviet ship bound for Cuba being monitored by a U.S. aircraft overhead. Pilot in cockpit of the aircraft. View from U.S. aircraft flying low past a Soviet ship. Crew in cockpit of the aircraft. Soviet ships turning away. Helicopter flying over sandy beach area of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The helicopter parked and Undersecretary of State, Averell Harriman, steps from the helicopter and is later seen with President Kennedy, and Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, at the President's Weekend White House. Harriman reports on the successful negotiation of a limited nuclear test ban treaty. Glimpse of Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Soviet Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, and British Foreign secretary, Alexander Douglas-Home, are seen signing the document for their respective nations, August 5, 1963.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037573