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30 layers of wooden barrels arranged to form a 100 feet bonfire, ignited at Gallows hill in Salem, ushering in Independence Day

People, many of them children, climbing on a giant stack of wooden barrels, 30 layers hight. It forms a 100 feet pyre at famous Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts. View of the the bonfire as it is ignited near midnight on July 3, 1930, in an annual celebration ushering-in the July 4 Independence Day holiday in the United States. Huge flames erupt from the bonfire, lighting up the night.

Location: Salem Massachusetts USA
Date: 1930, July 3
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023813
"By Request Department" shows scenes of soldiers' home towns for soldiers deployed overseas in World War 2; views of several American towns circa 1945.

Busy streets of the cities in the United States. A woman officer at a desk of Army-Navy Screen Magazine's "By Request Department" addresses U.S. soldiers overseas during World War 2, and says they will show views of various American home towns by request. Busy intersection along Capitol Street in Charleston, West Virginia. 1930s automobiles on roads and American citizens walking on city streets. Next scene shows the main street of Wytheville, Virginia with cars, pedestrians, and shops. Next scene is of main street area in Fall River, Massachusetts. Buildings seen on either sides of the streets and buses at bus station depot. Next view is of Springfield Street, looking toward Market Street in the center of Newark, New Jersey. Main streets of Winslow Arizona, with citizens dressed in Western wear, and then a main intersection in Tucson, Arizona, where a paper boy sells newspapers on a street corner.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056101
Scenes related to the Ford Motor company and the Ford Model T automobile in the United States.

Ford Model T cars being driven out the exit door of the Highland Park factory, Michigan,circa 1916. Numerous Model T cars driving on both sides of a divided highway. The Ford Highland Park Plant, circa 1920. Panoramic exterior views of the Ford River Rouge plant and factory buildings, circa 1930. A Ford Freighter ship, docked at the River Rouge plant. A view of the home of Henry and Clara Ford, at 66 Edison Road (now 140) Dearborn, Michigan, in 1914. Sketch of children coming home from school, singing song from McGuffey reader school book. View of schoolroom with McGuffey readers on desk. Narrator relates story of Henry Ford trying to buy a McGuffey reader and being unable to obtain one. Narrator states that Ford realizes from this incident "the changes that are reordering his culture. The modes of life which Henry so loved are passing, disappearing into history." Street scene outside Ford Plant, during shift change, and street filled with workers. A car driving on empty road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The historic Wayside Inn (immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Tales of the Wayside Inn") which Henry Ford purchased in 1923, to preserve for posterity. View of the original Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City, circa 1912. View of crowded sidewalks and street on 5th Avenue, and other street scenes in New York City, circa 1920. Model T Ford cars driving in U.S. National Parks. A visitor feeding a bear from his Ford car, as a U.S. National Park Ranger stands nearby. People in Ford Model T, stopped by side of road to pick wild flowers. Two men remove a seat back from their Model T car to make a camper. Both men lying down in the car. Man carrying picnic basket from Ford Model T, parked beside a beach, where he joins the rest of his party on the sand. Children run along the beach, and stop to play with seaweed.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1923
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068465
Harvard University officials, faculty members, and President Franklin Roosevelt, at tercentenary ceremonies

Tercentenary celebrations at Harvard University, Cambridge. Officials, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University arrive to attend the 300th anniversary ceremony. Men seated holding umbrellas. The choir sings. President Franklin Roosevelt can be seen sitting on the stage, in a top hat. A staff member speaks at the podium. The entire event occurs in a light rain.

Location: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Date: 1936, September 18
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074539
Guest speaker addresses gathering during 300th anniversary ceremonies at Harvard University.

Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Officials, faculty and alumni of Harvard University attend the 300th anniversary ceremony. The crowd applauds. A guest speaker addresses the gathering.

Location: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Date: 1936, September 18
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074540
Harvard President James Conant presents a memento to Charles McLain Andrew from Yale University during tercentenary ceremony.

Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant awards honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to Charles McLain Andrew from Yale University. The crowd applauds. The choir sings. Celebrants are seen filing into their respective places at the start of the ceremonies.

Location: Cambridge Massachusetts USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074543
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