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New recruits, for the Civilian Conservation Corps, commence training at Army Camp.

New Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recruits from urban areas are examined by doctors at Army processing center during the Great Depression. Men stand on city sidewalk, with their luggage, waiting for bus to take them to the CCC processing center. One man stands in front of a large tent. Several men in civilian clothes, with luggage, line up at a discharge office, after completing their term of service. Army supervisor reads from a list as recruits respond by raising their hands. Recruits run from their tents, carrying their mess gear, as mess call is sounded. Recruits walk through a mess line and receive hot food. They sit and eat at large tables in a mess hall. Recruits are issued blankets, clothing, and personal items from Army quartermasters. Scenes of recruits making beds. A cot with a recruits belongings laid out upon it. Several recruits pose in their civilian clothes, and then in their uniforms. CCC men march, carrying shovels, and commence work on a construction project. Men, with wheelbarrows, work on the project.

Date: 1935
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051742
New U.S. Warships commence operations during World War 2

A new U.S. Essex class Aircraft Carrier is docked during World War 2. Her crew of more than two thousand Navy personnel are seen boarding with all their gear. Next the entire ship’s company is seen on deck for her commissioning ceremony. A large American flag flies over the assembly. The carrier moves away from the dock, and is then seen out in the water, as some sailors on the dock wave their hats. Scene shifts to the USS Alabama (BB-60) at sea in her final sea trials. View from her bridge overlooking her triple 16-inch guns. Another look at the guns from portside forward deck. Sailors on deck in cold weather gear, perform lookout duties with binoculars. Another glimpse of the 16-inch guns. View of bow wave and wake at the stern

Date: 1942
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051751
A new rolling mill begins operation at the first Metallurgical Plant in Uzbekistan, USSR

Title slate reads,"the First Metallurgical Plant in Soviet Central Asia." Narrator says construction started 4-years ago during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War 2 (1942-43). Interior of the plant is shown from a vantage point high above the factory floor. Strips of hot steel are seen being extruded from a rolling mill. Closeup of the rolling mill in action and workers standing beside it. Closeup of the mill's rollers and hot steel blank passing through them. Workers handle the hot steel with long tools, as they move it back and forth to different sets of rollers. Narrator says the rolling mill has a capacity of 50 thousand tons per year. Closeup of two steel workers. Change of scene with view from above and then from below, as a furnace is tapped and molten steel flows into a crucible, emiting smoke and flames. Closeup of Uzbek steel workers employed at the steel plant. Next, workers are gathered in a ceremony marking the opening of the new rolling mill. A plant supervisor speaks before the gathering. A huge picture of Joseph stalin forms a backdrop. (Note: This is the The Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, aka V. I. Lenin Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, located in Bekabad, Tashkent Oblast,Uzbekistan. The 300-millimeter light rolling mill, seen here, began operating in October, 1946.)

Date: 1946, October
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054038
Brown Derby Restaurant and Walt Disney New Studio in Hollywood, California.

Walt Disney New Studio in Hollywood, California. Buildings under construction. Signs on the gates read 'Walt Disney Production' and 'Stop'. Brown Derby Restaurant in view. Sign on the restaurant building reads 'Canadian Club' and 'The Brown Derby'.

Date: 1939, June
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054133
Legalized betting by Pari-Mutuel machines at new Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida.

A race course at new Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida. A huge crowd of 15,000 people gather. People walk in corridors and walk on stairs. A man operates the controls of machines. Jockey Al Snider rides 'Flying Heels' and wins in Inaugural Handicap. A huge crowd seated in the spectator area. Legalized betting by Pari-Mutuel machines. The crowd cheers during the horse racing.

Date: 1932, January 18
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054203
First Lady Grace Coolidge shops in New York and knits in the White House in Washington DC.

A depiction of episodes in the life of The First Lady of the U.S. Grace Coolidge. Grace Coolidge on a shopping trip to New York. People watch as she emerges from a vehicle. Grace Goodhue Coolidge during the trip. Grace Coolidge knitting in the White House in Washington DC.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054645