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Fishermen catch oysters and examine their oyster catch aboard a ship in New Jersey, United States.

Oyster fishing in New Jersey, United States. Ships and boats anchored. Sail boats at sea. Fishermen catch oysters. An oyster catch aboard a ship. Men examine their oyster catch. View of a bridge. A sign: 'New Jersey, 25, Highway'.

Date: 1946
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072232
Workers manufacture Edison nickel-iron batteries at the Edison Storage Battery Company Building in West Orange, New Jersey

Manufacturing Edison batteries (also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe battery) in West Orange, New Jersey, United States. View of the Edison Storage Battery Company Building (177 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey, USA), the manufacturing facility for Edison batteries. Smoke emanates from vats. Motorized ceiling rack carries cylinders receiving nickel flake via electro plating. Aerial view of battery tube steel manufacture. Factory workers working in assembly lines to assemble batteries. The workers pack batteries for shipment. The four main parts of an Edison battery- negative plates (steel), container (steel), electrolyte (alkaline), and positive plates (steel)- on display. The steel positive plate and perforated steel tube which hold Nickel Hydrate on display. A finger touches the carbon steel ribbon that runs through a perforating machine to create battery tubes. A pen points to the perforation of the carbon steel ribbon. Machines nickel plate steel ribbons. Man places reels of steel ribbons in a tub. Men pushes the tubs into an automatic machine. A machine winding steel ribbons into tubes. Closer view of the steel tube showing its spiral pattern. Hand holding a steel tube. The manufacturing of nickel flake by an electro plating process. Metal sheet cylinders lifted out from vats of nickel. The cylindrical rolls of metal sheet are lowered to alternating vats of copper and nickel. Man unfolds a nickel-copper sheet. A machine cuts the nickel-copper sheet into small pieces. The copper in the nickel-copper pieces is chemically dissolved in a electro plating vat. The positive tubes are loaded with alternate layers of nickel hydrate and nickel flake. Man fits the tubes into a metal mold. Nickel hydrate and nickel flakes are fed into a machine. The man takes off the metal mold, taking the tubes. Cross section of a steel tube. Steel rings on a machine. Man counts the 8 steel rings of the tube. A woman mounts the tubes and presses them into a permanent position in a nickel-plated steel grid. A finished positive plate. A man mounts positive plates on the pole piece. He screws them into place. View of the negative plate, showing its perforated steel pockets holding iron oxide. Machines fold the perforated steel ribbons into Negative Pockets. A worker inserts Negative Pockets into a metal mold. A machine fills the Negative Pockets with iron oxide. Worker mounts the Negative Pockets in a nickel-plated steel grid. A machine secures the Negative Plates by a pressure of 120 tons. The Negative Plates are equidistantly spaced on the negative pole piece. Worker assembles the positive and negative plate groups together. A woman inserts additional insulation between each plate. The container is made of a nickel-plated steel sheet folded and welded to form one piece. Workers carefully inspect and insulate the assembled elements before the elements are permanently sealed in the container. Workers wearing goggles fill the finished battery cells with alkaline solution. Man closes the Filler Cap of the battery cell. Two terminals are seen on top of battery cell. Quality control inspectors check the finished products. A Weston DC voltmeter. A man dips battery cells into an insulating preservative compound. He places the battery cells in trays. Another man connects the cells in trays.

Date: 1926
Duration: 14 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080178
Rural houses and farmlands seen from a highway in upstate New York

Cars driving at a rural highway in New York. Highway, roadside farmlands, telephone poles, and houses as seen from a moving car. Camera zooms closer to view rural houses and front yards. Haystacks in a farm. Hills and trees in rural upstate New York.

Date: 1938, October
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080326
Thousands of orphans enjoy a day at Luna Park in Coney Island, New York

Luna Park in Coney Island, New York, opens to 5200 orphans from New York City. Children, many wearing white, walk in large groups on the park grounds. A vendor hands out ice cream cones at a counter. Children eat ice cream and other food. A large crowd sits in the stands of an arena, watching children on the dirt below attempt to ride a mule. One boy is knocked over by the animal, but another succeeds and climbs its back to ride. Boys and girls climb over a short fence. Scene changes to view from moving coaster known as the "Shoot the Chutes" as it speeds down an incline and splashes into water. Shots from and of a moving coaster as it goes up and down multiple hills. Older boys sit at the front. Man performing a human cannonball act climbs into the barrel of a large cannon, and a young boy licks an ice cream cone. Smoke puffs from the barrel of the cannon as the man is propelled from the cannon. He soars through the air, arms outstretched before tucking forward and landing on a taut net.

Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080930
Centennial of George Eastman's birth celebrated at his home in Rochester, New York

Opening scene shows numerous guests seated at an outdoor luncheon in the gerden of George Eastman's house in Rochester, New York. The occasion is the 100th Anniversary of Gorge Eastman's birth. Views of the house where Eastman was born. It has been moved from Waterville, New York to its present location in the gardens of his last home in Rochester, New York. Two little girls stand with parents. One holds a Kodak camera. Closeup of a woman taking a photograph and another of a young man photographing with a compact motion picture camera. A man using a historic motion picture camra on a tripod. People gather around the porch of the Eastman birthplace house where Officials of the George Eastman House, including Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees, President, Mr. James E. Gleason, Chairman of the Board, and Mr. Charles Hutchison, Vice Presi-dent, are seated. One of them is seen speaking at a podium. Mrs. Robert Ranlett, Eastman's long time friend, uncovers a commemorative plaque on the porch. Next are scenes photographed in July 1928, when George Eastman gave a garden party to introduce Kodakcolor to notable guests. He stands with Thomas Edison in the garden. Closeup of Eastman on that occasion. Cover of book holding George Eastman commemorative postage stamps. A sheet of the new stamps signed at the bottom by Postmaster General, Arthur E. Summerfield. Closeup of the stamps. Guards placing wreaths at a sculptured planter in the center of the Eastman House garden. Men gathered with hats removed for the commemoration.

Date: 1954, July 12
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063765
Neon lights at Times Square during rain in New York.

"Abstract in Concrete" depicts Times Square at night in New York, with jazz music by Frank Fields. Neon signs. Reflection of neon lights during rainy season. A sign reads 'Admiral Television Appliances'. Water on street and the shadow of the lights. Pedestrians and traffic on the street. A sign highlights 'Chevrolet'. Many neon signs and blending of colors and reflections in water are shown.

Date: 1954
Duration: 5 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021109