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Swimmers take part in the marathon swim and Sam Shields of Miami wins the race in New York City

The marathon swim around Manhattan in New York, United States. Swimmers grease their body to keep from getting chilled in the long race in cold water. The contestants dive into the water. A boat in the water. The contestants are fed from the boat which sails beside them. Sam Shields representing Miami, Florida, wins in record time of 8 hours 35 minutes and poses. ( Note: Sam Shields, reportedly a native of Louisville, KY, was a top competitive swimmer in his college days with the University of Miami.)

Date: 1930, July 27
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032155
Scenes of Miami Beach, Florida, United States, in the 1930s.

Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Sign atop a building entrance reads 'Minsky's Burlesque Million Dollar Pier'. People strolling along the waterfront and bathing on the beach. Steam locomotives pulling trains. (Note: film is silent except for sound of train passing, at the end.)

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031895
People gather to watch joint demonstrations by paratroopers of army and air force at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A sign board reads: 'Readiness Command Welcomes You To Brass Key II'. Members of the Senior Service Schools and other guests in the Fort Bragg parking lot after their arrival. Guests pass by a Red Cross tent. Paratroopers carry their supplies and board an aircraft. The demonstration of joint operations and teamwork of army and air force personnel. People seated at the Fort Bragg grandstand. An airplane parked on an air base. Paratroopers walk towards the airplane and embark. People seated on chairs. A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (RF-4C) aircraft in flight. Men at a podium. Smoke trails from flash cartridges. HALO (High-Altitude Low Opening) jumpers in freefall. HALO jumpers with trailing smoke. A HALO jumper lowers his pack before landing on the ground. They descend with the help of parachutes. Long Range Recon Patrol group rappelling from helicopters. A team of paratroopers line up in front of people to give a demonstration. They are introduced to the audience. The captain of the team introduces the Special Forces Aid Attachment.

Date: 1974
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062064
Tourists talk, read paper and relax at West Palm Beach; views of Miami skyline in Florida mid 1930s

Tourists during winter vacations at West Palm Beach near Miami in Florida, United States. A yacht at the harbor with American flag on it. Tourists move on the harbor deck. Two men stand and talk to the two other sailors on yacht. Women tourists talking on the beach. A man and woman seated on a bench. A man reads a paper in the background. Fish lying at the harbor dock. A man washes the newly caught fish with a hose. Car parked in front of a restaurant with signs advertising fish and chili. Sign "Eatmore Fish". Sailor moves the ship wheel. Front of the deck of a ship. Wide shot of skyline of Miami with various buildings and landmarks including the Miami Daily News Tower (Freedom Tower 600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132). Views of a large building (possibly hotel).

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031877
Film describing social character of United States in decade leading up to World War II

Film describes American society in the 1930s and 40s, including World War 2. CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) President John L Lewis and Father Coughlin speaking. Harlem street scene. Crowd entering a subway station in New York City. Newspaper headlines posted in China Town New York. Storefronts of Greek and Italian merchants in downtown New York City. Signs seen include 'Grande Deposito Dolio Doliva,' and 'Anthony Coulapides, manufacturer of high grade cigarettes.' Hebrew writing and star of David seen on side of building. Buildings with Spanish language signs in New York. A parade float with Virgin Mary depiction. Wide shot of a vineyard. View of a water wheel turning at a mill. Boys skinny dipping. 1930's and 1940's era cars on deep snow covered roads of an American town. Homes in deep snow. People recline on a beach in Florida in winter while on the same day in New Hampshire people ski, some pulled by horses. Skiers on slopes. People slip while walking across a street during a blizzard. A boy takes removes an apple from an icebox (early refrigerator). Dust storms in farm country of the rural Midwest during the dust bowl. Man races across a field toward a barn as a dust storm bears down on it. A farmer leads his horses out of a corral. A farm is destroyed by dust storms during the dust bowl. A family piles their remaining things on a farm truck and abandons their farm destroyed by the dust bowl. A poor family in a shack in the River Mississippi Valley area.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053398
U.S. Naval personnel in National Hurricane center, Miami, Florida and in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico

WC-121N Lockheed Super Constellation of Airborne Early Warning Squadron FOUR (VW-4) in flight over the Miami International Airport. VW-4 aircreww walk across a ramp where several WC-121N Aircraft are parked. View of a WC-121N aircraft in flight. View from outside the cockpit window of Pilot, copilot and flight engineer at their respective stations. The radio operator transmitting a message by key. A sailor marking data on a chart back in the Aviation Building in Miami, Florida. a sailor transmitting the information over a teletype machine. Office of the Commanding Officer of VW-4. Their logo on the office sign, containing hurricane warning signal (two gale force flags), a lightning bolt, an eye, and gold wings, plus the words: "Hurricane Hunters." Teletype message being received calling for a mission to make low level investigation of possible tropical depression at 700 millibar level (about 10 thousand foot altitude). VW-4 crew in the U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, planning the mission over a weather chart.

Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076452