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Wendell Willkie arrives in his home town and formally accepts the Republican Presidential nomination before the crowd.

Wendell Willkie arrives in his home town after being nominated as the Presidential candidate. Wendell Willkie in a car. A large crowd gathers to greet him. Crowd cheering and applauding. He stands on the podium and addresses the crowd. He formally accepts the Republican Presidential nomination before the crowd. Addressing the crowd, he states that the domestic and foreign policies of the New Deal is leading the nation into war. He endorses the draft for U.S. defense and dares President Roosevelt to meet him for a public debate on questions vital to all Americans.

Location: Elwood Indiana USA
Date: 1940, August 19
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046146
President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. U.S. soldiers march and drill in a camp.

America prepares for World War II. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (codified as 54 Stat. 885). He signs and dates September 16, 1940. A blindfolded man reaches into a large glass container and draws out the number of the first young man to be drafted under the new law. He gives the selected number to President Roosevelt. American soldiers march past a line of tents at an Army Camp. They drill on the parade field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046171
French Union Para-troopers attack Communists in Dien Bien Phu during Operation Castor.

French Union Para-troopers attack the outer ring of Communists besieging Dien Bien Phu in a new measure to relieve pressure on the isolated garrison during Operation Castor. Troops move ahead through fields. A map shows the area of battle. French Para-troopers jump from planes and ascend. Troops advance amidst machine gun and mortar fire. A soldier in position on the ground shoots. Smoke from firing and explosions. Soldiers fire from behind barricades. Soldiers discuss a map. View of the conflict area. Airplanes in the sky.

Location: Dien Bien Phu Vietnam
Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026992
Pedestrians at Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

People walk on Wenceslas Square (called Václavské náměstí) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Traffic passes nearby the shops. Shops include a gift shop and a jewelry store. Store of the Bata Shoe Company on the street. Neon signs of illuminated map showing London, Paris, New York, and Prague marked on it.

Location: Prague Czechoslovakia
Date: 1938
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027047
Comprehensive overview of Rome, Italy, covering some notable architecture and various commercial industries and activities of Romans.

An Italian documentary about Rome, Italy. Opening scene shows people going up and down the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy (Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti). The steps ascend a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti. At the top is the Trinità dei Monti church (Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, 3, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). A man sits on a concrete pillar reading Time magazine. A man sips an espresso in front of the Pantheon (Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), with obelisk and fountain on the Piazza della Rotonda in front of it. People patronizing shops along Via del Corso. A woman tries on a fashionable dress in a designer boutique, as the proprietor stands nearby. A woman looking closely at necklaces in a jewelry store window. A woman customer trying on jewelry at a shop. Woman takes off ring from finger. Closeups of her hands with rings on them. Elegant, jeweled necklace displayed in a shop window. Neon signs in entertainment district at night. Two women in a bar. Behind them is the bartender, and on the wall is a large reproduction of the Reclining Venus, by Venetian painter Giorgione. A doorman at the entrance to a night club. Inside, patrons crowd the floor, dancing to rhythmic Latin music. Tourists partying inside the night club. Abrupt change of scene shows smoke rising from the stack of a steel plant. Inside men are seen working near a furnace. Sparks fly from welding. The welder seen working over a huge metal part. Next, women and a man are seen handling armfuls of wool. Other women operate a spinning machine creating thread from the wool. View inside a dress maker shop where a woman removes a dress from a form. Several women are busy making dresses in the shop. Supervisors examine the works in progress. A shoemaker is seen working at his bench. Customers in a shop look at new woolen blankets. People doing banking at a teller's window. The teller annotates a customer's bank book. A group of well-dressed men and women mount motor scooters and proceed to a park where many other scooters are parked. Sports fans fill the area around a soccer stadium. Some are buying tickets at booths. Crowds enter the stadium. View of stadium filled with fans. Players run on the field as fans applaud in the stands. It begins to rain, and fans pull up coat collars. Most of them raise umbrellas.

Location: Italy
Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675027084
The administration of Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi copes with issues of unemployment and land reform in 1950s

Film begins showing an area in Italy in which some buildings and houses are being rebuilt after WWII. Clothes are drying on lines between the houses. A man stands outside a house after completing rebuilding. The new house is built inside the opening of a tunnel. A woman occupant looks out her window. The house number: 526A is painted on the wall of the original tunnel structure. View from a height of this section of Rome. Men converse as they stand next to their bicycles near a building. A gathering of men. Closeup of one holding a sleeping infant. Men walk out the gate of an aviation-related factory. The gate is closed as they leave. Closeup of a sign on factory gate reading: Closed. Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi speaks about unemployment and land reform. A poster announces (in Italian): Applications for land assignments and formation of farmers' lists. A man with an application in his hand. Men gathered discussing the land reform applications. A farmer driving his tractor pulling a piece of farm equipment. A map delineates the path of a pipeline. Irrigation canals fed by the pipeline. A truck is seen carrying farm produce. An man operates levers on a fuel storage facility.

Location: Italy
Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675027085
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