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Amelia Earhart conquers the Pacific in a historic flight from Hawaii; Eleanor Holm Jarrett breaks her own record in swim meet

Achievements of American women in 1935. Eleanor Holm Jarrett in a Miami swim meet. She performs backstroke and breaks her own record. A close up of Jarrett. Next segment: Amelia Earhart conquers the Pacific in a historic flight from Hawaii to Oakland California. Earhart emerges from cockpit. People crowd around the plane. A close up of Amelia Earhart receiving flowers from crowd and later posing for photographers. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1935, January
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047260
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt buys toys for her grandchildren at Christmas in the United States.

American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt goes Christmas shopping in the United States. The First Lady at a shop. Toys at display. She looks at the toys. A man dressed as Santa Claus shows her the toys. She buys them for her grandchildren. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1934, December
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047261
Series of tests conducted by the U.S. Navy using a Reconnaissance camera in the nose of a plane in Anacostia, Washington DC

'Flying eyes' over mock enemy positions in Anacostia, Washington DC. A U.S. Navy man holds an aerial television camera. Two men stand near him. They load the camera in the nose of an aircraft to conduct a series of tests. The camera is mounted in the nose of the plane. The plane takes off and is in reconnaissance flight over positions. The camera takes pictures of targets and transmits them to a control room view as the pictures appearing on a television screen show a dock area on the Potomac River, a powerhouse, and the Capitol building.

Date: 1946, March 20
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047263
Kentucky Fried Chicken, Burger King, McDonalds among fast food restaurant franchises in the United States.

The contribution of franchise system in the United States. Burger King, Mister Donut and Dairy Queen are a few food franchises in the country. Two girls drink a McDonald's shake. A man and a woman eat ice creams. A woman makes burgers according to customers' choice. A young boy drinks a cold drink at Burger King. Colonel Sanders the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken ' KFC'.

Date: 1974
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047268
KFC founder Colonel Sanders talks about how he got his first franchise in the United States.

The contribution of franchise system in the United States. Kentucky, the home place of Colonel Sanders and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food restaurants. Colonel Sanders put the idea of franchising forward and made it successful. He talks about how he started the franchise, he also speaks about how they got their first restaurant. Children eat chicken at KFC. Children on a merry go round carousel. He traveled by cars to many of the cities to sell his business and take a franchise. Brief views of downtowns in the following cities with 1940s era automobiles on roads: Pampa, Kerrville, Wichita Falls, and San Angelo. The colonel demonstrates his recipe of cooking chicken. He brings it to 90 degrees fahrenheit before cooking it. He batters it and places it in a pressure cooker to cook. View of the finished cooked chicken. The recipe is same in all the centers. Colonel Sanders with his wife walking next to a home.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047269
People at an early diet control and weight reducing center in the United States.

The contribution of franchise system in the United States. A poster reads "Weight Watchers Welcomes You." A woman shows her own picture when she was overweight. She encourages people sitting in the room listening to her presentation about the Weight Watchers program. View of participants listening and smiling during her presentation.

Date: 1974
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047273