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Babe Ruth honored before his final baseball game with New York Yankees, 1934

Brief newsreel clip covering Babe Ruth's final game with the New York Yankees at the Griffith Stadium (Present day Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060, United States) in Washington DC, USA. Players, photographers, and dignitaries honor Ruth before the game with ceremony around home plate. Man presents Ruth, wearing the New York Yankees road uniform, with an award. Ruth accepts it and talks briefly, standing next to his wife Claire, seen at right. Brief shot of Washington Senators pitcher Orville Armbrust throwing. (Armbrust would get the only win of his major league career in this game.) Ruth, pictured in a different game and in home uniform, steps into batter's box. Scene of Ruth hitting a home run from earlier in his career.

Date: 1934, September 30
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051592
U.S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 flown coast to coast nonstop by Lieutenant John A Macready and Lieutenant Oakley G Kelly.

On May 2, 1923, scenes of the first successful non stop flight across USA. Men open accordian doors to large hangar, revealing a specially modified Fokker T-2 airplane. Lieutenant Kelly and Lieutenant Macready, on the field, pose with Orville Wright. United States Army Air Service Fokker T-2 plane is pushed out of hangar by men. Painted on side of the plane is: 'Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast'. Pilot gets ready as the airplane is fueled. Pilots and other Army officers on airfield. Animated map of the United States map illustrates course the flyers will take. Plane taxis on airfield. The Plane in flight and over Rockwell field, San Diego, California, and making a landing. Spectators on field greet the pilots as they climb down from the airplane.

Date: 1923, May 2
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051730
Traffic and pedestrians on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York. Views of New York Public Library and Columbus Circle

Automobile and pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Heavy northbound traffic on 5th Avenue, stops periodically to allow pedestrians to cross and 42nd Street traffic to enter. The New York Public Library Building (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA) in Midtown Manhattan is seen clearly, with lion statues on its steps and large American flag flying in front. Traffic includes horse drawn as well as motorized vehicles. On Upper West Side, view of Columbus Circle, 8th Avenue, Broadway and 59th Street, with statue of Columbus visible. Streetcar is seen.

Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067289
U.S. President Roosevelt talks about modern technology in a library during a dedication speech for his presidential library.

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedication speech for a library in the United States. Civilians crowd outside the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum (4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA). Guards control the crowd. Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. Officials seated in chairs. Roosevelt in his speech praises the library and museum that has flourished. He speaks that all the records can be shared. He talks about modern technology in the library.

Date: 1941, June 30
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069087
Anti-Red supporters of Mayor Frank Hague cause jam at Journal Square during a demonstration in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Scenes from a night time parade and anti-communist demonstration held by supporters of Mayor Frank Hague in Jersey City, New Jersey. The crowd of people march on a street and jam Journal Square. They carry American flags and banners in the nighttime parade. The supporters set off fireworks during the demonstration. A large lit banner reads, "Reds Stay Out of USA" as spinning fireworks and aerial fireworks are launched behind it.

Date: 1938, June 8
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069232
Early Edison film of Athlete with a wand

A man exercises with wand in the U.S. Filmed in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.

Date: 1894, February
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071487