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Oveta Culp Hobby is sworn in as Director of the United States Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WW2)

Oveta Culp Hobby is sworn into the Army with the rank of Director of the United States Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II. The organization would later be called the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Major General Myron C. Kramer administers oath of office to Oveta Culp Hobby. General George C. Marshall stands between Kramer and Hobby as he witnesses the ceremony. United States Secretary of War Henry Stimson also witnesses the event. Hobby stands with her arm raised under oath. Hobby shakes hands with Stimson, Marshall, and Kramer after the oath taking. Oveta Culp Hobby makes short statement, noting that, "This new corps is the 1942 expression of the patriotism and courage that the women of America have always demonstrated in every national crisis." Hobby continues, “In a total war, there is a total responsibility of all citizens regardless of sex, race, or creed. Every woman must do her part. The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps offers an opportunity for every woman eligible under the law to do her part.”

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942, May 16
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080232
President Kennedy awarded honorary at George Washington University

President John F. Kennedy accepts an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from George Washington University President Thomas H. Carroll. Audience gathered at GW University Yard applauds.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961, May 3
Duration: 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080234
President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia meets President and Mrs. Kennedy at National Airport.

President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia arrives at Washington National Airport for a state visit to the United States. State flags of the United States and its territories held by troops in airfield. President Habib Bourguiba climbs down air stair of a Military Air Transport Service jet airplane and shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy. President Bourguiba’s wife, Mrs. Moufida Bourguiba (née Mathilde Lorrain), shakes hands with Mrs.Jacqueline Kennedy. While President Habib Bourguiba shakes hands with a military officer while Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke is seen between them making introductions. A motorcade with the United States presidential parade car in Washington DC. Presidents Kennedy and Bourguiba leave the presidential car while Jackie Kennedy and Moufida Bourguiba meet their husbands.

Location: Arlington Virginia USA
Date: 1961, May 3
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080235
Protesters flash the peace sign during The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.

Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on flooded street in the rain in Washington D.C. during the November Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. Some pedestrians use walking sticks while walking. A woman holds her pet dog with her back from the camera. American youth and adults gather to protest the Vietnam War, in a march also known as the “Vietnam Moratorium”. Sign reads "Business as usual. Today is murder in Vietnam." A man holding a parody of the United States flag with skulls and crossbones replacing the stars. Peaceful protesters flashing the “peace sign” gesture while chanting “NOW” repeatedly. A young African American man with Afro hairstyle flashes the “peace sign” and smiles. Thousands of Americans participate in a nighttime candlelight vigil for soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. A man carries his young daughter on his shoulders while walking down Pennsylvania Avenue during the protest.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1969, November 15
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080244
Hippies playing rock and roll Beat music; Hippies play drums in commune.

Psychedelic lights. Band of rock musicians performing Beat music on stage. A pair of guitarists and a female drummer. Hippies sitting in a room at a commune playing bongo drums. A young child drinks from a cup. Hippies playing with pet dogs. A psychedelic mandala hangs on the wall behind a hippie.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080245
Copper ore being poured into piles and transported to furnace bins

Unloading concentrates at a smelter. A crane scoops copper concentrate from wagons. Copper ore mixed by spreading each lot as received upon large “ore beds”. Copper ore pouring into piles. Large piles of copper ore in factory. An ore-loader plows a section of ore from the bed onto a belt, which conveys the ore to the furnace bins. Conveyer belt transports copper ores to bins. Blast furnaces smelting course copper ores. Copper matte flow from a blast furnace settler.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080309
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