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U.S. President Nixon speaks about US-Soviet peace talks, at Mississippi Economic Council meeting in Jackson city, Mississippi

U.S. President Nixon addresses the Mississippi Economic Council 25th anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi. President Nixon speaks about need for peace talks with the Soviet Union and America's efforts to restore peace in the Middle East. The spectators at the meeting applaud.

Date: 1974, May
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057306
Riot drill during Mississippi riots or Ole Miss riots of University of Mississippi.

Soldiers gather for riot drill during student riots in Oxford, Mississippi (Riots of segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement.) Soldiers practice in pairs of two with rifles. An officer supervise them. Military trucks and planes in ground.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034268
Men load freight car wheels aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship for delivering it the U.S. Army in Philippines.

A film titled 'Hannibal Victory' depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A small boat at the edge of the Mississippi River. A steamboat underway in the Mississippi River. A man stands at a deck of the steamboat. A man operates a navigation wheel. Horn of the steamboat blows. The man operating the navigation wheel. The steamboat underway in the river. A railway bridge across the Mississippi River. A train passes over the bridge. The statue of famous American Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain. Two women walk up steps. A plaque reads about Mark Twain. The statue of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Traffic on a street. People walk on a pathway. A railroad station. Smoke comes out from locomotives. Wheels of the freight cars. Men assembling the freight car wheels. A close up of the wheel with 'Hannibal' written on it. Animated map depicts the transport of freight car wheels from Hannibal to San Francisco. The wheels are hoisted and taken aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship in San Francisco. A man aboard the ship operate the controls. Several views of the wheels loaded aboard the ship. Ships at a port. War supplies are taken aboard a merchant ship. Two men seated in the foreground. A ship with a U.S. flag.

Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069914
Eisenhower rides in open top car in Jackson Mississippi on occasion of his speech to joint session of Mississippi Legislature.

General Douglas MacArthur rides in open top car. Police motorcycle escorts with car pass on a street. Cheering crowds on sidewalks. General MacArthur is in Jackson on the occasion of his speech to a joint session of the Mississippi State Legislature.

Date: 1952, January 15
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040182
Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese, and President Roosevelt asks for war declaration on Japan in 'date of infamy' speech.

United States Government film entitled "The World At War" dealing with World War 2. Film opens showing Japanese warplanes in formation above a Japanese military installation. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. An airfield is seen filled with parked U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 bombers. Two Boeing XB-17 (Model 299) bombers are parked next to each other on the ramp. Derricks and ships are shown at the Pearl Harbor naval base. A formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers is seen in flight. They are seen overhead as bombs explode on the U.S. Navy Air Station at Ford Island destroying hangars and aircraft. Next, is shown the famous image of the USS Arizona burning, listing, and sinking, after being bombed. Film continues, panning over post-air raid views of destruction. On December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, addresses the Congress, delivering his declaration of war message. He calls December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy." Roosevelt recounts that the United States was at peace with japan and in conversation with its government and Emperor, in the interest of maintaining peace.in the Pacific. even at the time of the attack. Japanese ambassador and his colleagues seen visiting State Department offices to meet with U.S. Secretary of State prior and even during the initial attack operations by Japan.Roosevelt recounts that the United States was still in conversation with Japan even at the time of the attack. Japanese ambassador and his colleagues seen visiting State Department offices to meet with U.S. Secretary of State prior and even during the initial attack operations by Japan. Photographers take pictures of the visiting Japanese delegation. President Roosevelt asks Congress to affirm that a state of War exists between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044311
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in many meetings before and after America's entry into World War II

Opening slate reads: "Quebec Conference August 1943." The English battleship, Prince of Wales, is seen in fog off the Coast of Newfoundland, in August 1941. View of sailor on fore-deck of the British ship. View inside engine room of the ship where sailor manipulates her power. Closeup of engine crankshaft stopping as she drops anchor in Placentia Bay. View of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, greeting U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the Prince of Wales. He proffers a letter to the President, from the King of England. View of Roosevelt and Churchill seated on deck with their respective military leaders standing behind them. Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations converses with U.S. Army Chief of Staff, George Marshall, as they stand behind Churchill and Roosevelt. Wider camera view shows the larger military entourage accompanying the Prime Minister and the President. Glimpse of prisoners and enslaved workers taken by Nazi Germans in Europe. Glimpse of bombs falling from an airplane. Classic film views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. Bombs exploding along "Battleship Row." Heavy smoke rising from the bombed ships. The USS Arizona tilted heavily and burning. Camera pans along the path of destruction, as the voice of President Roosevelt is heard in the background, asking the Congress to declare that the Japanese attack created a state of War between the United States and the Japanese Empire. View of President Roosevelt speaking to the U.S. Congress. Seated behind him are Vice-President Henry Wallace and Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Glimpse of Congress members applauding. Change of scene shows President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting in Washington, DC, in December of 1941, during World War 2. Views of war preparations in the United States, including the building of new war production plants and facilities. A large steel ingot being forged into an artillery gun barrel. Machinist at work turning a gun barrel on a lathe in a munitions factory. Views of manufacturing plants in operation and steel being made. A railroad train carrying new Army trucks. Another meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. June, 1942. Standing behind them is President Roosevelt's special assistant, Harry Hopkins, a British naval officer, and an American navy Captain. American soldiers boarding a troop ship, and closeups of them as they enter the ship, looking out of portholes, and waving from the ship's deck. Glimpse of Washington Monument and its image in the reflecting pool in Washington DC. Closeup of a book entitled, "Time Table for Invasion." General George Marshall with several of his generals doing preliminary planning. Series of scenes involving senior military officers engaged in war planning. A convoy of warships is seen at sea during the Operation Torch Allied invasion of French North Africa during 8–16 November, 1942. Views of Allied Navy ship guns firing. Allied troops riding in landing craft, and advancing from beached craft on shore of Algiers. Aerial view of a flight of Douglas Dauntless bombers in formation. "Bombs away" view from Allied airplane dropping bombs. Allied troops firing camouflaged antiaircraft guns from sandy positions near shore. Enemy shells or bombs exploding nearby. Two U.S. Army soldiers holding a document in French entitled, "Message from the President of the United States.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051795