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Prison riots in 1952 include North Korean POWs in Koji and U.S. prison riots in Michigan and New Jersey.

Major prison riots of the year 1952. North Korean POW soldiers of the Korean War stage a mass rebellion at POW camps in Koji islands and Pongam Island, off South Korea. U.S. and U.N. guards quell riots at the camps, resulting in death of North Korean prisoners and injuries. Medics are seen treating injured North Korean prisoners. U.N. guards escort prisoners in lines after the riots. Scene shifts to the the United States where damaged prison property in Michigan and New Jersey is seen after prison riots. Broken window glasses and furniture strewn about in a multi-story room of the New Jersey State Reformatory. Scene changes to Southern Michigan State Prison, also called Jackson State Prison, following riots there. Four prisoners including ring leader Earl Ward (second from left) are seen inside the building behind bars, during the standoff where they seized a cell block and held guards as hostages. A prison guard on watch with rifle in hand, looking from an elevated post downward onto a Jackson State Prison courtyard.

Date: 1952, April
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049159
An informal visit to Lyndon Johnson's ranch in Texas in United States

Newly appointed President of United States Lyndon Johnson rides on a horse back at his ranch in Texas. The presenter states that Johnson often moves about his ranch in a car,electric go cart or on a horse back praising his cattle. The news presenter speaks about a unique feature of the LBJ ranch i.e. the Friendship Walk. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson along with their elder daughter Lynda shows the area to the interviewer. It has the names of all the famous people engraved on the stones in the lawn who have visited the ranch. The interviewer thanks the Johnson family for their kind cooperation and bids them adieu. The presenter informs that this informal visit at the LBJ ranch was shot weeks before the tragic assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Date: 1963, November 24
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037400
Contenders of Miss America Beauty Contest model on floats and then pose in swim suits in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Contenders participate in Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Girls parade. Contenders dressed like peacocks sit on a float. A contender dressed like a butterfly holding a harness stands on a float. The contestants wave from the floats. Girls stand on the floats. The audience sit at a roadside and watch. An insignia of the United States on a float. The girls stand near it. Contenders in swimsuits stand and pose.

Date: 1940, September 4
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046722
Times Square, New York City, New Years, 1937. Crowds celebrating. Numerous lights and neon signs.

Large crowd gathers to celebrate the New Year, 1937, in Times Square, New York City, United States. People shouting and blowing horns. Neon signs advertise products such as "Coca-Cola." The Criterion movie theater (cinema) advertises a movie called "Great Guy" starring James Cagney. Loews State movie theater marquee announces the film "Love on the Run" starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.

Date: 1937, January 1
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045118
Netherlands and Indonesia sign a pact on the administration of New Guinea at a UN conference in New York.

The meeting of the United Nations in New York, United States. Officials seated inside the building. Netherlands and Indonesia sign a pact. They sign the agreement on the administration of New Guinea, claimed by both the countries. Officials shake hands.

Date: 1962, August 16
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063218
1937 Ohio Valley flood scenes, with major loss of property and life in the United States.

Damage caused by 1937 flood in the Ohio Valley area of the United States. A heavy loss of property due to a flood. Supplies being unloaded from trucks for the people. People being rescued from the areas affected by flood. Men aboard boats moving through buildings on the edge of the Ohio River that are submerged in water. Men moving a wooden casket. Destroyed houses and buildings in the areas. Flooded streets. A weather vane blowing briskly in wind. Narrator details how the weather bureau forecasts the weather and offers the information to help prevent losses from such disasters. Automatic typing machine records weather instrument readings. View of newspapers being printed at a printing press. A radio tower. People gather near injured flood victims. People lined up on the street to get supplies. Scenes of floodwaters below Memphis where flooding was effectively contained. Water rushing under the then new Bonnet Carre spillway of Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Man opens a book published in Lisbon in 1605, now in the Library of Congress, written by Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega, reporting on the exploration team of De Soto on leaf 300 of the book. De Soto's group, in 1543, reported on the flood they saw below current day Memphis, extending over 20 leagues of land, covering the tops of trees, but not overrunning the homes of the Native Americans who build shelter atop high poles. A view of submerged homes in the 1937 flood are shown as the narrator laments that more modern people did worse than the Native American Indians.

Date: 1937, January
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062901