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A triphibian aircraft catches fire during its test run in Washington DC.

An early mishap in the history of flight: An unusual triphibian aircraft attempting takeoff in Washington DC. U.S. Government building along the side of a street. The airplane, not an ornithopter like some early designs, instead looks like a car with a flying saucer on top. It is seen moving on the street during its test run. The U.S. Capitol in the background. The airplane quickly catches fire and burns. The pilot is taken out of the airplane before the fire has fully erupted. People stand near the wounded man. The wounded man lying in a hospital bed. Bandaged face of the man. A woman nursing his burns is sitting nearby.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1935, October 28
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076523
American children watching a puppet show on television in the United States.

A documentary on the growth of television industry in the United States. Children watching television in a family living room. Telecast of several children shows on the television. Children watching a puppet show. Views of boys smiling and laughing as they enjoy a television show. Narrator extols the virtues of television for entertaining and educating children. Narrator notes that televisions are being used in classrooms in schools and that its uses for teachers are "limitless."

Location: United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076547
USS Foss explodes and breaks into two after being torpedoed in a live fire test.

Aerial views from a hovering helicopter, of the U.S. Destroyer Escort, USS Foss (DE-59) as is floats unmanned as a target in live fire test of a new proximity fuse for the Mk 16 torpedo. A huge explosion is seen as the torpedo, launched by the U.S. Submarine, USS Sabalo (SS-302) strikes the Foss amidship. The Foss breaks into two pieces, which float separately, until they begin to sink slowly. The bow, displaying the number 59 points almost straight up as it begins to sink. A helicopter flies low over the scene.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1966, September 6
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076557
Scenes of Berlin divided by newly built Berlin Wall; Unrest in the years after division into East and West Berlin, Germany

The divided city of Berlin, Germany caused by the erection of the Berlin Wall. Shows early scenes of the Berlin Wall being built. Opening scene shows camera pan from Brandenburg Gate down to street level where East German construction workers are using a jack hammer and hand digging a trench across the middle of the street to serve as foundation for the Berlin Wall. A Soviet guard watches over the construction workers. East Germans and Soviet Russians walking with a spool of razor wire, putting up barbed wire barricades along other sections of the dividing border. German citizens gathered along the wall as it is built in a field area. Several young men in suits being pushed and harassed by a guard on the East German side of the Berlin Wall. View of a railroad train track that has been cut, and workers digging a deep trench at the site to build the wall right through the run of railroad track. East German refugees walking through a checkpoint area, desperate to leave east Germany before total closure of the border occurred. Refugees gathered in crowded shelters with mattresses on the ground. Young German children and babies sleeping on mats. Views of barbed wire crossing railroad track runs. Animated map showing routing of aircraft for the Berlin Airlift in response to the Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union in 1948. Views of various aircraft flying overhead, bringing supplies to citizens during the blockade. Relief supplies and food being unloaded at airport for citizens. People waving white handkerchiefs in the air to express thanks as a Berlin Airlift airplane passes overhead. Scene changes to 1953 riots on the streets of East Berlin, Germany, with crowds of protestors throwing rocks at a Soviet tank and views of a building on fire with smoke pouring from its windows. Next scenes show West Berlin scenes as a juxtoposition of the East Germany scenes. Views of successful German industry and commerce in West Berlin. People working in West Berlin. Newly built tall buildings in West Berlin. German people shop in stores. A boy adds a bar of chocolate to a shopping basket. Men working in large industrial plants and factories. Large Siemens equipment in use in an electrical transmission component factory. A scientist or engineer looking through a microscope like device.

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1961, August
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076563
The recruitment and training of the SPARS in the United States.

A film titled: 'Battle Stations' on the Coast Guardsmen and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). The Coast Guardsmen fighting on the battlefront in the European Theater during the World War II. Various citations and medals of honor for the Coast Guards who died while fighting for their country. The Coast Guards marching in formation. Two Coast Guards holding U.S. flag and the flag of USCG lead the parade. Other Coast Guards hold rifles. Coast guard cutters underway at sea. A man aboard the ship watching the enemy actions through binoculars. Other man talking on radio. Smoke from explosions in the area. Dead bodies of the Coast Guards who died in the war in caskets wrapped with U.S. flags. Other Coast Guards standing nearby and salute. Recruitment of women for the job of Coast Guards in the United States. Women taking oaths. The new recruits walking towards a building with their personal belongings for their training. Women in barracks. They ride bicycles and stand at attention on the ground. Women perform drill on the ground. An aircraft parked on air base. A woman walking nearby. The woman standing in front of the building.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076580
American country music singer Roy Claxton Acuff sings a song at the opening of the Ole Opry house in Nashville, Tennessee.

The opening of the Grand Ole Opry house in Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. President Richard Nixon with his wife at the ceremony. American country music singer Roy Claxton Acuff gives a yo-yo to the President. He tries to use the yo-yo. People applauding. Acuff addresses the people. Acuff sings a song.

Location: Nashville Tennessee USA
Date: 1974, March 16
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076602
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