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U.S. President Richard Nixon arrives at Fort Smith to witness a football match between Texas and Arkansas in Arkansas.

Presidential Boeing 707, Air Force One. A huge enthusiastic crowd, replete with brass band, greets U.S. President Richard Nixon as he arrives at Fort Smith Arkansas airport and boards a Presidential helicopter for Fayetteville, to watch a football game between Texas and Arkansas. President Nixon disembarks from the plane. Supporters cheer for him and wave hands. President Nixon shakes hands with some people among the crowd and advances towards a helicopter for flight to the football stadium.

Location: Fort Smith Arkansas USA
Date: 1969, December 18
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057258
B-B rifle training for United States soldiers on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Troops march through an entrance to the quick-hill course. The soldiers are briefed by an instructor. Students walk through the course and fire at a pop-up target. The soldiers set off booby traps (simulated). They put on protective helmets and face shields.

Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina USA
Date: 1969, December 15
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060239
U.S. Army trainees are briefed by an instructor during B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An outdoor class in woods shows a U.S. Army trainee with a helmet and a face shield. Another trainee fires at a face mask. The trainees walk through the course. A sign reads 'How Far Is The Enemy From Your Present Position'. An instructor briefs the trainees. A sign reads 'Return to Debriefing Area'.

Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina USA
Date: 1969, December 15
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060240
United States soldiers walk through an obstacle course during B-B rifle training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Soldiers walk through an obstacle course. A trainee puts on a helmet and a face shield. Another trainee fires at a face mask. The trainees walk through the course. A soldier's foot sets off a trip wire.

Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina USA
Date: 1969, December 15
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060241
Construction of the Panama Canal

Construction of the Panama Canal connecting the Caribbean Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Views of abandoned and failed first attempt by French team led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, with scenes of Panama natives cutting vegetation with machetes. Scene of abandoned canal work area. Scenes of United States work to build the canal beginning in 1903. Steam shovels digging and moving earth. Laborers construct railroad for use in canal building. General Glen Edgerton talks about the construction difficulties from malaria, and the worker prescription of quinine three times daily. Views of British and French workers on the site working and arriving by rail to work. Dynamite explosion removes rumble for railroad construction. View of locks under construction 1000 feet long and 110 feet wide. Excerpt from interview with former Canal Zone Governor and Congressman Maurice Thatcher, who characterizes the project as the greatest liberty that man had ever taken with nature. (Thatcher was honored when the first bridge connecting both sides of the Panama Canal was named after him as "Thatcher Ferry Bridge". In 1979 the name was officially changed to the Bridge of the Americas.) Clip next shows 1970's aerial view of the Panama Canal. Ships moving through the Panama Canal.

Location: Panama
Date: 1903
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023504
U.S. Army engineers at work during the construction of the Culebra Cut and Gold Hill of the Panama Canal.

Construction of the Panama Canal. A view of the Panama Canal constructed by U.S. Army engineers. The engineers work at the Culebra Cut. A railroad train on tracks. Smoke comes out. A crane lifts up rubble. Two engineers stand and one of them holds a shovel in his hands. The engineers work at Gold Hill. They use a hydraulic excavation cylinder and spray. A view of the Culebra Cut before the water entered. A boat underway in the Culebra Cut. A spillway at Gatun Lake. Water is controlled by the spillway. A sign reads 'Gatun Locks'. A liner in Gatun Locks. People at the dock along the Panama Canal. A view of Panama City, with people and traffic on the streets. Buildings on a street of Panama City. Mountains in the background.

Location: Panama
Date: 1914
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068858
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