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Kennedy elected President. Kennedy seen in pre-election parade procession and greeting Eisenhower following election win.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his wife are cheered at a New York ticker tape parade on October 19, 1960, during the 1960 Presidential campaign. A large crowd gathered in New York City during a ticker tape parade for Senator John F Kennedy on October 19, 1960 near the end of the campaign. John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy in an open roof car wave and smile at the crowd. Views of Republican candidate Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon campaigning. The scrolling text marquee on the New York Times building at One Times Square in New York flashes news of Kennedy taking lead in New Jersey on election night. Next scene shows United States President elect John F. Kennedy as he shakes hands with President Dwight Eisenhower on the steps of the White House.

Date: 1960, November
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056517
Members of the U.S. Army Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight complete their photo-mapping mission and are ready to fly home

The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Alaska Flight of 1934. The YB-10 aircraft of the project after completing their photo-mapping of 21 thousand square miles of Alaska. The aircraft have each been named for leading Alaskan cities and are fueled and ready to fly home. View of the YB-10 flown by Expedition Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, displaying painted name "City of Fairbanks" and flag containing stars of Big Dipper and Polaris (North Star). The symbol of the expedition is also painted on the fuselages of all the airplanes, consisting of a totem pole topped by an Eagle with two arrows, superimposed on a map of Alaska. Names: Anchorage, Fort Yukon, Tanana, and Kodiak, are seen painted on airplanes. Aviators of the USAAC Alaska Flight pose for a picture in front of a YB-10 aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, Commander of the expedition, is in the center of the first row of men. To his right, is a pipe-smoking officer in a campaign hat, holding a puppy Husky dog. Arnold pets the puppy

Date: 1934
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064922
News stories of 1958 including polar cruise of USS Nautilus and statehood of Alaska

Aerial view of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, underway on the surface and then submerging. View of helmsman below in the Nautilus. Aerial view of frozen arctic ocean with deep crevasses, as narrator mentions the Nautilus traveling submerged, beneath the North Pole on August 3, 1958. The boat's Captain, Commander William R. Anderson, is seen in uniform. More views of the Nautilus moving on the surface, including one with crew members standing on deck. Next, a newspaper headline is shown, announcing Alaska's statehood. Small boy and girl sitting in the grass holding a flag displaying map of Alaska and reading: "Alaska 49th State." Automobile traffic driving into Anchorage, Alaska. Banner stretched across the road reads: "Anchorage. All-America City." Pedestrians jam the sidewalks as the city celebrates its new statehood. A float displaying a huge moose has sign on its side reading: "49th. Hey Texas. Now I'm the biggest Bull..." Young Alaskans ride in a convertible automobile. A huge 48-star American flag covers the front of a building. It has a large extra star appended to it. Closeup of the flag.

Date: 1958
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047397
Birth of Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company and its nuclear reactor facility in the United States.

Map of United States showing location of a power plant of Connecticut. A woman in 1960's dress (Leslie Franzos) dances happily in her living room in front of a window air conditioner. Electric supply lines and power plants showing growth in the sector. Sunset and a graph with wavy lines depicting the limitation of non-renewable sources of power. Views of coal and oil production, pipeline, and transportation facilities including rail trains moving on tracks. Narrator describes fossil fuel supplies as abundant but finite. 1960's woman dances in front of graph depicting rising power demand through the decades ahead. Animation of names of various electricity producing companies. Model of the nuclear power plant of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. 1960's fashion woman dances in front of model holding blueprints. Animation of map showing location of the plant. Aerial view of actual site of the plant. Sketch of the plant. Animated model of the functioning reactor and cooling system to be used by the plant. A submarine with reactor fitted. Pictures of nuclear power plants in use at Rowe Massachusetts and Shippingport Pennsylvania. Knobs and on-off of lights on a panel. View of interior control room at the Yankee Rowe nuclear power station. Group of executives in suits touring the Yankee Rowe nuclear plant grounds. Design architect at desk in an office reviews blueprints for nuclear plant.

Date: 1966
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023821
FBM (Fleet Ballistic Missile) submarine USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) crewmen arrive home and greet their families.

The Captain of the crew of U.S. Navy FBM (Fleet Ballistic Missile) submarine USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) looks into periscope. He passes it to another member of the crew. Submarine surfacing and good view of it as it emerges to surface of water. People on shore in Charleston, South Carolina, waiting to greet the returning submarine. Women have babies in strollers or trolleys near the docks. Sailors departing submarine in port at Charleston greet their wives, children, and other family members. Arriving Navy sailors hug and kiss wives and children and families. Views of women and children in typical late 1960s and early 1970s fashions. A sailor with last name Velotta holds a baby. U.S. flag fluttering in the wind in background. Variety of mostly late 1960s cars parked near docks. Family gets into their car. 1960s convertible sedan driving through suburban neighborhood. Homes along the streets of the neighborhood in the suburbs. The car pulls into the family driveway. Sailor, his wife, and their boy and girl children get out of the car to go into the house. Naval Submarine Crewman and his wife come out of a car at their home.

Date: 1971
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034576
Young men and women dance to the tunes of a band at the Red Velvet Club night club in West Hollywood, California.

Night club Whisky a go-go in West Hollywood, Los Angeles California, on Sunset Boulevard. Nighttime scene in city. Elevated view of 1960's cars as they drive down Sunset Boulevard, then view from point of view of a moving vehicle looking toward another car moving on Sunset Boulevard. View of the entrance for the "Red Velvet Club" at 6507 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Scene changes to show people inside what is presumably the Red Velvet Club (or possibly nearby Whisky A Go-Go night club). Young men and women dance as a band plays at the club. Views of vintage 1960's fashions, clothing, hair styles, and dance moves of the time. Close up views of the dancers and of band members on guitar, keyboards, and drums. Some patrons simply sit at tables and watch the dancers. Some people are dressed conservatively, and others are on the edge of 1960's fashions. The band plays as men and women dance and enjoy the music.

Date: 1965
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066859