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The Wright Brothers' aircraft takes off and in flight near the NCR building in Dayton, Ohio.

The history of famous airplanes. A demonstration of the Wright airplane at the National Cash Register Company in 1911. The Wright Brothers' aircraft (Wright Model B, number 27) taxis across a grassy area in front of the company building in Dayton, Ohio. The aircraft takes off. Pilot Rogers at the controls of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight near the NCR building.

Location: Dayton Ohio USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070305
U.S. Navy Captain flies 1912 Curtiss pusher seaplane in demonstration flight, at Washinton D.C.

An original 1912 U.S. Navy Curtiss pusher bamboo seaplane is parked on the shore of the Anacostia River, at the United States Naval Base in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Its flight controls are seen moving as sailors (unseen) check their movements. Next, with the engine running, Captain "Dick" Richardson, climbs aboard and makes his own quick flight control check. Closeup of him at the controls giving a nod that he is ready to be pushed into the water for a demonstration flight. Sailors maneuver the craft to the edge of shore and push it into the river. Roosevelt Hall, at U.S. Army Fort Lesley J. McNair, is seen across the river in the background. The seaplane's lower left wing dips into the water momentarily, as Captain Richardson taxis it away from the shore. Scene shifts to the seaplane taking off from the river, after which, Captain Richardson Quickly brings it back down to a water landing, near the Washington Channel.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070307
The Spirit of St. Louis aircraft is brought into the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, United States.

The history of the famous airplanes. A tractor pulls up a trailer to the front of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, United States. Wings of the Spirit of St. Louis aircraft on the trailer. Army personnel lift the wing section from the trailer and carry it into the building. The fuselage section is moved into the institute. The nose section and the engine of the Spirit of St. Louis. Interior of the institute shows the Spirit of St. Louis being raised off the floor. The aircraft hangs suspended in the institute. Past events show American aviator Colonel Charles Lindbergh standing beside the nose section of the airplane.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070310
Origin of the U.S. Census and its development and refinement over time.

(Animated cartoons for majority of clip; actual office and early computer scenes near end of clip.) Accompanying narration about the origins of the United States census and establishment of the permanent Census office in 1902. Animation and cartoons illustrate the manner in which the census was taken over its history. A cartoon illustration of census worker, Henry Hollerith, developer of the punch card method of data recording and manipulation. (The 88 column punch cards shown in use in 1950, bear his name.) Equipment illustrated include: punch card sorting machinery; and early digital computer. Actual Images of 1970 era early computer and tape machines and related electronic computer keyboards. A worker mounting a tape on a machine in an office.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1970
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070322
Preparation for America's Decennial Census. Training of census takers and conduct of the census.

Opening scene shows supplementary census workers (enumerators) in a training class. They ask questions that are answered by the instructor. Cartographers preparing detailed standard accurate maps of urbanized areas. Mapmakers at work,kneeling over huge sheets of paper. Postal worker assisting by providing address information to the Census Bureau. Mailmen delivering postal mail. A woman census enumerator carrying a briefcase, with "census" written on it, visits homes. Enumerators visiting remote homes, by car, donkey,and dogsled. A late 1960's or 1970 ambulance approaching the camera position at high speed. A prison compound are shown as narrator discusses census including hospitalized and imprisoned persons. Views of a young child walking on a Native American Indian Reservation; migrant labor camp; a U.S. Air Force Base, and a merchant ship, whom the census must reach. Views of hotel and motel neon signs indicating where census enumerators must also visit. Temporary housing places, such as mobile home parks and shelters for homeless are shown.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1970
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070323
The U.S. Bureau of the Census processing data for the 1970 decennial census.

Posters in Japanese and Spanish, illustrating efforts by U.S. Bureau of the Census, to reach all Americans. Such a non-English sign in a barbershop window. Census enumerators conversing in a District Field Office. A woman checking responses against a master list of residents. Staff members discuss individual cases. Newspaper headlines reporting preliminary census results for their respective localities. Census staff making corrections after preliminary results are disclosed. A forklift moving a stack of census documents at the central processing office in Jeffersonville, Indiana. View inside warehouse at Jeffersonville, containing 75 carloads of census questionnaires stacked in bins. Staff in the Central Processing office using special machinery to microfilm the paper forms. View of census workers microfilming in near darkness. Woman at Census Headquarters, with machine called "Fosdic" standing for Film Optical Sensing Device for Imput to Computer. The microfilm is seen being fed into a reader that converts citizens marks on questionnaires into computer-storable (digital) form. View of microfiche census record containing citizens marks. Mailman delivering letters of inquiry to the Census Bureau. census worker looking up information in response to inquiry.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1970
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070324
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