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Polish Refugees travel three years and 3 thousand miles to Iran during World War II.

Many Polish refugees are seen in the final phase of their monumental trek of three years and three thousand miles from Poland, during World War 2. Scene shifts to Poland in 1939, where polish refugees crowd roads carrying their belongings in wooden carts and other conveyances. They are seen at a rest stop where they obtain food. Animated map shows path of refugees fleeing East into the Soviet Union, following the German invasion in August, 1939. The path continues Southeast in 1941, as they flee from the German campaign, Operation Barbarossa, into the Soviet Union. Their journey continues along the west coast of the Caspian Sea, through the Caucasus, to Persia (Iran). Views of refugees arriving at the Persian border, where they are seen near many tents, and being provided with articles of clothing from British and American Red Cross Stations. Refugees donning new shoes and other items. Young girls having their hair styled. Refugees sit at long tables where they receive hot meals. A teacher conducts an outdoor class for Polish refugee children. Closeup of children at their desks. Refugee women are seen tilling soil to plant crops, while fathers and grown sons and daughters leave to join the new armies of the Polish Government in Exile. Views of Polish women, in uniforms marching and of uniformed armed Polish soldiers, as well becoming part of the Allied war against the Axis powers. Polish refugees at an outdoor shrine, offering prayers for the safety of their members in the military. New polish refugee arrivals at the Persian border being greeted by others, many of whom are family members.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066020
Australian General Sir Thomas Blamey and Lt. Gen. Eichelberger in New Guinea during World War II

Scenes in Buna, New Guinea, during the battle of Buna-Gona,fought by American and Australian forces in World War 2. An American General and Australian General, Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander of the Allied Land Forces in the Southwest Pacific, conducting an inspection in the jungle. General Blamey and U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger with another Australian commander. General blamey beside a jeep in a marshy area of the jungle. Trees in the marshy area in the background. The men are talking. Other officers in the background. The Generals driving in a jeep on a jungle trail. American soldiers throwing grenades and concealing themselves among the trees. Several dead Japanese in a trench. A catholic chaplain conducting services in the jungle. The soldiers and officers gathered in front of the chaplain. General Blamey and General Eichelberger walking on a trail in the jungle. Other men following the Generals. Inside captured Japanese fortifications, General Blamey inspects a Japanese Taisho heavy machine gun. General Eichelberger joins him. They also inspect a long barreled Japanese artillery piece.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066259
Workers digging wells and laying bamboo pipes to distribute brine in Tze-Kung, China.

Well diggers in Tze-Kung, China. Men shape large well drill bit using sledge hammers. Workers using their feet to raise and lower the drill, while one man rotates it by hand. Brine surges forth when they succeed in drilling.Harnessed cattle provide power to raise brine to top of tower in conveyers, from where it is distributed to reservoirs by gravity. Bamboo pipes used in place of metal pipes to transport brine. The workers covering the bamboo pipes with clay-like mud. The pipes laid along long distances.

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066277
Several officials present as the last wire splice is made in the New York-Chicago telephone line in the United States.

The last wire splice made in the New York-Chicago telephone line in the United States. This completed the storm proof long distance cable connection from New York to Chicago. Men exit cars on a grassy area. A number of people on a raised platform in the grassy area. Officials standing in a group. The officials watching a telephone official making the last of the wire splices for the New York-Chicago telephone line. Other officials standing beside him. A few telephone technicians fixing the splice in the heavy duty cable on the line. The officials raising their hats. A biplane aircraft in flight. View of the officials on the platform.

Date: 1925, August 11
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066333
Maury Wills and Willie Mays star as National League wins Baseball's 1962 All-Star Game in Washington

Newsreel clip on baseball's 1962 All-Star Game in Washington -- the first of two played that year. View of new D.C. Stadium packed to capacity for the game. A woman wearing a hat with '1962 All Star Game' written on it. U.S. President John F. Kennedy, a known baseball fan, throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Game begins, scoreless for five innings. In the sixth, Hall of Famer Stan Musial hits a single to right field. Maury Wills comes in to run for him, steals second, then scores on a hit by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dick Groat. President Kennedy and officials seated near him cheer. Groat scores on an infield hit. Racially mixed crowd watches the action. Billy Moran and Rich Rollins of the American League get hits, then Roger Maris of the Yankees hits a long blast to deep center field -- but Willie Mays catches it against the center field wall. Kennedy, wearing sunglasses and smiling, munches on some peanuts. In the seventh, Wills gets on base, advances from first to third on a single, and scores sliding into home on a fly ball in foul territory. Announcer notes Kennedy stayed until the end of the game. Mays catches the final out in center field. The National League wins the game 3-1.

Date: 1962, July 10
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066346
People at a club dancing to band music and men at a construction site in Washington DC, United States.

People in Washington DC, United States. A man playing a guitar during a performance in a night club or bar. View of people dancing in the club. Fashions and hippie hair styles seen are 1970's typical of the time. A band performing on a stage and people at a dance floor. The members of the band singing and playing instruments. Several views of the band performing. 'Montage' written on the backdrop of the stage. A man holding a bunch of balloons on a path. Neck ties displayed for sale on a stand on a sidewalk, with a shop advertising Water Beds in the background. Various views of young adult people in 1970s fashions and long hair hippie styles. People walking past the tie stand. A man and a woman seated on the sidewalk talking. People at a park. A woman smoking a cigarette. A few people seated on a grassy ground. A girl reading a book. Office workers in a public park enjoying nice weather and a lunch break. A man lying down with his face covered with a newspaper. People seated at tables at an open restaurant. Beer in a glass and wine served in wine glasses. People eating food and drinking wine at the restaurant. A group of construction workers wearing hard hat helmets standing on a federal or office building under construction. A worker wheeling a cart loaded with construction material. Construction material walls being lifted on cranes on to the building. A man with welding equipment performs welding on the building. View of the Benjamin Banneker Overlook Park fountain at L'Enfant Plaza. Office workers, pedestrians, and two children walk beside the running fountain. People seated on the steps and surrounding area in the park. Two girls walking on a path beside the steps leading down to the fountain. View again of the band musicians playing in the club and people applauding the musicians at the end of the performance. Overall, the footage is like an early music video.

Date: 1972
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066421