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Citizens campaign in Mexico City for Mexico to declare war against the Axis powers in World War II

Thousands of citizens march in Mexico City demonstrating for Mexico to declare war against the Axis powers in World War 2. They converge on the main plaza (Zócalo) where President Manuel Ávila Camacho stands on the balcony of the Presidential Palace, with his wife, Doña Soledad Orozco García de Ávila Camacho, and members of his staff. View from a high point overlooking the plaza, showing thousands massed with the Mexico City Cathedral in the background. Narrator states that citizens protest against axis sinking of unarmed mexican ships. Flags of the United States, and allied flags are displayed. Flags are waved in salute for their dead comrades, by Survors of the SS Potrero del Llano, a Mexican ship torpedoed by the German submarine, U-564, on May 13, 1942. Camera pans over the square filled with people and banners. Next, President Camacho is seen asking the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for a declaration of war. People on the streets (some sitting on street lamps) listen to the broadcast over loudspeakers. Mexican Army soldiers seen in helmets. Uniformed troops line a sidewalk. Deputies applaud after unanimously approving the declaration of war.

Location: Mexico City Mexico
Date: 1942, May 22
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040847
Senators speaking in favor of and against the Civil Rights Act; Senate works to clear the way for the bill's passage.

View of the Capitol Hill in Washington. United States Senate clears the way for Civil Rights Bill by voting to limit debate on the measure. Group of lawmakers, including Everett Dirksen and Hubert Humphrey, shown together with a paper recording Cloture votes. On the steps of the Capitol, Democratic Hubert Humphrey gives a statement in favor of the bill. Senator Richard Russell of Georgia, a "Dixiecrat" leader of opposition to the civil rights movement in the Democratic party, speaks to a reporter and gives his view in opposition. Russell states that he does not think the Civil Rights Act should pass without many additional amendments and says "we are not yet ready to surrender in our opposition to this bill, which we feel is a perversion of the American way of life, and a great blow at the right of dominion over private property, that has been the genesis of our greatness."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1964, June 11
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041871
General Joseph Lawton Collins greets General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny as he arrives in Washington DC.

French High Commissioner and Commander in Chief of the French Forces in the Far East, General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny visits Washington DC, United States. The Washington Monument in the background. General De Lattre and his staff come down the ramp of a U.S. military aircraft. They assemble on the field and salute. U.S. soldiers give a gun salute. De Lattre and other French officers salute. General Joseph Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, stands with General Lattre. General Colling makes a speech as he greets and welcomes De Lattre and talks about his great fight in Indochina. Lattre expresses his thanks to the Chief of Staff. He states that he is glad to be in the U.S. amidst his comrade in arms who fought together for the Liberation of France. He talks about the U.S. troops at war in Korea and expresses his concern over the French war against Communism in Indochina. He makes a statement for a French radio. Collins and De Lattre stand together as the latter repeats his speech in French. (Korean War period.)

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1951, September 14
Duration: 7 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043821
The salvage crew team works on ships after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Aftermath of attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. An animated map shows Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Nagasaki, Kobe and Otaru in Japan. U.S. propaganda scenes with caricature voice of a fictional "Mr. Tojo" of Japan declaring various U.S. Navy ships destroyed after the Pearl Harbor attack. Scenes of various capsized and damaged ships in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. United States naval personnel and civilian personnel work on salvage and repair. Engineers and personnel recruited. Navy divers get into scuba diving suits and helmets and go under water to collect salvage and make repairs. Destroyed USS Nevada, USS West Virginia, USS California. Salvage crew work aboard these ships. Refloated and refitted U.S. Navy ships departing Pearl Harbor in the war effort. View of the Aloha Clock Tower. Sailors stand with Lurline ship in background. View of people enjoying Waikiki Beach in 1940 or 1941 before the attack. Later scene of the same beach with two young boys playing in the sand, but barbed wire between the beach and the ocean, following America's entry into World War 2. Empty streets of Honolulu at dusk as blackout time hours begin. Narrator speaks out against Japan and states that all they that take the sword shall perish the sword, and text "This is not the End" appears at the end of the film, following by text, "This is but the Beginning!"

Location: Pearl Harbor Hawaii USA
Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 5 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043850
Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense,talks about the policies of the Strategic Defense Initiative in the U.S.

A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle discuss United States government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Richard Burt in a studio talks about the Soviet aggression. Richard Perle talks about the policies with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1985
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044181
Margret Thatcher, Bettino Craxi, Helmut Kohl and Paul Nitze talk about the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC.

A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt discusses U.S. government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margret Thatcher, talks about the SDI ( Strategic Defense Initiative) criteria. The Prime Minister of Italy, Bettino Craxi, talks about the SDI. The Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Kohl, stands next to U.S. President Ronald Reagan. President Ronald Reagan gives a speech on the Defense Budget. Arms Control Advisor, Paul Nitze, talks about the SDI at a studio. U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz, talks about the Satellite Weapon System.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1985
Duration: 10 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044185
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