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Actress Lillian St. Cyr wearing a native costume eats in a tepee on penthouse patio of a hotel in New York, United States.

Native American Indian actress Lillian St. Cyr (Princess Red Wing) in New York City. Actress Lillian St. Cyr sits in a tepee on the patio of a hotel penthouse. Room Service waiter brings her a tray of food that she eats. The actress wearing a native dress stands atop the building and looks around at the New York City skyline. Workmen constructing a nearby building (possibly Rockefeller Center) pause and wave to Lillian St. Cyr.

Date: 1931, September 3
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058051
Motor cars are rolled off a hill, driven at full speed, collided during a test in South Bend, Indiana.

Brand new automobiles are demolished in spectacular head-on collisions as part of the proving process of modern motor car manufacture. A motor car is rolled sideways down a 45 degree hill, righted and then driven off. A camera man records the stunt with a film camera. A motor car driven at high speed during the test. Tires are blown at 70 miles an hour. All kinds of skidding is indulged in from 30 miles an hour up. Two motor cars are driven at full speed, drivers jump out, resulting in a head on collision.

Date: 1932, September 5
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058057
Aircrews of the 303rd Bombardment Group take delivery of new B-17s during World War II.

The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Hell's Angels' taking delivery of new B-17 bombers at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan. (Between 11 September and 2 October the 303rd BG took delivery of 35 new B-17Fs, 33 built by Boeing and two by Douglas. The 303rd flew missions out of Molesworth Airfield in England, during the war.) Several aircraft parked on the ramp in a row. Airmen around the aircraft. Airmen on a tug nearby. Some names and artwork on the B-17s. Hunga-Dunga painted on a B-17. Officers and airmen move under the aircraft wing. 'Garbage' painted on an aircraft. Officers stand nearby. Three crewmen laugh and pose. Additional notes: From Brian O’Neill’s “303rd Bombardment Group” here is the fate of the name ships shown: Serial No. Name Original Pilot Aircraft Fate 41-24588 Hunga Dunga J.E. Haas MIA 18 Mar 43 41-24563 Garbage A.I. Adams force landing and collision 11 Nov 43 41-24562 Sky Wolf C.H. Morales MIA 11 Jan 44

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058058
Merchant Marine Officer candidates take an oath and learn how to row and sail boats in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at a basic school in Pass Christian, Mississippi. A doctor undertakes the physical examination of a seaman with a stethoscope. A sign: 'US Merchant Marine Cadet Basic School' on a gate. Merchant Marine Officer candidates enter the gate. The Merchant Marine Academy cadets try on uniforms. They stand at attention and take an oath to defend the U.S. and serve Marine Navy. The cadets sleep in bunk beds. They get up as an alarm rings and get ready. They gather on a ground. Ceremonies are conducted. The cadets salute as U.S. flag is hoisted. The candidates learn how to knot ropes. They learn how to row and sail boats. The candidates learn how to operate Lyle guns and how to transfer men via breaches buoy.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058095
Candidates supervise cargo loading and make engine room repairs aboard a ship in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Merchant Marine Academy officer candidates learn seamanship at at a basic school in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The candidates march and stand at attention as their training is over. After the training two candidates meet a Cadet Corps officer. They board a ship and meet another officer. The Merchant Marine Academy candidates change their uniform. They supervise a cargo. A candidate operates an equipment aboard the ship. They make engine room repairs. A convoy at sea.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058098
Views of a constructed dam and generators in its power plant in Tennessee, United States.

A dam generates power in Tennessee, United States. A dam on a river in the Tennessee Valley. The architecture of the dam and its power plant. Generators in the power plant.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058126