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Bob Hope and show troupe entertain troops at Jungle Training Center in Hawaii (WW2)

American comedian Bob Hope entertains troops at Jungle training center in Hawaii during World War II. He and his troupe are dressed in camouflage fatigues and steel combat helmets. Jerry Colonna, Barney Dean and Patti Thomas are among entertainers seen. A banner on stage reads "Bob Hope and Troupe." Bob Hope introduces Francis Langford, who sings the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" as Hope clowns around. U.S. troops in class B uniforms enjoy the show.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041124
Jerry Colonna, Bob Hope and Pattie Thomas entertain U.S. Army soldiers during a jungle training in the United States.

Entertainment from the USO during a jungle training in the United States. Jerry Colonna at a microphone Bob Hope and others behind him, entertaining U.S. soldiers and sailors. Bob Hope introduces Patty Thomas and she presents a dance. Bob Hope dances with her. Bob Hope at the microphone with the band and others behind him. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 12
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057640
Bob Hope and his associates are bid farewell as they board a U.S. Air Force C-121 airplane in Washington, DC

Washington Officials give entertainer Bob Hope a sendoff in Washington D.C. airport. Senate Majority Leader, Alben Barkley, arrives by car and greets Bob Hope's wife, Delores, with a kiss. Bob Hope clowns around with Senator Barkley, ostensibly drinking liquor from a hollow walking stick. Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, of Texas is seen in background and later up close. The Bob Hope party boards a U.S. Air Force C-121 (Constellation) airplane. Senator Barkley holds up an official (Congressional) document of some kind.The aircraft engines start and it taxis out.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074184
United States President John F Kennedy honors Bob Hope at White House in Washington DC.

A view of the White House in Washington DC. U.S. President John F Kennedy with other members of the Congress. President Kennedy honors Bob Hope for providing entertainment to servicemen. The President makes a speech to thank Bob Hope for his service tours that made servicemen laugh. The President awards the special authorized gold medal to Bob Hope. Bob Hope, also known as ' The Clown Prince' receives the medal and thanks the President and Congress for the honor. He gives his speech and makes the gathering laugh with his jokes.

Date: 1963, September 11
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030505
The AAA-sponsored 500 mile race at Twin City Motor Speedway, on Labor Day, September, 4, 1915.

AAA-sponsored 500 mile race at Twin City Motor Speedway in Minnesota, on Labor Day, 1915. Scenes of racing cars running and of groups of cars as they begin the race, with racing teams pushing their cars off. Race driver, Dario Resta, who had earned a pole position with a qualifying speed of 102.8 mph, is seen as he pulls off the track in his Mercedes, abandoning the race, after completing 110 miles, because the cap on back of his oil pump had come off, causing pump failure and oil loss. His racing crew surround the car. The next scene shows Resta posing beside his Mercedes, number 24. One of his team playfully pokes him in the ribs. Flagman steps into track and waves as officials in two passenger cars drive past.

Date: 1915, September 4
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031037
Memorial ceremony in Baltimore Maryland, for those lost in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, in 1915

Film opens showing mounted U.S. soldiers riding teams of horses pulling empty caissons signifying those lost in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915. They ride along a major thoroughfare in the City of Baltimore. Buildings along the street are decorated with patriotic bunting. Scene shifts to view from a pier, of a U.S. Navy single-funnel gun boat is seen making way, slowly In Baltimore harbor. Closeup of Group of women, dressed in white, aboard the boat, ares seen holding a large memorial wreath over side of the boat. Next, the camera shows a U.S. Aeromarine AS-2 Float Plane landing in the water. As it taxis in, the scene shifts back to the women on the boat, holding the memorial wreath. They are seen from behind, as they hold it high over their heads, and cast it over the side into the water. View of the women clustered in the bow of the boat as it moves slowly in the water. Other persons are present on deck, including at least one soldier and photographers and reporters. The U.S. navy ensign of stars flies from the bow. Closeup of the women in the bow, who now throw flowers into the water. Closeup of a woman (possibly Lusitania survivor). She stands next to the gun boat (now docked) holding a bouquet of flowers and wearing a sash reading “Lusitania.” Next, the camera focuses on Lusitania survivor, British actress, Rita Jolivet, who stands on a pier with a building and automobile behind her. Scene shifts, again, to the ladies in white aboard the docked gun boat. Among those seen with them are two British Royal Navy officers in uniform. Final scene is of large public gathering at an outdoor pavilion. A military band is at the front of the gathering. Public figures are assembled on the stage. A color guard carrying American flags is moving through the crowd, toward the stage.

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068355