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Disabled war veterans from various U.S. wars greet President Hoover at a White House lawn festival in Washington DC.

Shows disabled war veterans (soldiers) being assisted by nurses at the White House lawn festival in Washington DC. War veterans from various U.S. campaigns including World War I, the Punitive Expedition in Mexico, and the U.S. Civil War wait in line to shake hands with President Herbert Hoover in the traditional White House reception. The First Lady and members of President Hoover's cabinet are also on hand to greet the well-wishers. The oldest soldiers present include both confederate and union soldiers from the American Civil War.

Date: 1932, June 20
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029426
A huge ticker tape parade welcomes Amelia Earhart back to New York City.

Harbor craft launch water fountains on the arrival of Amelia Earhart. A huge ticker tape parade welcomes Earhart back to New York. Thousands of New Yorkers gather on streets and join the parade. Ticker tapes being showered in the parade. Earhart with New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. Holding flowers she christens a car.

Date: 1932, June 20
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029428
Amelia Earhart successfully spans a 2400-mile course over the Pacific.

Amelia Earhart's plane lands on an airfield in Oakland,California. She emerges out of the cockpit and welcomed by press, media and public. Earhart gives an interview to the journalists and explains about her flight from Honolulu to the mainland. It took her 18 hours to span a 2400-mile course over the Pacific.

Date: 1935, January 14
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029429
A three-foot water main bursts in the new Post Office building in Chicago,Illinois.

A three-foot water main bursts in the new Post Office building in Chicago,Illinois. The foaming water pours into Union Station, flooding the tracks and halting rail traffic for many hours.

Date: 1936, July 22
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029431
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart tests out a new laboratory airplane in Burbank,California.

Aviatrix Amelia Earhart tests out a new laboratory airplane in Burbank,California. Amelia constructed the plane to test pilot's reactions under actual flying conditions.

Date: 1936, July 22
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029434
Swimsuit girls showcase colorful dance performances at the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago,Illinois.

Swimsuit girls showcase colorful dance performances at the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago,Illinois. Gushing streams of water shoot skyward from the fountain.

Date: 1936, July 22
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029435