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President Calvin Coolidge reaches national monument site at Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, South Dakota.

President Calvin Coolidge prepares to ride a horse in Black Hills, South Dakota. President Coolidge, wearing a wide brimmed western cowboy hat, and other men ride horses through Black Hills. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum receives drills from President Coolidge for use in carving Mount Rushmore figures. Men in the background. Mount Rushmore where figures of four Presidents will be carved. An American flag flies atop the mountain where the carving will begin for the new national monument featuring the faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln.

Date: 1927, October 10
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052493
Princess Margaret rejects her suitor RAF officer Captain Peter Townsend, England.

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom rejects her suitor, Royal Air Force Captain Peter Townsend. Princess Margaret arrives. Crowd gathered upon the princess’ arrival. A man writes on a sign. Sign reads 'The Nation Waits Evening News'. Royal Air Force Captain Peter Townsend arrives and enters a church. Princess Margaret walks with an Anglican priest into the church. Princess Margaret rejects the proposal of Captain Townsend as a divorcee.

Date: 1955
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052619
Audio only. General Manager of Palace Hotel, Edmond Rieder speaks on business and meeting people. Radio broadcast in U.S.

Audio only. 'This I Believe', Radio network program hosted by Edward Murrow. Essay on General Manager of Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Edmond Rieder. He speaks that he was drawn to hotel and hospitality business because he likes people and it gives him opportunity to meet interesting people of different nationalities. Further he shares his experiences while working for a hotel industry. He says that all people are fundamentally good and that only misunderstanding and distrust sow the seed of trouble which when coupled with fear, leads to misery. He speaks about going through tough times in life and finding solace in reorientation in his family, where he learned a new true meaning of love, respect and faith. He adds that the strongest dissensions came only from suspicion and lack of understanding of the facts involved, and could easily be overcome by sincere cooperation. He likes people and this is what he believes.

Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052694
Radio reporter John Charles Daly reports on Allied advance in Germany (WW2)

(Audio only). Reporter John Charles Daly reports on US, British and German advance in Europe during World War II. News about Allied forces advancing to Berlin, Russian troops in Austria and war in Pacific. U.S. troops advance on Western Front, French troops in France and Allied Armies in Germany. Correspondent Burnett Winston reports from Supreme Allied Headquarters in Paris. British troops advance across Rhine, U.S. troops under command of General Bernard Montgomery advance. British troops enter into Holland.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052697
Radio reporter John Charles Daly reports on advance of Allied forces towards Berlin and Soviet troops in Hungary (WW2)

(Audio only). Radio reporter John Charles Daly reports on World War II in Europe. News about Allied forces advance towards Berlin, Soviet Army across Hungary and in Slovakia. Generalissimo Joseph Stalin announces Soviet troops guarding Moravian Gap. Correspondent from Washington DC reports on San Francisco Conference.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052698
View of various buildings like Capitol, Judiciary Building and White Frame House in Honolulu.

Various buildings in Honolulu. The Capitol of Honolulu and formerly the Palace of Queen Liliukalani. Large building on square. The Judiciary Building houses the courts and department of education. Statue in front of the building. Man poses in front of the statue. Traffic on road. Pedestrians on the roadside, trees and buildings in the background. First portable house ever made for in 1819 it was shipped via Cape Horn from New England for the use of the early missionaries. White Frame House. Building with columned porch.

Date: 1919
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052977