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Large crowds greet Douglas World Cruisers aviators in California after their first flight around the world.

U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) airplanes in San Diego, California during their first flight around the world. A large crowd in bleachers to welcome the world cruiser fliers. Cars driving in front of the bleachers. A flier with a floral decoration over his shoulder stands in an open car receiving cheers from the crowd. Three world cruisers arrive at San Francisco. A large crowd cheers. The world cruisers are stationary. Pilots in front of the aircraft. A crowd in the foreground. An open car carries the pilots. After the car passes, the crowd pushes forward. Three world cruiser biplane aircraft flying over the Rockies.

Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071971
Douglas World Cruisers aviators are greeted in Seattle, Washington after their first flight around the world.

U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in Seattle, Washington after their first flight around the world. In Seattle, the point from which they started 176 days ago. The world cruisers in flight. A world cruiser coming in for a landing. Major Frederick F. Martin greets Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, Lt. Leigh Wade and Lt. Erik H. Nelson. The pilots in uniforms pose. Animations of the North American continent pinpointing Alaska where Major Frederick F. Martin crashed into a mountain. The path over which the world cruisers flew pinpointing the place where the cruiser flown by Lt. Wade was forced down and wrecked. Then the course to Seattle is shown.

Date: 1924
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071972
French children sing a song in France and wreaths are placed at Victor Emanuel Memorial in Rome, Italy in Europe.

Independence celebrations in Europe during World War II. In France large crowds gather to celebrate liberation. Soldiers salute. French children hold American flags which are made from paper by them and sing a song. An old man standing in front of them. In Rome, Italy wreaths are placed at Victor Emmanuel Memorial and the U.S. flag flutters in air.

Date: 1944, July 18
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071977
A film recounts two years of German aerial attacks on Dover, in Kent England, during World War II

British troops evacuating from Dunkirk and arriving in Dover. British home guard civlians march and train. British troops in defensive positions on the cliffs of Dover. Winston Churchill sitting outdoors with Lord Louis Mountbatten . British civilians preparing air raid shelters. British farmers working their fields in August, 1940. They look up at the sound of approaching German bombers. RAF fighter planes intercept German bombers. One seen crashed on the ground. A fallen German aviator. Views of British countryside. Cemetery with crosses marking graves of downed German airmen. Closeup of graves of fliers, Leutnant R.Zehre and Unteroffizier Scheidt, German Air Force, downed on September 27, 1940. Blossoms on fruit trees. Artillery gun firing. Squad of British soldiers runs for cover as explosions occur around them. German Dornier Do 217 bomber in flames overhead. British paratroopers in training drop. Parachutes open. British soldiers charge out of trench as explosion occurs right in front of them in a live fire exercise. British troops firing automatic weapons from cover in brush. British sailors manning landing craft (invasion barges) carrying troops during beach landing exercises. The troops charge ashore as the boats hit the beach. British Able Seaman Fletcher in a landing craft, says in former raids on enemy territory, he had to put the "pungos"(sp?) (soldiers) ashore in a rowing boat. Navy Lieutenant John Lewis mentions several French coastal locations where the landing craft were used. He speaks of taking soldiers on raids and waiting to take them back home again. More scenes of British troops in live fire exercises.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071986
Franklin Roosevelt delivers nomination acceptance speech during presidential campaign at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

The Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd gathers for the national convention. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nominee for president, delivers his nomination acceptance speech. The flag of the United States and another flag in the background. A sign: 'NBC'(National Broadcasting Company.

Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071990
Franklin Roosevelt and an official deliver speeches during the presidential campaign at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd gathers for the national convention. People cheer. Banners reading 'Missouri' and 'North Carolina'. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, nominee for the president, and other officials standing on a platform. Democratic Party Chairman, Senator Thomas J. Walsh (Montana) speaks to Roosevelt and congratulates him on his nomination to be the Democratic party candidate for President of the United States. The flag of the United States in the background. Another flag with 'California' written on it. Democratic Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks.

Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 6 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071991