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Coal miners prepare to return to work and listen to news over a radio about end of labor strike in December 1946.

Westland Mine coal mine workers, wearing helmets with lights, are gathered in a room as they listen to a radio news broadcast in a local office of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. On December 7, 1946, United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis called an end to the labor strike by 400,000 coal miners that he had called on November 20, 1946. Maps of Westland mines No. 1 and 2 are among many that line the walls of the office. The mine workers look at a notice of the Government takeover ordered by the Secretary of the Interior, and a notice to their union, The United Mine Workers of America. Coal miners check their personal equipment in preparation for entering mines, with the strike now ended.

Location: Westland Pennsylvania
Date: 1946, December 9
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060481
Comments by former President Herbert Hoover, serving as honorary chairman of the Famine Emergency Committee

Former United States President Herbert Hoover seated at a desk and delivering comments for the media. The U.S. flag behind him. The 71 year old Hoover is speaking in his role as honorary chairman of the Famine Emergency Committee, appointed by President Truman after World War II. President Hoover speaks of difficult conditions and suffering of people in post-war Europe and England, but also discusses the balance needed between relief and rehabilitation over the world, without putting too much drain on the American economy.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050664
United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers fight to counter the German attack on Ardennes during World War II.

The role of United States 1st Infantry Division in various campaigns during World War II. United States 1st Infantry Division men fight in Hurtgen forest. Artillery being fired among trees. Soldiers help an injured soldier. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division advance amidst extreme weather conditions. Soldiers get a rest in Belgium. A map of Europe shows the German attack in Ardennes during World War II. Soldiers advance and fight in the counter attack.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058747
European Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine; Transjordan gets liberated from British occupation.

News from Middle-East. A ship arrives at a harbor in Palestine. European Jewish refugee men, women and children step out of the ship from Europe and board a bus. Security guards stand all around the place, monitoring the incoming refugees. Narrator comments that only 1500 Jewish refugees per month are being accepted in Palestine. Scene shifts to Amman the capital city of Transjordan. The streets, houses and buildings. Citizens enjoy their forthcoming independence from Britain. Palace of King Amir Abdullah of Transjordan. Dignitaries arrive for a ceremony. King Abdullah and other officials review a cavalier parade of soldiers and armed troops on camels.

Location: Middle East
Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036078
Churchill addresses people and expresses the need to prevent any further wars at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, delivers a speech at the Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In these speech excerpts, Churchill talks about the situation in Europe and delivers his famed Iron Curtain reference. He talks about the two world wars and the need to prevent any further wars. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries sit behind him on the stage. The audience applauds.

Location: Fulton Missouri USA
Date: 1946, March 5
Duration: 5 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033584
German people stroll along the streets in front of 15th century buildings in Hamlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War 2.

The British Zone of Occupation in Germany, shortly after the end of World War II in Europe. Hamlin (Pied Piper town) near Hanover shows 15th century buildings. German people stroll along the streets.

Location: Hamlin Germany
Date: 1946
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070618
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