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President John F Kennedy working at the White House, and touring NASA space program facilities in the United States.

Scene of the White House. Various scenes of President John F Kennedy working in his office in the White House in Washington DC. President Kennedy at his desk, and with advisors. President arrives at Cape Canaveral on November 16, 1963 for a tour and to witness a Polaris missile launch. Scenes of John F. Kennedy talking with NASA personnel and watching a rocket launch. Wernher Von Braun is seen with Kennedy. Audio includes Kennedy's statement from 1962 at Rice University when he said "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon, and returning him safely to the earth." President Kennedy views models of spacecraft and listens to NASA engineers. View of President Kennedy at the White House presenting the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut John Glenn on February 23, 1962, after Glenn's successful Friendship 7 mission. A helicopter carrying President John Kennedy lands on a ship on November 16, 1963. A sailor blows a whistle. President meets officers on the ship and is seen on the bridge. President Kennedy observes the under water launch of a Polaris missile through binoculars. President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson with a Navy officer looking at a system used to operate and launch rockets. Audio overlay includes a speech by Kennedy reflecting on the threat of nuclear war.

Date: 1963, November
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034340
USA Vice President Lyndon Johnson attends opening of school in Greece

A new elementary school opens in Crete, Greece. The flag of the United States can be seen on the right. A plaque detailing the school’s opening year 1962 and important details in Greek. Greek elementary school children clap hands. United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) visits the new elementary school during an official visit in Crete, Greece. A Greek teacher teaches young students in classroom. A Greek girl asks a question to her teacher. Greek teacher teaches male students botany inside a school greenhouse. Greek high school students do homework together in library. Greek boy uses book for homework.

Date: 1962, August
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078545
The discovery and production of penicillin and its first import to the United States

Scottish scientist Sir Alexander Fleming isolates antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus at St Mary's Hospital in London, United Kingdom. A petri dish with penicillin. Articles on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy are published. Pharmacologist Howard Walter Florey extracts penicillin at Oxford University. In June 1941, tiny flask of penicillin brought to the United States. Chemists work and develop penicillin in refined form. Penicillin Production Factory. Penicillin is built in many forms. Penicillin is made in huge fermentation tanks and passed through many machines for purifying and refining. Quantities of penicillin reduced in gallons to recover it. It is concentrated in the laboratory. Water contained penicillin, evaporated at laboratory. Penicillin transferred to sterilized vials and packed in boxes. Penicillin prepared for use.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024752
Damaged plantation homes after Civil War, barren land, and African American family migration

Activities around the Mississippi river in the United States in the early 1900s, in areas still affected by the Civil War. Text of General Robert E. Lee's announcement about surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865. Image of flames and fire burning a town or city. United States Civil War aftermath in the South. Scenes of several different empty and burned down plantation homes in the southern United States. View of the barren land and effects of erosion. Poor African American family with many things in a horse drawn wagon, walking on foot during migration to a new area of the United States in the north or west. View of the Mississippi River as seen from a moving boat at water level.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032220
Involvement and contributions of American soldiers in the history and development of the United States of America

The involvement of the American soldier in the history and growth of the United States from early 1900s until roughly 1938 before World War 2. Scenes of Washington DC and Mount Rainier. Two Confederate and one Union Uniformed veterans of the Civil War walk together in the Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia. U.S. Soldiers marching during World War I. U.S Cavalry riding in parade during World War I. Views of cities and towns in which U.S. Army posts were established, in the United States. Army troops and cavalry creating trails and paths, and eventually railroads, in wilderness areas of the United States. View of the Presidio Army Base and the Golden Gate Bridge, California. Subtle references to U.S. Army accomplishments, curbing Mississippi River floods (Corps of Engineers) and conquering Yellow Fever (Army Doctor Walter Reed) with views of: point of view shot from moving railroad train in a Colorado canyon; a side wheeler River boat on the Mississippi River; a sugar cane field in Cuba. View of locks in the Panama Canal. Statue of World War I soldiers

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028431
U.S. President Kennedy addresses American people about the buildup of arms in Cuba by Soviets.

Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. Top advisors of U.S. President John Kennedy arrive at the White House. Americans buy newspapers. President Kennedy makes a TV announcement about the crisis and what has been happening. He states that a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated to halt offensive buildup of nuclear arms. He says that all ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port , if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, will be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers. He further states that it shall be the policy of the United States to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union. Exteriors of the White House. An electronic billboard flashing news. Americans being interviewed by newsmen along a street.

Date: 1962, October 22
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070171