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Twelve year old boy Robert Dodge makes a car out of junk yard pieces and drives it in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Twelve year old boy Robert Dodge makes a homemade car out of junk for $1 total cost in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robert Dodge starts and drives his gasoline powered car, which is about the size of a soapbox racer car. Children run behind him as he drives the car. He pulls into a gas station and the filling station attendant adds fuel to his gasoline tank. Robert continues on driving his car. He stops the car along a sidewalk. He accepts money or treats from other children to give them rides in the car. A girl sits on the "hood" of the car and then he drives away down the street giving her a ride.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1930, May 21
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075543
Female fire fighters at work in Chalfont, Pennsylvania.

Female fire fighters in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. A vehicle being driven out of a garage with woman fire fighters in it. The vehicle driven down a road. Women fire fighters attach a hose to a water pump. Fire fighters drive away.

Location: Chalfont Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1930, August 11
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059952
Young children get presents by Santa Claus when a giant statue of Kris Kringle is erected in 69th Street, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

Christmastime celebrations in Upper Darby (bordering West Philadelphia). A 60-foot high statue of Santa Claus (Kris Kringle), is set up on 69th Street. Children dance in a circle around it and snake in and out of adjacent building. Some children are seen having pony rides in the midst of the activity. A line of students walk past and shake hands with a person in Santa costume, as adults watch from nearby. A group of younger children mob Santa, who takes it all in stride. Small children receiving gifts from Santa in his hut. Santa holds and shows a toy train to a very small child in his arms, who simply cries. The same thing happens when he tries to give a toy bear to another very small child.

Location: Upper Darby Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1930, December 11
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052018
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) providing combined rail and air service taking passengers across the U.S.A. from coast-to-coast

Operations of the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) Company. Aerial view of New York City's Manhattan Island, below. Camera focuses on Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) seen from above, and then at street level. Travelers purchasing tickets for combined transcontinental rail and air travel at a window in the station. Families seeing travelers off at one of the railroad gates. Temporary sign at gate reads "The Airway Limited, second section." View of passengers on rear car of train as it pulls out. The car displays Pennsylvania Railroad logo sign reading "The Airway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad." Views of Pennsylvania RR passenger train and closeup of locomotive wheels in motion. Animated relief map shows train proceeding from New York, past Columbus, Ohio, to Port Columbus station in Ohio. Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. billroard at the station shows picture of passengers connecting between a train and an airplane. Billboard reads:"Port Columbus, Eastern Transfer Point, Air-rail Service, Coast-to-Coast." Passengers leaving the train and entering the station waiting rooms. Their baggage being weighed (Narrator says 30 pounds is the allowance.) View from terminal roof, of a Ford 5-AT-B, trimotor passenger airplane ready to accept passengers for the next phase of their travel. A logo on fuselage has "TAT" with small ribbon through it reading, "Transcontinetal Air Transport." View of passengers seated inside the aircraft. The plane taxis and takes off from the Port Columbus airport. Ground is snow-covered, but the runway is plowed. Closeup aerial view of the airplane flying over the city of Columbus, Ohio. Distant view of it flying close to the LeVeque Tower skyscraper (a 47-story Art Deco-style building at 50 West Broad Street). Aerial view of the airplane passing the train, continuing westward, from Port Columbus. Views inside passenger cabin of the plane. Animated map show plane heading to Indiannapolis. Officer hands out TAT illustrated map and points out features to passengers.Closeup of map. Aerial view of the airplane on final approach to land at Indiannapolis airport. Clerk at airport typing arrival message on teletype, and company executives reading it at their headquarters. Animated map show plane moving to St.Louis, Missouri. View from air of Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Passengers in cabin. aerial view of the plane on final approach, over snow, to St. Louis. The aircraft taxiing on ramp and parking at terminal building, where passengers enter, under cover of awning-covered walk. Closeup of the aircraft engines. Inserted view of TAT engine overhaul facility, with Charles Lindbergh, the airline's technical adviser, and TAT officials inspecting the operation.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026613
Cockatoos perform various stunts similar to the way they used to entertain soldiers in France during World War I.

Cockatoos birds perform stunts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The birds on a miniature giant wheel as one of them operates it to demonstrate the way they used to entertain Allied soldiers in France during World War I. The birds enjoy a merry go round ride. They climb up and down a ladder. A bird hoists an American flag.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1930, December 24
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042804
WAVES band on parade grounds and Canine Corps pass reviewing stand on Nimitz Day in Washington DC.

Nimitz Day in Washington DC. Parade of women in U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service ). People stand in the background. WAVES band on parade grounds. Enlisted WAVES pass reviewing stand. The women soldiers parade. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. They pass a reviewing stand. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. WAVES band on parade grounds. The women marines parade. Canine Corps pass reviewing stand. (Soon after end of World War II).

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1945, October 5
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069658
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