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Former President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover voting in 1940 Presidential election

Herbert Hoover carries a folded ballot to a ballot box, where a woman helps him to insert it. He shakes her hand and walks away. Scene shifts to Hoover filling out a ballot, at a table. A woman is seen in the background bending over and filling out her own ballot. Hoover smiles and gets up from his chair. Next, Mrs.Hoover (Lou Henry) sits at the table filling out her ballot. She stands up and steps away.

Date: 1940
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050189
New Yorkers in Times Square, New York City, celebrate Democratic victory in General election of 1940

Mounted police keep order at edge of thousands of people packed into times Square in Manhattan, New York City on election night, November 5, 1940. Marqee and lights of Hotel Astor seen in background. lights shine on sign with image of Uncle Sam calling for "No Third Term! Democrats Willkie." Lights moving with message across the Times building spell out: "McNary concedes the re election."(News refers to Charles L. McNary, vice Presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, with Wendell Wilkie.) People in crowd wave hats and make lots of noise. Photographer's lights illuminate various sections of the crowd who react by waving arms and hats. Marquee of Loew's Criterion movie theater in background shows Robert Montgomery starring in a movie and displays banner beneath, advertising "Latest War News."

Date: 1940, November 5
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050195
1940 U.S. National election results being displayed on Times building to crowd in Times Square, New York City.

Crowds in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, watch Presidential election returns being displayed in moving lights on the Times Building. Search lights illuminate segments of the crowd. Report on the Times bulding reads: "Wilkie reached toward 100,000 votes in Penna tonight." Crowds waving arms and hats enthusiastically. Moving lights on Times building spell out: "Returns from Congressional elections indicate Democrats are battling strongly." (World War II period).

Date: 1940, November 5
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050196
Sights of Christmas Season in Manhattan, New York City and in Germany

(Note: silent until TC: 2:06) Scenes of bright lights and decorations in Manhattan, New York City, during the Christmas season in 1966. Closeup of lights on the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. Lights and decorations on a fountain and building fronts. Christmas decorations in department store and shop windows. Elaborate toys and decorations including a carousel with decorative white horses carrying wrapped gift packages. Artificial animals, including an elephant that moves its trunk. Dancing stringed puppets in an Alpine setting. Miniature choir boys perched in front of organ pipes. An American boys' choir singing "Silent Night" inside a church. Panning closeups of the boys singing with open hymn books. At TC: 2:06, sound track starts being heard, as a pageant is being shown, possibly in Germany, with a choir of German boys and girls singing "Silent Night" in German. While they sing in the background, a group of children step from a building, carrying torches. They proceed down a snow covered hill. Children stand in snow by a bonfire and look at a fir tree covered in snow. Children carrying candles wave at an elderly woman looking out from a window. Pan to closeup of Virgin Mary and child decorating a Christmas tree.

Date: 1966, December
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050312
View of China Town, Golden Gate Bridge and Redwood Highway in San Francisco, California.

Point of view aerial views of San Francisco harbor through passenger airplane window. Fishing boats anchored in harbor. POV view of San Francisco from ship. Chinatown in San Francisco. Cable car moved on turntable in front of The Owl Drug Co. Point of view shot going down hill in San Francisco in cable car. POV looking out front of passenger bus going over the Golden Gate Bridge. Greyhound bus emerging from tunnel. Greyhound passenger bus driving on U.S. 101 on the 'Redwood Highway' Couple stares upwards at giant redwoods. The 'World Famous Tree House' in Piercy, California.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050326
Triangular parachute on Mark III Aerial Illuminating flares is being tested in San Antonio, Texas

Events related to the testing of triangular parachute on Mark III Aerial Illuminating flares in San Antonio, Texas. Aerial Views of flare descending by parachute. Partially inflated parachute with expended flare casing descend and hit ground.

Date: 1922
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050346