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Senator Alexander Wiley unveils a 'cheese' sculpture of Vice President John Garner IV to celebrate Wisconsin's Cheese Week.

Celebration of Wisconsin's Cheese Week. A huge cheese weighing over a ton arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Women in decorative costumes seated around the cheese. A banner reads 'See the World's Largest Cheese'. Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley officiates for his state and unveils a 'cheese' sculpture of Vice President John Garner IV.

Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057818
Men work on a railway exhibit for the upcoming Worlds Fair in New York.

A railway exhibit prepared for the Worlds Fair in New York, United States. The model includes bridges and roads. Men make adjustments in the model. The model built to a tiny but accurate scale. A train passes by on the tracks. Construction machinery at work. A man controls the model using a switchboard. 'Eastern' written on a railway carriage. A goods train on the tracks. The New York City skyline.

Date: 1939, April 26
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057820
Allied soldiers prepare material for especially prepared German broadcasts at Radio Luxembourg during World War II.

Radio Luxembourg operated by the Allied Forces' Psychological Warfare Division to break down German morale and induce nazi troops to surrender during World War II. The Radio Luxembourg station in Luxembourg. U.S. Army soldiers in the recording studio. They read information from a document over the microphone. Other soldiers seated inside. Towers at Radio Luxembourg, the most powerful long wave station in Europe. A man at the controls. officers check the wavelengths. for various locations of reach. The Radio Luxembourg news room. Army Intelligence and other military sources prepare material for the especially prepared German broadcasts. The recording studio: A soldier operates controls. Two soldiers seated at a table. They read from a document into a microphone.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057829
Young American men enlist as Naval Reserves and military forces advance in preparation for World War II.

The United States in preparation for World War II. Men stand in line for physical examination. Navy doctor checks lungs of each man with stethoscope. Young American men enlisting and new recruits being sworn in as Naval Reserves at the Naval Reserve Station in New York. Men working in war production factories to manufacture aircraft, ships, guns, and armament as part of the war production effort building war materiel. Large gun and artillery barrels are shown in production factories. Coastal guns fired. U.S. military tanks, jeeps and trucks advance. Aircraft in flight. Tanks advance in training drills over land obstacles, including ramps that cause a tank to become briefly airborn. Lines of tanks in practice drill maneuvers at night. Machine gun emplacements firing tracers at night and hitting practice targets.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057832
Spectators watch B-17 and B-a8s in flight during the dedication ceremony of McChord Field in Washington.

Ceremonies at the dedication of U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC) base McChord Field near Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington. A large crowd gathered for the event. USAAC Douglas B-18 Bolos and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses on the ramp. Several aircraft parked around hangars. The spectators cheer and clap. B-18As in flight overhead. People watch the airplanes in flight.

Date: 1940
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057834
An Air Corps Training detachment student flies a Ryan PT-16 trainer aircraft in San Diego, California.

The United States prepares for World War II. The Ryan School of Aeronautics in San Diego, California. U.S. Army Air Corps Ryan PT-16 trainer aircraft take off. An Air Corps Training detachment student in the cockpit. The aircraft in flight. The pilot makes the aircraft do turn about, rolls, spins and other aerobatics.

Date: 1940
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057835