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A student deposits fees and students pray inside the chapel at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana.

African American student life at the Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), a Catholic university for African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tuition and fees are nominal: a female black student deposits her fees and gets a receipt. The cashier hands over a receipt to the student. Students climb downstairs at the entrance of the college building. A student goes towards a bicycle. Student rides a bicycle. Black students pray inside a Catholic chapel inside the campus. A statue of the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus is seen. A female student praying with a rosary.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070521
America plunged into World War 2. Montage of various World War II scenes over the span of the war years

American Jitterbug dancers seen at a contest in 1938. View of feet in shoes, as wearers tap their feet and beat time to music. View of drummer using wire brush on drum. Stadium of people cheer for a dancing cinematographer who is using a motion picture camera to film the event. In contrast, Nazi troops seen parading by torchlight. Nazi flags everywhere and Nazi party ceremonies, overseen by Adolf Hitler, in Germany. Nazis burning books. "Attention Jews" with skull and crossbones painted on stores and business establishments. Nazi Storm Troopers intimidating Jewish businesses and advocating boycott. Glimpse of Heinrich Himmler, in foreground, and Hermann Goering, in center of group of Nazi officials. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking Poland in 1939. German artillerymen firing heavy guns. A German railroad gun firing. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft. In contrast, patrons are seen descending in parachutes on the Parachute Jump ride at Coney Island Steeplechase Park, in Brooklyn, New York. Life Savers company sponsorship sign seen atop the parachute jump tower. People eating hot dogs, and firing guns at the shooting gallery on Coney Island's boardwalk. Germans march Polish prisoners of war. German troops entering Denmark and Norway. German troops passing a road sign for Chemin des Dames in Picardy, Northern France. Bomb exploding at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American forces engaged in war against japan in the Pacific and against the Axis powers in Europe. U.S. soldiers throwing hand grenades. American wounded being carried on litters. People cheering liberating Allied forces in a European town. British soldiers on a vehicle displaying cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Soviet forces advancing in snow. U.S. steel and war plants in operation. Men and women working in American defense plants and war materiel factories, using drills, lathes, and power tools in the spirit of "Rosie the riveter." C.I.O. Poster to promote voting, during the war. Closeup of Sidney Hillman, President of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Spectators line sidewalks to get glimpse of President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) in a motorcade. Silhouette of two soldiers helping wounded comrade. FDR's funeral cortege. U.S. troops taking a break, in a war zone. American school children run into a field. An atomic bomb explosion.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036816
Road testing of new Ford cars and trucks on several types of surfaces in United States.

Road testing of new Ford cars and trucks on several types of surfaces in United States. The vehicles driven on wet payment, brick road, rocky road, uneven and bumpy road.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030004
Men remove sleet from road and people ski during an unseasonal blizzard in New York City.

The unseasonal blizzard in New York. A freighter 'Falmouth' is blown aground on Long Island. People on streets of snow covered New York City. Snow and sleet on either side of the road. Traffic on roads due to the storm. Men removing snow from streets with shovels. A man cleans a car covered with snow. People on the streets of the city. Buildings in the background. The storm. Birds on tree limbs. People enjoy the snow and sleet. They play and ski.

Date: 1938, November 28
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033797
Nazi Storm troopers officiate at the opening of a new Alpine road in Austria

Building Alpine highways in Germany in 1930s: View of idyllic lake and mountain scene with a boat moving, in the Austrian Alps. Ceremonies marking the opening of new roadway in the Alpine region. Stormtroopers (brownshirt Sturmabteilung or SA) are formed up for inspection by leaders, in an Alpine field. A banner across a new road says that German labor will pave the way to freedom. Stormtroopers and spectators line a new road as an official car begins to travel it beneath the banner. The car breaks a ribbon, officially opening the new road. A stormtrooper leader stands in the car. Several cars form a motorcade filled with Stormtroopere leaders, on the new road. A motorized Cornucopia float travels the new road, along with a float of flowers and an open truck filled with local citlzens. Scenic views of mountains and valleys from the new road.

Date: 1938
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675073870
Cultural events including a stage performance by Spanish dancers in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. Various skyscrapers in the city. Exteriors of tall rising buildings in the city. A streetcar moves. Trees in the foreground and buildings in the background. 225 Baronne Street building in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Artists perform. People gather to watch the performance. People look at the art pieces displayed during a Spanish Colonial exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Date: 1978
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065932