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History behind President Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation establishing the last Thursday of November as a national day of Thanksgiving and Praise (Thanksgiving Day)

Historic reenactment of American’s celebration of Thanksgiving in history. Date 1863 is highlighted atop an image of Sarah Josepha Hale, a 74-year-old magazine editor, writing a letter to Lincoln on September 28, 1863, urging him to have the "day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival." A copy of Codey’s Lady’s Book sits on her desk. Next, she is seen, meeting with Abraham Lincoln, to discuss the matter. Lincoln looks at her writings on this in Codey’s Lady’s Book, and they discuss the matter at some length. Scene shifts to a copy of a Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving, dated October 3, 1863, that sets apart the last Thursday of November "as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise." Film continues with scenes of farm crops ready for harvest, and view of people in church, giving prayers of thanksgiving. A 33-star American flag is hung on the church wall.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032790
Sign for various Forts, Plenty Coups, and Standing Rock in Indian sign language by General Hugh L. Scott, United States.

General Hugh L. Scott of Smithsonian Institute, seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General Scott demonstrates signs for various places like Fort Benton, Fort Lincoln, Fort McLeod, Old Fort Union, Plenty Coups and Standing Rock.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033169
Views of tall skyscraper buildings in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Views of the Century Plaza Towers buildings (Century Plaza Towers, 2029 Century Park E suite 400 n, Los Angeles, CA 90067, United States) in Century City, California, near Los Angeles. Views of the buildings from different angles. Next scene is a wide shot of buildings along Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, including the Union Bank Plaza building (445 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California) in the Bunker Hill area, and the Westin Bonaventure Hotel (404 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071, United States). A few vehicles are seen on a road beside the buildings.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1976
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033253
A British Navy officer speaks into a bullhorn during the testing of U.S. built torpedo boats off the Atlantic coast.

The British Navy tests U.S. built torpedo boats off the Atlantic coast. British Navy officers in the boats. A navy officer speaks into a bullhorn. The Union Jack flying.

Location: Atlantic coast
Date: 1943
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033564
Aviators Howard Hughes and Amy Johnson after record-setting flights to Los Angeles, California and Cape town, South Africa, respectively.

American aviator and businessman Howard Hughes having lunch at a restaurant in Chicago on May 14, 1936. Other people sitting and standing behind him. Hughes stands up from his seat. View of propeller on his Northrop Gamma 2G airplane being started. Hughes has his goggles on his head and takes off toward California. View of Union Air Terminal (2627 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505, United States) in Burbank, California. Hughes steps out of plane in Los Angeles after 8 hours flight. In next scene, aviator Amy Johnson, CBE, wife of Jim Mollison, emerges from her Percival Gull Sixplane. G-ADZO, in Cape Town, South Africa on May 7, 1936 after a record-setting four day and sixteen hours flight from London. A large crowd waits to see her. People greet her with flowers. Johnson is seen among the large crowd and smiling and waving to the crowd. Scenes in clip are from a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years prior.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1936, May
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034143
East Berliners parade during May Day celebrations in East Berlin, East Germany.

People carry flags and banners during a May Day parade in East Berlin, East Germany. East German flags hang from buildings. Opening scene shows tower of the Sophienkirche in the background. Civilians carrying banners expressing views of companies, unions, and trade groups against imperialism and for communism. One group carries a large faux millimeter caliper with a top hat on it. Some carry East German tricolor flags and many carry large red flags. At about TC: 01:00, the spire of St Mary's church (Marienkirche) is seen behind buildings. At TC: 01:26, a marcher carrying a poster with image of Fidel Castro, is seen. As the parade progresses, uniformed People's police (Deutsche Volkspolizei) and other uniformed personnel, including one group wearing white armbands, are seen in the parade. Men and women parade in East German army uniforms. Health care workers in white uniforms are seen. (Note: Footage covers areas from Friedrichsbrücke to Rochstraße and Burgstraße, near station Börse.)

Location: Berlin East Germany
Date: 1961, May 1
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034244
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