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Stratosphere balloon 'Explorer' rips in air and falls on ground with three occupants in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Stratosphere balloon 'Explorer' rips 57,000 feet over Earth in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Stratosphere Balloon with a Pressurized Capsule takes off from ground with its three occupants. The Explorer tears in the air and plunges downwards. A family listens about its launch gathered around radio in their living room. Broadcast on radio. 'Army Air Corps' written on the wrecked pressurized Capsule. Wreckage of the balloon. Officials inspect the capsule wreckage.

Location: Rapid City South Dakota USA
Date: 1934, July 30
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063724
United States Army Cadets at United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, United States.

United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, United States. Artillery on a mounted area with buildings in background and view out over the Hudson River. United States Army cadets stand in line with rifles in their hands.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1914
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063748
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
Ford Pavilion Exhibits at the New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, New York.

From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of Ford Pavilions in the Ford Exposition. People stand outside the Ford Pavilion. Exterior of the building. Statues and flags in front of the building. Interior of the building. Visitors enter the building to gain knowledge about Ford and modern industry. They view historic Ford cars. Then they view the new 1940 cars: Ford, Ford Deluxe, Mercury, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln. Visitors view Henry Ford's first gasoline engine. A giant moving mural by Henry Billings symbolizing the dependence of industry on pure science. The Industrial Hall, featuring a giant Ford Cycle of Production exhibit that traces the progress of 27 raw materials through their production cycle to a finished Ford vehicle. Demonstrations of manual, hand-production versus mechanized production and comparison of costs, with cost for a hand-produced car ringing in around 17,000 dollars.

Location: Flushing Meadows New York USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028518
The "Road of Tomorrow" in the Ford Exposition, and other views of the New York World's Fair.

From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. Views at the Ford Exposition where fair visitors get into a new 1940 car by Ford, Lincoln, or Lincoln Zephyr for a ride on the "Road of Tomorrow" demonstrating modern highway advances. Views from within a car traveling on the "Road of Tomorrow" with narration describing the scenes, including the Spiral Ramp. Multiple Ford cars traveling on the Spiral Ramp and through a tunnel in the Ford Building at the fair. The Landscape Garden Court with fountains and plantings. The "New World Ensemble" playing together on a bandstand. An exhibition of dancers. They dance beneath a giant sign, "Savoy - World's Greatest Colored Dancers". Couples skate on an ice rink. A ski jumper demonstrates ski jumping. View of the Parachute Jump "Life Saver" ride in action. Men push adult women in large covered strollers. Souvenir and snack stands, and people eating on park benches as well as restaurants at the Fair. Night views of fountains, lights shows, and fireworks.

Location: Flushing Meadows New York USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028519
F C Crawford addresses people and talks about the solutions to control inflation and poor living standards in New York.

F C Crawford, Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers addresses the nation from New York. He states that management-labor peace and full productivity can prevent inflation and raise living standards.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1945, December 6
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028533
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