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Aerial views of Torokina Air Strip, Piva Yoke and Piva Uncle airstrips, and environs, Bougainville Island, during World War II

Interior view from right side of an aircraft taking off from Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island, during World War 2. Numerous aircraft are seen parked near trees beside the runway, including U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsairs; P-38 Lightnings; RNZAF P-40s; and USAAF Piper L-4 Grasshoppers. F4U Corsairs are taxiing beside the runway. Aircraft interior backward view from the departing aircraft's tail, shows the runway below and behind, with water on two sides. Next, the narrow airstrip is seen as the camera airplane flies overhead, just offshore, parallel to the runway. The camera continues to focus on the airfield as the plane climbs to higher altitude. Aerial view of small islands below, with small boats leaving wakes as they speed across the water. Next is view at lower altitude as the camera plane flies offshore parallel to the airstrip runway, as if on a downwind leg for landing. Next scenes are from above nearby Piva Yoke fighter airstrip, and parallel Piva Uncle bomber airstrip, which appears to be under construction. It is cut out of jungle and no aircraft are seen on it. The camera airplane's right rear horizontal stabilizer is seen momentarily as it flies slowly over the site. Some smoke rises from the area. Views of mountain and a river, as the flight continues. The final view is from offshore, over the sea.

Location: Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067452
Dr. Leo Szilard and Dr. George Pegram appear in moving picture at Physics Laboratory in Columbia University

At start, film shows Dr. Leo Szilard (inventor of the cyclotron) standing in front of a cyclotron in the Pepin Physics Laboratory of Columbia University. He is studying some documented research results. Dr. George Pegram, Chairman of Columbia's Physics Department, enters and converses with Szilard. They review the research data together. Pegram leaves, and Szilard continues to review data. He holds a stop watch and enters some numbers in his journal. Dr. Pegram returns and they again look at the data. Closeup of the two reviewing data and conversing. Repeat of Szilard with stop watch, entering data. Closeups of Szilard speaking to Pegram (unseen). Closeup of Dr. Pegram, talking about the research results. (These repeated scenes are obviously retakes.) Closeup of Szilard's hand starting a stopwatch. Horizontal line and brief vertical lines also displayed on an oscilloscope.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1946, July
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044641
Test of rocket airplane for carrying mail. It barely clears end of launch ramp and scoots along ice.

Experimenters place rocket plane (named Gloria), intended to carry postal mail, on a launch ramp. The rocket is ignited and the rocket aircraft rises but quickly falls to the frozen surface of the lake. It scoots along the ice.

Location: Greenwood Lake New York USA
Date: 1936, February 9
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044893
Myron C Taylor, President Roosevelt's special envoy to Pope Pius XII arrives home with Mrs Taylor on the SS Excalibur.

Myron C Taylor on the SS Excalibur. Myron Taylor is President Roosevelt's special envoy to Pope Pius XII. He arrives home with Mrs Taylor on the SS Excalibur. Other officials on the ship. Cameramen taking photographs.

Location: Jersey City New Jersey USA
Date: 1940, September 9
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046151
Buffalo Bill Cody converses using sign language with Iron Tail, Oglala chief.

Buffalo Bill Cody in the United States. American soldier and showman Buffalo Bill Cody and Native American Indian Oglala Lakota chief, Iron Tail, (whose profile is featured on the buffalo nickel) seated in chairs outside a tent as they interact with each other using sign language. Frontal and profile closeups of Chief Iron Tail. Closeup of Buffalo Bill.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078132
Niagara Falls and Canadian Power station in Winter

At beginning the film shows partially frozen Niagara River in snowy scene near Niagara Falls. The Honeymoon bridge seems to be in the background, but views are obscured by mist. Next is a view of the Canadian Niagara Power station overlooking the Niagara River, at Niagara Falls. Final view is of clouds billowing above Niagara Falls.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1919
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078138
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