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Snow covered mountain peaks in U.S. Northwest as seen from airplane in flight

Aerial views of the Northwest United States. Taken from plane of staff or reporters accompanying President Nixon during his trip to Montana, Portland Oregon, and Washington State at the end of September 1971. Snow covered mountain peaks as seen from an airplane in flight. Structure at waters edge visible near end of clip

Date: 1971, September 25
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057403
World's Champion Horseshoe pitcher, Ted Allen, demonstrates skills, after his win in Moline, Illinois

Approximately 20 contestants, dressed in white, are seen at horseshoe pitching lanes in a fenced enclosure. Spectators are seated in bleachers nearby. A stray dog wanders in the foreground. View of the spectators (mostly men). View of a shoe landing as a ringer. View from the pins as a contestant throws five shoes at four pins. One shoe appears to have landed closed against the first pin. The remaining four are all ringers. In a complete change of scene, Ted Allen, wearing a sweater emblazoned with his name and title: "World's Champion," gives a demonstration. He throws four ringers at one pin, while an intrepid assistant leans over, with his hand atop the pin, confident that he won't be hit by one of the horseshoes. Final view is a closeup of Ted Allen posing with his face framed by a horseshoe. (Note: Ted Allen was born in Kansas. His family moved to Colorado in 1922; to Oregon in 1932; to California in 1933; and finally back to Colorado, in 1936.)

Date: 1935, September 4
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043351
11th annual Barrel-Jumping competition, on ice, at Grossinger's Resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York State

Seventeen of the world's best ice skating barrel jumpers compete in the 11th annual competition at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York near the village of Liberty. Skaters are seen circling the ice rink to gain speed, and jumping over lines of barrels. Scenes of jumpers failing to clear all the barrels in their attempts. Only 3 contenders manage to clear 15 barrels. Only one, Jim Waldo, of Portland, Oregon, is seen successfully clearing 16 barrels to win the event. He receives his trophy from New York Yankees Baseball team's star catcher, Yogi Berra.

Date: 1961, January 9
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055703
Scenes of robbery and arrest, FBI forensic experts examine evidence in laboratory

View of a busy street in Portland, Oregon. A businessman with deposit bag walks away from bank in Portland, Oregon. A man attacks the man from behind in middle of the road. Man steals man’s bag and runs away. People attend to unconscious man as the robber enters car and drives away from the scene, which is the street in front of the Edwards and Walker hardware store, Monument Square. Man’s car drives past a policeman chasing it. Policeman apprehends a man in front of a Howard Johnson's restaurant. Policeman escorts an apprehended man. FBI Laboratory experts opens box containing evidence from a crime scene by cutting string around box. Containers of sensitive crime scene evidence. FBI forensic scientist cuts a piece of fabric from blood-stained coat. FBI forensic scientist performs a blood typing test on blood-stained fabric from coat. Blood samples agitated using orbitron. A forensic FBI lab technician examines hair sample from evidence using comparison microscope. View through comparison microscope eyepiece showing hair samples matching. Police men confront a prisoner in front of jail cell and gestures for him to follow them.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078868
Fire at a forest in Cochran, Oregon.

Fire at a forest in Cochran, Oregon. People take the water hose to stop fire. Smoke rises. A man puts out the fire with water. People put sand on the fire.

Date: 1932, October 10
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035161
Crew members of USS Lexington arrive in Portland, Oregon after the ship was sunk by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean.

USS Lexington sinks in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Smoke rises from USS Lexington after being hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Coral Sea of World War II. Smoke rises from the ship. Rescued crew members of the Patten Family get off a train in Portland, Oregon. They greet each other as a large crowd gather to welcome them. The Pattens salute.

Date: 1942, June 29
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057754