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Liquid rocket research and development, led by Robert H. Goddard, in America

Robert H. Goddard with the first flight of a liquid fuel rocket on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachussets. He stands next to the rocket perched high on a launching frame. Goddard uses a long pole and can of benzene to fuel the rocket. Photogaph of his camera and barograph used on July 17, 1929. An 18 meter tower being prepared. A 6 meter high test stand. The barrel could be filled with water and serve as ballast. Picture of a Performance recording device. A man in a protective bunker 15 meters from the launch point for tests in New Mexico. A man using a telescope to observe from a shed 900 meters from the launch point. Another with a telescope and recording device on a tripod. Pictures from the first gyro-controlled rocket flight on April 19, 1932

Date: 1932
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024396
Eleanor Holm competes in a swimming championship,United States

Eleanor Holm competes in a swimming championship in 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. Eleanor and her immediate rival in a backstroke swim race. Crowds cheer as the competitors swim. Eleanor gives a short speech in how happy she is to win the championship.

Date: 1932
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025354
Promotional film showing new Ford stake bed truck in operation

A 1932 model Ford Stake bed truck drives up to the camera and stops. Several views of the truck. ( A playground with children at play is seen in background.) View of interior through right-hand door, as driver enters at left door and settles himself on seat. He sets manual choke and throttle, steps on foot accelerator pedal, checks gears in neutral and hand brake off. Driver turns steering wheel several turns to left. View shifts to cutaway of steering mechanism showing its action. Truck drives up to a loading dock, backs into position, and then drives away. Scene shifts to a busy city street, where the truck is seen in traffic. It waits with other vehicles as pedestrians cross with the light, and then proceeds. The truck pulls into a Ford Benzol station where operator refuels it.

Date: 1932
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029688
Roosevelt breaks precedent, flies to Chicago, and appears personally to thank the convention and promise a "New Deal."

Franklin D Roosevelt nominated as the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1932. A Ford Trimotor aircraft in flight. The plane lands in Chicago, Illinois and crowds greet Franklin D Roosevelt, Governor of New York. His son, James Roosevelt, stands beside him and provides physical support, as needed. At the convention, Roosevelt thanks people for nominating him as the Democratic Presidential candidate at the convention. He states that "the 18th amendment is doomed" (prohibition). Roosevelt also, famously, promises the American people a "New Deal."

Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049701
Flashbacks show USS Wakefield being christened as SS Manhattan, and famous passengers aboard in the early 1930s

Famous passengers aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield during World War II) in the United States. Flashbacks show the USS Manhattan being christened by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt on 5th December 1931. It is seen being launched from New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden New Jersey. View of maiden voyage on 10th August 1932, with passengers boarding the ship. It leaves a port for her first trip to Ireland, England, Germany and France. Couples dance aboard the deck of the SS Manhattan. Passengers including Babe Ruth, Jimmy Walker, Glenn Cunningham, and aviator Douglas Corrigan ("Wrong Way Corrigan") seen aboard the ship.

Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070724
Football game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Auburn Tigers in Birmingham, Alabama.

Unbeaten Auburn football team is held to a tie in contest with South Carolina at Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama, on December 3, 1932. Auburn with overll record of 9 wins and no losses faces South Carolina with overall record of 5 wins, 4 losses, and one tie. The stands at Legion Field are full of spectators. Highlights are shown as the game see-saws back and forth across the gridiron. Scoreboard is not shown. But the game ends in a 20-20 tie. (Note; South Carolina actually beat Auburn 16-14 in 1933.)

Date: 1932, December 3
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062524