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Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Wide shot of Senate Caucus Room in the Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. USA. Members of the press listen as John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States. In his speech, he notes that, "The Presidency is the most powerful office in the Free World. Through its leadership can come a more vital life for our people." At the conclusion of his speech, a reporter asks him if he might consider accepting the position of Vice President. He answers, "I shall not on any condition be a candidate for Vice President. If I fail in this endeavor, I shall return and serve in the United States Senate."

Date: 1960, January 2
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078298
Animation predicts fallout path from Bikini Atoll atomic bomb explosion.

Animated map of Bikini Atoll area shows islands of Bikini, Ailinginae, Rongelap, and Rongerik. The predicted fallout radiation strength is posted for each area of the map with accumulated radiation doses to H+50 noted. The decreasing dose from 3000 to 1300 and then 800 is shown. A dotted line demonstrates path of fallout radiation over the Bikini Atoll area. Next, a map of the United States USA Eastern seaboard is shown with Washington D.C. as the origin of the atom bomb explosion and the fallout cloud extending to New York City.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078383
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan receive five purple hearts for their deceased sons during World War 2

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa receive Purple Heart medals from Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward at Navy Headquarters in Washington, D.C. USA. They receive the Purple Hearts in memory of their five sons who all died together while serving aboard the USS Junea on November 13, 1942. Brief shot of woman rocking in a chair while holding a young boy in her arms. Close up of Purple Heart medal in case. The Sullivans holding all five Purple Hearts together.

Date: 1944, June 24
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078601
Dunkirk after the devastation from German forces in the Battle of Dunkirk during WW2

A Dewoitine D.520 belonging to the French Air Force after it was shot down by German forces in Dunkirk during World War II. Destroyed French and British aircraft and military vehicles in the aftermath of the Battle of Dunkirk. Town sign reads “Dunkerque” (“Dunkirk” in French). Aftermath of Dunkirk after German occupation. The Belfry of Saint-Eloi (Rue Clemenceau, Dunkerque) with a flag waving. The town of Dunkirk is devastated. Military vehicles, guns and equipment left behind after the Battle of Dunkirk are scattered all over the town. Devastated ships in flames at the Dunkirk Harbor, emitting dark smoke.

Date: 1940, June 5
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078988
United States Works Progress Administration Federal Theater Project during Great Depression

Newsreel quote saying, “As 30,000 destitute show people clamor for work, a new firm, biggest and richest in the world, enters the theatrical business”. Office lady talking on the phone in her desk. American theatrical producer and director, Hallie Flanagan, discussing about the Federal Theater Project, a theater program established during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal economic program by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A US Works Progress Administration Portable Theater truck drives in New York. Actors in blackface perform a Minstrel dance onstage. Posters for Federal Theater Project Minstrel shows. An audience watch a performance inside a theater. An actor stands up from a chair onstage. A man reads a Program. Federal Theater Project staff work inside their office. Federal Theater Project Backstage staff arrange stage design. Touring actors enter backstage. Wooden sign says “”The CCC Murder Mystery” by Miss Grace Hayward Presented by Federal Theater Project W.P.A. C.CC. co #5434 Wilderness VA. Wed. Night 7.30 All Welcome”. Actors perform “The CCC Murder Mystery” onstage. The audience, all young men, laugh at the scene where an actress offered a cigarette to the judge.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079041
Prelaunch activities before the launch of Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7” in Cape Canaveral in Florida

Scientists in mission control room talk on headsets and jot down notes. Scientist with headset looking up. Closeup of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet before launch. The “Friendship 7” in launchpad. “United States” written on the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft. Service structure moves away from the “Friendship 7” to prepare for launch. Flight engineers in mission control room gives signal for launch in one minute. United States Marines helicopter (Sikorsky UH 34D) and US Army Force helicopter. View of Australian Air Force aircraft. Men dispersing at airfield with a United States Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster parked behind them. A crowd of civilians standing at the beach waiting for John Glenn’s launch into space. A crowd on the beach, as they wait for the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7”. Cameramen recording with television cameras in crowded field. A news reporter reports on Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path outside launch at Cape Canaveral. Cameraman records the “Friendship 7” launch with his camera.

Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079059