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New construction taking place in Dayton,Ohio, to accommodate influx of war workers during World War II

The city of Dayton, Ohio working to deal with its housing shortage during World War 2. Influx of World War II war production workers causes many workers to live in group homes and shelters. Women in an open common area of a shelter with many bunks and cots for beds. Men and women are seen in shared living quarters, doing ordinary thing, such as reading , conversing, sewing, and ironing clothes, and preparing food in a common kitchen. A billboard in a field, announces "Hartman Homes, developed by the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority. A victory Housing Project of the Federal Public Housing Authority." Camera pans to show a wide expanse of ground being worked with a steam shovel, as construction begins. Engineers and builders look over plans at the job site. Scene shifts to another housing project site with some attached houses already constructed. At another location several fairly large single family dwellings are seen in mid-stage of construction. A low apartment house is seen under construction as well as various new streets with newly built homes. A large building in downtown Dayton displays a sign reading: "This property is being remodeled to house War Workers."

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029533
Allied troop transport ship arrives at a port in France and New Zealand troops entrain for the war front during World War I.

Arrival of an Allied troop transport ship at a port in France during World War I. British troops disembark along with carriage supplies and mobilize on docks with horses and troops. Troops from New Zealand board trains headed for the war front.

Date: 1917
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029640
General Pershing visits cemetery; Australian, British and New Zealand troops in a wrecked French town during World War I.

Opening few seconds show American General John J. Pershing viewing a grave marker at a fresh cemetery in France during World War I. Next scene shows Australian troops dig trenches in France during World War 1. Australian troops at a destroyed railroad yard. Group of French men and women and children civilians pose for the camera, while British troops stand in background. Close up of an old French woman. The elderly French woman is talking and appears to be expressing thanks to the Allied troops and potentially grief from the devastation of the war. Soldiers on foot pass by a bomb wrecked French town with buildings reduced to piles of rubble from shelling. British troops and supplies on horse carts pass by the streets of the demolished town. British lancer cavalry regiment passes by on horseback, with lances raised. New Zealand soldiers march on railroad tracks to board a train.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029653
Allied troops from Britain and New Zealand arriving in France and heading to the front by railroad train and road during World War 1

Arrival of an Allied troop transport ship at a port in France during World War I. British troops disembark and mobilize wheeled carriages, horses, and troops on docks. Troops from New Zealand board a train bound for the war front. British troops march on a road in France.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029654
Mummers stage a traditional New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Thousands of mummers stage a traditional New Year's Day parade in their colorful costumes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many performers are men in drag (men dressed as women). Ornate floats pass by in the parade, including an "invasion from Mars" scene and a ship being tossed on the ocean. A car weighed down by a heavy cart attached to it drives with its front wheels up in the air. Crowd of Mummers parade participants dancing in street, including some in blackface.

Date: 1939, January 3
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029685
A news reporter summarizes the events of the closing session of the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas.

A news reporter summarizes the events of the closing session of the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas. She sits in an empty meeting hall and delivers her report. Scenes showing women holding hands and in high spirits after conclusion of the conference focused on equal rights for women, women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Date: 1977, November 18
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029750