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Early 20th Century images show tension between U.S. business and workers over child labor, low wages, and labor unions

Girls and boys engaged in child labor working on machinery in textile mills. Boys working in coal mines, A boy working at blacksmith's forge and one in a machine shop. Lady and gentleman in riding habit on horseback. All members of a family engaged in needlework, at home. Closeups of miners and a woman worker. Workers including children, parade with American flags and a sign reading: "Give us A Living Wage, Not Charity." New York City Garment workers from various unions, such as Pants makers, marching with placards. Workers jammed in a Chicago city square to hear Hannah Shapiro, initiator of the garment workers strike against clothing firm, Hart, Schaffner, & Marx. Some carry signs. One reads: "Do you belong to a Union. If not, why not." Closeup of Hannah Shapiro, standing on a ladder, with a Union banner beside her. Large group of marching workers with many children in the front rank. They carry American flags. Mine owners' spokesman assuring workers about their rights and interests. Closeups of a decorated senior uniformed policeman on horseback and another policeman in uniform. Group of uniformed policemen armed with Browning shotguns. Contingent of policemen mounting their horses in formation, and several riding along a cobblestone city street containing trolley tracks. An early vintage car is following them. Policeman walking ahead of women marching with a banner about Union Contracts for New Yorkers. Mounted police dispersing an unruly crowd. Policeman taking a young man into custody. A 1910 Auburn automobile, with right-hand drive. Policemen taking protesting workers into custody.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1910
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036802
1937 Cord 812 automobiles. The actress Sonja Henie in a white Cord and co-actor Tyrone Power in a black one.

Several takes of promotional film made for the Cord automobile company, featuring Hollywood Stars Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power. Sonja Henie sits in a white Cord 812 convertible parked (outside what appears to be Erret Lobban Cord's private mansion in Auburn, Indiana).Tyrone Power drives up, next to her, in a matching black Cord 812. Sonja flirts with Tyrone from her car and he responds.They drive away together in their cars. ( Note: Sonja Henie was a 3-time Olympic Figure Skating Champion, turned Hollywood actress. Reportedly, Tyrone Power became Sonja Henie's new romance in connection with the successful Hollywood movie "Thin Ice" in which they co-starred . It premiered September 3, 1937. Sonja Henie did a publicity deal with E.L. Cord to do this promotional with co-star, Tyrone Power.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032816
Bicycle racer, Frank Bartell, sets new land speed record of more than 80 miles per hour

Opening slate reads: "Los Angeles, Calif.-Bicycle rider paced by car at 80-mile clip." View of men in movie star Tom Mix’s open Auburn speedster with a streamlined windscreen fastened to the rear, shielding bicycle racer, Frank Bartell, who pedals, hunched down behind it. Closeups of him on his bicycle, pedaling rapidly. Closeups of his pedals and sprocket and chain. Wider view of him and the protective pace car moving on the roadway. A man, standing by a striped pole, lowers a flag indicating the end of the run, as they pass his position at the side of the road. Closeup of Mr. Bartell, looking somewhat disheveled and tired, after setting a bicycle land speed record of more than 80 miles per hour.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1935, March 20
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063946
George Edward Pendray launches The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fueled rocket from Staten Island in New York, United States.

The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )

Location: Staten Island New York USA
Date: 1933
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077065
Eddie Rickenbacker, President of Eastern Airlines, hosts Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, after both airlines acquire DC-3 airplanes

Glimpse of U.S. Army gun crew operating a 3-inch M3 Anti Aircraft gun. Glimpse of 1st Lt Joseph H. Eastman and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker standing beside Rickenbacker's SPAD S.XIII #1 parked in front of a hangar at Foucaucourt Aerodrome, France, 1918. Sequence shifts to 1936, and office of Rickenbacker, now President of Eastern Airlines. A poster on the wall contains memorabilia from the 94th Aero Squadron, with which Rickenbacker flew in World War I. Camera pans over photographes bordering the poster. Next, Rickenbacker is seen conversing with his guest, Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, as they look at a picture of Rickenbacker and his Spad airplane, signed by numerous pilots who also served with the 94th Aero Squadron. A mounted model of a Douglas DC-3 airplane sits atop a table in the foreground. Rickenbacker and C.R. Smith, both hold onto the DC-3 airplane model as they shake hands. Closeup of the DC-3 model as Rickenbacker rotates it before the camera. (Note: Both Smith and Rickenbacker, presidents of their respective airlines, had mutual admiration for the Douglas DC-3 airliner. In 1934,Smith arranged to purchase 20 new DC-3 airplanes from the Douglas Aircraft Company. American's first DC-3 "Flagship Illinois," had its maiden flight on June 25, 1936. Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first DC-3 in December 1936.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030454
King George VI ascends the throne abdicated by his elder brother King Edward VIII in 1936.

King Edward VIII walks past guards in formation followed by other British officials outside the palace. Still image of Wallis Simpson who became wife of Edward (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor). Guards outside main door to 10 Downing Street. Car pulls up on road. King George VI, who ascended the throne after King Edward VIII abdicated, exits the car with his wife, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, and daughters, Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). The king and his princess daughters shake hands with guards. The king reviews British troops. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years earlier.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1936, December 10
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052222
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