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Teen water ski champions compete at the 1957 Water Ski World Championship in Cypress Gardens, Florida.

The 1957 Water Ski World Championship at Cypress Gardens, Florida. A 12-year-old Mexican boy and a 10-year-old American girl (Martha Ann Williams of Long Beach, California) water ski champions stage a show at Cypress Gardens. They perform various waterskiing stunts. Martha Ann Williams wins 1st overall gold cup at Cypress Gardens. Swiss water skier Marina Ricolfi-Doria (later the Princess of Naples, Duchess Of Savoy), performs a stunt by putting her right foot on the handle before turning her body while skiing.

Date: 1957, April 18
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056228
Monkeys take off in helium balloons from beach with a monkey on a trailing rope in mid air, in Venice Beach California.

Monkeys launched in helium balloons during stunt at Venice Beach, California. Four helium balloons at Venice Beach, preparing to take off. Santa Monica pier visible in background. A clothed monkey getting into a balloon basket. Two monkeys beside a balloon on which the U.S. flag is displayed. Two monkeys beside another balloon on which the British flag is displayed. French flag also seen. Two balloons take off with monkeys inside. Another balloon takes off and a monkey climbs on the trailing anchor rope in midair into the basket of the balloon. The helium balloons with monkeys in flight over Venice Beach, California.

Date: 1930, October 6
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054972
Dock hands at work and crew on the deck of USS California (BB-44) departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

USS California (BB-44) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. A marine sentry moves past in the foreground. Men look at the ship in the foreground from a dock. Crew and dock workers on the deck of the ship. View of aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) passing by in the background (having arrived at Pearl Harbor September 21 for repairs). USS California was departing for Puget Sound Navy Yard for major reconstruction following her damage during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the prior December 7. The USS California underwent dry dock repairs at Pearl Harbor Drydock Number Two until June 7, 1942, and then was moved under her own power to a wharf at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for reinstallation of guns in July before departing on October 10 for the Puget Sound Navy Yard. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 10
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061810
Coast Guard Stations along coasts of Long Island and New Jersey in the United States

Film begins showing map of Coast Guard Stations along the coasts of Long Island, and New Jersey to deal with storms that affect the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. Narrator notes that, accordingly, the number of Stations in this region are increased. View of Long Island South coast from low flying airplane, showing sand bars. Aerial view of Jersey shores showing a ship run aground and listing. Aerial view of the resort towns and recreational beaches on the Jersey coast. Closeup of a beach filled with people enjoying the sand and water. Aerial views of beaches teeming with visitors. Aerial view of harbor filled with small pleasure boats. A sailing regatta.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049569
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in many meetings before and after America's entry into World War II

Opening slate reads: "Quebec Conference August 1943." The English battleship, Prince of Wales, is seen in fog off the Coast of Newfoundland, in August 1941. View of sailor on fore-deck of the British ship. View inside engine room of the ship where sailor manipulates her power. Closeup of engine crankshaft stopping as she drops anchor in Placentia Bay. View of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, greeting U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the Prince of Wales. He proffers a letter to the President, from the King of England. View of Roosevelt and Churchill seated on deck with their respective military leaders standing behind them. Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations converses with U.S. Army Chief of Staff, George Marshall, as they stand behind Churchill and Roosevelt. Wider camera view shows the larger military entourage accompanying the Prime Minister and the President. Glimpse of prisoners and enslaved workers taken by Nazi Germans in Europe. Glimpse of bombs falling from an airplane. Classic film views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. Bombs exploding along "Battleship Row." Heavy smoke rising from the bombed ships. The USS Arizona tilted heavily and burning. Camera pans along the path of destruction, as the voice of President Roosevelt is heard in the background, asking the Congress to declare that the Japanese attack created a state of War between the United States and the Japanese Empire. View of President Roosevelt speaking to the U.S. Congress. Seated behind him are Vice-President Henry Wallace and Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Glimpse of Congress members applauding. Change of scene shows President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting in Washington, DC, in December of 1941, during World War 2. Views of war preparations in the United States, including the building of new war production plants and facilities. A large steel ingot being forged into an artillery gun barrel. Machinist at work turning a gun barrel on a lathe in a munitions factory. Views of manufacturing plants in operation and steel being made. A railroad train carrying new Army trucks. Another meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. June, 1942. Standing behind them is President Roosevelt's special assistant, Harry Hopkins, a British naval officer, and an American navy Captain. American soldiers boarding a troop ship, and closeups of them as they enter the ship, looking out of portholes, and waving from the ship's deck. Glimpse of Washington Monument and its image in the reflecting pool in Washington DC. Closeup of a book entitled, "Time Table for Invasion." General George Marshall with several of his generals doing preliminary planning. Series of scenes involving senior military officers engaged in war planning. A convoy of warships is seen at sea during the Operation Torch Allied invasion of French North Africa during 8–16 November, 1942. Views of Allied Navy ship guns firing. Allied troops riding in landing craft, and advancing from beached craft on shore of Algiers. Aerial view of a flight of Douglas Dauntless bombers in formation. "Bombs away" view from Allied airplane dropping bombs. Allied troops firing camouflaged antiaircraft guns from sandy positions near shore. Enemy shells or bombs exploding nearby. Two U.S. Army soldiers holding a document in French entitled, "Message from the President of the United States.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051795
Activities on beaches in Los Angeles, California area, including Venice Beach.

Traffic jam on Los Angeles highway . Sunbathers at one of many beaches in Los Angeles area. People exercise for physical fitness and body building at Venice Beach ("Muscle Beach"). Several men and women perform acrobatic feats and a man (actor and body-builder Steve Reeves) lifts weights as crowd gathers to watch. Volleyball game at beach. People enjoy boating. Palm trees, roads and view of city.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024751