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A sculpture of 6th ruler of Egypt King Amenemhet III and paintings and art objects of ancient Egypt.
A scientific documentary depicts ancient Egypt. A sculpture of Amenemhet III, 6th Ruler of Egypt's 12th Dynasty. Small tributaries join the River Nile. Engraved carvings of Egyptian nobles on tombs. A painting of colorful birds. A painting on a sculpture of hippopotamus. Wooden beds with inlay work of animals in ivory. Engraved inscriptions on a tall granite shaft.
German troops planning and launching May 1940 attacks across Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland; Rotterdam blitz scenes (WW2)
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland.Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals.Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.
Farouk I, King of Egypt welcomes King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, on his visit to Egypt
King Farouk I of Egypt welcomes King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia on visit to Cairo, Egypt. King Farouk I, Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, and several officials make their way in the docks of Suez to the royal yacht El-Mahroosa. King Farouk I escorts King Abdul Aziz. They share an open coach drawn by horses, attended by traditionally dressed footmen, in a formal procession along the streets of Cairo to the Abdeen Palace, the procession includes mounted horse guards. Spectators line the streets. The procession passes a building. People watch from roof of the building. King Farouk I and King Abdul Aziz sit side by side on throne-like chairs and converse in the Abdeen Palace.
Valley of Tombs of Kings in Egypt and coffin of young Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt
View of the valley of Tombs of Kings in Egypt. View of a colored Egyptian paintings. Coffin of the young Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (Sometimes spelled Tutankhamen, or Tutankamun, or Tutenkhamon, or King Tut). Mask of Tutankhamon's mummy lies in coffin. Bust of Tutankhamon. Ancient Egyptian artifacts. Ancient Egyptian gold necklace. View of ancient Egyptian ivory fan. Statuette of ancient Egyptian god.
The first draft lottery being conducted in Washington DC, under the 1940 Selective Service Act of 1940
The first Selective Service lottery conducted in Washington, DC, on October 29, 1940, in the United States. An American Legion member, in uniform, poses with Mrs. Robert Bell and her son and a young woman (her daughter?) after her son's draft number (158) had been the first one drawn in the Washington DC Lottery. Dr. Baxter talks with Mrs. Bell and asks why she exclaimed out loud when the first number was drawn. Dr. Baxter gives her the capsule in which her son's draft number was contained. Views of the audience at the The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, where the lottery was being conducted.
Famous football games between Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins and between Cornell and Dartmouth
Some 1940 U.S. football highlights. Scenes of a long touchdown run and an interception and touchdown run from the 1940 National Football League Championship Game that the Chicago Bears won 73-0, on December 8, 1940. Scenes from the Dartmouth-Cornell "Fifth-Down" game of November 16, 1940, with Cornell quarterback "Pop" Scholl throwing a "winning" touchdown pass to William Murphy.
