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Children cheer winner of a car race in North Hollywood, California.

Children race in small cars on a race track in North Hollywood, California. Children cheer winner of the car race.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055164
Two young men riding small motorboats narrowly escape drowning when their boats capsize during a boat race in Long Beach, California.

Boat race for small one-person motorboats underway in Long Beach, California. Large crowd on shore. Two boys riding speedboats narrowly escape drowning when their boats capsize.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055165
Boys display stunts on bicycles such as wall crashing, jumping and riding through paper hoops in Omaha, Nebraska.

Children pose before training session for a benefit show in Omaha, Nebraska. Boys display stunts on bicycles such as wall crashing, jumping and riding through paper hoops.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055166
Major Ulmstead led plane sets a record at Floyd Bennett Field, and Army Air Corps tries out a miniature plane in Dayton, Ohio.

A new 22 ton flying fortress plane in flight. The plane lands at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Plane sets a record as it flies from California to New York in 9 hours and 14 ½ minutes. Major Ulmstead talks with people, standing near plane. Army Air Corps tries out a miniature plane in Dayton, Ohio. Model aircraft launched from a catapult. Plane controlled by radio from ground. A parachute brings it to earth safely.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055167
Chinese Guerilla soldiers fire artillery after Japanese bombing attack on Chungking (Chongqing), China.

Japanese bombing attack on Chungking (Chongqing), China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Population evacuates seeking safety outside the city. Soldiers hide behind a rock. Chinese volunteer soldiers include women. Chinese Guerilla force. Soldiers move field guns and fire them.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055168
Admiral Stark sworn in as new Naval Chief and Francis Sayre appointed new commissioner to the Philippines in Washington DC.

Admiral Harold R Stark takes over the post of Chief of Naval operations, succeeding Admiral William D Leahy, newly appointed Governor General of Puerto Rico in Washington DC. Former Secretary of State Francis B Sayre, new commissioner to the Philippines, leaves the White House with ex-commissioner Paul V McNutt, after a conference with President Roosevelt.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055169