Thomas Edison with his original tin foil phonograph (recording and playing device), that was produced in December 1877. Edison stands near a NBC microphone and shows operation of his tinfoil phonograph, also referred to in press of the late 1800s as a Talking Machine. This footage was shot on the occasion of a recognition ceremony for Edison on October 20, 1928, where he was also presented the Congressional Gold Medal by President Calvin Coolidge. This original tinfoil phonograph had been given by Edison in 1880 to a representative of the English Patent Office who visited the Menlo Park lab. The machine had been exhibited in England. It was repatriated for this 1928 event by the South Kensington Museum in London. British diplomat Ronald Ian Campbell, partially visible on the left in this footage, presented the phonograph back to Edison. Today it is on display at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey.
Minuteman Missile at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Minuteman Missile in position. Cars drive past the 'Jet Line Inn'. United States Air Force men stand in front of the Inn. Aerial view of the building with its white wall.
Minuteman Missile at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. Aerial view of a building. United States Air Force man speaks over the phone. Interior of Minuteman Missile launch silo.
Training of U.S. Army infantrymen in the United States in the year 1928. Infantrymen read notes during their training. They learn to handle causalities in better ways. They learn to load and fire artillery. They also learn air raid techniques.
The Northwestern United States. Cars driven on a road. Trading centers in the United States. Grain elevators on farms near a road. Cattle and livestock shipping yards. 1930s and 1940s Automobile traffic on a main street in a small town of the western United States. Farmers do weekly shopping, going in various stores and shops. Sign "Barnard's" seen on one shop. Children in front of a school building. Students in a university. The clock tower with the "M" on it is Main Hall at the University of Montana in Missoula. Mount Sentinel is seen behind it. Fruits, vegetables and other articles on ships. Cattle and sheep in a field. Wheat fields. A harvester in operation on a field. Wheat is separated by a thresher.
A snow covered farm at the Native American Indian Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. A cowboy wearing boots, a ten gallon hat, and a gunbelt with revolver leans against a fence, as Crow Indian men butcher a steer in the snow nearby. Young Indian boys stand on a fence to watch. An Indian man shows his revolver and fires it for the photographer. A man throws a steer to the ground and the cowboy gives him rope to tie its legs, as other steers run away. Men on horseback, ride through the snow. Uniform gravestones lined up in a snow-covered military cemetery marking the site of "Custer's last stand" at Little Big Horn, Crow Agency, Montana. Indians ride through snow in wagon drawn by pair of horses, A horse and four dogs accompany them on foot. The wagon displays an American flag.
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