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Girls dressed in gowns and graduation robes being presented degrees at a graduation ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

5,800 students receive diplomas at a graduation ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Girls dressed in white gowns with bouquets in their hands during the graduation ceremony. The girls being presented the degrees. A large number of students gathered in the stands in their graduation robes. A man addresses the gathering. A girl being presented a degree at the ceremony.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059022
The Penn Quakers defeat the Cornell Big Red 22-20 in a football match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A football match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Highlights of the match between the Penn Quakers and the Cornell Big Red. A large number of spectators cheer their teams. The Penn Quakers defeat the Cornell Big Red 22-20. Spectators gathered on the field after the game.

Date: 1940, November 25
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059027
Byron Nelson wins the PGA Trophy after defeating Sam Snead in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Coveted Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) championship trophy in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Byron Nelson and Sam Snead play. A player hits the ball. People cross a small bridge over a small stream in the golf course. A player putts the ball. He leaves his club in the garden. The players measure the distance from the ball to the hole. They shake hands. Nelson poses with the trophy.

Date: 1940, September 4
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046726
Members of the Friday 13th Club gather to mock popular superstitions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Members meet at the Friday 13th Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members of the club, all men, mock various superstitions. They walk under a ladder before entering the club. The name of the club written at the entrance. A skeleton hung in the background. Members sit at a table. A black cat walks across their dining table. A chimpanzee enters with an open umbrella. It walks on the table with the open umbrella. A clock shows time as 10 minutes past 12. The men smash a mirror; one man puts the empty frame over his neck and they laugh. Two men light cigarettes beside the chimpanzee who has a pipe in its mouth.

Date: 1940
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046733
Lutherans commemorate glassmaker Henry William Stiegel in Manheim, Pennsylvania

Activities at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The Zion Lutheran Church (2 S Hazel St, Manheim, PA 17545, United States). A man cuts a stem of rose from the cemetery garden. A memorial for Henry William Stiegel, an 18th century German American glassmaker who donated the land on which the Zion Lutheran church is now built. Man runs his hands, holding a rose, across the memorial slab of Henry William Stiegel. Lutheran worshippers enter the church. Female choir singers wearing black robes and mortarboard caps hold choir books. Choir singers wearing mortarboard caps and surplice over black robes. A man presents a flower to a woman on the altar. The flag of the United States can be seen near the altar.

Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079265
U.S. propaganda film depicts Japanese people and culture, and describes early diplomacy efforts with Japan (WW2)

A United States World War II propaganda film depicts Japanese psychology and living habits. Japanese mythology explains the origin of the Imperial Family. Japanese people celebrate the 2600th anniversary of mythological founding of Japan in 1940. Men, women, and children parade with Japanese flags. A man wearing Sendaihira hakama formal wear leads crowd chanting. A huge crowd gathers for the celebration. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull visits Japan. Secretary Hull arrives in a conference to discuss about peace in the Pacific Theater. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt speaks about the diplomatic efforts to maintain peace in the Pacific Theater. President Roosevelt seated on a ship with General Douglas MacArthur on one side and Admiral Chester Nimitz on the other. Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburō Nomura hands a document to Ambassador Hull after the attack on the Pearl Harbor had begun one hour earlier (unbeknownst to the meeting attendees). The document states the Japanese Government's wish to continue negotiations for peace. Scenic views in Japan. Japanese people on bridge in a scenic garden. A Japanese man carries his son on his back. Japanese women wearing kimonos hold parasols. A woman tucks her child to sleep. Japanese soldiers in China committing atrocities against Chinese civilians. Shovel scoops up soil to bury dead Chinese civilians. Two men shot at point blank range. Bodies of slain Chinese children seen following attacks. Japanese general disembarks from a plane and salutes. “We must know them as they are.” the narrator reminds audience.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054169