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Workers at the U.S. Mint factory in Philadelphia recycle old coins to produce new Washington quarter coins.

Shows workers at the U.S. Mint factory in Philadelphia melting down old and worn out silver coins into ingots. The recycled metal strips are pressed, rolled and punched to produce new quarter coins that bear the head of President George Washington.

Date: 1932, June 20
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029424
World's largest bomber (Boeing Y1B-9) is demonstrated for public at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

World's largest bomber (of its day) on first public demonstration flight at airfield in Dayton,Ohio. A Boeing Y1B-9 bomber taxis on ramp at Wright Field. The all-metal aircraft has open cockpits. Pilot in center of aircraft and crew member visible in nose gunner position. Change of scene shows a man standing behind the empennage of the parked bomber and moving its huge metal rudder slightly. The bomber taking off towards the camera over a grassy field, and later, in flight, .being observed and photographed from accompanying airplanes (partially visible).

Date: 1932, June
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029425
Disabled war veterans from various U.S. wars greet President Hoover at a White House lawn festival in Washington DC.

Shows disabled war veterans (soldiers) being assisted by nurses at the White House lawn festival in Washington DC. War veterans from various U.S. campaigns including World War I, the Punitive Expedition in Mexico, and the U.S. Civil War wait in line to shake hands with President Herbert Hoover in the traditional White House reception. The First Lady and members of President Hoover's cabinet are also on hand to greet the well-wishers. The oldest soldiers present include both confederate and union soldiers from the American Civil War.

Date: 1932, June 20
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029426
A huge ticker tape parade welcomes Amelia Earhart back to New York City.

Harbor craft launch water fountains on the arrival of Amelia Earhart. A huge ticker tape parade welcomes Earhart back to New York. Thousands of New Yorkers gather on streets and join the parade. Ticker tapes being showered in the parade. Earhart with New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. Holding flowers she christens a car.

Date: 1932, June 20
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029428
Amelia Earhart successfully spans a 2400-mile course over the Pacific.

Amelia Earhart's plane lands on an airfield in Oakland,California. She emerges out of the cockpit and welcomed by press, media and public. Earhart gives an interview to the journalists and explains about her flight from Honolulu to the mainland. It took her 18 hours to span a 2400-mile course over the Pacific.

Date: 1935, January 14
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029429
A three-foot water main bursts in the new Post Office building in Chicago,Illinois.

A three-foot water main bursts in the new Post Office building in Chicago,Illinois. The foaming water pours into Union Station, flooding the tracks and halting rail traffic for many hours.

Date: 1936, July 22
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029431