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People greet Wolfgang Von Gronau after his aircraft lands on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.

German aviator Wolfgang Von Gronau lands on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois after his second transatlantic flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. Dornier Do J Wal flying boat aircraft approaches for landing. People gathered to welcome Wolfgang Von Gronau. The aircraft lands and taxis on Lake Michigan. People greet Wolfgang Von Gronau.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1931, September 3
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058050
Two young divers demonstrate their newly invented diver's helmet in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Young men invent a diver's helmet in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Young men help two divers get into their newly invented contraptions. The contraptions built with old boilers and cycle pumps. The two divers enter a water body as others around watch. A man holds onto the tubes attached to the two contraptions. They use cycle pumps to supply oxygen to the men under water. The divers emerge onto the water surface.

Location: Fitchburg Massachusetts USA
Date: 1931, September 3
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058052
African American cotton pickers pick, gather, weigh and make bundles of cotton in Chula, Georgia

African American cotton pickers rush to gather the present crop before the Southern legislators accept the proposal for a cotton ban. The laborers use both antiquated and modern methods. The pickers gather the picked cotton on the roadside. The farmers supervise as the gathered cotton is wrapped up in bundles and weighed. The cotton is then loaded into trucks for shipment. A young African American boy sits atop a cotton heap and eats a very large slice of watermelon fruit.

Location: Chula Georgia USA
Date: 1931, September 3
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058053
Motor cars are rolled off a hill, driven at full speed, collided during a test in South Bend, Indiana.

Brand new automobiles are demolished in spectacular head-on collisions as part of the proving process of modern motor car manufacture. A motor car is rolled sideways down a 45 degree hill, righted and then driven off. A camera man records the stunt with a film camera. A motor car driven at high speed during the test. Tires are blown at 70 miles an hour. All kinds of skidding is indulged in from 30 miles an hour up. Two motor cars are driven at full speed, drivers jump out, resulting in a head on collision.

Location: South Bend Indiana USA
Date: 1932, September 5
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058057
Merchant Marine Officer candidates take an oath and learn how to row and sail boats in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at a basic school in Pass Christian, Mississippi. A doctor undertakes the physical examination of a seaman with a stethoscope. A sign: 'US Merchant Marine Cadet Basic School' on a gate. Merchant Marine Officer candidates enter the gate. The Merchant Marine Academy cadets try on uniforms. They stand at attention and take an oath to defend the U.S. and serve Marine Navy. The cadets sleep in bunk beds. They get up as an alarm rings and get ready. They gather on a ground. Ceremonies are conducted. The cadets salute as U.S. flag is hoisted. The candidates learn how to knot ropes. They learn how to row and sail boats. The candidates learn how to operate guns and how to transfer men via cables.

Location: Pass Christian Mississippi USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058095
Candidates supervise cargo loading and make engine room repairs aboard a ship in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Merchant Marine Academy officer candidates learn seamanship at at a basic school in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The candidates march and stand at attention as their training is over. After the training two candidates meet a Cadet Corps officer. They board a ship and meet another officer. The Merchant Marine Academy candidates change their uniform. They supervise a cargo. A candidate operates an equipment aboard the ship. They make engine room repairs. A convoy at sea.

Location: Pass Christian Mississippi USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058098
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