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Harvard President James Conant delivers a speech during tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge.

Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant speaks at the podium. President Conant talks about the necessary conditions required for the development of a national culture. The crowd applauds. The President says that they must have the spirit of tolerance which allows expression of all opinions. He speaks about the conditions necessary for material and intellectual progress of a nation. Further the President talks about the future of Harvard University. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt can be seen briefly, seated on the stage, during the ceremonies.

Date: 1936, September 18
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074542
Explosions and fire on USS Princeton (CVL-23) after being bombed by Japanese plane in Leyte Gulf during World War 2

U.S. Task Force 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. CVLs (Light Aircraft Carriers) and CVs (Fleet Aircraft Carrier) underway. USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway and burning. Japanese plane passes through flak. Princeton burns fiercely following attack by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Dive Bomber. The aircraft had dropped a bomb which struck the carrier between the elevators, crashing through the flight deck and hangar, and then exploding. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter parked on deck of carrier. Explosion on the after-deck of Princeton. Additional explosion on the USS Princeton. Japanese Zeke (Zero) dives on USS Langley (CVL-27), burns in flames, and crashes.

Date: 1944, October 24
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074594
Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. visits the grave of U.S. Lieutenant General Simon Buckner in Okinawa.

Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. visits Okinawa, Japan during World War II. General Richardson walks to grave of U.S. Lieutenant General Simon Buckner. General Richardson salutes and places wreath at grave. He talks to General Ray D Geiger and gets into jeep.

Date: 1945, June 22
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074698
Commander-General of U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Area, Lieutenant General Robert Richardson holds press conference in Okinawa

Flag raising ceremony by U.S. Army at Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Commander-General of USAFPOA (US Army Forces Pacific Ocean Area) Lieutenant General Robert Richardson, Jr. and General Ray D. Geiger hold separate press conferences. General Geiger shakes hands with newsmen.

Date: 1945, June 22
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074700
U.S. Oil and Gas Operations Supervisor R.C. Patterson inspects shut-down wells at Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in California.

U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1 on Elk Hills in California.. Mr. R.C. Patterson, Supervisor Oil and Gas Operations, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, with his assistant Mr. J. D. Gerkel comes out of Naval Field Office. Both of them with charts in hand walk alongside field office. Oil wells shut down to conserve the Naval oil reserve. Patterson and assistant converse, derricks in the background. Chart shows Naval Petroleum Reserve Number No. 1. Naval undeveloped lands. Patterson and assistant talk to each other. Patterson and assistant drive up to the shut-down wells for inspection. Sign reads 'US Navy - Well No. 8'. Patterson and his assistant enter and come out of building.

Date: 1938, December
Duration: 4 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074906
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt reviews U.S. 7th Division parade at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu during World War II.

U.S. 7th Division review at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu during World War II. Division assemble. Troops parade along field. Troops march behind spectators. U.S. soldiers and officers salute the parading troops. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seated in convertible car with U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William. D. Leahy. President shakes hands with U.S. Major General Archibald V. Arnold. U.S. General R. C. Richardson stands next to Arnold. Riding in front seat of car is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. President's motorcade passes along road. Soldiers with rifles salute passing cars.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074941