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View of the Virginia State Capitol Building and African American people nearby in Richmond, Virginia

Activities of people in Richmond, Virginia. Examples of "Jim Crow" laws (racial segregation). View of the White House of the Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The sign reads White House of the Confederacy entrance on Clay St'. Buses parked in front of the "colored waiting room". White pedestrians at crossing on Broad Street. Highway sign reads "Colored tourists stop at Hotel McGuire, Route 1, Fredericksburg, Virginia." View of the Virginia State Capitol building (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in the background.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032239
A cable ship laying a submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the telephone system of the United States.

Submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the United States. A cable ship at sea during the laying of the submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the telephone system of the United States. A few equipment on the ship. View of the submarine cable in the sea from the cable ship. Men at work on the cable ship. The cable being pulled by several men at a Cuban port. U.S. President Warren G. Harding, seated with other officials, during the commemoration of the completion of the cable to Cuba on April 11, 1921 in the United States. Harding and the officials talk on telephones using the newly completed cable line to Cuba.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066331
A caisson carriage carries the American Unknown Soldier towards the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery

Burial procession for the American Unknown soldier of World War I. Cavalry and infantry troops of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps march near the entrance gates of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The caisson carriage carrying the flag draped casket bearing the American Unknown Soldier of World War I moves towards the Memorial Amphitheater through the south gate. The military band plays as it marches. People gathered on either side of the road. Horse drawn carriage carrying the American Unknown Soldier proceeds towards the ceremony that precedes burial at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Date: 1921, November 11
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021989
A man and a woman talk in the light of a kerosene lamp in the United States. Also shows the 1893 DeWitt Clinton replica locomotive and train in operation.

The world struggle for oil is depicted. Use of components of oil in homes and in railroads in the United States is shown. A dramatization shows the effect of a kerosene lamp on social life. A woman seated in a chair near a table in a room. A kerosene lamp in a corner. A man opens the door of the room and walks in. The woman gets up and welcomes the man. They both walk to a seat and sit down. Another woman enters the room. The man stands to greet her. She increases the light of the lamp and then leaves the room. The man decreases the light of the lamp. The man and the woman talk. The 1893 replica of the 1831 DeWitt Clinton steam locomotive is shown in operation with its three carriage train, in New York City. The DeWitt Clinton was the first railroad locomotive to operate on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in New York. The reproduction seen here was built in 1893 by the New York Central Railroad for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This footage was shot on July 17, 1921 when the DeWitt Clinton train was preparing for a trip to another exposition in Chicago. On this day it ran several times from 96th to 116th streets in New York City. New York Central employees are seen on the drain, dressed as passengers would have been in 1831. This replica was later displayed at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and is is now on display at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan. It was acquired by Henry Ford in 1934, in an agreement with the New York Central that it would continue to travel to events on occasion.

Date: 1921, July 17
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050526
View of the Natural Bridge in Virginia, United States.

A Greyhound passenger bus traveling to a destination in the United States. The tourist bus stops in Virginia. View of the Natural Bridge in Virginia, USA. A water stream flows under the bridge.

Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050318
Bombing and sinking of warships off coast of United States as part of Genearal Billy Mitchell's demonstrations of air power.

Aerial view of target ship sinking after being bombed during tests of bomber capabilities against warships, in 1921, as part of General Billy Mitchell's demonstrations of airpower. Views of U.S. Navy battleships firing heavy guns at sea.

Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033222