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Governor L L Emmerson attends the annual reunion ceremony of Union Civil war veterans in Springfield Illinois.

American Civil War veterans pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln in Springfield Illinois in United States. View of decorated tomb of Abraham Lincoln. Thousands of aged veterans in their Civil War Union Army uniforms gather in Oak Ridge Cemetery near the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. Governor Louis L Emmerson and other dignitaries attend the event. Governor Emmerson is seen in conversation with one of the aged veterans. Most of the veterans wear hats with the "G.A.R." symbol (Grand Army of the Republic, a Union military veterans and fraternal organization). One of the Union Civil War veterans shown is an African American soldier.

Location: Illinois United States USA
Date: 1932, September 19
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030535
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) visits Springfield, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia during his campaign to run as President of the United States

Train carrying New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) arrives to a huge crowd of supporters in Springfield, Illinois. Franklin Roosevelt waves at the crowd from train caboose. Train carrying Franklin Roosevelt journeys towards Atlanta, Georgia. Crowds outside the Atlanta, Georgia State Capitol (Georgia State Capitol Building, 206 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30334) showing support for Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt laughs and smiles with supporters as he sits in a convertible car. Franklin Roosevelt gives a speech under a floral arch to his Atlanta, Georgia supporters. With such a warm welcome, Roosevelt notes to those gathered that “insofar as carrying on a campaign in Georgia to get votes, my visit to this state has not been exactly necessary!”

Location: United States USA
Date: 1932, October
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079095
Delegates of The Pan American Highway Commission visiting Kentucky and Illinois

Delegates of the Pan American Highway Commission visit the United States. Group gathered around the famous Man O' War race horse (then retired) in Kentucky. Close views of Man O' War outside a stable. Visit to the tomb of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield. Delegates with a wreath are gathered at the base of Lincoln's tomb. The Commission views a 2 mile section of roadway called Bates Road which was built as an experiment, ultimately to be destroyed. Views of the dusty Bates Road and vehicles traveling slowly over its rutted roadway.

Location: Kentucky United States USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030549
Inventor of M-1 rifle John Garand displays various rifles produced at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. United States soldiers fire rifles during a maneuver. Exteriors of the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. John Garand, the inventor of the M-1 rifle, at the Springfield Armory. He speaks about the development of the armory from colonial period to post World War II times. He displays various rifles used by American soldiers from 1795 to World War II. He displays a rifle used in World War II and another automatic rifle used in World War II. A forge used to produce receivers of M-1 rifles.

Location: Springfield Massachusetts USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065964
Playboy bunnies wave towards USS Springfield (CLG-7) and perform on the pier as it returns to Boston, Massachusetts.

USS Springfield returns to Boston, Massachusetts. Playboy bunnies and a group of teenage-girls walk to the end of a dock area. A playboy bunny poses on the end of the pier. USS Springfield (CLG-7) makes its approach in the background en route to the docking area. Five playboy bunnies wave to sailors aboard USS Springfield as the ship eases up towards the dock area. A navy band plays on the pier and a ship in the background. Line handlers handle lines on the dock in the foreground. A crowd on the pier behind a roped off area. Playboy bunnies, with one leading the band. Playboy bunnies perform on the pier. The sailors toss their white hats down to playboy bunnies. Men aboard a ship throw their hats down. Playboy bunnies don the white hats tossed down from the ship. They do a small act on the pier. Men at quarters. Playboy bunnies do a twist on the pier. Visitors and dependents on the pier. A woman waves up towards the ship. A sleeping child in the arms of his mother. Playboy bunnies on the brow wait to board the ship. Visitors disembark from the ship. Playboy bunnies move up over the brow.

Location: Boston Massachusetts USA
Date: 1967, February 16
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045157
The museum at the Springfield Armory houses original old guns in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A Big Picture production about use and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Sergeant Stuart Queen at a desk as he speaks about the importance of marksmanship. A reconstruction depicts soldiers loading shells in a canon. A soldier with a rifle. An old U.S. flag with 13 stars flies from a pole. The Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Exteriors of the armory and a sign reads '1794'. A sign reads 'Museum'. The original Blanchard lathe at the museum. Billinghurst Requa Battery gun at the museum.

Location: Springfield Massachusetts USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065960
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