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Spokesman for Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of Jews of Palestine presents statement to UN Security Council

Meeting of the United Nations Security Council at Lake Success, New York, in 1947. A representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and National Council of the Jews of Palestine [possibly Abba Hillel Silver] presents a statement approved by those groups on march 23, 1947. They object and are disappointed in the position taken by the United States regarding Palestine's administration, and state that at the end of the mandatory administration, a provisional Jewish Government will be established, not later than May 16th. The Soviet Union's representative to the UN, Andrei Gromyko, is seated at the same table, wearing dark glasses.

Location: Lake Success New York United states USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061334
The military career of General Dwight D Eisenhower from 1926 to World War II

Film starts showing Dwight D. Eisenhower's diploma as honor graduate of the Army Command and Staff School, in 1926. Image of Major Eisenhower (in civilian clothes) Narrator says he was assigned to France, to prepare a guide book on American battlefields in Europe. Image of Eisenhower as a member of General Douglas MacArthur's staff in the Philippines, where MacArthur was Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine army. Glimpse of headquarters building there. MacArthur in his office helping the Commonwealth of Philippines work out a plan for its military defense. Image of Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower in 1939, serving as Executive Officer of the 15th Regiment, at Fort Lewis, Washington, View of the Regiment's Headquarters building. Scene shifts to 1940, showing German forces invading Holland and Belgium. German tanks are seen in action. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers and Heinkel 111 bombers drop bombs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen as Congress passed the Selective Service Act draft in the United States. Views of Lt. Col. Eisenhower as Chief of Staff of the Army 3rd Division and later as Chief of Staff of the Ninth Corps. Next, he is seen as Chief of Staff to General Walter kreuger, who in 1941 led the Third Army in the most realistic maneuvers held by American troops (The Louisiana maneuvers). Views of American troops engaged in those maneuvers. Image of Eisenhower as a Brigadier General. Views of the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7th 1941.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033591
American Contralto, Marian Anderson, performing in the United States, beginning with Town Hall debut in New York City

Audience enters the Town Hall in New York to hear a recital by Marian Anderson on December 30, 1935. Curtains are opened. Marian Anderson stands beside a pianist on the stage. Audience applauds. She sings while the pianist plays. Marian Anderson bows to the audience. Curtains are closed. Two assistants help Marian sit in a chair because she has been performing with a broken ankle. View of the streets in the District of South Philadelphia., Marian's native hometown. Marian's mother Mrs Anna Anderson at her home. Shots of members of the Union Baptist Church passing an offering plate to raise money to aid Marian Anderson. Marian Anderson talks with manager Sol Hurok in dressing room. Marian Sings during another concert. Crowd applauds as she finishes. View of the New York Times showing name of Marian Anderson in the roster list of great American artists. Montage shows Marian's concerts cards, awards received by Marian from city foundations, the Philadelphia Bach Award of 10,000 dollars in 1941. Marian performs outside at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA on Easter Sunday April 9, 1939. Thousands in attendance at the concert as she sings My Country Tis of Thee.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1935, December 30
Duration: 7 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050270
Various scenes showing natural scenery, flora and wildlife and dunes in Cape Cod and Provincetown.

Various scenes of Cape Cod during sunset. Aerial view of Cape Cod and Provincetown showing its distinctive hook-shape. Hermit crab sleeping on sand. A crab moves on the sand. Bird perches in tree. Fish swim in clear stream. A bee approaches flower. Flowers in Cape Cod. A bee pollinates a white flower. View of a meadow full of flowers. A wall design with an eagle and stars. A horseshoe hanging on wooden beam. A dried flowers in vase at window. A ship sails off the coast of Cape Cod. Seagulls fly above Cape Cod. Distant view of Provincetown across water. The Longpoint Beach lighthouse in Provincetown. Various scenes showing the dunes of Cape Cod near Provincetown.

Location: Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
Date: 1970, December 23
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078885
Polaris missiles being loaded and launched from USS George Washington offshore Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The launch of Polaris missile from Cape Canaveral in Florida. A truck hauls the Polaris missile container. Hatches of the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) opened. A man rotates control wheel of the submarine. The hatches of the submarine are closed. A fire control crew operates switches on a control panel. Men watch through binoculars. The two Polaris missiles launched from the submarine underway at sea.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1960, July 20
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068119
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war, after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (WW2)

On December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, addresses the Congress, calling for a declaration of War against Japan in World War II. He calls December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy." Roosevelt notes the United States was at peace and in conversation with Japan's government and Emperor Hirohito, about maintaining peace in the Pacific. Japanese ambassador and statesmen are seen visiting State Department offices to meet with the U.S. Secretary of State. Photographers take pictures of the visiting Japanese statesmen. President Roosevelt asks Congress to affirm that a state of War exists between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941, December 8
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038551
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