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A new discovery called 'Quicold' is used to freeze water and other liquids in New York.

Ice making chemicals tested in New York. Scientists make a new discovery - certain powders that absorb heat so quickly when mixed that they freeze water or other liquids instantly. This combination is called 'Quicold'. Two men at a table in a laboratory. One scientist mixes two powders and a liquid in a martini shaker to create the 'Quicold'. He then screws on the lid and gives it to the second man who mixes the three together. Fog on the shaker surface. A thermometer is used to check the temperature of the prepared fluid. The temperature drops rapidly. The man inserts three test tubes filled with water into a beaker full of the prepared fluid. On removal, the water in the test tubes is frozen. The man removes the ice and breaks it into pieces.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057819
Men work on a railway exhibit for the upcoming Worlds Fair in New York.

A railway exhibit prepared for the Worlds Fair in New York, United States. The model includes bridges and roads. Men make adjustments in the model. The model built to a tiny but accurate scale. A train passes by on the tracks. Construction machinery at work. A man controls the model using a switchboard. 'Eastern' written on a railway carriage. A goods train on the tracks. The New York City skyline.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057820
Merchant Marine Officer candidates study aboard a ship in New York and various halls in the United States (WW2)

World War II Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship in New York, United States. The Merchant Marine Academy officer candidates study aboard a ship. An officer shows his quarters to two candidates. He shows caps on a wall and books in a shelf. A candidate meets an officer to get a review of his work. The officer gives him a certificate. John Barry Hall in honor of John Barry "The Father of the American Navy" ; Fulton Hall in honor of Robert Fulton, the developer of the first commercially successful steamboat; Wiley Hall , Palmer Hall, Patton Hall, Delano Hall and O'hara Hall. Pictures of Edwin J O'hara and soldiers fighting in a war.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058099
Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn principals of stability and meteorology at the USMMA in New York, U.S.

Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA ) in New York, United States. Views of Long Island. Boats anchored in a harbor. The candidates study at a table. They eat. Candidates enter into the Bowditch Hall. A manual of ship construction is read. An officer teaches principles of stability to a class. The candidates learn on a ship model. They look through an equipment. In a class a candidate looks through an equipment and writes on a blackboard. The candidates work on huge sheets with a geometric compass and a scale. They operate a meteorology instrument and note readings. Views of 'Certificate of Registry' and 'Certificate of Inspection'.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058100
U.S. soldiers check tags and place bags in their proper order at Camp Kilmer in New Jersey, United States.

Camp Kilmer in New Jersey, United States. Barracks bags lined up outside wooden barracks. U.S. soldiers check tags and place bags in proper order. The soldiers seated on the barracks bags smoke cigarette. Soldiers are wearing helmets and knitted fatigue caps. (World War II period).

Location: New Jersey United States USA
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058136
U.S. soldiers carrying full field packs and rifles march get off a train with their bags in New York.

Soldiers bound for war: U.S. troops entrain at the New York port for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. Soldiers carrying full field packs and rifles assemble outside barracks and march forward from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Interior of a moving troop transport train. A soldier peels and eats an orange. Other soldiers sleep, rest and look out of a window of the railroad train. The soldiers get off the train with their bags in New York. The New York skyline in the background.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058137
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