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The coal mine factories and farmers work on fields in Illinois, United States

Film about the state of Illinois in the United States. A view of a coal mining factory. A Illinois Central railroad coal car loaded with coal. Closeup of a group of dirty-face coal miners standing and smiling. Men on coal cars loaded with coal for transportation. A farmer drives a harvester on field. A man drives a combine harvester through field. Soybean field in the foreground. A train pulls past the soybean field. A hand of a person on the soybean plant. The soybeans on a conveyor belt. A corn picker driven through the field. The corn being piled up for transportation.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067576
Pairs of American and British workers on exchange visits meet workers at American cities across the country

Logo of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers Union Local 407 in New Jersey is shown. Narrator says it it one of the places a group of 4 English and 4 American Working men were to see on their exchange visit to America. View of their luggage The group is seen examining a map of the United States as they plan to make their visits in pairs to save time. They decide that each British worker would visit the hometown of an American counterpart. One pair leaves to visit Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The pick up their luggage. Another pair are going to Detroit, Michigan. They pick up their luggage. The third pair is going to St. Louis, Illinois. They pick up their luggage. The final pair are going to Los Angeles, California. They pick up the last remaining pieces of luggage. One pair of workers is seen entering the Chrysler plant in Detroit. The American was welcomed home to America from his trip to England. View inside the plant of an African American woman working beside an older man, where they were making tank and marine engines. The visitors examine the gang drill presses containing multiple drills operated by a single operator. They stop to say hello to the American's daughter who also works at the plant, checking to assure parts met tolerances. It was noted that she was paid the same as any man doing the job. The pair of visitors are met at the American's home by some company union workers. They sit together on the step outside the house and get acquainted. An infant inside the house looks out the window at them. Scene shifts to Los Angeles where another English-American visiting pair is seated outdoors and the wife of the American brings out some bottles of beer for them to all share. Change of scene shows the pair visiting the offices of the Screen Actors Guild in Hollywood, where they meet celebrities Edward Arnold, George Murphy, Dick Powell, Alan Hale, Jane Wyman, Helen Hayes and Lena Horne. Edward Arnold, President of the Guild's Board, speaks with the pair, alone explaining how every actor in Hollywood belongs to the Guild which is affiliated with the America Federation of Labor (AFL). Arnold shows the pair his union card. Closeup of the card.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029525
Election campaign of Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew in United States.

Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. Democratic National Convention. A huge crowd gathered to protest. People stand with the U.S. flags. A sign reads 'Illinois'. Banners read 'Boycott McGovern' and others reflect support for McGovern. Domestic violence in United States. A man holds a pistol. A fire in a building. People protest on streets. A protesting group carries banners. A banner reads 'Independent Socialism'. Another group carries banners reading 'To give aid and comfort to Viet Cong, Treason'. Wreckage on street. United States soldiers in Vietnam. Unemployed citizens and poor people in United States. A man stands in a building. A poor woman with her child. Reflection of light in water. The campaign stresses on choosing the right leader in United States. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1968
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053743
United States Coast Guard crews and Army troops during debarkation practice prior to D-Day in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

United States Coast Guard pre invasion activities in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States during World War II. A United States Army jeep being hoisted aboard a ship. American Coast Guardsmen on board the ship underway in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States in January , 1944. A Landing Craft Tank along side a ship as Army troops get onto it. LCT pulls away. Various United States Coast Guard transports underway in the Bay. A man at a steering wheel. Various landing craft underway,practicing in the bay. A soldier on the beach directs as landing craft approach the beach. Ramps of landing crafts being lowered and troops move off the craft as they practice debarkation of troops prior to an invasion. Various boats seen in this film include: Higgins boats from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) and USS Chilton (APA-38); and Landing Crafts Large, USS LCI(L)-505 and 523. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944, January
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051446
Dwight Eisenhower accepts nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts the nomination of the Republican Party during the 1952 Republican National Convention. Attendees hold signs bearing the names of American states at the Republican Party's Convention held at the International Amphitheater (4220 South Halsted Street; Chicago, Illinois 60609; United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Eisenhower raises his arms in front of the audience and accepts the nomination, saying, “I pick up this task therefore in the spirit of deep obligation, mindful of its burdens and of its decisive importance, I accept your summons- I will lead this crusade.” Richard Nixon, Patricia Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower and crowds clapping as Nixon enthusiastically holds Eisenhower's arm in the air in victory.

Date: 1952
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079803
School children and civilians participate in a war time "jalopy parade" to encourage donations of junk cars and other scrap metal in Decatur, Illinois.

Scenes of a a "jalopy and general salvage parade" in an American city during World War 2, to support the war effort. Parade floats that use scrap materials simulate the finished products of war like vehicles and airplanes. Civil Air Patrol airplanes fly over the parade route reminding citizens of the need for scrap metal in manufacturing and producing airplanes for war. Narrator describes need for inclusion of many needed scrap materials in the parade such as tin cans, silk, nylons, fats, greases, etc. and that "jalopies make jeeps." Narrator, on behalf of the United States War Production Board, gives specific instructions of how to hold such a parade in any town in the United States and encourages viewers to hold such parades in their towns all over America to help the home-front war effort. The parade heads down main streets of Decatur, Illinois, with many shops and buildings seen along the route. People stand on roadside to watch the parade. Cars driven at the parade. School children ride on cars, many bearing wartime victory slogans. Man works on a vehicle carried on a truck. A float decorated with papers. School children march. A man pushes a trolley. Girls ride bicycles. Officers address parade goers as livestock is auctioned off to raise funds for the war effort. Junk yard cars that are candidates for scrap recycling are seen in the backyards of houses. Clip concludes with a message from Mr. Eugene Dunne, District Chief, Scrap Processors Branch, War Production Board, Chicago. Mr. Dunne encourages viewers to hold jalopy parades like the one seen in Decatur, Illinois.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067990