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Movie depicts Idyllic life in American New England village, circa 1800

From movie "La Ciudad" (The City). Credited to Pare Lorentz. Opening credits text in Spanish. A reenactment of 18th Century life in American New England village. Reflections in water. Water gushing over an old water wheel at a mill. A sign over a structure reads 'Sias Farm 1791'. Old covered bridge spans river and waterfalls. Boys skinny dip swim naked in lake. Farmer drives a horse- drawn wagon on a path. Boy lying down in the wagon with head resting on a gunny sack next to a barrel of apples. Boy looks up at clouds overhead, daydreaming. Engraved granite milestone points to "Shirley" 3 miles and to "Shirley Village" 4 miles, the opposite way. Boy jumps off wagon as it enters village. Wagon stops at blacksmith shop, where farmer and blacksmith unload a damaged wheel as two boys and an old man watch.Blacksmith and farmer use hand-operated rollers to true-up broken iron strap from wheel. Old woman doing needle work. Young woman working on a loom. Man weaving a basket. Water wheel turning in water. View, inside mill, shows millstone, turning,as miller grinds corn. Farmers harvesting grain with scythes. White Wooden church with steeple.Graveyard with old gravestones.One reads: "Mary Day,died March 18, 1829,Aged 43." Blacksmith, at forge, repairing broken iron strap for wheel.

Date: 1939
Duration: 5 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031536
Geoffrey Lloyd inspect a gas mask factory in England during World War II.

A gas mask factory in England during World War II. British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Home Department Geoffrey Lloyd at the gas mask factory. Women workers manufacture gas masks. Lloyd and others inspect the plant. Lloyd puts on a gas mask. Men wear gas masks and demonstrate their use. A wounded being placed on a stretcher during the demonstration.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066624
German prisoners deny Britain's anti submarine campaign while in a prison camp in England.

German prisoners deny Britain's anti submarine campaign in a prison camp in England during World War II. Captured German undersea officers and crew walk in the prison camp. Barbed wire perimeter in the foreground. German prisoners deny Britain's anti submarine campaign.

Date: 1939, November 13
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070949
Boys wearing gas masks and War Reserve Policemen in London, England.

London at the beginning of World War II. A poster pasted on a wall reads 'Gas masks'. A child sits on a pavement and puts on a mask. Two boys walk down the street with gas mask boxes on their backs. War reserve policemen wearing tin helmets look up in the sky.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053823
Sandbagged petrol stations and bumpers of cars painted white in London, England.

London in the beginning of World War II. A mechanic paints the bumper of a car. Civilians paint bumper backside of car with white paint for blackouts. Men stand near petrol stations. Cars arrive at the petrol stations. Men carry sandbags. Sandbagged petrol stations. Buildings in the background.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053825
Spectators stand outside 10 Downing street in London, England where the Prime Minister is meeting with his War Cabinet.

Two British officials leave 10 Downing Street following a meeting of Prime Minister Chamberlain's War Cabinet. The Silhouette of them is seen as they pass through an archway. Next, Sir Howard Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, steps from Number 10, and walks close past the camera. Another official leaves the residence. He turns right and walks toward Horse Guards Road. Police make sure spectators stay on the sidewalk as he passes. Glimpse of a military officer leaving quickly, followed by a young official. The crowd standing dutifully, on the sidewalk (but just barely, all with their feet at the very edge). A man enters number 10 just as a uniformed messenger arrives. The man enters and the messenger makes his delivery and leaves. Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is seen leaving next, together with Leslie Hore-Belisha, British Secretary of State for War. The camera follows them as they walk along Downing Street and across Whitehall-Parliament Street. They pass pedestrians who stop to watch them. View of St. Stephens entrance Houses of Parliament A group of officials in bowler hats crossing towards Parliament. A few cars, and pedestrians moving about.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053826