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Launching of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, December 7, 1943., Christened by Mrs. Walter S. Goodland

The horn of the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) sounds loudly, as Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin, successfully breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship's bow and it starts down the ways. She is assisted by Rear Admiral M.F. Draemel, Commandant of the Navy Yard. The ship's horn continues to sound throughout the launching. Navy yard personnel and spectators all cheer.

Date: 1943, December 7
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031535
The Wisconsin Badgers win against the Northwestern Wildcats in a game of football in the United States.

A football game in the United States. Highlights of a game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Northwestern Wildcats. Spectators cheer. The Wisconsin Badgers win by 37-6.

Date: 1962, November 12
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057794
Senator Alexander Wiley unveils a 'cheese' sculpture of Vice President John Garner IV to celebrate Wisconsin's Cheese Week.

Celebration of Wisconsin's Cheese Week. A huge cheese weighing over a ton arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Women in decorative costumes seated around the cheese. A banner reads 'See the World's Largest Cheese'. Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley officiates for his state and unveils a 'cheese' sculpture of Vice President John Garner IV.

Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057818
Wisconsin's Alan Ameche awarded with Heisman Trophy as outstanding college football player of 1954.

Wisconsin's Alan Ameche awarded with Heisman Trophy as outstanding college football player of 1954. Ameche is seen wearing a suit along with trophy presenters in conference room. University of Wisconsin football player Alan Ameche seen holding the Heisman Trophy and smiling.

Date: 1954, December 9
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040178
U.S. Task Force attacks Japanese positions on Island of Wotje in Gilbert and Marshall Islands during World War II.

Attack on Wotje Island, February 1, 1942. Crew members move F4F-3 Wildcat's and Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft across crowded flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) during raid against Japanese positions in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, by Task Force 8, of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr, during World War 2. Oversize U.S. stars are evident on the aircraft, at this early stage of the war (1942). Crewmen roll bombs, on dollies, across the deck. F4F Hellcat aircraft sit with engines running as some Douglas Dauntless aircraft commence take off. The destroyer USS Gridley, DD-380 passes abeam the Enterprise at time 00:37. A Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane catapults from the heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26. Several U.S. aircraft seen in flight. View from stern of a U.S. heavy Cruiser as a destroyer crosses her wake, behind. The heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26 and the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, in background (time 1:09 to 1:11) bombard Wotje island. Black smoke billows from a ship burning close to shore. Brief glimpse of the heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26's triple battery of 8-inch guns. The heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25 fires a broad side. Scene from the stern of heavy cruiser with fires burning on Wotje Island in background. Formation of Japanese aircraft attacking U.S. ships are fired upon by antiaircraft guns. Black flak bursts seen in the sky. Vice Admiral Halsey consulting with other officers aboard his flagship, USS Enterprise.

Date: 1942, February 1
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034908
Cross pollinating lily and amaryllis by George Washington Carver.

George Washington Carver and an elder doctor (Walter Crump?) examining lilies. Close view of amaryllis and lilies. Carver transfers the pollen grains of lily to the plant carpel of amaryllis

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038922