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President of Southern States Industrial Council, Fitzgerald Hall, speaks about the NEC report on the economy of the south

Fitzgerald Hall, President of Southern States Industrial Council at his office at Nashville, Tennessee. He speaks to reporters as they take down notes. He speaks out against a report that he says is inadequate, exaggerated and misleading. He says that the south is not Nation's number one economic problem, but rather it is the Nation's economic hope. He is reacting to a 1938 "Report on the Economic Conditions of the South" by the National Economic Council (NEC), that had been echoed in statements by President Roosevelt.

Date: 1939, April
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048961
The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, as filmed from Japanese aircraft

Scenes filmed from attacking Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. View from Japanese aircraft strafing and bombing U.S. aircraft and hangars on the ground at Ford Island. Japanese Nakajima B5N (Kate) tail number 229, seen flying past the camera plane. Smoke rising from the ground below. White plumes erupt from torpedoes striking U.S. ships on opposite side of Ford Island. Japanese-captioned still photographs: Of heavy black smoke rising from bombed fuel tanks; Of a torpedo hitting the USS West Virginia; of other ships on battleship row, including the USS Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Maryland, and California. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675041079
Ships being repaired in December, 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

View of the sunken Battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) and the damaged USS Tennessee (BB-43) on Battleship row, Pearl Harbor, several days after the December 7, 1941 attack. A small dory heads toward them. Change of scene shows the USS California (BB-44) listing to port, with tugboat at starboard. She displays the Navy ensign and her deck is filled with sailors and other workers. View from boat (unseen) circling the sunken USS West Virginia. A destroyed OS2U Kingfisher Floatplane near the stern. The ship sunk, but level in the water. A sunken ship being refloated (World War II period).

Date: 1941, December
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029994
Circus comes to town. Preparations for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus show in various cities

Arrival of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in Nashville Tennessee. Documentary show host speaks in Spanish as he walks down a sidewalk, describing the circus. Preparations for the circus show. A train arrives carrying the circus. Elephants, clowns, circus performers, and handlers unloading equipment and animals from the train. Scenes in Waterloo, Iowa: Elephants linked trunk-to-trunk walking down the city street. Automobile traffic moves on the streets followed by elephants and horses. The elephants pass by bank building with sign "Waterloo Savings Bank". Exterior and interior views of a stadium or arena and preparations. Workmen setting up the circus stage inside the arena.

Date: 1977
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675023770
Interstate Highways in United States; Recreation and RV vacations in the 1970s; Grand Ole Opry House

An RV motor home tows a vehicle with bikes loaded onto it. Nettles Island, Florida. Children play on swings and play area, and enjoy horseback riding. Children on a water slide. Signs of campgrounds for motor homes and recreation vehicles. A woman sings and plays a guitar in a bus as it moves on a highway. The bus driver steering. A gasoline tanker truck and cars on a highway. RV camper arrives at Ryman Auditorium, at 116 5th Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Grand Ole Opry House. Woman exits the RV camper and walks into the building. A sign outside reads "WSM Grand Ole Opry." People lined up outside the building to get tickets or tour. An African American man walks by the people in line on the sidewalk.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048715
Notable persons including singer Luther King and Mrs. King, Mary McLeod Bethune, James C Napier and Mrs. Napier in the United States.

Notable persons in the United States. Famous African American tenor singer and accompanist Mr. Luther King and Mrs. King are interviewed and he sings. African American educator Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune autographs a book and speaks to camera in Calhoun, Alabama. In Nashville, Tennessee, financier and business man James C Napier and Mrs. Napier pose for the camera.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057568