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A British official presents a hat, a stick and a panther's skin to a new chief as swearing-in ceremonies take place in Rhodesia.

Swearing-in ceremonies of a new chief of the Giuto tribe which is the largest in Rhodesia. A British official presents a hat and a stick to the new 70 year old chief. Military troops march. A panther skin is presented to the new chief. British flag waves over the cermony. Spectataors watch the ceremonies. Officials stroke the beard of the chief as a part of their custom.

Location: Rhodesia
Date: 1967, April 11
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071758
The first Polar expedition led by Richard Byrd, in 1926, leaves New York, bound for King's Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway..

United States Navy Lieutenant Commander, Richard Evelyn Byrd's arctic expedition to fly an airplane over the North Pole. U.S. Freighter Chantier docked in New York harbor. A Tug boat pushes the SS Chantier away from her pier in New York Harbor. Lt.Cmdr. Byrd, pilot Floyd Bennett, and two other members of the expedition, consult charts to plan their flight, during the cruise from New York to Norway. View from the ship's deck as they traverse sea covered with floating ice floes. closeups of the ice floes. View from the deck, as the SS Chantier approaches land, in King's Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway. A Norwegian gunboat is docked at the only pier. Snow and ice-covered mountains rise in the background. Several buildings, including a hangar, for the airship, Norge, are seen at the Norwegian camp. The Harbor master comes out to the Chantier, with three other men, in a dingy. They struggle through the ice floes, using long poles to help them maneuver.

Location: Spitsbergen Norway
Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063325
Transmission of information at Havas News Agency in Lisbon about Allied occupation of Africa during World War II.

Transmission of news in Lisbon about Allied occupation in Africa during World War II. Exterior of Havas News Agency. Portuguese and French flags outside. Interior office of O.F.I. In Havas agency shows editor Mr. Dany, chief collaborator Mr. Audibert and journalist Jean Fortenoy who was sent by French Prime Minister Pierre Laval and Germans to 'supervise' the Havas office. Mr. Audibert holds dispatch announcing occupation of Africa. Exteriors show street traffic of bicycles and fishmongers passing by. Interior of main office of Marconi, people send cables. Map on wall shows Marconi covers world. Reception room showing men sending cables. Machines receive cable from New York asking details of Kyron Taylor's visit to Lisbon. View of electrical equipment and machinery in the Marconi offices, where techinician in overalls checks instrument readings and records them on a clipboard. Outside view of the various transmitting towers and antennas of the Marconi Alfragide radio station near Lisbon.

Location: Lisbon Portugal
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074495
The working of Yank Magazine staff at the New York branch in United States.

The Army News Service in the United States. The working of Yank Magazine staff. A sign board reads: 'Army Service Forces Morale Services Division New York Branch Yank the army weekly branch headquarters'. Interior of the New York office. Enlisted men work for the magazine. Men seated at their desks working on articles and pictures to be published. Men discussing amongst themselves. Sergeants talking about edition of the magazine. Editions being loaded in an airplane. The airplane takes off.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076460
Cierva C30 Autogiro parked at airfield. Autogiro lands on roof of new Post Office Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Cierva C30 Autogiro (G-ACIO) built by British A.V. Roe & Co. is seen parked at Air Park, London, England. Several views of the autogiro. Scene shifts to aerial view of the new Federal Post Office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. A Kellett autogiro lands on the building roof, on May 25, 1935,as part of dedication ceremonies,for the new Post Office building. Officials stand on the rooftop watching the landing. The pilot delivers a mail pouch to James A. Farley, the U.S. Postmaster General, thus initiating airmail service between Camden New Jersey and Philadelphia. Aerial views of the Post Office building and surrounding downtown Philadelphia. The autogiro climbing steeply away.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1935, May 25
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072925
A Shinto priest performs purification rites and a mayor's wife christens Japan Air Lines new trans Pacific DC-7 aircraft in San Francisco.

Christening of Japan Air Lines (Japan Airlines) new transpacific DC-7 aircraft in San Francisco, California. A Shinto priest performs a blessing for aircraft. The Shinto priest leave offering. San Francisco's Mayor George Christopher's wife (Tula Sarantitis) christens Japan Air Lines new transpacific Douglas DC-7 transport aircraft. Mrs. Tula Sarantitis-Christopher scoops from a wooden bucket with melted snow from Mount Fuji using a Chōzubachi dipper. Mrs. Sarantitis-Christopher ritually purifies the new Japan Air Lines aircraft.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1957, December 26
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073133
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