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Mrs. Millard Tydings christens the new Pan American 'Atlantic Clipper' in Baltimore, Maryland.

The new giant Pan American World Airways "Atlantic Clipper" (Boeing 314 Flying Boat) christened in Baltimore, Maryland. The second 7-1-pass seaplane for ocean service, the 'Atlantic Clipper' outside a hangar. A large crowd gathered for the ceremony. The seated guests. Pan American World Airways founder Juan Trippe addresses the gathering. U.S. Senator Millard Tydings and his wife, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. seated among the guests. The Clipper is christened by Mrs. Tydings. Dignitaries board the aircraft.

Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057817
Senator Alexander Wiley unveils a 'cheese' sculpture of Vice President John Garner IV to celebrate Wisconsin's Cheese Week.

Celebration of Wisconsin's Cheese Week. A huge cheese weighing over a ton arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Women in decorative costumes seated around the cheese. A banner reads 'See the World's Largest Cheese'. Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley officiates for his state and unveils a 'cheese' sculpture of Vice President John Garner IV.

Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057818
Republican nominee Wendell Willkie campaigns in New York and visits the World's Fair in the United States.

Republican nominee Wendell Willkie during a Presidential election campaign in New York. He is cheered by thousands of supporters. He arrives for the Worlds Fair at the Court of Peace. Willkie addresses a huge throng and waves to the crowd. He talks about industrial strength. The crowd cheers.

Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057822
Joseph Kennedy proposes a plan to build new merchant ships to replace ships like the Leviathan in the United States.

A vast ship building program to be undertaken by the Maritime Commission in the United States. The newly appointed Chairman of the Maritime Commission Joseph P. Kennedy, speaks on the proposed plan to build new merchant ships. He emphasizes the necessity for a complete refurbishing of the Merchant Marine. Outmoded merchant ships built during World War I. Several ships docked at the New York harbor. People cheer and wave as the new ocean liner SS Rex sets sail. Flagship of the United States Line, the Leviathan, in dry dock. The British ocean liner Queen Mary leaves for Europe. Foreign merchant ships entering and leaving the harbor.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057825
A NAM meeting and U.S. naval and air forces advance in preparation for World War II.

The United States on alert in the beginning of World War II. A National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) meeting. The NAM President talks addresses the group. He talks about the national defense requirements and ways to meet the mass production. The Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine plant in Hartford, Connecticut. Workers in line arrive for work. Men work to manufacture engines for American bomber and fighter aircraft. Manufactured engine parts stacked in stands. U.S. Navy Curtiss-Wright CW-22Bs in flight. A naval task force underway at sea below. The ships advance amidst explosions.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057831
Young American men enlist as Naval Reserves and military forces advance in preparation for World War II.

The United States in preparation for World War II. Men stand in line for physical examination. Navy doctor checks lungs of each man with stethoscope. Young American men enlisting and new recruits being sworn in as Naval Reserves at the Naval Reserve Station in New York. Men working in war production factories to manufacture aircraft, ships, guns, and armament as part of the war production effort building war materiel. Large gun and artillery barrels are shown in production factories. Coastal guns fired. U.S. military tanks, jeeps and trucks advance. Aircraft in flight. Tanks advance in training drills over land obstacles, including ramps that cause a tank to become briefly airborn. Lines of tanks in practice drill maneuvers at night. Machine gun emplacements firing tracers at night and hitting practice targets.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057832