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Early telegraph machines in operation.

An operator types on an early printing telegraph machine. A man reads a paper punch tape as another man uses a telegraph Morse code perforator to convert messages to Morse code.

Date: 1914
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079177
President Woodrow Wilson in office, United States troops leave for Europe (WWI)

United States President Woodrow Wilson at his office in the White House after the entrance of the United States into World War 1. President Wilson holding a telephone on top of his filing cabinet. President Wilson signing documents from his desk. A little girl waves the flag of the United States as US troops (American Expeditionary Forces or AEF) mobilize to leave for Europe. Men holding baskets during a parade as flowers are thrown before them. Crowds watch as American Expeditionary Forces march in a parade. Men and women wave good-bye at soldiers leaving for Europe. A government official with a senior military official watch the deployment of soldiers to Europe.

Date: 1917, April 17
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079243
Ford executives inspect military planes as company promises to meet war demands for aircraft (WW2)

Ford executives meet with a U.S. military official as the company promises to build 5000 aircraft per day to meet war production demands in World War 2. Ford executives inspect planes. Charles “Charlie” Sorensen, Ford executive responsible for Ford’s defense contracts, speaks with United States military officer and inspects a Curtiss P-40 (possibly an XP-40) fighter. Edsel Ford, Charlie Sorensen and an officer inspect the fighter’s cockpit. Henry Ford, wearing a straw boater, observes the meeting. Propeller of the P-40 fighter plane. Henry Ford listening to a discussion. Military aircraft in flight over mountains as seen from an aircraft. Spectators watch and take photographs. View of aircraft in flight. Cockpit POV view of a group of bombers in flight. Aerial view of three United States Army bombers (likely Boeing Y1B-17 ) in flight. A Boeing Y1B-17 flying. A group of United States Army Boeing Y1B-17 bombers in flight.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079263
Patriotic parade floats during the 1940 Portland Rose Festival

The City of Portland holds the annual Portland Rose Festival with a patriotic flair in June 1940. Two United States flags are hanging from a building. The parade route is marked by banners that read "For You A Rose In Portland Grows." Parade floats made of roses in the 1940 Grand Floral Parade. Portland Rose Festival girls on a “Constitution” float wave at crowds as their float round the corner in front of the New Heathman Hotel (now the Heathman Hotel, 1001 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205, United States). Two men dressed as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln sit on the “Portland Dist. No. 2 Mantle Club” "America First" float, which features an Eagle on its front. Portland Rose Festival “queens” and “princesses” on a “Peacock” themed float wave at crowds. Boy scouts flank the “Peacock” float as passes the Alisky Building and the Harry Semler Dentist and Optical offices. A “Treasure Island Exposition 1940” float. Women and a man on the “Portland Realtors” float, traveling down SW Morrison St. The Portland Hotel is seen in the background at the corner of SW 6th Ave. and SW Morrison St. A “Pasadena” float with an effigy of the bald eagle and the United States flag made of roses is flanked by marching Boy Scouts.

Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079264
Lutherans commemorate glassmaker Henry William Stiegel in Manheim, Pennsylvania

Activities at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The Zion Lutheran Church (2 S Hazel St, Manheim, PA 17545, United States). A man cuts a stem of rose from the cemetery garden. A memorial for Henry William Stiegel, an 18th century German American glassmaker who donated the land on which the Zion Lutheran church is now built. Man runs his hands, holding a rose, across the memorial slab of Henry William Stiegel. Lutheran worshippers enter the church. Female choir singers wearing black robes and mortarboard caps hold choir books. Choir singers wearing mortarboard caps and surplice over black robes. A man presents a flower to a woman on the altar. The flag of the United States can be seen near the altar.

Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079265
Cowboys engage in bucking horse and bull riding during a rodeo competition in Livermore California

Rodeo competition in Livermore California. Cowboys fall off from bucking horses during a rodeo competition. Contestant number 95 falls from a bucking horse. A cowboy struggles to stay in a bucking horse before falling off and landing under the horse. A man falls face down from a bucking horse. A bucking bull sets free on its own after cowboy gets bucked off from starting gate. A cowboy struggles to keep his balance in a bucking bull until falling. A bucking bull rotates until the cowboy gets bucked off, then charging away. A bull charges at a scarecrow.

Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079268