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Ethiopian flier Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian poses aboard the ocean liner Ile de France, in New York, United States

Ethiopian flier Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian (nicknamed The Black Eagle) arriving back in New York, United States aboard the ocean liner Île de France. Hubert Julian, of Harlem, is returning from Abyssinia (Ethiopia) where Emperor Selassie had invited him to take part in the Emperor's coronation. But Colonel Julian returned after crashing one of the Emperor's planes (a de Havilland Gipsy Moth that was a gift to the Emperor) during a coronation rehearsal. (According to the New York Times of November 1, 1930, the Emperor "ordered him out of the country in disgrace.") Colonel Julian poses for the camera. A puppy in the background on the deck of the Ile de France.

Date: 1930, November 18
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077335
Prince Bernhard is welcomed and greeted by Haile Selassie in Ethiopia.

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, visits Ethiopia. Traffic on the streets and buildings in the foreground. The Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie welcomes Prince Bernhard inside the Guenete Leul Palace. Empress Menen Asfaw, wife of Haile Selassie, is also present at the arrival of Prince Bernhard. The Emperor and the Prince seated in chairs. Prince Bernhard and Selassie stand with an official. The emperor greets the Prince. Emperor Haile Selassie awards Prince Bernhard with the Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba. The Prince and the Emperor seated around a table with other dignitaries and officials. A close up of both talking. A view of traffic and buildings.

Date: 1953, November 26
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069097
Delegates of the League of Nations leave the Assembly Hall in Geneva, Switzerland.

Public and press eagerly wait outside the League of Nations headquarters in Geneva to get a glimpse of the delegates leaving the Assembly Hall. Among the delegates leaving the hall include Emile Vanderwelde and Louis de Brouckere of Belgium, Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, Guiseppe Motta of Switzerland, Maharajah of Kapurthala India, Louis Loucheur of France, Aristide Briand, Sir Austen Chamberlain of Great Britain, Victoria Scialoja of Italy, Nintchitch of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood in Great Britain, Loudon of Netherlands, Jean Paul-Boncour of France, Joseph Beck of Luxemberg, Prince Arfa of Persia, Guetatcheou of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Mr. Schubert of Germany.

Date: 1926, September
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029363
The closing session of the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas.

A news reporter summarizes the events of the closing session of the National Women's Conference held at Houston, Texas, focused on equal rights for women, women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Ruth Clusen (Wisconsin Commissioner), Bella Abzug, Addie Wyatt, Gloria Steinem, and other women delegates speak. Several delegates revolt during the meeting. Women vote against the substitution motion. Bella Abzug delivers remarks during the closing of the conference. A woman holds up a sign that says, "Keep your hands off my body."

Date: 1977, November 18
Duration: 5 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029749
Views of Jerusalem and surroundings with both Jewish and Arab residents in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Late 1930s and early 1940s life in Jerusalem, Palestine. Views from 1917 era as British military patrol under British Army General Edmund Allenby advances in military trucks up the plains from Gaza. Arab forces riding on camels. The Arabs move in support. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. British men in the city. Jerusalem aerial view of late 1930s and approximately 1940 "new" Jerusalem contrasting the ancient and old parts of the city and new buildings. Narrator descriptions and visual portrayals of nationalism among Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. Jewish men construct what the narrator terms as "a typical Zionist house just going up" Jewish civilians walking on the streets including one woman pushing a baby carriage. Cars move on a street and a view of a bus moving up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at a beach of Tel Aviv. They enjoy the water and dance the hora at the water's edge. A British man teaches an Arabic farmer the modern methods of agriculture. Men harvest food grains with a harvester. Arab boys in a class get a proper education "as in Europe." Palestinian girls in dresses play a game of basketball. The ex mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center and other people around him.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047423
A Zeitgeist film about life of 1930s German people shows people working and relaxing, contrasted with rising Nazi movement

Film which contrasts typical German lifestyle in Germany in 1930s, with rise of NSDAP or Nazi movement, pre World War 2. German Civilians on an escalator. 1930's German Police officer lead kids across city streets. Traffic in a German city. A workman on a barge and gets off the barge in Hamburg. Laborers unload sacks of flour. Lumbermen at work on trees and men working in a steel mill. Workers blowing glass to make glass itmes. Workers paint theatrical masks. People in an outdoor café or restaurant. A couple dances. People move on a snow covered ground. A man takes snapshot of a German family. An old man wearing a striped bathing suit walks out of water. Burgomeisters or (burgermeisters) in a town ceremony. German Army soldiers or Freikorps (before third reich) marching in a parade on city streets. People get off a suburban train at a railroad station. A puddler works in the steel mill. A girl and a boy on bicycles riding close together as the boy has his arm around the girl. A carnival ride called "Ausgang". A merry-go-round at a carnival or fair, and people playing games at a carnival. Children crowd around a clown wearing a high hat. Middle aged men play cards. Middle aged couples at an outdoor cafe. Sudden contrast to Nazi SA or Sturmabteilung stormtroopers in training. Paramilitary training of brownshirts and of boys in a group (future Hitler youth). German citizens at a Nazi rally giving a Nazi salute in unison. A view of vineyards. A Nazi officer gives a speech. German Sturmabteilung marching in a parade with Nazi salutes. Children playing in a game where they roll a large ball using only their heads while hopping along. A woman swimmer enters water at a beach. Several Sturmabteilung in a training drill in water.

Date: 1932
Duration: 5 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031658