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Jazz musician Duke Ellington composes a musical score at the piano in his Capitol Records Office in New York City.

African American composer, pianist and band leader, Duke Ellington seated at his piano in the home atmosphere of his office in the Capitol Records Company Building. He plays a phrase on the piano then makes musical notation. Sheet music of Ellington's works are filmed in close up, including Mood Indigo, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Black and Tan Fantasy, Sophisticated, and Caravan.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1943, October
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031232
Art Tatum and his Trio perform at the Three Deuces night club in New York City, during World War II

African American jazz pianist Arthur Tatum Jr. performs while filming at the Three Deuces night club on 52nd Street in New York City, during World War 2. (This film contains a number of takes, from various angles, of Tatum and the trio performing , including some of Tatum's hands, alone, on the piano keys.) Entrance to the Three Deuces night club. Poster at entrance advertising Art Tatum and his Trio. People enter the club. Tatum plays the piano, accompanied by bassist Slam Stewart and guitarist Tiny Grimes. People seated at tables listening to the performance. The Trio performs. A sailor and a girl seated nearby. (Note: The tune being played is entitled, "Tiny's Exercise," written by guitarist Tiny Grimes.)

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1943, October
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031233
Frank Sinatra performs for WAVES at the Walton High School Auditorium in Bronx, New York City.

(With audio). American singer and Hollywood actor Frank Sinatra performs during a filming at the Walton High School Auditorium in the Bronx, New York City. Sinatra talks to the audience. He sings 'The Song is You'. Women's Reserve members (WAVES - Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) seated in the hall. A conductor conducts the Station Military and Dance Band. Sailors play various instruments like the double bass, trumpets, and clarinets. Women military WAVES members applaud after the performance. He acknowledges the applause.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1943, November
Duration: 5 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031234
Scatter Radar experimentation with Dr. Kenneth Bowles and his team, and their efforts in Lima Peru

Space research from the ground with a Scatter Radar. National Bureau of Standards laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. The Central Radio Propogation Laboratory. Cars parked outside. Hills in the background. Dr. Kenneth Bowles and a colleague work on a formula. Animation: Incoherent scatter of radio waves by electrons in the ionosphere. Transmission of powerful pulsed radio signal in a narrow beam. The beam penetrates the ionosphere and excites the free electrons. The scatter a weak signal which is detected by a sensitive antenna, and the signal comes back to Earth. Remaining portions of a sensitive antenna at the pioneering field site in Havana, Illinois. Dr. Ken Bowles and other scientists decide on a site. Animation: The magnetic equator and lines of the magnetic field. Pulsed radar signals and lines of force on the monitor. Animation: Chemical composition of the Earth's atmospheric gases. The scientists decide on Lima in Peru, due to its proximity to the magnetic equator and U.S. Lima, Peru: Buildings, guards, churches, plazas and boulevards in Lima including the Government Palace in Lima with guards in front, the Catedral de Lima (Catheral of Lima) and the Plaza Mayor de Lima . Construction work in Lima. Cars on a market street. People on the sidewalk. Shipping and port facilities in Callao, Peru. Workers unload goods. People board a Braniff International aircraft. Housing facility in the Lima suburb of Miraflores.

Location: Boulder Colorado USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031239
President Hoover awards the Congressional Medal to Charles Lindbergh at the White House in Washington DC.

Aviator Charles A Lindbergh awarded the Congressional Medal for his contribution to aviation at the White House in Washington DC. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with President Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, Secretary of Navy Charles F Adams, Secretary of War Patrick Hurley, Secretary of Labor James J Davis, Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon, Postmaster General Walter F Brown. The President congratulates Lindbergh and talks to Anne Lindbergh.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031342
Charles Lindbergh flies an air mail plane for an inspection tour of the new coast-to-coast express from Newark, New Jersey.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh on an inspection tour of the new coast-to-coast express from Newark, New Jersey. He takes off in an air mail plane. Lindbergh with officers and officials stand before the parked plane. A crowd surrounds Lindbergh. Photographers take pictures. The plane taxis.

Location: Newark New Jersey USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031343
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