Dayton Ohio USA 1947 stock video footage and royalty free HD video clips and photos.(page 567).

Giant "calculator" (the Mark I computer) solves mathematics problems at Harvard University, Boston Massachusetts

Giant "calculator" (early computer) solves mathematical problems at Harvard University in Boston. Video shows the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), called the Mark I. It was devised by Howard Aiken. Navy personnel seen working with the computer. Man writes in books and looks at calculated numbers printed on a paper. Man at the giant calculator. Man loads a 24 channel punched paper data tape. Naval sailors look at the giant calculator. Computer scientist Lieutenant Grace Hopper (later Rear Admiral USN) is seen near the end of the clip. She was one of the first programmers of the Mark I and an early force in the development of machine-independent programming languages like COBOL.

Location: Boston Massachusetts USA

Date: 1944

Duration: 51 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675025364

U.S. Servicewomen view cherry blossoms in Washington DC,United States

U.S. service women view cherry blossoms during spring season in Washington DC. Washington monument and Jefferson Memorial in background. Women work in daffodil fields and daffodil harvest in Washington state. U.S. service woman holds a bouquet of daffodils. U.S. Serviceman marries a U.S. service woman.

Location: Washington DC USA

Date: 1944

Duration: 1 min 18 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675025369

Scenes of American cities and workers in early 1900s and early motion picture film stars in America in the early 20th century

50th Anniversary of cinema, in 1944, recalls historic footage and movies from the early 1900s. Thomas Edison with Henry Ford together using a motion picture movie camera to create a movie. Mrs Edison displays Kinetoscope. Close-up view of Kinetoscope machine operating. View of vintage film images of lower Broadway in New York City in 1896 with busy traffic on streets of pedestrians, horses, and horse-drawn streetcar. Next scene shows Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry) in parade in New York City on return from Cuba after the Spanish-American War in 1898. Next is seen the inauguration parade for President Theodore Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in 1905. Next series of scenes shows American women early in the 20th century. Women workers punching time clock at a factory. Women in dresses emerging from a building perhaps after a work shift circa 1900. An early beauty pageant circa 1910. Famous star actress and singer Lillian Russell in a movie scene. Actor William S Hart appearing in an early movie. Two well dressed women sitting in an early automobile as a man starts it up and drives away. Busy scenes of car and pedestrian traffic, and horse-drawn streetcars on Market street in San Francisco, California circa 1910. Silent movie stars Clara Kimball Young and Sidney Drew together in a movie scene. Famous movie star actress Pearl White in a daring stunt scene, and Ruth Roland performing a stunt leaping from a moving railroad train onto a rope ladder suspended from an airplane, and then riding on a railroad car careening out of control down a mountain side in an early Hollywood movie.

Location: United States USA

Date: 1909

Duration: 3 min 17 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675025370

Henry Ford and friends camp,United States

Henry Ford and friends camp. Man at the camp site sits on bank of a river. Metal container lies alongside him. Henry Ford lights barbecue grill stove. Man wearing a chefs hat stands beside Henry Ford. Henry Ford cooks on stove. Thomas Edison in background looks on. Camping tents in the background.

Location: United States USA

Date: 1920

Duration: 18 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675025372