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1940 launching of USS Hornet (CV-8); accomplishments of USS Hornet, famous for the 1942 Doolittle Raid during World War II.

A film titled 'The Life and Death of The USS Hornet' dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants during World War II. The Capitol building in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gathered at press conference to announce the bombing of Tokyo Japan by Doolittle Raid forces in April 1942. Reporters run out to phones and typewriters. A man at NBC microphone in 1943. The headlines of newspapers read 'Japs Murder Doolittle's Fliers'. American people in groups and families listen to radio broadcasts, gathered at work and in living rooms around radios to hear the radio news. They buy newspapers at newsstands. Headline of newspaper reads "Carrier Hornet was Shangri-La". Workers at shipyard, factories, machine shops. Men and women war workers of varying ages and races, including white, Japanese-American, and African-American seen welding, machining, and working to buld the ship and its parts. Scenes from the launching of USS Hornet CV-8 in December 14, 1940, with sponsor Annie Reid Knox at the launching.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074562
Excited spectators at baseball game between Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, 1942

Clip begins Pete Reiser of the Dodgers and Murry Dickson of the Cardinals shaking hands and talking before baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn New York. Shot of Dodgers standing atop dugout step. Brief shot of Dodgers manager Leo Durocher. Majority of clip focuses on fans in the stands. Spectators in early 1940s-style clothing, both men and women, are seen in varying moods as the game progresses. Many close up views of fans and spectators, sometimes cheering, sometimes angry and booing, other times expectant and tense. Many men wearing suits, ties and hats, and smoking big cigars; female fans wearing dresses. (Note: the large crowd and downbeat mood of the spectators suggests this game could be from either September 11 or 12, 1942, both games which the Dodgers lost to the Cardinals at Ebetts Field as the teams battled for first place in the National League.) (World War II period).

Location: Brooklyn New York City USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035770
African Americans learn shoe repairing and radio training in classes of National Youth Administration.

African American young men and young women learn in various classes of Georgia State College, under the National Youth Administration (NYA) Center in Atlanta. Campus of Georgia State College at Savannah (later Savannah State University, 3219 College St, Savannah, GA 31404, USA). African American boys constructing the building of a Community Center. African American girls outside the Homemaking Center constructed by NYA boys. The girls play with a dog. African American girl learns cooking in kitchen. A girl is cutting cloth and another one is sewing clothes on a sewing machine. College age African American boys working in a shoe repairing workshop. A boy working on radio during a radio training workshop.

Location: Savannah Georgia USA
Date: 1957
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024040
A football match held in Atlanta between the teams of Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida.

A football match between the teams of Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida in Atlanta, Georgia. A huge crowd seated in the spectator area. The crowd cheers. Match in progress. Players at line of scrimmage. Yellow Jackets of Georgia win over Florida by scoring Thirty-nine to six.

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1935, November 25
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053533
People work for the development of a better community in rural Georgia, United States.

An organized effort for development of a better community in rural Georgia, United States. A woman works in a garden. A house in the background. A boy plays with pups. A girl in the garden. A family sits in the garden. A sign reads 'Atlanta, Chamber of Conference'. Men in a meeting. A document reads 'Farmer's Club'. They discuss about development of better community. A sign outside a building. The sign reads 'Chamber of Conference'. Traffic on a street. A newspaper headline reads 'The Atlanta Georgia'. A geographical map traces the communities in Georgia. People sit around a table. Community meetings take place. Men and women tend to gardens. School buildings are maintained. Women cook in kitchen. Children eat in a school mess. Hot lunch programs being instituted in the school. School children in a library. Medical check up and immunization of children. Signs of different communities.

Location: Georgia United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054177
Improvement in dairy farming and poultry farming in rural Georgia, United States.

An organized effort for development of a better community in rural Georgia, United States. A sign reads 'Welcome, Mount Pisgah Community'. People work in farms. A tractor in a farm. Land improvement program for the development of better communities in rural Georgia. Farms are maintained. Men work in a poultry farm. Men clean glass jars. The men unload sacks and keep them in stores. Hens are kept in pens. A man collects eggs. Balanced farming programs in rural Georgia. Cattle on farms and dairy farming programs. New agricultural machinery on a farm.

Location: Georgia United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054178
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