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Charles Lindbergh traveling to New York and arrival there where he is welcomed by huge crowd after his record Paris flight

Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh with American aviators Richard Evelyn Byrd and Clarence Chamberlain before his flight to Paris. Charles Lindbergh in cockpit of aircraft. After his successful nonstop transatlantic flight, Lindbergh is seen arriving at Mitchel field from Washington. Charles Lindbergh is whisked by car quickly to another waiting flying boat biplane aircraft and he boards the rear of two seats. Aerial view of many steam ships and smaller boats seen at harbor near New York City to welcome Lindbergh. Passenger ferry with name "Bear Mountain" is seen. Amphibious plane landing. Charles Lindbergh and officials aboard the Macom, the yacht of the Mayor of New York City. View from on board the Macom as the yacht, flanked by scores of other steam and sailing ships and ferries heads for the Battery at New York City. Aerial view of city near Battery of Manhattan, with areas filled with crowds. Crowd and ticker tape parade in streets of New York City to welcome him. Views of ticker tape parade from various heights and angles. Charles Lindbergh speaking into microphone at City Hall.

Date: 1927, June 13
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041077
New Yorkers welcome Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion at the City Hall in New York, United States.

Motorcade of the Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion moves on the streets of New York City. Prime Minister Gurion of Israel waves at the crowd. Thousands of people gather along the streets and cheer. Italian sailors take part in the parade. The welcoming ceremony is held at the New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States). New York City Mayor Vincent Richard Impellitteri presents the City's Greeting to Prime Minister Gurion. People wave and cheer.

Date: 1951, May 10
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050153
A man and a woman talk in the light of a kerosene lamp in the United States. Also shows the 1893 DeWitt Clinton replica locomotive and train in operation.

The world struggle for oil is depicted. Use of components of oil in homes and in railroads in the United States is shown. A dramatization shows the effect of a kerosene lamp on social life. A woman seated in a chair near a table in a room. A kerosene lamp in a corner. A man opens the door of the room and walks in. The woman gets up and welcomes the man. They both walk to a seat and sit down. Another woman enters the room. The man stands to greet her. She increases the light of the lamp and then leaves the room. The man decreases the light of the lamp. The man and the woman talk. The 1893 replica of the 1831 DeWitt Clinton steam locomotive is shown in operation with its three carriage train, in New York City. The DeWitt Clinton was the first railroad locomotive to operate on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in New York. The reproduction seen here was built in 1893 by the New York Central Railroad for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This footage was shot on July 17, 1921 when the DeWitt Clinton train was preparing for a trip to another exposition in Chicago. On this day it ran several times from 96th to 116th streets in New York City. New York Central employees are seen on the drain, dressed as passengers would have been in 1831. This replica was later displayed at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and is is now on display at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan. It was acquired by Henry Ford in 1934, in an agreement with the New York Central that it would continue to travel to events on occasion.

Date: 1921, July 17
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050526
Jewish war veterans, including one from U.S. Civil War, being presented U.S. flags by Warner Brothers in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Jewish war veterans in Atlantic City, New Jersey. People walk along the Atlantic City boardwalk as they hold American flags. War veterans (mostly from World War I) and women march during a procession. The veterans march out onto the beach, and then back onto the boardwalk. The veterans, led by a veteran Civil War union soldier, gather in front of the Stanley Theater (later the Roxy Theater) on the Boardwalk at Kentucky Avenue. The Stanley Theater marquee is advertising the Warner Brothers Pictures show, "Gold Diggers of 1933. 200 girls. 50 stars." The Civil War veteran is recognized first, and presented with a U.S. flag by Jack Warner of the Warner brothers. The Civil War veteran shakes hands with a young boy who wears a cap bearing the star of David.

Date: 1933, July 3
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066027
Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment marks the end of Prohibition in the United States.

Secretary of State William Phillips signs the seal of the Department of State on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, marking the end of the dry law, and the end of Prohibition in the United States. Trucks move cargo of liquor to hotels and restaurants. Boxes of liquor arriving at ship docks and being unloaded. Scenes of celebration in Chicago and New York. Elevated view of Times Square at night with street traffic and neon signs. People drink liquor and celebrate in night clubs, bars and restaurants. A wealthy group dressed in black tie tuxedo sings "Hail Hail the Gang's All Here" and drinks as an orchestra plays. Close up view of a bartender as he shakes a shaker drink and pours liquor drinks for patrons. A chef in chef's hat and apron is seen in a wine cellar where he selects wine bottles and wipes the dust from each bottle, and then hands them to a restaurant employee to bring upstairs. Men and women gathered at a bar enjoy drinks as bartenders move quickly filling orders. Men stand three or four deep waving money bills and trying to get the attention of bartenders to order a drink. Close up of a woman drinking. Waiter pouring from a bottle labeled Vat 69. A waiter shaking a cocktail shaker and pouring drinks. Guests drinking alcohol. A woman brushes her forehead showing she feels tipsy. Busy scenes of pedestrians, cars and trucks on the streets of New York City at Times Square.

Date: 1933, December 6
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029682
The U.S. Navy battles the enemy and animation of enemy air power attacking the United States.

The need to develop air power in the United States. Battleships underway at sea. Eleven bi winged single engine aircraft fly in a V formation. A line of 6 battleships in water off the coast of New England, U.S. A 1920 vintage battleship fires a salvo from its guns at the enemy. The battleships fire guns. Shore batteries fire large guns. Sailors load a deck gun. An early model submarine. The submarine submerges. Its periscope visible above water surface. Naval crafts set their depth charges and fire them. Depth charges going off in the background. A ship sinks. A United States Army Air Service ( USAAS ) Curtiss PW-8 aircraft in flight. 4 bombs fall away from the aircraft. The bombs hit and explode on USS Alabama. Smoke rises as explosions occur on the ship. A ship rolls over and sinks. A USAAS Curtiss-Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall away from the aircraft. Explosions in water. Aerial and ground shots of a ship sinking. Large guns of a battleship fire. Animation of enemy airships and aircraft flying over water towards New York. Release of the aircraft from the airships. Aircraft flying over New York City. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. A Curtiss- Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall toward the ground. Animation of explosions against the New York skyline. A USAAS Curtiss JN-4 aircraft in flight. A bomb falls towards the ground. Animation of bombs hitting New York City. A machine gunner in a fighter aircraft fires at another aircraft. The aircraft falls and burns. Bomb explosions in the city. An observation balloon catches fire and falls. A man in a parachute descends near the balloon. Animation of a burning city. An early model submarine cruising. A bi winged twin pontooned aircraft in flight over a group of battleships and destroyers. A group of aircraft in flight. A Fokker T-2 aircraft in flight. Animation of an airship flying over a city and tying up to a mast located on the top of a tall building. A flag of the U.S. flutters in breeze.

Date: 1921
Duration: 8 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051110