Refine Your Search

New Mexico United States 1946 stock footage and images

- Showing 24373 to 24378 of 30777 results
President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. U.S. soldiers march and drill in a camp.

America prepares for World War II. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (codified as 54 Stat. 885). He signs and dates September 16, 1940. A blindfolded man reaches into a large glass container and draws out the number of the first young man to be drafted under the new law. He gives the selected number to President Roosevelt. American soldiers march past a line of tents at an Army Camp. They drill on the parade field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046171
Dramatized Pictorial History of the U.S. through the Civil War and its aftermath showing transition towards industrialization

'A nation rises ' Dramatization showing reenactments of scenes from civil war and aftermath in America. Still photographs of destruction from the civil war. Destroyed buildings and rubble in a Southern city. Numerous sets of railroad train wheels along with destroyed rails. Destroyed buildings in background. Dramatization showing postwar recovery efforts in rural areas, where men harness horses to help clear land. Settlers moving into the West. Buildings being constructed in the American Southwest. Herds of cattle moving through desert where cactus are growing. Illustration of a sailing ship carrying immigrants into New York harbor, with statue of Liberty in background. Reenactment of travelers boarding a large River boat. Smoke issuing from twin stacks of the river boat, as its horn blows. Bell ringing on the boat. Passengers watching from the boat as it moves along a river. Views of river and surrounding woods. A woman and baby on board the boat. Views of forests along river bank. View from water behind a moving sternwheeler river boat. A woman feeding chickens on a farm. A farmer harvesting a crop by hand, and another building a wall from stones taken out of the ground. A man stepping from a log house. An 18th century shop equipped with foot-operated wood working machines. Several farmers watching as one demonstrates Cyrus McCormick's reaper. (Note: period shown is from 1861 through about 1880. Film created about 1961)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048132
Ford animated cartoon: man has trouble carrying two large fish

Ford comedy animation shows New York Central refrigerated railroad car on a siding, a man walks by having trouble carrying two large fishes in his hands. Drops one of the fish and drops the other while picking up the first one. Drops both the fishes, picks up one in his hand and clamps the teeth of the other on his coat and walks away.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048821
Armistice brings WWI fighting to an end, on November 11, 1918. German troops surrender. American troops leave combat zones.

Armistice ends hostilities of World War I. German troops surrender and large groups of Germans marching. American flag hoisted to symbolize Allied victory. American troops leave the war zone. People all over the world celebrate the end of war. People gather in New York to celebrate the end of World War I, smiling and waving happily.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049722
Franklin D Roosevelt attends public meetings and rallies after being nominated as the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate.

Franklin D Roosevelt's early political life. Delegates elect Franklin D Roosevelt as the Vice Presidential candidate at Democratic convention in San Francisco, California. Crowds cheer the decision. A smiling female delegate. The woman political activist cheering enthusiastically. Democratic Presidential candidate James Cox stands with Vice-Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt as they review a parade in San Francisco from a bandstand. Views of a parade in Marion, Ohio supporting the democratic ticket. Sign says "We're Here Jim, We're Marion." Bands play at the rally and women political activists also march at the parade, wearing "Marion" sashes. Scene changes to show Franklin D Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, with her children and a dog at her home. Roosevelt at various public meetings and rallies campaigns for the elections. Franklin D Roosevelt at his home in New York with his mother. He meets a number of visitors.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920, July 6
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049727
Techniques used by car thief to hide the identity of a stolen car.

A dramatized training film illustrates techniques car thieves use to hide identity of a stolen automobile. Opens with a statement to law enforcement officers about the FBI training programs and is signed by J Edgar Hoover. Thief hot-wires car. A new vehicle identification number (VIN) is given to the car. After theft, car is repainted. Thief runs red light and is chased by police until he ditches his car. Car is identified as stolen and eventually returned to its owner. Police must be knowledgeable about how professional car thieves operate.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1970
Duration: 21 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050403
<< Previous | Page: 1 ... 4063 4064 4065 ... 5130 | Next >>