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The First Lady of the U.S. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt arrives for the inauguration of a new housing project in New York City

The inauguration of a new housing project in New York City during the Great Depression. Apartment buildings along densely populated streets. People gather on a street. Clothes and pillows hanging on a line in front of the buildings. The First Lady of the United States, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, along with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and other officials is seen at the ceremony. Mrs. Roosevelt cuts a ribbon.

Date: 1935, December 4
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076842
House Military Affairs Committee visits headquarters building of the U.S. 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command in Luxembourg, during World War II .

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Omar Bradley prepares to meet members of the Congressional House Military Affairs Committee upon their visit to Headquarters of the 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command, in Luxembourg, during World War 2. A staff car stops,on Place de la Gare. The Hotel Clesse is seen in the background. General Bradley defers to Ambassador Charles W. Sawyer, who is smoking a cigarette. Sawyer enters the car, followed by Bradley. (another man is already in the back seat.) The car drives along a boulevard lined with tram tracks. Three stars are prominently displayed on the car's bumper. The car stops and two attending soldiers salute as General Bradley steps to the sidewalk. He is followed by Ambassador Sawyer and the other person. The three climb steps to enter a building. Some sort of official proclamation is posted near the entrance. A sign at the door reads "Show your identification." The staff car drives away and a Military Police jeep arrives, leading several cars carrying the House Committee members, who are then escorted into the building. Later, Committee members are seen exiting the building, including Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut,walking with Congressman Paul W. Shafer of Michigan. Cars for the Committee parked on cobblestone street, near a. Sign by some barbed wire prohibiting entry. Committee members begin boarding their cars and driving away.

Date: 1944, December 5
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076984
Containers holding control sections for a missile are lowered into a control hatch aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean.

A missile workshop aboard the USS Shangri-La in the Pacific Ocean. Containers holding control sections for a missile are lowered into a control hatch by an electric chain. Crew members work around a chain fall. The containers are lowered into the storage room. They are dropped into an open hatch. Two men carry a wooden case over to the hatch and lower it.

Date: 1955, November
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044749
UAW workers gather outside Ford River Rouge plant to celebrate victory against Ford leadership.

Women surrounded by UAW workers at the Ford River Rouge plant. They are gathered at the overpass to the plant, clutching the Ford Edition of the "United Automobile Worker" newspaper. Headlines on the newspapers read, "Dearborn Police Face Riot Trial" and "Prepare Smashing Ford Drive." This is possibly in the aftermath of the Battle of the Overpass, in which UAW protesters were injured by police and Ford security men. A motion picture camera pointed at one of the women as she speaks. A man smoking a cigarette with his arm in a sling views photos with another man, perhaps copies of Scotty Kilpatrick’s photos of the attack on UAW workers. Cars and taxis lined up outside the Ford River Rouge complex. Men distribute newspapers outside the plant. A La Salle Cab Co. taxi pulls onto the roadway. A woman holds a newspaper above her head in victory. Onlookers gather on the overpass while a police man on horseback rides through. View from overpass of UAW workers holding papers. Streetcar next to overpass. Men climb stairs onto overpass. A UAW worker distributes papers to men exiting a streetcar. Woman with a feathered hat smiles while looking at a newspaper.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078303
Vaudeville stars, Jameson and De Coursey, perform a song and dance number together. Scenes of theaters during the Great Depression in Chicago Illinois

“De Coursey and Jameson “A Wish of Song””. Jameson, wearing a tulle empire dress, sings beside De Coursey. De Coursey and Jameson dance and sings together. The couple raise their hands as they finish their performance. De Coursey and Jameson bow on stage. They head for the exit, before coming back to bow abruptly, and leave again. Sign saying “To rent Theater- 600 seats completely equipped. Low rental. Alex. Friend&co. inc. 29 S. La Salle St. Randolph 4913”. View of Majestic Theater in Chicago (now known as the CIBC Theater). View of Biltmore Theater. View of Variety newspaper from March 14, 1933.

Date: 1933, March 14
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079040
Telemetry scientists of the Mercury-Atlas 6 in Mexico and the United States anticipate the countdown of John Glenn’s launch on the “Friendship 7”

View of a full moon. View of rotating white satellite dish at night-time. Station staff working on Kauai Hawaii tracking station, one of the telemetry stations for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. A Filipino telemetry communicator turns his head to speak to a colleague as they monitor the Friendship 7’s journey. View of a full moon in blue. View of the at Guaymas, Mexico tracking station at dawn. View of door with notice in English and Spanish saying, “Keep the doors closed critical air conditioning”, “Favor de cerrar la Puerta debemos mantener temperature constante” and “aviso- notice”. A portly Mexican scientist enters the computer room where his colleagues are working on telemetry for Friendship 7. The portly Mexican scientist gives his American colleague a reassuring tap on the shoulders. “M-A-O-T-N, status green, preceding with free-pass calibrations…” the American telemetry communicator radios. View of moon with blue hue. View of the Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry station in Port Arguello, California. Two telemetry communicators on their computer working as they wait out the long countdown for Friendship 7’s take-off. A telemetry communicator opens a thermous, puts on a pair of headphones, and speaks. Three telemetry communicators in a computer room working. View of the Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Telemetry communicator, wearing headphones, speaking, says "roger, all systems, would you please commence pre-flight calibrations at this time since the countdown is progressing normally...." Two telemetry communicators on their desks, preparing for preflight calibration.

Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079055