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People at the Verbank Hunting and Fishing Club for the field trials of English Springer Spaniels in Verbank, New York.

The Eleventh Annual Field Trials of English Springer Spaniels in Verbank, New York. A gallery lined up at the Verbank Hunting and Fishing Club for the first series. Mountains in the background. Elias Vail handles dog named Speed of Falcon Hill. Eltinge F. Warner and David Wagstaff aim guns. Mrs. Walton Ferguson judges the performance. Elias Vail watches as the dog named Rowcliffe Hill Billy runs across a field and catches a bird. H. L. Ferguson with dog named Fleet of Falcon Hill,winner of the series open.

Date: 1935, October
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073365
Peacetime activities and contributions by the U.S. Army in the United States.

Scenes from Army Day on April 6, 1934. Secretary of War George Henry Dern, in broadcast to the nation about importance of the Army, in peacetime. Brief glimpses of the Yellowstone River lower falls and Old Faithful and Beehive geysers erupting in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. View amongst log buildings in Reproduction of Army Fort Dearborn, at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. A pioneer wagon; Native American Indians in ceremonial regalia; antique locomotives and trains at the Exposition. Army General Leonard Wood being sworn in as the Governor General of the Philippines. Closeup of General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, America's highest ranking Military officer. Headquarters of Walter Reed Army hospital, in Washington, DC, named for U.S. Army Major Walter Reed, who confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito. Acting on this, the U.S. was able to complete the Panama Canal. View of French dredging equipment sitting idle in the water after Yellow Fever prevented them from completing the canal. Closeup of U.S. Army General William C. Gorgas, who, in 1904, headed the Sanitary Department that controlled mosquitoes and eradicated Yellow Fever, so the canal could be finished. View of a cayman in swamp near the canal. Photograph of George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer credited with making the canal happen. Explosives employed in canal construction. Earth and rocks being loaded into open rail cars. A steamship transiting the Panama Canal. The Washington Monument; U.S. Library of Congress; and the Lincoln Memorial, cited as examples of accomplishments by U.S. Army engineers. The Wilson Dam, under construction by Army engineers, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and system of levees being built to control the Mississippi River. The raging Mississippi River during 1927 flood. Flood victims being assisted by U.S. Army soldiers, at a tent camp, receiving food and clothing. An Army airplane flying over a forest fire. Army personnel supervising men in the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. Mail being loaded aboard an Army airplane, as airmail service is being opened between Washington DC and New York City. President Woodrow Wilson talking with Army pilot Major Reuben H. Fleet. Mail being loaded into the nose of an airplane. U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser airplanes in flight, returning from their trip around the world in 1924. A pilot sitting in front seat of a Douglas O-38 airplane, pulls a fabric hood over his cockpit to practice "blind flying". View of the aircraft in flight, with instructor pilot in the open rear cockpit. Army aviators taking a camera and a rifle aboard their airplane as they prepare to leave on an aerial mapping flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City. Army Signal Corps personnel working on communications devices. A cable laying ship operating at sea, in support of the U.S. Army's Alaskan cable and telegraph system. Men loading chemicals into hoppers on Army crop dusting airplane. Several views of Army airplanes crop dusting. Glimpse of boll weevil, the target of their efforts. Closeup of Karl Connell, who as a major in the AEF, in World War I, invented a superior gas mask known as the “Connell” or “Victory” mask. A group of miners wearing gas masks enter a smoky mine entrance. The Army invented tear gas, which is shown being used to thwart a bank robbery, in a staged demonstration. Brigadier General Hugh Johnson, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt, as head of the Great Depression era National Recovery Administration, or NRA, is seen about to give a speech. Narrator cites him as an example of U.S. Army officers who also serve the country in civilian life. Scene shifts to cadets on parade at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Date: 1934
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062506
The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962

Adlai Stevenson addresses the United Nations Security Council regarding the build up of missiles in Cuba. United State Navy ships form a blockade to stop further missile delivery to Cuba. In Cuba, soldiers operate anti-aircraft guns that have been set up on the waterfront Cuban soldiers hold their posts on streets, tops of buildings, and on posts all along sea shore. Fidel Castro addresses a public demonstration. Cubans seen marching. Signs in the crowd include, 'Apoyamos Lucha Contra El Imperialismo' and 'Adelante Fidel Venceremos' High powered reconnaissance cameras are fitted to a plane. A plane flies to take reconnaissance photos of Soviet bases in Cuba. Views of aerial photographs showing aircraft landing strips and missiles in Cuba. United States Marines arrive at Guantanamo bay. C-124 Globemasters in background. View of the Organization of the American States Building. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk addresses the gathering. Exterior view of the United Nations building. Soviet representative Valerian Zorin address the Security Council.

Date: 1962, October 25
Duration: 6 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036648
Joe Louis, also known as the Brown Bomber, becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion since Jack Johnson.

James Braddock punches a punching bag. Joe Louis practices for the championship match against Braddock. Max Schmeling arrives at Boxing Commission in New York. He enters building while crowd cheers. Schmeling stripped to waist stands on weighing scale. Tickets for boxing bout sold at counters. Men buy tickets. Overhead sign reads 'Advance Sale Reserved Seats'. Names of Braddock and Schmeling on tickets (the bout did not occur). Man eats banana in empty stands of a stadium. Traffic on road outside Comiskey Park in Chicago before Louis versus Braddock boxing match. Crowd lined up. Joe Louis during a boxing bout . Crowd of fans in Harlem cheering and celebrating on receiving news that Joe Louis, also known as the "Brown Bomber," had defeated Braddock as the first African American to regain the title since Jack Johnson. From a June 1962 newsreel depicting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1937, June 22
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052201
Travelogue of Hawaii State in Pacific Ocean.

1980s travelogue of Hawaii State and also scenes from a few mainland U.S. locations. Map of Hawaii. Pictures show people and sites located in Hawaii. People gathered on a sunny beach in Hawaii sunbathing on the sandy beach. People swimming and surfing in the ocean water. A catamaran beaching. Some people windsurfing. Tourists in 1980s fashions at resorts, chef preparing food, native dancers perform. Scene of lush rain forest area and waterfall. A hula dancer beckons toward camera. forests and waterfall at islands. Tourists travel in a tour bus as a tour guide speaks to them on the microphone in the bus. They visit a restaurant by the beach. Tourists take drinks from a waitress and enjoy local musicians playing music. Map shows North America. Montage of rapid scenes, including Statue of Liberty in New York harbor with twin towers of World Trade Center in the background; a cowboy riding a horse in a canyon area; a car in the northeastern United States driving over a covered bridge; a Ford Bronco driving on a dirt road in the American west with rock formations in distance; a child holding the hand of a Mickey Mouse character as they walk toward the Magic Kingdom castle at Walt Disney World. A couple waves to the camera. A sun tanned woman skier waves. American flags flying on flagpoles in the wind at night, with fireworks lighting up the sky in background. Dancers on a stage do a high kick routine as the theater curtain closes.

Date: 1986
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039838
Doctors and nurses prepare for an operation at the Lenox Hill Hospital in NY.

Doctors and nurses prepare for an operation at the Lenox Hill Hospital Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York. Sign on door reads: 'Operating Room'. Nurses prepare sterilized instruments and towels. Nurses wearing surgical masks arrange sterilized towels. They handle sterilized instruments wearing gloves. A nurse carries a tray of sterilized instruments from the sterile room. Chief Surgeon Dr. Otto Pickhardt dries his hands with a towel. A nurse helps him put on a surgical coat. Doctor powders his hands and puts on rubber gloves. Assistant doctors wash their hands with alcohol.

Date: 1948, June
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020834