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Crew members dig snow and ice during an expedition to Antarctica.

A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest reaches the southern most point of it's trip during their Antarctica expedition. Crew members dig and load blocks of ice in a container. The container being pulled aboard . The crew members dig at the snow covered ice and a dog is seen in the foreground. The ship is stopped, unable to get past the ice.

Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065870
Different species of birds on Ascension Island seen as Ernest Shackleton's ship, The Quest, is returning to Antarctica

Film of the Quest's return journey, 8 months after the death of SIr Ernest Shackleton at South Georgia, Antarctica (on January 3, 1922). The expedition has stopped at Ascension Island en route to Antarctica. On 4th August, the expedition's naturalist George Hubert Wilkins, together with Major C. A. Tennyson (Commandant of the Ascension Island Garrison), explores a colony of sooty terns (also known as Wideawakes).

Date: 1922, August 4
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065872
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon is unveiled at an exhibition in New York.

The 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed by Virgil Exner with bodywork by Ghia, is unveiled at an auto exhibition in New York. View of the exposed exhaust system attached to the car. A woman at the steering wheel operates the controls of the car. A man drives a 1955 Chrysler Falcon. The man operates the buttons in the car.

Date: 1955, September 5
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068826
Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn Monroe board Pan American Airways Strato clipper aircraft in United States

American baseball star Joe DiMaggio and wife Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe board a Pan American Airways Boeing Strato cruiser “Strato Clipper America” aircraft as photographers take their pictures in United States. The couple waves to the people and get inside the plane. Plane takes off.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038020
West Point Cadets march up Fifth Avenue on Armed Forces Day.

Armed Forces Day parade in New York by various members of America's Defense team. American Military officers salute. West Point Cadets march up Fifth Avenue as crowd lined up at sidewalks.

Date: 1955, May 23
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039866
Glimpses at moments in life of King George VI of Great Britain, matching Trafalgar Day speech by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II in her Trafalgar Day speech recounts events in life of King George VI during dedication of his statue in Carleton Gardens, London, England. Audio of the Queen speaking as footage from the life of King George VI is shown. View of the Statue of Brtish King George VI. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth standing in bombing rubble, and visiting suffering London residents during the Blitz by Nazi Germany in 1940 during World War II. As Prince Albert, he stands with companions watching boys engaged in sports activities at a camp for boys that he established after World War I. Prince Albert in bathing suit at the beach, and participating in a group sing with campers. As the first British sovereign to enter the United States of America, King George VI is seen as he rides in an open car with President Franklin D.Roosevelt. The King is seen with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, visiting the war zones and decorating British Colonial troops, during World War II. The Queen says "Today is Trafalgar Day."

Date: 1955, October 21
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056042