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In the luncheon followed by the Inaugural Ceremonies President Reagan announces the release of American hostages held in Iran.

Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies held for Ronald Reagan on 20th January 1981 inWashington DC. The guests attend the luncheon followed by the Inaugural Ceremony in the United States Capitol. President Reagan announces the release of American hostages held in Iran. The crowd applauds. The President and his wife Nancy David Reagan walk down the steps of the Capitol. The President is followed by the Vice President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara Pierce Bush. They shake hands with the Chairman of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee. Guards line up the steps of the Capitol. Inaugural Parade passes in review in front of the Capitol. The President, the Vice President and other approach a parked limousine. The crowd lined up.

Date: 1981
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053270
People enter Mecca Temple to attend American Peace Mobilization meeting at Mecca Auditorium, New York.

American Peace Mobilization meeting of anti-war persons and pacifists at Mecca Auditorium, New York, early in World War 2. Close-up of many pins on a man's coat lapel, for various labor and anti-war organizations. Exteriors of the building. A man buys a newspaper. People enter Mecca Temple for the meeting. View of many pedestrians walking on busy sidewalk in front of auditorium building. A man sells newspapers on a street. Sign on the entrance reads 'Welcome American People's Meeting'. People enter the building.

Date: 1941, April
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053288
U.S. Naval warships assembling for bombardment of Corregidor Island during World War II

U.S. sailors stand on deck of a U.S. cruiser and look at the Light Cruiser, USS Denver (CL-58),sitting closer to the shore. Another sailor, smoking a pipe, sits on deck with triple guns of the cruiser seen behind him. A sailor approaches and speaks with him. Two sailors play backgammon on deck. Several sailors drink coffee. The superstructure of the cruiser, in camouflage paint, visible behind them. A sailor, performing duties on deck,in front of a triple gun turret, turns a large wheel. Several vessels moving in the area. Closeup of the USS Denver, in camouflage. officers on deck with the Denver in near background. Brief view of Corregidor Island. A line of U.S. Cruisers making way (including the USS Denver). Several destroyers. Warships in open formation. A destroyer in camouflage. Corregidor Island. A Benson class destroyer.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053294
Members of the Danish Royal Family are feted by Danish citizens as they appear on balconies of Amalienborg Palace

The Danish Royal Family appear on balconies of the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. Danish Police and soldiers, in Copenhagen, Denmark, attempt to control a large crowd of people milling about on a downtown street in the vicinity of the Royal Palace. Several uniformed band members with instruments are seen trying to move through the throng. Scene shifts to the courtyard of the Amalienborg Palace (Amalienborg Slotsplads 5, 1257 København K, Denmark) where a military honor guard and band stand in formation. A little boy stands alone nearby, waving a small flag. A tall man steps in front of the camera and takes the boy's hand to lead him away. Two soldiers in a color guard march in slow ceremonial steps, carrying the colors to the formation as the band plays and people watch and photographers take pictures. The honor guard shoulder their arms. Honor guards are seen at order arms position as camera focuses on the palace balcony, where King Christian X is seen by the railing of the left balcony, with a military aide in uniform behind him in the doorway. On the right-hand balcony, Crown Prince Frederik (IX) and Crown Princess Ingrid are seen with their three daughters, 6-year old Princess Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid (later Queen Margrethe II); 2-year old Princess Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg Ingrid; and baby Princess Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid, in her father's arms. The king returns inside, and his balcony doors are closed. The Prince motions in that direction and converses with his wife, now holding their baby daughter. Change of scene shows a square in downtown Copenhagen jammed with pedestrians, some holding umbrellas. Camera pans over the crowd.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053348
German Patrol boats are attacked by Allied aircraft as they operate in Atlantic waters during World War II

At beginning, several German armed patrol boats (Vorpostenboot) are seen underway in a river or canal headed toward Atlantic waters. A light signal flashes from one. A sailor seated in front of two double 3.7 cm Flak 18 antiaircraft guns, speaks into a radio. Navy gun crew at battle station. They fire at several low-flying Allied war planes passing by. The Flak 18 guns fire at the passing aircraft. Tracer bullets are seen against cloudy background. German sailor looks through binoculars, from a gun position. barrels of two large guns are seen next to him. Camera shows flak clouds in the sky overhead and tracer bullets fired across the water at a lower level. Glimpse of swirling water. Sailor wearing flotation vest stands near depth charge launcher. Six patrol boats viewed underway behind the camera vessel. Paintings of Allied aircraft and boats, for quick identification, are seen on the side of a German Patrol boat. View of bow as patrol boat plunges through rough water. Side view of it from another boat. Waves inundating a patrol boat in stormy waters. A barrage balloon being launched and seen above. Two German twin engine Heinkel He 115 torpedo bombers take off from a bay. View of pilot in cockpit of one. View from cockpit window of right wing and engine on one, as it flies over a convoy of ships below. Crew member in nose canopy of a Heinkel 115. Views of the other He 115 off right wing of camera plane. Another glimpse of crew member in aircraft nose. Views from cockpit of a Heinkel 115 seaplane flying only several feet above the water and rushing past boats underway. Crew member in the airplane using a signal lamp to communicate with a German Patrol boat. An Officer on a patrol boat, observing the signals from the airplane, calls crew to battle stations. Various antiaircraft gun crews, on the boat, prepare and commence firing. More views inside a Heinkel seaplane. View of engine room in a Patrol boat as it is hit by an Allied bomb. Crew responds to the emergency wearing their life preservers. A mascot dog runs up stairs along with the crew members. Below, crew members work to stem floods of water entering the engine room as a result of the bomb strike. Brief view of bomb damage in the hull of the boat. Sailor on deck using a direction finder. More views of shipboard antiaircraft guns firing, at Allied aircraft all around the boat. An Allied airplane crashes into the water. Large pieces of floating wreckage is recovered and placed on the boat deck. Film ends showing formation of Patrol boats plunging through the water at high speed.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053353
Busy street scenes in Manhattan, New York City; also views inside a power plant and operating an electric draw bridge.

An electric power generating plant in the United States. Various views of 1940s New York City: The city at dawn, with Manhattan skyscraper buildings and the sun rising in the background. River traffic moving under the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings in the background. Manhattan streets with no traffic because it is dawn. Lion in front of the New York Public Library on 5th avenue, in silhouette. East River with Manhattan skyline behind. Shows people in houses busy with their morning routine. A milkman delivering by horse and wagon, to homes. Morning newspaper on door step. Man using electric shaver. Children leaving for school. A commuter train arrives at a railroad station. Trams, trolleys, buses, traffic and pedestrians along a street of New York City. Elevated view of Times Square filled with morning traffic of cars, trucks, buses and pedestrians. Turbine deck of an electric power plant. Men in a control room. A ship in a river. A man operates a bascule bridge (draw bridge), allowing ship to pass without delay. Operators, at controls of electric power plant, increase output to meet extra demands. Numerous dials, needles and gauges. View of turbine generator in power plant.

Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053354