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People watch the Yacht race at the inauguration of the sailing season on lake Washington in Seattle, Washington.

The inauguration of the sailing season on lake Washington in Seattle, Washington. Yachts at dock. Sailors aboard a yacht. Sailors raise the sails of the boat. A sailor rotates the boat wheel. People watch the race. A yacht underway in lake Washington

Date: 1953, May 21
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067650
Rapid development of science and technology in United States. Recreation in America. Poverty and problems in America

Montage of Americana spanning parts of the 1950s and 1960s. Science and technology in the United States. Scientists work in laboratories and conduct various experiments. Scientists look into microscopes and treat patients with scientific medical equipment. People relax at a beach and amusement park. People watch a baseball game. Spectators from behind the fences watch bucking horses in a rodeo. Playing golf. Ten pin bowling. Motorboats race in water. Water skiing. View at a football game, horse race, basketball game, and Joe Louis boxing. Ice skating with sails. Swimming pool and high dive. 1940s fashion scenes: Juke box; Pegged pants; bobby sox;saddle shoes and dancing to an orchestra. People Square dancing, fishing, throwing horse shoes, playing shuffle board and lunching in backyard. Americans enjoying parks with lakes, swimmers, boaters and lots of park benches, where they sit and relax. Contrasting scenes of poverty in America: poor tenement and slum housing; bread line food relief for the poor; criminals being apprehended by police in paddy wagons; African American and some white American people demonstrate by the reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC, during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Demonstrators holding signs protesting racism, low wages, and poor housing; and advocating civil rights. Travel by Americans: People boarding an Air France airplane, airport scenes and people boarding a Pan Am (Pan American) passenger jet airplane. Ground level shot between art deco sleek passenger railroad trains in motion. People unload luggage from parked passenger bus. Aerial views of American highways with traffic and lots of mostly 1950s era cars and trucks. View of RV trailer park or camping area. Scene from moving car of undeveloped land and then of city at night with many neon signs for hotels, motels, food, and businesses. Vintage American suburban or small town scenes of families in front of houses, tending their neighborhood yards,cutting their lawns, and raking leaves on yards of homes.

Date: 1960
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052583
People watch the football match between the University of Washington and the University of Southern California in Seattle.

A football match played between the University of Washington and the University of Southern California in Seattle, Washington. People gather in a large number in a stadium to watch the match. Players arrive at the field. People cheer. The match in progress. The crowd cheers and applauds. the University of Washington wins the match 22-7.

Date: 1963, November 7
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062495
Mobilization and Review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two in Seattle Washington during World War II

The second annual mobilization and review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two, in the 13th Naval District, during World War 2. The first thing seen is a portion of a letter from a Coast Guard SPARS woman to someone at home. She mentions having spoken to Mrs. F.D.R. Scene shifts to The mobilization and review event on Lake Washington, in Seattle, Washington which involves some 300 boats belonging to members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, that parade in review. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (not seen) along with high ranking naval officers, and the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, are part of the reviewing party, as guests of Mr. O.D. Fisher, aboard his yacht. (The Coast Guard Auxiliary identification, CGA 2444, is seen clearly painted on its bow.) It is anchored off the north shore of Madronna Park Beach in Lake Washington. Views of the yacht with Mrs. Roosevelt and several admirals aboard. A woman officer, in the Coast Guard SPARS, is invited to chat with Mrs. Roosevelt. She sits down next to her. At one point, they both wave toward the camera. Later, two women SPARS stand on shore and converse with Mrs. Roosevelt, as she stands aboard the yacht.

Date: 1943, July 19
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069908
The Chicago team wins the 4th National Judo Championship at Seattle University in Seattle.

The 4th National Judo Championship at Seattle University in Seattle. Students and amateurs in pairs strive for the Black Belt. Spectators watch as a competitor wrestles with his opponent and slams him on the ground. They bow to each other after the fighting. The Chicago team wins the Judo Championship.

Date: 1956, August 23
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064656
144 students of the University of Washington practice rowing in Seattle, Washington.

The crew rowing team of the University of Washington practices in Seattle, Washington. 144 students of the university lined up with oars as coach Ulbrickson walks past them. The students take to rowing. They row boats past a few ships.

Date: 1939, January 23
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059011