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General Chiang Kai Shek with U.S. officers during 46th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China.

Dignitaries include Generalissimo and Mrs Chiang Kai-shek, General Laurence S Kuter, Lieutenant General Frederick H Smith Junior and Major General John B Ackerman walk down the steps of an official building in Taiwan. ROC Chinese soldiers and Navy officers stand in side. Soldiers with the Chinese Nationalist flag. Trucks carrying Chinese troops pass. Tanks and armored vehicles pass reviewing stands during parade. Cameraman clicks photos.

Date: 1957, October 10
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035619
Former President Hoover on the podium at Republican National Convention,Cleveland Ohio.

Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover getting started with his speech and his supporters greet him at an official ceremony of the Republican National Convention, Cleveland Ohio. Spotlights focus completely on him. A big hall is packed with members and spectators. Republican National Committee Chairman John Hamilton is seen behind Hoover at the podium, waving and motioning to lighting crews. June 1936.

Date: 1936, June
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035781
Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover addresses his fellow republicans at the Republican National Convention.

At the Republican National Convention held in Cleveland in Ohio, Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover speaks to his fellow republicans. He stresses that the source of economic security is freedom in all forms, and freedom is the source of moral and spiritual progress. He decries liberalism. He states that fundamental American liberties are at stake. The NBC, MBS, and CBS networks have microphones at the lectern to broadcast his speech. RNC Chairman John Hamilton approaches Hoover and the podium at the end of his speech. 1936.

Date: 1936, June
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035788
Twelve Boy Scouts visit with President Kennedy discussing Scout activities; Robert Kennedy rewarded for making a 50 mile hike.

Twelve Boy Scouts of American arrive at the White House to visit President John Kennedy and report on scout activities, coinciding with the 53rd anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America movement. They give a Boy Scout handbook and a membership card to President Kennedy, along with a plaque. Robert Kennedy is rewarded for making a 50 mile hike. Narrator comments that Kennedy had heard about a 50 mile hike challenge that President Theodore Roosevelt had directed for troops via Executive Order, and President Kennedy then advocated for hiking, too. View of U.S. Marines in uniform hiking in response to the President's challenge. View of a group of teenage high school students in Marin County, California, hiking on roads during their 50 mile hike challenge. The teenage boys and girls sprint at the finish of their hike. View of Diane Condon, the first student to finish the hike, in 12 hours and 8 minutes. She is seen sitting and soaking her feet.

Date: 1963, February 14
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039115
President Kennedy throws out first ball on opening day of the 1963 baseball season

View of huge crowd that fills DC Stadium in Washington DC on opening day of the 1963 major league baseball season. President John F. Kennedy throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Players scramble for the ball, which is caught by Washington Senators catcher Ken Retzer. Closeup of Senators pitcher Don Rudolph. Rudolph gives up solo home run to Baltimore Orioles first baseman Jim Gentile. President Kennedy cheers as Gentile crosses home plate. Later, Rudolph gives up another homer, this one a two-run shot by Orioles left fielder Boog Powell. Orioles win the game, 3-1.

Date: 1963, April 8
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039123
New York and Washington Stage Receptions for NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper.

President John Kennedy presents Space Agency's Distinguished Service Medal to Major Gordon Cooper at White House. View of crowd clapping. Major Cooper parades to Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol with many cars following. Crowd cheering on sideways. Major Cooper addresses a Joint Session of Congress and receives a two-minute standing ovation. Major Cooper in New York City for his reception. Lower Broadway is re-named Mercury Way for his reception. Huge crowd around 4,500,000 people line up the streets to see Major Cooper passing and throwing tickertapes and paper on his arrival. After a reception at City Hall, Major Cooper receives the City's Medal of Honor.

Date: 1963, May 23
Duration: 5 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039129