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American refugees return to New York aboard SS Washington after escaping a German submarine attack.

SS Washington arrives in New York, United States. Children aboard SS Washington. American refugees aboard the ship after a narrow escape from being torpedoed by a U boat off Portugal. A baby in a pram. The captain of the ship and a signal man on the deck. People gathered at New York Harbor to receive the refugees. People disembark from the ship and are greeted and hugged by their family and friends. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059016
Shattered windows after blasts at an office below the German consulate and Communist headquarters in New York.

Blasts occur at an office below the German consulate and Communist headquarters in New York, United States. Officers enter a building. A sign in German. Shattered glasses at the office below the Nazi consulate. Broken pieces of glass scattered around a desk. Broken pieces of glass spread around a window. The officers exit the building. A shattered display window at the Communist headquarters. A bust of Stalin with books in the background.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059017
Women workers manufacture gas masks at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States.

Women manufacture gas masks at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. A woman worker cuts out gas masks at Edgewood Arsenal. Women work on machines to manufacture the gas masks. A woman attaches a hose to a gas mask.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059018
Military equipment being loaded aboard St. Mihiel as soldiers leave for Alaska from Seattle, Washington.

United States soldiers leave for Alaska from Seattle, Washington. Soldiers march towards USS St. Mihiel at a dock. Army jeeps, tanks and artillery being loaded board the ship. The soldiers bid goodbye to their wifes and girlfriends. A girl kisses a soldier. USS St. Mihiel pulls away from the dock as it leaves for Alaska. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059019
Daniel Carter Beard addresses a large crowd in New York, United States on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Daniel Carter Beard addresses a gathering in New York, United States. A large number of boy scouts gathered at the World's Fair Festival in honor of the 90th birthday of Daniel Beard. Daniel Carter Beard addresses the crowd. The boy scouts cheer and wave.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059020
Girls scout mariners raise sails as they get underway for a ten day cruise in the Chesapeake Bay in the Atlantic Ocean.

Girls scout mariners aboard a schooner Wm. J. Stanford in the Chesapeake Bay in the Atlantic Ocean. The girls board the schooner as they get underway in the Chesapeake Bay. The girls raise the sails of the schooner. They pull a rope. The schooner underway in the bay.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059021