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Following Kristallnacht, former President Hoover and others make nationwide plea for Jews facing Nazi brutality in Europe.

President Franklin D Roosevelt leads the nation's protest against prosecution of Jews in Germany. Roosevelt during a recording of the plea. In Germany, Jewish owned shops with broken windows following Kristallnacht (night of broken glass) depict Nazi brutality in Germany. Palo Alto, California: Former President Herbert Hoover expresses indignation at the brutal intolerance of the Nazis and predicts their 'moral isolation'. He also expresses American support for Jews and Christians in Germany and compares their brutality to the destruction of religious worship by the Bolsheviks in Russia. New York: Reverend RI Gannon of Fordham University and Methodist Bishop Edwin H Hughes raise their voices against the outbreaks of violence and hate against Jews in Europe. They compare the Nazis to the original Huns and make a plea for the Jews.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938, November 16
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043734
Woman typist prepares meal for her husband at office in Chicago, Illinois.

Newsreel "Office wife turns cook in New City Fad." A business man working at a desk in an office in Chicago. A woman typing at a typewriter in the same office. The man looks at his watch and appears to signal to the woman a request to prepare a meal. The woman, who is also his wife, gets up and dons an apron in a kitchen area. She lays a table for breakfast or lunch at the same table where she had been typing earlier. The man and the woman eat the meal together. The man kisses the woman and gets up from the table to return to work. (Themes include role of women in 1930s America, and working women in the United States.)

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043759
Thousands of people rush to Talco to make profits from the discovery of petroleum deposits.

The Texas oil rush. Thousands of people rush to Talco to make profits from the discovery of oil deposits. People enter the town in cars. A sign reads 'Talco - New Oil Capitol of Texas Welcomes You'. Men and young boys wait outside the Talco Lease and Royalty Co. An oil well in the village. Men work on an oil drill. Workers atop the oil rig. People arrive by plane. A crowd and parked cars outside the Lacey Building. A crowd at the oil well.

Location: Talco Texas USA
Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043761
Diesel oil engine train Green Diamond's try out in Chicago, Illinois.

New streamlined train Green Diamond's try out in Chicago, Illinois. Travelers seated inside the train, read newspaper and eat a meal. A woman servers tea on board. The Green Diamond diesel oil engine draws train at a tremendous speed on the tracks.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043768
Pope Pius XII attends a gathering of American Bishops at the Pontifical North American College, in Rome, Italy

View of the Janiculum campus of the Pontifical North American College (Via del Gianicolo, 14, 00165 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. Francis Cardinal Spellman, of New York, stepping from a car accompanied by Bishops. Other American Bishops arriving. Pope Pius XII arriving with entourage of officials and Vatican guards. The Pope enters a sanctuary and proceeds down an aisle to the altar, where he prays momentarily, then turns around and blesses those in attendance. Views from high above in rear of church. Group of young priests kneel at the altar. The Pope and entourage proceed down the halls of the College. Cardinals and Bishops mingle with one another and with priests and nuns, some of whom stoop to kiss Cardinal Spellman's ring. Pope Pius XII continues his walk along the halls, blessing those around as he passes. Vatican guard salutes as the Pope departs in a car.

Location: Rome Italy
Date: 1953, October 14
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044039
Animated map of Canada and the United States, illustrating North American Air Defense system.

Actor Raymond Massey introducing the subject of North American Air Defense, which is a joint enterprise of Canada and the United States. A map of the United States, Canada and the Arctic. Animation shows radar sites comprising the Dew Line, Mid Canada Line and Pine Tree Line in Canada, as well as coastal and ship borne sites around the United States. Internal U.S. sites tied to the automated SAGE system (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) are shown. SAGE is a computerized control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bombers. The headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense) is shown, at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. Mr. Massey points out models of new antiaircraft missiles displayed on his desk. Animation shows how these can be fired from the ships at sea.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044153
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