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Sculptors sculpt heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson at Mount Rushmore.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Gigantic heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of America's heroes. A Native American Indian stands with another man at the base of the large mountain.

Date: 1939
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064529
Venezuelan baseball pitcher Alex Carrasquel plays in New York, 1939

This Spanish language newsreel clip highlights Alex Carrasquel -- the first baseball player from Venezuela to play in the U.S. major leagues. He played in New York on July 4, 1939, the day before Venezuela's Independence Day. Title cards read: "Especially for Venezuela. The great pitcher Alejandro Carrasquel plays in New York on the eve of the Venezuelan patriotic day." Shot of Simon Bolivar statue in New York's Central Park with 'Simon Bolivar El Libertador' written under it. Huge crowd at Yankee Stadium in New York to watch July 4 doubleheader between New York Yankees and Carrasquel's team, the Washington Senators. (NOTE: This crowd was mainly there to see the Yankees honor Lou Gehrig, their Hall of Fame first baseman, who had just been diagnosed with ALS.) Carrasquel (#14) pitches to Yankees in second game, gives up run-scoring triple, tags out another runner trying to reach first base. Carrasquel speaks to crowd through microphones in ceremony at home plate. Shot of Venezuelan flag on pole outside a building (Venezuelan embassy?). Men and women gathered at a cafeteria. Sign in large white letters reads 'Venezuela.'

Date: 1939, July 4
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675064538
Operation Alert of mock H Bomb attack to check Civil Defense in Washington DC and New York City.

Mock H Bomb attack to check Civil Defense in Washington DC. View of the Civil Defense Administration building. Workers in the building reacting to a mock alert of an impending atomic or nuclear attack. Woman in a control center takes readings over the phone. Warning signals being flashed on a large map of United States. Siren sounded with 'Chrysler Air Raid Siren' written on it. Police and Civil Defense team clear the streets. Officers are air lifted to secret centers from where they will administer security plans. Helicopters lifting off from grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington Viriginia near Washington DC to "evacuate" essential personnel. Officer stands on an empty street of New York City. Many parked buses are among the vehicles nearby. People seen at the base of a stairs at the entrance to the New York City subway. Traffic moves on the road after air raid signal has been sounded.

Date: 1956, July 23
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064638
Natives wave as U.S. 9th Infantry Division troops on M113 Armored Personnel Carriers and tanks enter a town in Cambodia.

United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. Troops aboard M113 Armored Personnel Carriers enter a town. Natives wave standing along a road. Cambodian children wave. Vehicles and M-48 Patton tanks on a dirt road. Thatched houses on stilts. Cambodian natives stand in front of their houses and watch the tanks driving past. Soldiers with equipment at a base camp.

Date: 1970, May 9
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064754
A high altitude jump by a dummy and its descent towards the land during Operation High Dive in New Mexico, United States.

Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy in the gondola of a balloon before a jump. Clouds in the sky. A high altitude jump by the dummy. The parachute opens. The dummy descends towards the land.

Date: 1957, May 29
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065008
View of Earth and a dummy descending towards land with a dummy borne camera during Operation High Dive in New Mexico.

Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy descends towards land with a parachute. View of the dummy from a dummy borne camera. View of the planet Earth through the camera.

Date: 1957, May 29
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065009