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Fire fighters extinguish a fire in arms and war materiel warehouses in Jersey City, New Jersey.

A fire destroys arms and war materiel stores, some bound for Britain, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Waterfront fire guts granaries, warehouses and other vital property. Fire fighters fight to extinguish the fire. Fire raging from buildings. A huge crowd gathers near the fire site. The fire fighters spray water on the buildings to extinguish the fire. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, November 13
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043883
United States Ship City of Flint is set free by the Nazi German battleship and arrives in Baltimore, Maryland

USS City of Flint in Baltimore, Maryland. City of Flint written on the ship (and home port of Philadelphia Pennsylvania written below it). Captain on ship deck. Crew members on the deck. Woman waving. USS City Of Flint, seized by a Nazi German battleship, set free in Norway, arrives at port in Baltimore Maryland.

Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044056
Boeing Stratoliner production and initial test flights in Seattle, Washington.

Boeing's new 4 engine air transport aircraft, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner is seen in production at Boeing factory in Seattle, and in test fights in Seattle, Washington. Boeing employees assembling parts of the large aircraft, including its new pressurized cabin (a first), and testing components and models in wind tunnels during construction. Boeing 307 aircraft taxis and takes off from runway for its initial test flights. Pilot seated in the cockpit of the aircraft. Aerial views of the new Boeing aircraft in flight.

Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044057
William Green presents a 350lb cake to President Franklin D Roosevelt on his birthday in Washington DC.

President Franklin D Roosevelt's birthday celebrations in Washington DC. Bakers decorate a huge birthday cake. 'Happy Birthday to our President' written on the cake. President Roosevelt looks at the cake. William Green presents a 350lb cake as a gift from the Bakery and Confectionery Worker's Union.

Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044058
Governor Stassen participates in the Annual Winter carnival in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The annual winter carnival at 'Jee Palace' in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Colorful parade as people pay homage to King Boreas at the annual Winter Carnival. Decorative float of snowman and snake. Women marching. Governor Stassen takes part in the pageant, witnessed by thousands of loyal subjects.

Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044060
Masterpieces of famous Italian painters and sculptors on display in New York.

Famous Italian paintings from the Uffizi Museum on exhibition in New York. Exterior view of vertical sign for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Personnel look at a painting on the wall. Another painting of a mother with her child. Officials read a document in hand. Men carrying the painting 'The Birth of Venus' (Sandro Botticelli). Man views the “The Madonna and child” by Giacomo Palma the Elder. The “Madonna della Seggiola” by Raphael. Bronze statue David by Andrea del Verrocchio.

Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044061