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Film executives meeting in Los Angeles; Work Progress Administration staff and actors under WPA Federal Theater Project prepare and perform on stage

View of Paramount Pictures movie studio entrance. Hollywood film executives such as Paramount Picture’s Adolph Zukor in a meeting. View of Motion Picture Daily with news saying “Federal- NBC Units to Use Film Houses”. Two men buy theater tickets for a vaudeville show by the Federal Theater Project of the Great Depression organization called the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Works Progress Administration staff under the Federal Theater Project create props and stage design. A Works Progress Administration carpenter uses a Delta woodworking machinery. Works Progress Administration costume designer shows a design for a dress. Close up shot of Works Progress Administration costume designer. WPA technicians work on stage set design. A Works Progress Administration tailor measures a portly actor’s waistline. Seamstresses working in the costume department of the Federal Theater Project. Artist painting a background for a stage play. A seamstress adjusts a high slit dress of an actress. A milliner arranges a Fascinator, with tulle and pom-poms, on an actress’ head. Two actors and an actress practice a dance number together. Men and women dancers practice a dance. A pair of dancers perform a no-touch tango. Theater marquee saying, “Oh say can you sing WPA Music Comedy”. Newspaperman announcing show business news on newspaper. Orchestra plays inside a theater. Actors and actresses, in different period costumes, perform “Oh Say Can You Sing” as an ensemble after the curtains opened. View of faces of audience members as they clap and smile after watching the performance.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079045
North American technicians help Scott Crossfield and crewmen position auxiliary power units beside B-52 at Edwards Air Force Base.

B-52 Stratofortress with X-15 gets ready for the flight. Ground crewmen position auxiliary power units beside B-52 on flight line. Two ground crewmen connect an auxiliary power unit hose in bomb bay of B-52. Several men speak to Scott Crossfield who is seated in X-15 under wing of B-52. X-15 attached to pylon under wing of B-52 on flight line. Several auxiliary power units under left wing engine of B-52. Group of North American technicians' stands and talks on flight line. North American technicians help Scott Crossfield who is seated in the cockpit of X-15 to put on his high altitude helmet. Number of North American technician stands in front of guidance vehicle. Fire truck in the background. Three motion picture cameramen on flight line. One uses a tripod and others have their cameras mounted on platforms on top of station wagons.

Date: 1959, March 10
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021403
Meeting of John L. Lewis from the United Mine Workers of America, and other U.S. labor leaders

John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and other labor leaders arrive at a U.S. Air Base aboard a U.S. Air Force C-118 (4-engine transport aircraft) number 53-3229, which is assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff. They are greeted by an Army Major General., After posing for photographs, they board automobiles and visit a glass factory where workers are seen blowing glass. John L Lewis talks with the workers. Among the cars seen is a 1951 Cadillac

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022155
U.S.Marine Artillery units in DUKWs drive to pre-planned battery locations and set up for operation

U.S.Marine artillery units leave beach in DUKWs and proceed to prearranged positions on land. They unload 155mm howitzers using an A frame on one of the DUKWs. Marines unload all the howitzers in the battery and set up communications and instruments.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027737
U.S. Labor leader, John L. Lewis, President of United Mine Workers of America, at official function

John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers of America, at an official function. Mr. Lewis listens as he is being introduced by an unseen person.

Date: 1945
Duration: 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032175
Atoms for Peace. Founding of United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.

A technician sits in front of an oscilloscope and takes readings. Rotating figure appears on scope. Tracks of subatomic particles seen in a cloud chamber. Scientists at an atomic pile. Animated representation of an atom. Image of the earth in rotation. An advanced version of the atomic pile in which Enrico Fermi achieved the first sustained nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago, in 1942. Images of famous scientists, including: Albert Einstein speaking into a microphone; Otto Hahn, of Germany at a microphone; Niels Bohr, of Denmark; Madame Curie; and Hideki Yukawa of Japan. Technicians removing vials of radioisotopes from nuclear reactors. International students studying in classroom and laboratory at a nuclear institute. Elevated famous landmark views and vehicle and bicycle traffic in city of Copenhagen, Denmark. U.S. President,Dwight D. Eisenhower, delivering what became known as his "Atoms for Peace" speech at the United Nations, December 8, 1953, where he proposes formation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). View of the hall and attendees listening. UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, taking notes. Attendees applauding President Eisenhower. Scientists from 16 nations arriving and greeting one another at the first International Congress of Nuclear Engineering, held at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) on June 20, 1954, hosted by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Views of the first atomic library established in November, 1954, and translations of its technical papers being readied to be sent to various nations,beginnning with Japan.

Date: 1954
Duration: 5 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035401