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U.S. President Reagan gives famous "tear down this wall" speech at the foot of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

United States President Ronald Reagan arrives at the podium at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany, with the Berlin Wall separating East Berlin in background. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. He discusses the free state of prosperity and well-being. He says that a communist country always faces technological backwardness, and it cannot progress. He says that the Soviet Union has also realized the importance of freedom. Freedom leads to prosperity and the well-being of a nation. Includes the famous phrase "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Buildings in the background. Graffiti on a wall in the background. The crowd applauds.

Date: 1987, June 12
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028311
Sign boards at various store fronts in Yorkville, New York (WW2)

View of various Irish store fronts and sign boards in Yorkville, New York (upper east side of Manhattan). The sign boards read: 'New Dublin Siopa', 'New Dublin Ladies Wear', 'Rohan's Dairy', 'Sullivan's Cafe', 'Irish Meat Market', 'Irish Soda Bread'. A man walks. Irish girl places a newspaper 'Irish Echo' in the paper rack on which is written 'Irish Digest'. Headline of a newspaper reads: 'Ireland wants no war' in World War II. Store fronts and signs 'Shamrock Bar', 'Shannon's Cafe' and 'Irish American Cafe'.

Date: 1941, February
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028560
Street view, buildings, store and stands in the Little Italy area of Manhattan, New York City.

Streets of 'Little Italy' in the lower east side area of New York City. Buildings along a side of the street. A sign board reads: 'Marconi Pastry'. People walk. A man sells small articles on the street. Other men buy things from the man. Italian store and stands. Products and Italian food. Street level view of newspaper building for Il Progresso - Italo Americano newspaper with slogan, "The first and greatest Italian daily newspaper in the United States. Established in 1880."

Date: 1941, February
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028562
Helicopters take off and land from the roof of the Pan Am building skyscraper in New York City.

Helicopter lands on the roof of the PanAm building skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, New York City. View of skyscrapers amidst the New York City. A helicopter coming in to land on roof on the Pan Am building (now the MetLife building, at 200 Park Avenue, at East 45th Street). People watch from the ground. Cameramen record the landing. High altitude view of the skyscrapers. Men come out from the helicopter on the roof of skyscraper. The members of planning commission board the helicopter from the skyscraper. Pilot in cockpit. View of controls in cockpit of the New York Airways twin blade helicopter. The helicopter takes off.

Date: 1964, May 28
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028593
Old Howrah bridge, Calcutta, India.

View of traffic on approach to the Old Howrah floating pontoon bridge, across the Hoogly River, on the Calcutta side. Men work and carry luggage on bullock-carts. Building on the East bank of river Hoogly, used by the public for changing when they come to bathe. Men walk. Houses along the sides of a street. People walk on the street. Man buys articles from a street vendor. (Note: The Old Howrah pontoon floating bridge was used until the cantilever bridge, begun in 1937, was opened for traffic in 1943.)

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028626
Vietnamese New Year (Tet) celebrations at Lang Ong Temple, Saigon, Vietnam

Heavily crowded street scenes during Tet (New Year) festival with celebrants dressed up for the occasion. This temple known as Lang Ong, is located about 5 kilometers north-east of Saigon center. Vehicular traffic includes cars, two-wheelers, and cycle-rickshaws. Many Vietnamese civilians enter a Buddhist temple. Buddhist Vietnamese lighting incense sticks. They pray and offer incense inside the temple. People gather in a circle to witness the traditional lion dance performed by two artists. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1969, February
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028948