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Newsreel titled 'Roosevelt in Pacific Defense Area' depicting his arrival and meeting with military Generals, in Hawaii.

Newsreel titled 'Roosevelt in Pacific Defense Area'. President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the U.S. Military, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Hawaii in a ship. President sitting with General MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Leahy. The motorcade of the President. President saluted by marching troops and airplanes of the United States Military. President and Military officials during a meeting discuss strategies and read a map with special attention on Philippines and Tokyo. President sitting in a car reviews parading troops of the 7th Regiment. The triumphant soldiers of the Aleutian outpost and Kwajelein campaigns salute the President. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 11
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036120
Shift change for mining workers at a coal mine in Pennsylvania.

Coal miners sitting on a bench outside an office conversing as they await the beginning of their shift. Miners completing their shift arrive by rail car. Their faces are blackened from their mining work. They proceed to their cars and prepare to leave. The next shift gather their belongings, including lunch pails and board rail cars to take them down into the mine. open rail cars filled with coal are seen on a parallel track. The rail cars depart with the next shift of miners.

Date: 1970
Duration: 4 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036733
General R.C. Richardson addresses the masses on victory in Europe day during World War 2

A documentary titled General Richardson speaks on V-E day. Commanding General of Pacific area R.C.Richardson addresses the people on V-E day i.e. Victory in Europe day during World War II. In his address from Hawaii, United States he terms the German surrender as the end of Hitlerism and victory of freedom loving people. He also states the importance to maintain peace in post war times.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037607
The XR-1 helicopter in flight tests at the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania.

United States Army Air Force (USAAF) XR-1 helicopter in flight tests at the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The helicopter hovers several feet above ground for a while and then goes through a series of touch downs and takeoffs, all confined to only several feet above ground.

Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038462
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,United States on December 7, 1941

Opening scenes show formations of World War 2 Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7,1941." U.S. B-17 bombers are parked on an airfield. Ships and facilities are seen at the Pearl Harbor Naval station in Hawaii. Views of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers flying in formation above clouds. Explosions and fire destroying aircraft and facilities at the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The USS Arizona burning and filling the air with heavy black smoke as she lists and sinks from bombing. Subsequent views of the destruction wrought by the bombing.

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038550
Totem poles of Alaska with diffent figures representing different people and events.

Totem poles and large carvings made from trunks of trees by indigenous native Indians in Alaska. Different figures on poles represent different people or events. View of different totem poles in Alaska. Children listen to the story of totem poles from a carver. Many views of children looking at totem poles. A Tlingit Indian tribe totem house at the Totem Bight State Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. A man enters the community house. Scene changes to exterior of Tlingit Community House on Shakes Island in Wrangell, Alaska (now Chief Shakes Historic Site). Native people wearing chilkat blankets enter the house. View of a potlach ceremony with native instruments and dance outside the Chief Shakes Community House.

Date: 1960
Duration: 4 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038983