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Amelia Earhart conquers the Pacific in a historic flight from Hawaii; Eleanor Holm Jarrett breaks her own record in swim meet

Achievements of American women in 1935. Eleanor Holm Jarrett in a Miami swim meet. She performs backstroke and breaks her own record. A close up of Jarrett. Next segment: Amelia Earhart conquers the Pacific in a historic flight from Hawaii to Oakland California. Earhart emerges from cockpit. People crowd around the plane. A close up of Amelia Earhart receiving flowers from crowd and later posing for photographers. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1935, January
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047260
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt buys toys for her grandchildren at Christmas in the United States.

American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt goes Christmas shopping in the United States. The First Lady at a shop. Toys at display. She looks at the toys. A man dressed as Santa Claus shows her the toys. She buys them for her grandchildren. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1934, December
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047261
Fast food, soft drink, automobile and truck dealers, and gasoline service stations contribute to the U.S. franchise system.

The contribution of the franchise system in the United States. Franchises of Pizza Hut, A&W Root Beer, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Holiday Inn which helped in earning profitability and image. Traditional businesses which play a major part in America's franchise system are soft drinks (view of Coca Cola bottle packs being stocked), automobile and truck dealers (view of new or used cars at a car dealership outdoor lot), and gasoline service stations (view of man working at a gasoline station). Traffic on streets.

Date: 1974
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047267
Kentucky Fried Chicken, Burger King, McDonalds among fast food restaurant franchises in the United States.

The contribution of franchise system in the United States. Burger King, Mister Donut and Dairy Queen are a few food franchises in the country. Two girls drink a McDonald's shake. A man and a woman eat ice creams. A woman makes burgers according to customers' choice. A young boy drinks a cold drink at Burger King. Colonel Sanders the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken ' KFC'.

Date: 1974
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047268
KFC founder Colonel Sanders talks about how he got his first franchise in the United States.

The contribution of franchise system in the United States. Kentucky, the home place of Colonel Sanders and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food restaurants. Colonel Sanders put the idea of franchising forward and made it successful. He talks about how he started the franchise, he also speaks about how they got their first restaurant. Children eat chicken at KFC. Children on a merry go round carousel. He traveled by cars to many of the cities to sell his business and take a franchise. Brief views of downtowns in the following cities with 1940s era automobiles on roads: Pampa, Kerrville, Wichita Falls, and San Angelo. The colonel demonstrates his recipe of cooking chicken. He brings it to 90 degrees fahrenheit before cooking it. He batters it and places it in a pressure cooker to cook. View of the finished cooked chicken. The recipe is same in all the centers. Colonel Sanders with his wife walking next to a home.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047269
A training program for people at McDonald's Hamburger University to open new restaurant franchises in the United States.

The contribution of franchise system in the United States. McDonald's Hamburger University in Illinois. The flag of the university and exterior view of a McDonald's Hamburger University building. Students in class receive training to start new McDonald's fast food restaurant franchises. They are told about business management, community relations and marketing techniques. They make hamburgers and are taught basic food operation at an actual store. A computer is attached which help the French Fry potatoes to be cooked at a particular temperature. The French Fries are put in a packet with a specially designed measurement scoop. At the end of the training program they enter their new franchise business. A family gets out of a car and enters a Burger King restaurant. View of a Hardees restaurant where people sit and eat new varieties.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047270