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Amelia Earhart with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon takes off on flight to Europe via Newfoundland.

Amelia Earhart seen in leather flight coat, dons leather helmet and goggles for a photograph. She poses with Pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic, Louis Gordon. At daybreak the adventurers row towards Fokker F. VII b-3 tri-motored seaplane, and board for their first leg of transatlantic flight (to Trespassey, New Foundland). Their seaplane, named "Friendship," takes off and buzzes the port as they depart from Boston, Massachusetts. (Note: the Fokker seaplane was initially built for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.)

Location: Boston Massachusetts USA
Date: 1928, July 8
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063651
Pre-olympic ski racing competition at the Hahnenkamm Races in Austria

Pre-Olympic skiing during the Hahnenkamm Races in Austria. Penny Pitou of New Hemisphere and Linda Meyers of California participate in the championship. In the men's events, Adrian Avillard becomes the first non Austrian to win the combined title on a challenging course. Spectators watch the championship.

Location: Austria
Date: 1960, January 1
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063691
Crew members scrub USS Saratoga at dockyard in San Francisco, California.

Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga being scrubbed at dockyard in San Francisco, California. Crew members stand on the deck of the ship. Workers scrub the exterior of USS Saratoga. The ship gets its annual cleaning before the New Year.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1929, December 28
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063698
Britain's Queen Elizabeth along with Prince Philip on their first State visit to the United States.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth along with Prince Philip arrives in Williamsburg, Virginia, for a ceremony to mark the 350th Anniversary of the first British settlement in the New World. Queen Elizabeth is escorted by the Governor of Virginia, Thomas Bahnson Stanley. She addresses the United States people. Queen Elizabeth takes a look at copy of the Magna Carta and signs the guest register. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower welcomes the Royal couple in Washington D.C. Photographers take pictures. The honor guard stands with rifles in hand. Mamie Doud Eisenhower welcomes Queen Elizabeth at the White House.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1957, October 16
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063705
United States Congress and Department of Justice take action against gangs and racketeers in the United States.

United States declares war on gangs and rackets in the United States. The Congress and Department of Justice take action against crime in the United States. New York city at night. Pile of guns with tags on them. Damaged buildings. Civilians enter the damaged buildings. Department of Justice launches an attack on gangs and racketeers in 25 cities.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1934, April 2
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063713
Federal officials declare war on criminals and gangsters during great depression era in the United States

Two police motorcycles escort a black truck carrying Martin Insull, following his deportation from Canada. The truck displays "Atlas Bro Co" across its top. (Martin is brother of the famous fugitive, Samuel Insull who fled the country following the collapse of his various utility company holding companies, most notably Middle Western Utilities.) Martin Insull is being brought to the Cook County Courthouse in Chicago, to answer charges about his involvement in the matter. Scene shifts to Cook County Courthouse where Martin Insull is escorted by various officials. A group of men and women stand in the area. Some exhibit signs of distress. View from above of the Cook County jail. Smoke from stacks obscuring it somewhat. Change of scene shows heavily armed FBI agents escorting handcuffed and chained gangster George Francis Barnes aka “Machine Gun Kelly" at an American Airlines facility in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1933. They escort him past a parked airplane. Closeup of the "Lima News" of Lima, Ohio, with headline reflecting a national federal campaign against gangsters and criminals in the U.S. View of crowded courtroom. View of Alcatraz prison on its rock island in San Francisco Bay, California. Interior view of cell blocks in Alcatraz. Federal officials escorting arrested men in handcuffs who hide their faces as they approach the camera.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063714
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