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Fort Myers, Florida man practices primitive lifestyle by spearing fish, making fire with sticks and eat with bare hands

Primitive lifestyle of a man from Fort Myers, Florida. Man, wearing only a loincloth, spears fish and crabs from river. Man returns to his makeshift wooden hut. Man makes a fire using a bow drill and adds a bundle of dry leaves and branches. Man eats only with his bare hands.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078527
Passengers enjoy luxurious service onboard the 20th Century Limited express train.

Express passenger train, the 20th Century Limited, travels from Croton-Harmon station. The train is pulled by New York Central Hudson locomotive number 5453, a 4-6-4 "Hudson" steam locomotive with streamlining designed by Henry Dreyfuss. View of locomotive engineer looking out. Aerial view of train speeding down track. Passengers dine in the lavish art deco-style dining car of the 20th Century Limited. Train passes at ground level. Passengers read newspapers, smoke and socialize onboard the 20th Century Limited train. A man and a woman drink by the bar of the 20th Century Limited. Passengers in the rear observation car. A woman pulls away shower curtain after taking a shower onboard train. Woman goes to bed in a private compartment onboard the 20th Century Limited. POV on track as locomotive speeds overhead.

Date: 1938, June
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078536
Shriners in elaborate costumes attend parade with Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen and elaborate parade floats in Los Angeles, CA.

A parade during a Shriner convention in Los Angeles, California. Shriners march in uniform. Shriners dressed in elaborate Arab attire ride elephants. A parade float with the Shriner symbol and the words “Welcome Al Malaikah," for the Al Malaikah Shriners of Los Angeles. Edgar Bergen with his ventriloquist dummy partner, Charlie McCarthy. Edgar Bergen puts a Shriner’s fez on Charlie McCarthy's head. Parade float from Universal Studios passes by. A Marie Antoinette-inspired float passes by. A float with Air Corps biplane airplane replica in parade float, complete with spinning propeller. A woman wearing a ballgown waves from elaborate parade float.

Date: 1938, June
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078539
Opening day at Inglewood Park, also known as Hollywood Park, Los Angeles

Opening day June 10, 1938 at Inglewood Park, also known as Hollywood Park Racetrack, later sold and referred to as Betfair Hollywood Park. External view of grandstand, designed by racetrack architect Arthur Froehlich. Well dressed patrons entering the racetrack entrance to view horse race. Large crowd gathered inside racetrack. Horses taking position and then racing.

Date: 1938, June 10
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078540
Queen Frederika of Greece and daughter, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, visit to the United States.

Queen Frederika of Greece visits the United States with daughter, Princess Irene. Onboard the S.S. United States, seven-year-old Chrysa Nichols of the Greek American Institute gives roses and a kiss to Queen Frederika. The Queen and her party pose for cameramen operating motion picture cameras. Queen Frederika attends the reception celebrating Barnard College’s 75th anniversary (after she receives an Honorary degree in Law from Columbia University). Barnard College President Dr. Rosemary Park, Queen Frederika of Greece, Princess Irene, United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his wife, Virginia Rusk, pose together for photographs.

Date: 1964, January 12
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078606
Balloonists prepare shortly before ill-fated hot air balloon race from Catalina Island

Hot air balloon race disaster in Catalina Island, California. Five hot air balloons in Catalina Island. Participants use gas tanks and flames to inflate the hot air balloons. A 42-year old woman, Barbara Ruth Keith, puts on her life vest and helmet before the race. Barbara Keith boards her hot air balloon and tucks her toy mascot, a stuffed toy dog, into the top of her hot air propane tank. Hot air balloon contestant Barbara Keith waves at spectators upon her ascent. POV from balloon of spectators on ground as it ascends. Catalina Island. Swiss-born American balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard (also known as Don Piccard), ignites his heater and leaves the ground aboard balloon. Distant shot of balloon over ocean.

Date: 1964, January 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078609