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U.S. 66th Light Tank Division maneuvers during a demonstration exercise at Fort Meade in Maryland, USA.

American 66th Light Tank Division maneuvers at Fort Meade in Maryland. The tanks advance on a field, ford a stream, climb embankments, cross hurdles and advance through a smoke screen laid down by a low flying Army airplane. Army troops fire mortars . Infantrymen wearing gas masks advance alongside with tanks through the smoke screen. Several explosions near the advancing troops and tanks. Area engulfed in dirt and dust.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050345
Dr. Langmuir's Nobel Prize, industrial factories, 1939 World's Fair, and aerial views of cities.

Graphic: "This film is restricted". Group of industrial smoke stacks emitting smoke and pollution. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. Large power lines coming from Hoover Dam. View of George Washington Bridge in New York City with traffic. Aerial view of early highway interchange. Aerial view of Manhattan, New York City and New York City skyline. Aerial view of smoggy city with railroad switching yard in foreground. Early highway crowded with car traffic. People wading in water at the beach. People looking out from high vantage point. 1939 World's Fair Trylon and Perisphere. Interior view Grand Central Station or early Penn Station railroad train station. Porters and travelers walking in train station. View of Egyptian ruins and pyramids. Ruins from 300 BC. Moving timeline graphic depicts dates of modern advances in geometry, arabic numerals, physics, and industrial revolution with electricity, chemistry, railroads, telegraph, and automobiles. Factory with smoke stacks, pollution, and view of a large grain elevator. Foundry with sparks flying. Line of turbine generators. General Electric company building with GE logo on top. Dr. Irving Langmuir works in a lab at the plant demonstrating creation of thin films of oil in a pan. View of Noble Prize won by him for his research about the basic structure and behavior of molecules. View of non-reflective glass demonstrated on General Electric meter. Scientist with beakers and test tubes. Scientists in laboratory and looking through microscopes.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048644
New York Yankees play baseball against New York Giants in 1936 World Series; also Grover Whalen showing 1939 Worlds Fair plans.

Crowd cheers and waves during New York Yankees and New York Giants game in the 1936 World Series at Polo Grounds IV in Manhattan, New york. Yankee manager, Joe McCarthy and Giants manager, Bill Terry on the field and they shake hands. Governor of New York State Herbert H. Lehman throws out first pitch, with Mayor La Guardia beside him. Babe Ruth, guest of honor, watches the match. Crowd cheer as the game proceeds. In next segment: Grover Whalen, President of New York World's Fair Corporation points out highlights of 1939 New York World's Fair on a preliminary model with the help of a stick, for visiting dignitaries. Footage from a September 1961 newsreel hightlighting stories from 25 years earlier.

Date: 1936, October
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034206
A man and a woman present a Ford convertible to their daughter, as a graduation gift.

A commercial advertisement in technicolor promoting the good style of 1939 Ford automobiles. A 1939 Ford convertible and sedan both parked at a curb in front of a school with a sign "Martin School for Girls". A mother and father escort their newly-graduated daughter down the steps. The daughter carries a bouquet of flowers. The father gives the daughter keys to the new Ford convertible. She invites two friends to join her and they all sit in the front seat and drive away. .

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051553
A model demonstrates nylon stockings during 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City, United States.

New York World's Fair held at Dupont Building in New York City, United States. A model sits on stairs under an artificial tree. She stands and pulls up her dress above her knees to display nylon stockings. The model displays jewels made of Lucite. Several articles made of Lucite on display.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054244
British royalty visit Washington DC in June, 1939, at the invitation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Opening scene shows a military parade along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, in honor of the visit of British King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The parade is led by a contingent of mounted Army cavalry. Spectators line the sidewalks. The Capitol building is clearly visible in the background. Closeup of Cavalry passing the camera. Closeup of King George VI with President Roosevelt conversing in an open automobile. Both are formally dressed. The President wears a top hat. Riding in the back of a car are First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth, together with a Navy officer. Next, seen posing on the porch of the Roosevelt family home, Springwood, at Hyde Park, New York, are: First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt; King George VI; the President's mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt; Queen Elizabeth; and President Roosevelt. Camera pans in closeup across the group, as they engage in friendly conversation.

Date: 1939, June
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051600