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Eastern Airlines DC-3 Aircraft at newly built Washington National Airport

Interior view of people strolling at main terminal building, Washington National Airport, during its first few months of operation in 1941 (built from 1940-1941, during the Great Depression). A man can also be seen on the outdoor observation deck. A plane taxis. Numerous DC-3 passenger airplane parked at airport, some being refueled. View from tarmac shows visitors lined up on outdoor observation deck. Planes go to hangar. Passengers deplane from an Eastern Airlines DC-3 with "The Great Silver Fleet" painted on its fuselage. Cars parked on circular drive in front of the terminal. Officials at Air Traffic Control tower talk on phones. View from inside the terminal showing observation deck and Eastern Airlines DC-3 outside.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035707
Meteorologists release a "Sonde-Track" weather balloon from the observation deck of Washington National Airport

A man holds a weather balloon containing an instrumentation package in container labeled: "Sonde-Track." (The sonde or radiosonde is a balloon-borne sounding system to measure atmosphere and winds). Three officials hold the package and show a notice on its side addressed to whomever finds the balloon. The balloon is released and floats upward.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035708
General of U.S. Army, Douglas MacArthur introduced by Senator James Eastland, addresses the Mississippi State Legislature.

General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, in uniform, salutes as a band plays the U.S. National Anthem. He is standing before a battery of microphones, on the steps of the State Legislature in Jackson, Mississippi, next to U.S. Senator, James O. Easland. Scene shifts forward to Senator Eastland delivering a speech of introduction for MacArthur (who had been relieved of his commands, 11 months earlier, by President Harry S. Truman). MacArthur places his notes on the podium and the crowd gives him sustained applause. MacArthur begins by thanking Eastland for the introduction, and addresses the members of the State legislature and citizens of Mississippi. He praises the traditions and contributions of the South to the Country. Film stops momentarily and picks up again as MacArthur says America stands at a crossroads, where one path follows to the principals and ideals upon which rested our country's past grandeur. He says on the other lies the arbitrary rule of men leading to the ultimate loss of constitutional liberty. View of crowd applauding. MacArthur criticizes weakness and vacillation as undermining America's moral leadership of the world. He criticizes U.S. Government domestic spending and reckless dissipation of America's national assets. Intermittent views of crowd receptive to his remarks. He remarks about U.S. Government "propaganda," and quotes Benjamin Franklin, saying "A half truth is often a great lie."

Location: Jackson Mississippi USA
Date: 1952, March 22
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035730
U.S. General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, criticizes U.S. policy in Korea and at home, calling it a bankruptcy of leadership.

In a outdoor speech before a joint assembly of the Mississippi State Legislature, Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army, talks about freedom, American tradition, and leadership. His remarks are critical of the current U.S. Administration and its failure of spirit, not of military resources, to tackle communism in Korea during the Korean War. He calls it a bankruptcy of leadership in our American tradition, and a glaring failure in Korea. He completes his speech, referring to God, and the religious faith upon which the country was erected. The General is applauded and thanked formally. The Legislators then act to dissolve the joint assembly.

Location: Jackson Mississippi USA
Date: 1952, March 22
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035732
Douglas MacArthur, General of U.S. Army and his wife arrive at Hawkins Field airport in Jackson, Mississippi.

Large crowd gathers at Hawkins Field, Municipal airport in Jackson, Mississippi, to greet arriving General of the Army, Douglas McArthur. Preceded by his wife, Jean MacArthur, and their son, Arthur MacArthur,IV, General MacArthur descends stairs from the airplane. The General salutes a U.S. flag, and is escorted by an ROTC cadet in uniform. He talks to soldiers in uniform, present in his honor. Large crowd gathers on and around the steps of the Mississippi State Legislature Building, where a large sign reads: "Liberty." Red White and Blue Bunting decorates the building. A light rain falls. Some spectators sit under a large plastic sheet.

Location: Jackson Mississippi USA
Date: 1952, March 22
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035733
Transforming logged trees into lumber; also products made from wood in the U.S.

Documentary about use of trees titled 'Cut and Dried' by Ford Company. The logs tied with boom chains transported by train through snowy tracks. At the lumber mill they are cleaned, and transported using a conveyor belt. Logs are then sheared and cut into pieces of dimensional lumber with. The finished lumber is used for various building projects: A man carving what appears to be a bed headboard. A man building chairs. A woman artist painting an ornate design on a piece of wooden furniture. Construction workers building a house with wood framing lumber.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035755
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