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Film highlighting the public health problem of tuberculosis among Native American Indian peoples in 1941

Opening scene shows group of men reenacting role of Native American Indians dancing around a ceremonial fire, at night. Native Americans on horseback rounding up horses, in area of Western U.S. containing dramatic outcroppings of rock. Native Americans, on horseback, herding sheep. A dwelling and fences of wood and other local materials are seen. Narrator speaks of tuberculosis disease being an "enemy" of these people. Two men on a buckboard pulled by a team of horses. Native Americans assembled in an auditorium.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078229
Jews pray at the Wailing Wall during the Jewish New Year in Jerusalem.

Israelis offer prayers of joy and thanks during the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), in the holy city of Jerusalem, a few months after the Six Day War. Jewish men and women touch the Western Wall (Suq El Qatanin St, Jerusalem), also known as the Wailing Wall, and offer prayers. Huge crowd gathered to celebrate the Jewish New Year. Jewish men wearing prayer shawls (Tallit) read from the holy books and pray. Jewish women wearing head coverings over modern clothes stand in front of the Western Wall. Women offering prayers in the Western Wall. Some rubble visible from the demolition of the Moroccan Quarter for the Western Wall Plaza.

Date: 1967, October 5
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043048
Japanese capture Canton (Guangzhou), China during the Second Sino-Japanese War

Imperial Japanese Army troops marching through the city of Sha-He during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Map showing the town of Sha-He, China. Japanese soldiers in Army trucks enter Sha-He. Destruction and rubble in Sha-He after Japanese bombardment. A Nationalist Kuomintang monument in China. Soldiers find the KMT monument. IJA vehicles entering a Chinese city. A poster of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the chairman and leader of Republic of China. A man sits on top of a pile of boxes. Japanese army truck pass under a nationalist poster. Chinese refugees sitting in front of a closed storefront. Japanese troops enter a municipal hall. An anti-Western cartoon graffiti on the wall. The western characters are depicted wearing Japanese geta sandals. Captured Western women and children. A European or American man using a video camera. French Navy personnel walking away. Japanese soldiers capture Canton, China (Guangzhou, China). Boats sailing in the Pearl River. Fire engulfs a building. Heavy smoke covers the street. Japanese troops search captured Chinese Nationalist prisoners of war. They confiscate items and weapons. Prisoners of war talking to each other. Japanese soldiers march into Canton and capture Western prisoners of war.1938.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675025105
President Ronald Reagan gives a speech about East West relations at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

United States President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd gathers People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President at the podium gives a speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He discusses the free state of prosperity and well-being. He talks about the relations between the East and the West and arms control. He also discusses the Soviet's challenge to the Western Allianz about nuclear weapons. President Reagan suggests nuclear weapons and the chemical weapons should be eliminated. He talks about the 1986 restoration of democracy in the Philippines, freedom in Europe and the technological advancements taking place. He says that the West is ready to cooperate with the East as and when needed.

Date: 1987, June 12
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028312
British 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron on the Western Front in World War I

Montage of scenes involving Cavalry of the British 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron, serving with the 36th (Ulster) Division on the Western Front in World War 1. The Squadron demonstrates a charge for the camera. Change of scene shows the Squadron on horseback, in a snowy landsccape, and then, dismounted, moving acoss a battlefield, and taking up defensive positions. The next sequence shows troops assembling simple rafts with poles and canvas bag floats. The next sequence shows glimpse of a muddy campsite, followed by scene of dismounted Dragoons pointing rifles from established open fortificatons. Next, two soldiers are seen preparing a fire in front of their makeshift shelter. Three others hunker down in their shelter. Soldiers reading mail behind heavy timber fortifcation as another watches out for enemy. Troops relaxing behind well-established fortifications. A 6th Inniskilling Dragoon walks up close to the camera. His cap insignia, an image of Enniskillen Castle (a.k.a. Inniskilling Castle) is clearly seen.

Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029971
Montage of scenes during World War II on the Western front during January 1945

January, 1945, on the Western front during World War 2. Troops of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division test new white camouflage coveralls for use in snow. They patrol in snow covered forest areas on the Western Front. A sergeant makes outdoor field adjustments to the coveralls using a knife and captured German sewing machine. He helps a soldier who tries on his new coverall. The material used is from old mattress covers. Several soldiers are seen putting on the camouflage coveralls. Scene shifts to U.S. troops with a jeep towing a 20mm Italian dual purpose gun for use in Germany. On January 2, 1945, they set up and fire the gun at targets a half mile away. In Belgium, U.S. Army engineers of Company B, 238th Engineer Battalion, improvise remote controlled bazooka shells as road blocks. They set them up on fence posts and fire them by ordinary flashlight batteries. U.S. soldiers from a Signal Company of the 99th Infantry Division are seen using a Weasel vehicle (officially designated an M29C light cargo carrier) to lay communication cables through snow in the 1st Army Sector, Belgium. Views of the wire spool on back of the weasel, and soldiers pulling wire from it.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043290