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A delegate speaks about Jewish settlement in Jerusalem during a U.S. Security Council session in Lake Success, New York.

A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan and Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko seated next to each other. A delegate speaks on the 1947 UN Partition Plan which recommended 'the creation of a special international regime in the City of Jerusalem, constituting it as a corpus separatum under the administration of the United Nations.' He speaks about Jewish settlement in Jerusalem. Representatives of different nations seated.

Location: Lake Success New York USA
Date: 1948, May 25
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070161
A resolution is adopted by 9 votes in favor with 2 abstentions at a UN Security Council session in Lake Success, New York.

A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin speaks that the pending matter is the draft resolution (document S/704) introduced by the representative of the United States at the 275th meeting of the Security Council calling for a truce in Palestine. He states that the objective of this resolution is to save human life. The resolution is adopted by 9 votes in favor with 2 abstentions.

Location: Lake Success New York USA
Date: 1948, May 25
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070163
Rocket plane designed to carry Mail is prepared for launch, but fails, in Greenwood Lake, New York.

A rocket airplane fails in the 1st mail test in Greenwood Lake, New York. A rocket designed to carry mail at a tremendous speed, is prepared for a launching. 'Gloria' written on the rocket. Men work with fueling tanks. The rocket on a ramp for launch. German-American rocket scientist, Willy Ley, wearing protecting gear, ignites the rocket. The rocket starts and flops on snow covered ground.

Location: Greenwood Lake New York USA
Date: 1936, February 23
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070941
A large crowd gathers to watch the North American Amateur Speed Races in Saranac Lake, New York.

The North American Amateur Speed Races in Saranac Lake in New York. People gather in a large number to watch the race. The participants racing on the race track. People cheering the participants. Buildings in the background

Location: Saranac Lake New York USA
Date: 1939, February 12
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076317
American Cities in the 1950s

Americans listen to a chamber string quartet playing music on stage. Vintage views of various famous American cities in the 1950s. Sweeping wide views of American wilderness with mountains in distant background. Elevated view of a river in America. A railroad marshaling yard with skyline of Chicago Illinois in the distance. Close view of two railroad trains passing in opposite directions in downtown Chicago with skyscraper in background. A city street in downtown Detroit Michigan with 1950s cars on the road. View of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis Minnesota and the city skyline in background. View of Saint Paul Minnesota with river, bridge, and some nearby factories. View of Saint Louis Missouri as seen from an anchored position on the Mississippi River. The city skyline of New Orleans from a distance. View of Pittsburgh skyline with the West End Bridge over the Ohio River in the foreground. People walk on the grounds of Liberty Island in New York, with the Statue of Liberty seen towering above. Aerial view of New York city's skyline, skyscrapers and New York harbor. Camera view panning from ground to top of Empire State Building in Manhattan. Aerial view of Washington DC and Potomac River. Ground view of Jefferson Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol seen together. Steps of Lincoln Memorial and view of statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln inside the memorial. An eastern American mountain view, witha lake or river in the foreground. View of Half Dome peak in Yosemite National Park seen from a moving vehicle. Elevated view of a dense forest in the western United States. Pacific coast scene of surf washing onto rocks in a rocky area with nearby cliffs and mountains.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025223
Historical events of 1935 including Stresa Front, U.S. anti-war demonstrations, FDR in Jacksonville, Easter Parade, Female flyers

Scenes showing various historical events that took place in April 1935, during the Great Depression. In Stresa, Italy, on the banks of Lake Maggiore, leaders of Britain, France and Italy confer on German rearmament, in violation and defiance of the Versailles Treaty. (There they sign the "Stresa Front"). Images show the French and British delegations arriving by boat and walking near the port at Stresa, including British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, French Prime Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin, and French Foreign Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) Pierre Laval. U.S. College students across the country join in anti-war, pacifist demonstrations. They are seen marching with banners and anti-war signs and cartoons. One banner reads, "It is the task of the 20th century to make this world a brotherhood." Also "War is Hell....Who want to go to hell?" and "War is Stupid". President Franklin Roosevelt returns from a two week cruise. He arrives in Jacksonville Florida. Local officials and crowds in Jacksonville greet him and cheer. Boy Scouts in a line greet the President. Views of Franklin Roosevelt in an open car and on ships and docks. Al Smith and Herbert Hoover share the speaker's stage in New York lending their support for the Salvation Army during the Depression. Scenes from the Easter Parade in New York City. Crowds gather, filling double-decker open air buses. Al Smith seen with his wife. Postmaster General James Farley and Irish tenor singer John McCormack are seen on Fifth Avenue in New York. Amelia Earhart completes a 1700-mile flight from Burbank, California to Mexico City. Scenes of her in Mexico City in a car laden down with celebrating Mexican officials. Aviatrix Bernadine King sets a new record for upside down endurance flying. She is seen getting into her plane, and her plane is seen upside down in the air.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1935, April
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029310
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