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Navy Chaplain Sargent performs a benediction during the keel laying of USS Nimitz

The keel laying of supercarrier USS Nimitz (CVAN-68) at the Newport News Ship Building & Drydock in Newport News, Virginia, USA. United States Navy Chaplain Captain G.H. Sargent speaks on the microphone while giving the benediction. Crowd departing the area. The bust of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is seen. A blonde woman smiles while standing in group chatting. Some of the crowd leaving after the ceremony has ended.

Date: 1968, June 22
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079882
Newly naturalized Americans recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the 1944 “I Am An American Day” (WWII)

More than a million people attend the “I Am An American Day” citizenship ceremony in Central Park in New York City, during World War 2. Over 150,000 people attended the ceremony as newly naturalized American citizens. Native American Indians in traditional dress and women and men in military uniform attend the ceremony. Flags of various nations are flown. Wounded Army soldiers and wounded Navy sailors arrive as guests of honor. New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia shakes hands with servicemen, giving tribute to their heroism during World War II. Immigrants stand up to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America as part of the naturalization ceremony. Speaker recites the Pledge of Allegiance, which predates the inclusion of "under God" which was added later in the 1950s.

Date: 1944, May 21
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079913
U.S. world aid, African dancers perform at Carnegie Hall 1959

The narrator and host of the film is seen sitting on an armchair. He speaks about United States’ lack of desire to establish a global hegemony. “We have constantly reiterated by word, by deed, that we have no desire to establish a colonial empire” the host said. Wilson Line SS Ariosto ship unloads a tractor. Ship loads sacks of cement in Puerto Rico. A doctor adjusts the x-ray machine. A nurse tends to a ward with patients lying in bed. Sign for Africa Freedom Day on April 15, 1959 at Carnegie Hall. African musicians playing drums as dancers perform a traditional folk dance. A man speaking to the audience at Carnegie Hall. African Americans clapping. New York Times newspaper article by Tad Szulc titled “New Latin Accord is Offered By U.S.” with a photo of United States President John F. Kennedy on the right side. The host explains that the Soviet Union accuses the United States of imperialism to deflect Soviet colonialism. “Now on the face of things, one would assume both imperialism and its twin colonialism are on the way out” the host said.

Date: 1959, April 15
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080697
Debacle at Garment Workers Convention in 1914 leads to formation of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

United Garment workers (UGW) Union members discuss plan for 1914 convention in Nashville Tennessee. View from railroad locomotive traveling on a straight train track. A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train. Trainman on rail car waving a lantern. Views of the convention, October 12, 1914, in Nashville, headed by UGW President Thomas A. Rickert of Chicago. Labor union locals from New York, Boston, Rochester, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, were deemed in arrears on dues (although they had been on strike) and not allowed to participate. They walked out, with the Chicago delegation too. View of Telegram sent from Nashville, by the dissidents, to Sidney Hillman in New York, October, 1914, asking him to head a rival union. Photo of Hillman taking telephone call. A special convention at Webster Hall, in New York City, where dissidents join with Journeyman Tailors union and form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, with Sidney Hillman as President. Key members of the new union are seen standing in front of a car. Sidney Hillman in his office dictating to his secretary. Copies of the new union's House organs in various languages. Amalgamated Clothing Workers holding signs in various languages. Workers pose on a truck by a sign reading:"A Fair Deal, A Chance to Live, Arbitration is all we ask." Workers in cars. Girls on roller skates wearing sashes reading: "Don't Be A Scab." A man in a barrel with sign reading: "Can't afford to wear pants. Pa works in an open shop." Women pose in sandwich boards that spell out: "Closed Shop." Philadelphia garment worker ostensibly writing letter to Sidney Hillman. Shop owners examine sewn item and shop records while man works at sewing machine.

Date: 1914
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036806
Newspaper printing process; scenes of newspaper boys, newspaper editors, typesetters, and printing press operation

"When Black is Read" Depicts how news is spread all over so fast in the form of newspapers. View of newspaper boys (newsboys, newsies, paper boys) racing out of a newspaper building carrying copies of the latest news. One boy is riding on a 4-wheeled cart. Montage of scenes show possible news stories. A baseball game in progress. A team of firefighters fighting a fire blazing in a building. The building collapses to the ground in a dramatic shot. The reporter reports the news on telephone and editorial department works out the copy text. View of newspaper men in newsroom editorial offices working at desks. Scene of workers working in newspaper printing press. They work on Linotype machines, they create a stiff cardboard Matrix for all pages, then using the Matrix, they cast cylindrical plates from which the newspaper will be printed. Workers in overalls and hats examine the cylindrical plates for quality control. Newspaper printing staff examine a sample final issue of the Detroit News with headline "Italians beat back fierce foe attack." Worker attaches plates to big steel cylinders of printing press, preparing to run the press.

Date: 1919
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038923
Travelogue of northeast and mid Atlantic regions of United States in the mid 1980s.

Presents travelogue of regions of United States. Pictures show sites located in New York, New England and Mid Atlantic States. In Manhattan, views of Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, aerial views of New York City skyscrapers, plane flying in sky over Manhattan skyline, including view of Twin Towers of World Trade Center. Monuments, shopping areas, Carnegie Hall, pedestrians in New York City. A door man closing a door on a taxi cab. A trainer teaches aerobics dance class to students in typical 1980s exercise fashions. Times Square and clubs and theaters of Broadway at night with lighted neon signs. Elevated view of Lincoln Center main plaza at night. A man and woman at a restaurant toast and clink glasses of wine. Night time aerials of skyscrapers in New York City including Empire State Building with colored lights at top. View of Niagara Falls. Yacht at river in Boston. Buildings in the background. People in boats and outside cafe. Downtown Boston landmarks and buildings. Fishing boats providing Lobster. Horse-drawn carriage, beaches, casinos and State House in Pennsylvania. Amish carriage pulled by a horse on roads in Pennsylvania. View of Atlantic City beach and casinos and hotels. Monuments in Washington DC including White House, Washington Monument, Statue of LIncoln in Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol building viewed from grounds of Washington Monument. View of fossils inside Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Spirit of '76 and space vehicles seen in Air and Space Museum. Planes on tarmac at Washington National Airport with Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument in background. Travelers at airport rental car counters for Hertz and National. Small hotel or Inn in Virginia. Virginia countryside and view of Monticello. People in historic costume on horses, with carriages, and on foot in Colonial Williamsburg.

Date: 1986
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039833