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The First Lady of the U.S. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt arrives for the inauguration of a new housing project in New York City

The inauguration of a new housing project in New York City during the Great Depression. Apartment buildings along densely populated streets. People gather on a street. Clothes and pillows hanging on a line in front of the buildings. The First Lady of the United States, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, along with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and other officials is seen at the ceremony. Mrs. Roosevelt cuts a ribbon.

Date: 1935, December 4
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076842
A crowd gathers outside the NYSE at Wall Street after an announcement of support from leaders of finance in New York, U.S.

Announcement of support from leaders of finance stops wild trading and market panic at Wall Street in New York City after 13 million shares change hands in one day on the stock market. A large crowd seen gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), around time of Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Date: 1929, October 26
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076849
Men and women march to protest against lay offs in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Washington DC, U.S.

People protest against cuts in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Washington DC, United States, during the Great Depression. Unemployed Men and women march in protest. They hold boards and banners. Trees in the background. Buildings along the sides of a street. People gather outside a building and chant "we want jobs." A large banner reads, "Put the Schwellenbach-Allen Bill Into Effect." (The Schwellenbach-Allen Resolution called for persons to remain on the WPA rolls if they were unable to find private employment.)

Date: 1937, August 25
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076856
President of the New York Stock Exchange William Martin addresses the reorganized board of the exchange in New York, U.S.

William Martin is appointed as the President of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, United States. Exterior of New York Stock Exchange building on Wall Street. Men gathered inside the building on the trading floor during busy trading activity. Officials standing in a balcony of the building. 31 year old William Martin address men from a podium. He addresses the first meeting of the reorganized board of the stock exchange. He speaks about capital requirements and need for stability and security, and contribution of the stock exchange to fulfill the requirements and help emerge from the Great Depression.

Date: 1938, May 18
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076858
Loaded coal cars are hauled by a rope and mechanical haulage of mine cars on a slope outside a drift mine in the U.S.

Coal mining in the United States. A notice on a board. Men read the notice. It reads: 'Notice to men seeking employment. Unless you are willing to be careful to avoid injury to yourself and fellow workman, do not ask for employment. We do not want careless men in our employ'. A small drift mine. A loaded coal car being hauled by a rope. Mechanical haulage of mine cars on a slope. Loaded mine cars passing on a track. Haulage of the mine cars. A river barge is loaded.

Date: 1919
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076897
Manufacture of gelatin dynamite and its packaging for use in the United States.

A film on manufacture of dynamite in the United States. Gelatin dynamite is manufactured. Nitroglycerin is first run into a bronze bowl equipped with paddles for the manufacture of gelatin dynamite. Men working inside a factory. Then nitrocotton is added. When this mixture is stirred, nitroglycerin is gelatinized by nitrocotton. This gives the explosive its plasticity and water-resisting power. Other dry ingredients are added and mixing continues. Men remove the finished gelatin with wooden scoops to eliminate the possibility of striking a spark from the metal. It is fed on a belt to a gelatin cartridging machine. It is packed into paper shells. Certain types of dynamite are dipped in metal paraffin for additional waterproofing. The dynamite is packed.

Date: 1925
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076917