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Improved United States economy after Great Depression; scenes of American workers and lifestyle in 1930s, compared to 1950s and 1960's

Civilians and the government officials work towards strengthening economy after Great Depression. Scenes from the Great Depression in the 1930s: Idle factories and signs "No men wanted." Homeless and unemployed men sleep on benches and holes are shown in closeup view of worn shoes on a man. Unemployed workers in a soup line receiving food aid from a soup kitchen. Wooden shanties and shacks for housing of people during the Great Depression. Poor African American woman seated outside a simple tent for her house. A young girl holds her baby sibling while seated on a rusty bunk bed as the infant child cries. Close-up view of tired looking children with sad, blank expressions, during the depression. Sad looking woman seated on a bed rocks a baby. Scene change to 30 years later in mid 1960's. Aerial view of modern highway interchange with traffic on roads. Surveyors at work. Scientists work in laboratory. Doctors examine patients. Arm of person wearing a "Polio Vaccine Volunteer" armband. Children in line to receive polio vaccine. A girl gets a polio shot. Ferris wheel at a fair goes around. American citizens at a picnic enjoy foods assembled on tables. Communist troops march on street in East Germany parade and East German people wave small flags in review stand. Traffic on the main roads of a small American town, with a police officer directing traffic. Shops seen along roadside. Views of American farmers and scientists at work. Farmer on tractor and on harvester machines. Women work in a factory assembling machines. 1950s and 1960's cars in parking lot and woman shopper with cart. Women work in clerical jobs in an office. Women in typing pool working in a large office room. Nurses in classroom. Early computer technology; large electronic devices and many wires; lights and mechanical switches on electronic computing equipment. Reel to reel tape recorder or data recorder. Factory shipment floor with goods on belt. President John F Kennedy signs Manpower Development and Training Act in 1962. Golden Gate bridge from shore and from moving vehicle. Bridge construction workers handle tossed hot rivet. Boy watches dam construction workers. Boys running outside school. Cars in main street area of a small town in America. Boy and farmer in cornfield.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1962
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044179
Film tracing Ronald Reagan's political progress from Governor of California to President of the United States.

Closeup of Ronald Reagan taking oath of office as Governor of California. His wife, Nancy Reagan, standing at his side. Views of Governor Reagan signing a document, and conversing with members of his staff. Reagan is seen addressing an audience from a stage; mingling with State legislators; speaking before an informal gathering of his backers. Reagan mingling with people at a political convention, and congratulating Richard Nixon when he became the Republican nominee for President. Next Gerald Ford is seen taking the oath of office as President in the wake of Nixon's resignation. President Ford and challenger Ronald Reagan on the occasion of their debate. People congratulating Jimmy Carter on his election as President. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. Ronald Reagan speaking to members of a South Carolina Kiwanis Club. Reagan campaigning for President in 1980. Reagan being celebrated as the Republican candidate for President at the party's national convention in Detroit. He standing with his choice for Vice Presidential candidate, George Bush. Reagan makes a brief statement and the convention celebrates with balloons dropping from the ceiling, among other things. Closeup of Candidate Reagan and his wife, Nancy, at the podium, waving. Glimpses of Reagan during his campaign. Carter and Reagan in a nationally televised debate a few days before the election. Newly elected President Reagan with outgoing President Carter at the White House to arrange an orderly transfer of power.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1980, November 4
Duration: 4 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044188
A disabled aircraft lands smoothly on the ground with the help of a parachute in the United States.

Demonstrations of a huge parachute helping a disabled plane to land. A group of airmen turn an aircraft. Pilot Walker taxis the aircraft on a runway. A parachute opens up and the aircraft descends smoothly on the ground without any damage. Pilot Walker walks out and shakes hands with an official.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1967, November 14
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044207
African American woman employed by the National Youth Administration supports her large family in the United States.

African American Youth learn skills through program of the NYA (National Youth Administration) in Georgia and Alabama. The NYA employs African American Youth through State Agencies. Houses of the African American community. Clothes hanging outside their houses. Employee of the NYA inside the house converses with another woman. African American woman with her family members.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044261
U.S. President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis renominated at Republican National Convention in Chicago

Inside the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, illinois, the Republican National Convention renominates President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis as their candidates in the next election. The stadium is filled with flag-waving delegates. Hoover is about to address the convention. Banners bearing the images of Hoover and Curtis, respectively, are displayed beside the speaker's stand.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1932, June 16
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044625
Early primary glider launched from hilltop in the United States

Film leads with slate reading: "How the Wrights learned to fly--the motorless, man-carrying glider." A group of people stand on a hilltop, watching as two men launch a primary glider with a downhill running start. The glider consists of tubular frame tapering to nearly a point at the empennage. It is equipped with wheels, and the pilot sits upright with legs extended straight ahead.. The glider has a single high wing. It rises quickly and flies above ground for a good distance, appearing to approach the ground as it moves downhill.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1922
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044881
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