View of letter signed by Thomas A. Edison, dated September 30, 1902, concerning restrictions on use of the film. Line at top of letter reads: "Patented March 14, 1893." The film shows four Girls, in white night dresses, engaged in a pillow fight. One of the pillows tears and feathers fly everywhere. A single frame inserted at time code 00:14/ 00:30 reads: "Copyright 1897 by Thomas A. Edison."
Completion of Hoover Dam (then the Boulder Dam) construction in the United States. In September 1935, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicates the Hoover Dam to the nation's progress and commends its designers and builders, at the dam site. Views of the Hoover Dam showing its beauty and architecture. From a 1962 production about the dam.
Czech Army parade in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A sign on a building reads : 'Koruna'. Civilians watch parade from windows of the building. Czech soldiers in jeeps pass along the streets. Civilians standing on either side of the road. Czech soldiers on Russian tanks and U.S. lend-lease trucks pass along the streets during parade. A group of civilians sitting in balcony and waving. Cheering crowds watch the parade. Former President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes on review stand with other dignitaries and officers. (World War II period).
U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts conversation project in the United States. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) personnel aids farmers by giving them technical assistance and cost sharing through conversation project. They show plan for protecting buildings and soil resources. View of farming lands. Farmers work in farms with agriculture equipment. View of land.
U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel inspect food products and help in transportation in the United States. Books of United States Code. A man reads book. Exterior of factory. Food grains on conveyor belt. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) personnel inspect food grains. USDA personnel inspects animal skins. A USDA personnel administers injection on calf to control animal disease. USDA personnel check qualities of pineapple. They help farmers and exporters by shipment of agriculture commodities. Food grains are stored in cargo holds. Sacks of food products are hoisted by cranes and placed aboard ship for transportation. American school children take food in lunch program of school, distributed by charitable and public institutions.
A U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway with a task force in the Pacific, during World War 2. Upper of two 3x8 gun turrets seen (lower out of sight). Both the bow and the stern of ship are awash periodically. Three Navy TBF Avenger aircraft are seen in formation, flying slowly at low altitude overhead, all with landing gear extended.
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