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American men walk on busy street near Ford Factory.

American men walk on busy market street. Trams or Trolleys or Streetcars pass by in market street. Cars and trucks on busy market street. Tall Tower in background. Likely at Ford Factory. Approximately 1926.

Location: Michigan United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025428
President Coolidge poses with Pan American fliers after presenting them with the DFCs at Bolling Field in the United States.

U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge at a ceremony in the United States. In 1926- an aircraft taxis at Bolling Field. Ground crew directs the aircraft. Other aircraft parked on the field. President Coolidge presents the Distinguished Flying Crosses to Pan American fliers Robinson, McDaniel, Whitehead, Dargue, Eaker, Fairchild, Thompson and Weddington. A U.S. flag is used as the backdrop. Dignitaries and military officials beside the President. The recipients pose with the President.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051134
The operation of an 18th century manual printing press is compared to the making a magazine in a modern printing press.

Making of magazine in modern printing press. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin with his introduction. Dramatization shows a man in Franklin costume, others in 18th century work costumes in print shop. Workers operate manual printing press. Franklin examines a copy. View of Butler Gazette and County Journal of August 10, 1772. A modern printing plant shows machinery and workers in printing plant. View of 'The Dearborn Independent' for July 31, 1926. Editors work in an office. President Calvin Coolidge delivers an address at battery of microphones. Crowd listens to the President. Deck view on sailing vessel 'Irene and May'. Wild geese in a field and in flight. Four women swimmers posed on side of a boat. They dive into water. Detroit Tigers baseball game in progress. Tennis game in progress. Spectators applaud. Football game in progress.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 4 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052983
Traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue and model of the Federal Triangle buildings in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. History of development of Washington DC. Military parade on Pennsylvania Avenue circa World War I period, with General Pershing on horse in the front. Scenes from a presidential inaugural parade on the avenue. View of automobile traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue in the year 1926. Shops, offices and buildings alongside the street. Models are shown of the Federal Triangle: ship buildings, Departments of justice, labor and commerce, and the Municipal Centers.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073226
Bell System telephone buildings in contrast to modern day telephone buildings in the United States.

Telephone buildings in the past and the present in the United States. Pictures showing the Bell System telephone buildings in the past. A large number of present day buildings in which beauty and efficiency are maintained. View of telephone buildings in Cleveland, St.Louis, San Francisco and New York in 1926.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066334
Animated diagrams show how energy is stored and discharged in Edison storage batteries

How Edison batteries function. The are also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe batteries. An animated diagram shows how nickel iron alkaline storage batteries such as Edison batteries store and generate energy. The diagram shows the battery, generator, switch, motor, and a light bulb. An early nickel-iron Edison battery in wooden box. A later version of the nickel-iron battery invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1909. Pie chart showing the market share of Edison batteries over other portable batteries in 1926. Photograph of German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, "The Wizard of Schenectady". Slate bearing a commentary on from Dr. Steinmetz claiming "complete reversibility" of the Edison battery reaction. Diagram shows the reversible cycle of a portable battery. Animation in the diagram shows how energy is stored in the battery- the oxygen contained in the negative plate is forced to the positive plate by the charging current. The animation demonstrates the discharge of the battery. Plates from used Edison batteries show little decay after years of use.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080177
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