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U.S. Secretary of Defense George Marshall swears in members of medical emergency defense units for defense work in New York, U.S.

Members of medical emergency defense units gather in a building in New York, United States. Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri introduces United States Secretary of Defense George Marshall to administer the loyalty oath to the Medical Emergency Division of the Defense Volunteers. The members seated in chairs. Secretary of Defense Marshall addresses the members. He swears in the members that they will work for the defense of the country.

Date: 1951, February 1
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065086
Scenes of financial district, downtown, New York City, during the 1920s.

New York City street signs identify Wall street at Broadway and Wall Street at Nassau Street. Trinity church is seen at end of street. Federal Hall with statue of George Washington in front. Front view of the New York Stock Exchange building. Crowds of commuters fill the street and sidewalks as they emerge from subway during morning rush hour. Interior and trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange as trading day gets underway.

Date: 1924
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065215
Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in the "Spirit of St. Louis," on a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

Charles Lindbergh's poses next to his airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." Ground crew push the airplane, tail first, out of a hangar on Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York. Its engine and nose are covered in canvas. Lindbergh shakes hands with an official. Ground crew top off the aircraft's fuel, by pouring several gallons into its tank from atop the wing. A man helps Lindbergh don his heavy flying coverall. The aircraft engine starts. Crowd surrounds the aircraft. Lindbergh climbs aboard and the "Spirit of St. Louis" starts its takeoff roll surrounded by group of people. Lindbergh makes a long takeoff roll, bouncing several times (once, quite hard) before breaking ground in a shallow climb.

Date: 1927, May 20
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065236
Four girls engage in a pillow fight.

Two girls fight with pillow. Pillow is torn into pieces. Four girls in their night dresses engaged in the pillow fight. Feathers fly over their heads and about the room. (Edison Studio, 1897)

Date: 1897, May 24
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065281
Comic encounter. Awkward couple kisses

An old man in a straw hat sits on a chair. A younger woman wearing apron and large hat stands awkwardly beside him. They both talk to each other and laugh. The old man gets up and walks toward the woman and stands beside her. They get ready to kiss each other. The old man's hat slips off as the couple kisses comically with numerous short pecks . (Edison Studio, 1897)

Date: 1897
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065283
The Husking Bee, Edison film.

Young people engage in a husking bee. Three women sit near a stable, putting corn into baskets. A girl and man join them, the man pushing a wheel barrel with the girl aboard. As the group husks the corn, a young man finds the "red ear" entitling him to kiss a girl, which he does. She protests and hits him with a corn cob. (Edison Studio, 1898)

Date: 1898
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065287