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U.S. Marines in prone positions holding guns and practice the use of weapons in the United States during World War I.

U.S. Marines practice with Lewis machine guns during World War I. U.S. marine three-man machine gun teams set up Lewis machine guns and fire them during training at Key West, Florida, in World War 1. Teams set up in prone positions, with gunner ready to fire. Second man fastens circular ammunition magazine atop the gun and third man stays low behind. The guns are on a bipods, and equipped with large cooling shields around their barrels. The gunners fire one magazine, replace it, and fire again.

Date: 1918
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068747
A U.S. Marine machine gunner demonstrates weapon familiarity by field stripping his weapon, blindfolded, in World War I

A U.S. Marine demonstrates his weapon familiarity by taking a blindfold test. The blindfolded marine kneels on the ground next to his Lewis machine gun. The gun is set on the ground in front of him on a bipod support. He reaches and removes the cylindrical magazine from the gun. Then he removes the stock and proceeds to field strip the weapon down to the smallest parts, entirely by feel. He leans back and removes his blindfold, when done, and stands up.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068748
Demonstrators fill streets in Manhattan, expressing anger over unemployment and lack of public assistance during the Depression

Huge crowd of people fills New York City street during the Great Depression, in 1930. Some carry signs reflecting economic woes. One reads:"$25.00 a week for UNEMPLOYED."Others read: "No work, No rent;" "Down with Vagrancy Laws;" and "Join Unemployees Council." Scene shifts to Police arriving and arresting a woman and a man whom they escort into a Paddy Wagon. Police advance toward group of demonstrators, outside City Hall, holding signs. One reads: "Vote Communist." Another reads: "Food and Clothing for Unemployed," and one reads:"Fight the Speed UP SYSTEM." One reads: "We demand unemployment insurance."Several women are in the group, which retreats as the police move toward them. One man is lifted by others, above the group, in front of an entrance to the City Court. He stands on rung of an iron fence by the sidewalk. Defiant demonstrators exchange words with police officer. More signs are seen reading: "Down with Fake Employment Agencies" and "Down with Police Brutality." The crowd moves along, some taunting the policemen as they pass. A phalanx of several policemen press against the demonstrators. A woman, with a sign, falls to the ground and another helps her up. Scene shifts to an intersection of Manhattan streets, completely blocked in all directions by cars and demonstrators.

Date: 1930, October 16
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069017
Domestic terrorist George P. Metesky confesses after being arrested in the United States.

Tool maker George P. Metesky, also known as the Mad Bomber, is arrested in the United States after having planted multiple pipe bombs over a 16 year span that injured many people. Cameramen record the arrest of the domestic terrorist. The bomber had confessed. Exterior view of a Consolidated Edison Company plant facility. Exterior of Metesky's house in Waterbury Connecticut, and of his car in his garage. View of his workbench in his garage where bombs were built, and view of a handwritten note to the press sent by Metesky. George Metesky enters a car with policemen.

Date: 1957, January 24
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070379
New P-40 aircraft rolled out of Curtiss hangar in Buffalo, NY during World War II.

New United States Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 aircraft being placed on flight line at Curtiss Aircraft company facility in Buffalo, NY (the Buffalo Municipal Airport) during World War II. A new P-40 aircraft being rolled out of the Curtiss hangar. Employees push several new P-40s. The aircraft are seen parked on the ramp.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070471
New P-40 aircraft at Curtiss Aircraft Company in Buffalo, NY during World War II

Two pilots stand in front of a P-40 airplane at the Curtiss Aircraft Company in Buffalo, NY. The pilots are H. Lloyd Child, Curtiss’ chief test pilot (at left) and apparently a USAAF major (at right). They are performing acceptance flight tests on new planes during World War II. Another pilot is in the cockpit of the plane behind them. A P-40 is seen taxiing rapidly on the ramp near the Curtiss hangars at the Buffalo Airport. A shiny P-40 being taxied. The first P-40 takes off and climbs out with landing gear extended. The shiny one does likewise. The first P-40 is seen circling high overhead, with landing gear still extended. Next, it is seen over the runway on final approach, about to land. Curtiss employees move aircraft parts in an open stake truck, next to a building, in the foreground.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070472