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Six best dogs in show being presented awards by the American Kennel Club in New York, United States.

America's best dogs in show in New York, United States. Owners with their dogs pose. Dogs of different breeds. Mrs. Hoyt's French poodle Ch. Blakeen Jung Frau being presented the prize by the American Kennel Club.

Date: 1939, January 23
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059008
Teams compete at a bob sled competition and the one from Keeney Valley wins in Lake Placid, New York.

A bob sled competition in Lake Placid, New York. Four men bob sled teams get off to a speedy start during the competition. Teams move down snow covered slopes at a great speed. The teams move along sharp turns. The team from Keeney Valley after winning the race.

Date: 1939, January 23
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059012
Combine harvesters pulled by horses harvest wheat in Washington, United States.

Harvesting wheat in Washington, United States. View of a wheat field. Mature wheat crops. Farmers harvest wheat with combine harvesters. Horses pulling the harvesters. Wheat being harvested. Harvested wheat is filled in sacks and being sealed. The sacks of wheat lying on a field.

Date: 1943, July 26
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059036
Girls cover their faces as they show off their legs at the prettiest legs beauty contest in Palisade Park, New Jersey.

The prettiest legs contest in Palisade Park, New Jersey (Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S). A girl shows off her legs with her upper body behind a cardboard with a cartoon on it. Contestants cover their faces with sacks and walk down a ramp. Contestants are wearing swimsuits. Boys look on from behind a fence. Audiences clap. A girl shows her legs as they protrude from a cut out. A man tears apart the cut out and girl steps in front of the cut out. The winner of the competition is shown smiling.

Date: 1943, July 26
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059037
3,000 German prisoners arrive in New York, United States and are searched (WW2)

German prisoners of war arrive in New York, United States during World War II. 3,000 prisoners of war disembark from a ship in New York. The prisoners being searched by soldiers. The prisoners include men of all age groups from young to old. The prisoners lined up.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059044
Horse racing resumes as 30,000 people turn out at Narragansett Park in Rhode Island.

Horse racing resumes in the United States after the end of World War II in Europe. Men work to redecorate the stands at a racing park. Horses go for their paces at the track. 30,000 people turn out at Narragansett Park, Rhode Island to watch a horse race. Crowd entering racetrack stands. People lined up to purchase $2 place and show tickets at betting windows. The horse race begins. People cheer. Horses on the track. The race comes to a thrilling finish.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059050