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Film showing Ford Motor Company factories and Ford cars operating in various countries of the world

Film begins showing a waterfront Ford Motor Company factory viewed from a boat (unseen) moving past it A large freighter ship is seen nearby, with the name "Runstroom" on her bow. Closeup of waterfront crane and nearby flag labeled "Ford." Scene shifts to factory with sign on top in Dutch reading: "Nederlandsche Ford Automobiel fabriek" (Netherlands Ford automobile factory). Location shifts to cars driving on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, near the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. One appears to be a 1932 Ford Roadster. heading toward the camera. Scene shifts to a large barge on a river, viewed from an overlooking domed structure. The next scene shows a European farmyard and horses with sheep circling around a Ford roadster. The remainder of the film shows Ford plants in the U.S. and abroad.

Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078262
Aircraft flying over Naval Air station in Norfolk, Virginia, with views of docks and ships USS Randolph, USS Valley Forge, more

An aircraft flies over Naval air station in Norfolk,Virginia. United States Navy ships like USS Randolph, USS Valley Forge, USS Des Moines, USS Missouri and USS Macon seen docked. Warehouses and Chesapeake Bay in background. Several ships at the anchor. Virginia coal piers and supply buildings.

Date: 1954, September 2
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038455
Japan extends its empire into Manchuria, Mongolia, and China in 1931 and 1932

Brief opening scenes show ships being engulfed in flames and smoke from Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Focus is primarily on the USS Arizona. Scene shifts to Japanese troops assembling on a pier and boarding troop transport ships bound for Manchuria and China, following the Mukden Incident of September, 1931. Japanese troops are then seen marching into Manchuria on September 18, 1931. A formation of Japanese soldiers presents arms. In another formation, they shoulder swords. Closeup of a Japanese soldier in a steel helmet with chin strap in place. A steam locomotive pulls a train into the Chin Hsien station on the South Manchurian Railway. A Japanese train on that line had been dynamited, triggering a Japanese push into Mukden. View from behind a train leaving Chin Hsien on the South Manchurian Railway. Japanese battalions place bundles of straw across a stream to facilitate troop crossing. A column of Japanese troops is seen crossing the water on the makeshift straw crossing. Japanese troops advancing along with supplies carried by pack animals. Troops traverse a sandy berm past an abandoned two-wheel cart. A formation of 12 Japanese G3M bombers flies overhead in a "V" formation en route to bomb Mukden. View of Chinese population running for shelter from the bombing. Chinese walk past some civilian casualties lying in a street. The League of Nations headquarters in Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland. A memorial to Woodrow Wilson at the Palais Wilson reads: "A La Memoire De Woodrow Wilson President des Etats-Vnis,Fondatevr DL La Societe Des Nations, La Ville de Geneve." A car driving away from the entrance of the League Headquarters. Closeup of doorway with sign identifying it as the entrance for delegates and members of the Press. League delegates are seen inside its meeting hall. Japanese warships are seen next, attacking 15 miles from Shanghai with naval gunfire.Three Mitsubishi 2MR4 (Type 10)Reconnaissance biplanes are seen in flight above the barrel of a large naval gun. Japanese troops marching into Shanghai, as people on the roadside wave Japanese flags. Next, they are seen marching out of Shanghai at the insistence of the League of Nations. After signing a truce with China, on May 4, 1932, Japanese troops are seen entering Mongolia, in September, 1932, which they reconstituted as the Puppet State of Manchuko. A Japanese soldier standing atop a building waving a Japanese flag. Japanese statesmen resigning and leaving the League of Nations in protest after it labeled Japan an aggressor. Japanese forces fire a long barrel Type 89 cannon (150mm) as they push into China proper. Group of Japanese artillerymen use range finders, Periscopic viewers and binoculars to guide the gunners. Shell explodes raising large amount of earth. More views of artillery firing and infantry advancing. Infantry crossing a bridge and raising siege ladders to scale a fortress. Engines running on Japanese Ki 30 Type 97 airplanes, as pilots get final briefing and orders. They salute, board their aircraft, and are seen in formation aloft, dropping bombs. View from the air of bombs striking below. View from a bomber of its bombs dropping from the aircraft (bombs away view) and exploding on the ground. A column of Chinese soldiers moves along a section of the Great Wall of China heading into the interior of China. Civilians moving all manner of equipment and machinery into the interior.

Date: 1932
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044313
Workers work at Los Angeles stadium during preparation of 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Preparation for 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The opening scene is a flashback of footage from the 1932 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. A group of men play long horn bugles. Olympic competitors walking on stadium track during opening or closing ceremony of the 1932 Olympics. Scene changes to modern day 1983 views of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037, USA). The entrance door reads 'Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum'. A truck picks up cylindrical containers from the grounds. The truck spreads red paint on the floor and the workers work by the side. Red stone gravels. A worker sprays water on the ground. A stone fence reads 'University of Southern California'. Men stand near an Olympic swimming pool. A crane digs mud. Men work at the construction site.

Date: 1983
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031646
Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Carney and Matthias B. Gardner on USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater.

United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard the USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower talks to United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney and Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the flag bridge of the ship. A signalman sends a message with a blinker light. USS Leyte moves left to right in the sea. The blinker light flashes. A sailor uses the blinker signal. USS Des Monies moves through water.

Date: 1951, October 16
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067174
Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Carney and Matthias Gardner at the rails of USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater

United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower at the ship's rails. Eisenhower with United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney at the rails. Both the men chat with Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the deck. Dwight David Eisenhower talks with Robert Carney.

Date: 1951, October 16
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067175