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Servicemen surfing and sunbathe on Waikiki Beach, watch a burlesque show in Honolulu, Hawaii (WW2)

United States servicemen with the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division rest before deployment in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Men sailing in long boat off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Diamond Head seen in the background. A group of men surfing on the beach. Surfers swimming. A couple looks at the beach together. Men running towards the water on the beach. Servicemen sunbathing. Sunbathing man reads a newspaper. Men and a woman paddle in their boat. United States servicemen and sailors watch a burlesque show in Honolulu. A serviceman uses binoculars to watch the burlesque performance. Man wolf-whistles at burlesque girl.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080153
United States 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division soldiers board ship in Hawaii for Pacific mission (WW2)

Robert C. Richardson Jr., Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area, stands with his staff personnel outside headquarters in Hawaii. United States soldiers with the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division on trucks heading to port during World War II. Soldiers with their supplies boarding the ship. Ships sailing out of Hawaii. Animated map shows the Pacific Ocean and important islands such as Hawaii, Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal), Palau (Angaur), and the Philippines. Servicemen spend their free time on deck of ship. Two bald servicemen chatting with their friends. Soldiers sleeping in their quarters on board ship. A shirtless soldier combs his hair. Soldiers play instruments in ship orchestra. Soldiers watch and clap for the band onboard ship.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080154
Thomas A. Edison and wife Mrs. Mina Edison meets with Harvey Firestone; Edison visits a rose garden with Henry Ford

Thomas A. Edison and his wife, Mrs. Mina Miller Edison, possibly on the grounds of Edison Park in Fort Myers, Florida. The couple walking down path in tropical garden toward a small pool. There is a microphone standing in front of the pool. A man meets Edison and gives him a paper. Mrs. Edison is holding a corsage. The Edisons meet with a group of men including businessman Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. and his son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr. A man hands a hat to Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison, possibly Henry Ford, and another man visit a rose garden. Thomas Edison picks a rose in the garden. Thomas Edison and (possibly) Henry Ford both looking at the rose.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080170
Animations depict the relative efficiency of different sources of energy; turbines at a power plant in the United States

Slate reads “He who leaves the beaten track in search of knowledge oft comes unexpected to his goal.”. A photo of a sunrise with word “Light”. Diagram enumerates the types of light- torch, candle, kerosene, gas and electric- and their level of relative efficiency. A drawing featuring different types of lights. Animation depicts a man hand pedaling to pull a block and tackle. Animations show a moving horse and engines that operate on steam, gasoline, and electricity, operate similar machines, pulling block and tackle faster than man. Lights illuminate Times Square in New York City at night. Giant turbines operate at a power plant in the United States.

Date: 1926
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080172
Vintage electric streetcar, electric truck, and electric motorized carts in the United States

An early electric streetcar parked in train yard. Edison batteries are seen installed under the streetcar. Vintage electric streetcar underway. An L. Bamberger & Co. (also known as Bamberger’s) Department Store electric delivery van drives to a building. An electric luggage car stops in front of a train carriage. A man driving a motorized electric cart and carrying boxes of sugar next to an “American Sugar” train car. A man operates an electric motorized cart carrying a crate marked, "General Electric Co. inside a warehouse. A warehouse employee drives an electric motorized vehicle pulling carts filled with barrels.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080173
Early electric lighting and electric locomotive in the mining industry

Photo of a miner digging and words above him read “Provide safe lighting and economical hauling for mining operations”. A young miner shows off his uniform and lighting headgear powered by an Edison battery. Battery powered electric locomotive pulling ore carts emerges from mine tunnel.

Date: 1926
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080174