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Mexicans take a last look at Russian revolutionist Leon Trotsky during his funeral in Mexico City, Mexico.

Russian revolution leader Leon Trotsky's funeral in Mexico. The casket with the body of Trotsky is placed in a car. Leon Trotsky's funeral procession on the streets of Mexico City. A group of men carries his casket. At a public viewing of the open casket, Mexican citizens take a last look at the body of Leon Trotsky in the casket. Members of the Mexican section of the Fourth International stand in honor near the casket. Mexican people stand in a long line to take a last look and pay their last respects to Trotsky. Views of the long queue for the viewing, stretching down a main street of Mexico City.

Location: Mexico City Mexico
Date: 1940, August 22
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063473
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini view huge crowd from a decorated balcony of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy (WW2)

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini visit Florence, Italy. Soldiers in uniform and civilians gathered at the Piazza Della Signoria. Men blow trumpets with Florentine fleur-de-lis banners in the Piazza della Signoria. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini look out at the crowd from a decorated balcony in the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy). The German and the Italian flags on poles on the balcony. (World War II period).

Location: Florence Italy
Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063505
United States Senator Harry S Truman shakes hands with members of his reelection campaign staff in Missouri.

Senator Harry S Truman in his office at the Federal Reserve Bank Building in Kansas City, Missouri. Senator Truman shakes hands with campaign workers on the occasion of his reelection as Senator. Truman then reads a statement for the press.

Location: Kansas City Missouri United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063660
Workmen move a house in two halves (upper and lower) using trucks and a crane.

Workmen guide a truck carrying the top half of a wood frame house on a narrow path through woods. The truck in a large clearing in the woods. Next the bottom half of the house is seen with cables wrapped around it and a steel girder above. in the next scene, has been moved to the clearing and men stand atop it, while an 80 ton crane slowly raises the upper half and maneuvers it toward the lower half. The Crane belongs to the C.P. Ward Company, a New York State General Contractor Firm. The crane operator and workmen guide the upper half of the house into place.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063764
Greenland women with their children on outdoor hospital beds. Greenland children and people watch movie in Greenland.

Native Inuit people of Greenland seen on beds in Greenland. An outdoor porch lined with beds and women in the beds. A nurse tucks a child into bed with his mother. Other beds are occupied by Greenland native women. Inuit men, women and children watch an animated comic movie about Humpty Dumpty. View of faces of smiling Inuit men, women, and many children as they watch the movie in a makeshift theater.

Location: Greenland
Date: 1940
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046073
A town in Greenland sponsors a dance with company of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Northland.

A sign, bearing images of the American and Danish flags, reads, in Danish and English: "Dance Tonight." At bottom of the sign is a silhouette of the ship and the words: " U.S.C.G. Northland." Local Greenland native Inuit couples dance to the accompaniment of a local band of musicians. The location appears to be a small gymnasium, with a basketball hoop seen at one end. Several of the dancers appear to be U.S. Coast Guardsmen. A large group of spectators stand on a balcony overlooking the gym dance floor. Many young women are seen. Some enjoy refreshments. The hall is adorned with a huge American flag, in front of which a life preserver, from the ship, is suspended. Lettering on it reads: "Northland. U.S. Coast Guard."

Location: Greenland
Date: 1940
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046074
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