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Audio only. Executive Morton T Jones talks about his role as a businessman and his belief in God on a radio program in the U.S.

Audio only. 'This I Believe', Radio Network Program. Essay on an insurance executive, Morton T Jones. He was in the insurance business all his life. After graduating from the University of Missouri and serving in World War I, he joined his father and brothers at the RB Jones and Sons Insurance firm. He then became the managing director of the same firm. In 1929, with other businessmen he organized the Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Morton also served as President of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. He talks about his role as a businessman and a church song that helps him deal with his daily problems. He states his firm belief in God and how that faith and wisdom guides him. He also talks about the importance of the human element in companies and quotes Winston Churchill.

Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052691
State College Students set up 72ft high bonfire in Corvallis Oregon.

Students of Oregon State Agricultural College (later Oregon State University) pile up stacks of wood and debris scavenged from two 6-room houses to fuel a massive bonfire. Students climb up high on the pile of wood and pose for camera while they build the fire lay. Pile is set ablaze with a torch and is seen as the huge 72 foot bonfire burns. Different angles of bonfire shot at night.

Date: 1934, November
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028715
Senator George E. Chamberlain coordinates Food Control Bill in the Senate.

The save food campaign in the United States during World War I. Senator George Earle Chamberlain, of Oregon, representing the Agricultural Committee, coordinating the Food Control Bill within the Senate. He sits with another Senator, who signs off on the Bill. Herbert Hoover, Head of the U.S. Food Administration, leaves the White House, enters his car, and drives away. Hoover in several poses.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042477
U.S. Army Air Corps sets new airborne endurance record using midair refueling

The U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker C-2 named the 'Question Mark' is rolled out and takes off.from Van Nuys, California, on New Years Day 1929 with Capt.Ira Eaker at the controls. Shortly thereafter,it is refueled by a C-1 airplane piloted by 1st Lt. Odas Moon and 2nd Lt. Joseph G. Hopkins., View of the The C-1 above and slightly ahead of the Question Mark, maintaining 20 to 30 feet of vertical separation, with both aircraft stabilized in level flight at 80 mph. The refueling hose is reeled out. View of the Question Mark in flight over the coast of California. At the conclusion of the mission, cut short by engine trouble after 150 hours aloft, the crew, Sgt Hooe, Lt. Elwood Quesada, Lt Halverson, Captain Eaker and Major Spatz are seen standing in front of their airplane, the FokkerC-2, Question Mark.

Date: 1929
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033862
Airplane flight endurance record set by U.S. Army Air Service Fokker trimotor aircraft using inflight refueling

The U.S. Army Air Service modified Atlantic-Fokker C-2A, named the 'Question Mark,' taxis and takes off. Refueling operation between the Question Mark and a Douglas C-1 aircraft. Question Mark in flight over the coast of California. A U.S. Army Air Service Douglas C-1refueling plane, with hose trailing below it, flies above the Question Mark. Crew member can be seen disconnecting the 3 inch fuel hose and throwing it off the Question Mark. After being aloft continuously for 6 days, the Question Mark landed at Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys, California on January 7, 1929. Staff Sergeant Roy W. Hooe, Lieutenant Elwood R.(Pete) Quesada, Lieutenant Harry A. Halverson, Captain Ira C. Eaker and Major Carl A. Spatz, stand beside their airplane. (Spatz later changed spelling of his name to Spaatz.)

Date: 1929, January 7
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033872
Skiers enjoy along the snow covered slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon

Skiers carrying their ski boards climb up Mount Hood in Oregon. They ski down the snow covered slopes of the mountain as people cheer them on.

Date: 1949, June 16
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037931