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Statement on military service for Americans by U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt from the White House in United States.

Statement on Peace Time Universal Selective Service by American President Franklin D Roosevelt from White House in Washington DC, USA. President states that in the military service, Americans from all walks of life, rich and poor, country-bred and city raised, farmer, student, manual laborer and white collar worker, will learn to live side by side and to appreciate each other's dignity as American citizens. Universal service will provide wider distribution of tolerance and understanding to enjoy the blessings of peace.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, September 16
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050183
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in back seat of open car, smiling at surrounding onlookers

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seated in an open car. Large crowd surrounds the car. One young man has climbed partway up a tree to get a better look. The cameraman apparently loses control of his camera, which records while he is walking. Resulting views are upside down and generally meaningless. Scene stabilizes showing a camera on the ground and film roll in hands of a man.

Location: Hyde Park New York USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050192
Men pass by a building at dock area in United States.

Military officers and men pass by a building at a dock area. Smoke rises from funnel of a ship.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050239
Passengers climb aboard the transport ship, 'IMERTHIE II', at a dock in United States.

Ship's funnel emits smoke. Captain looks through binoculars in cabin. 'IMERTHIE II', written on the ship. A man rows small boat in harbor. Passengers climb aboard the ship

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050240
Education at the Calhoun School for African American students in Lowndes County, Alabama.

From a film titled "The Calhoun School - The Way to a Better Future". Scenes of poverty and lack of education for African American farm residents of the "Big Swamp Section" of Lowndes County, followed by introduction to the Calhoun Colored School which aims to improve circumstances for African American children in the area. Open dry farmland. View of a simple shack. A Black child sleeps on a wooden bench. Some African American children prepare some food in a container. Some African American women stand near a hut. An African American child sits beside a hut. An African American woman works near a container. A Black man plows the field using ox-driven plow. An African American woman works in the farm. A hut in background. An African American man and children walking. View of a simple one room schoolhouse. Some African American children play beside a tree. Young African American children sit with teachers and watch the older children beside the rural school. They all reenter the schoolhouse together. Picture of Miss Charlotte Thorn who founded the Calhoun Colored School (CR 33, Calhoun, Alabama). View of the school grounds and buildings and students moving about. View of the school principal, Dr. Jerome F Kidder, seated in his office. African American girls wearing white uniform gather for a morning flag raising ceremony. African American girls and boys march and then gather for the flag ceremony.

Location: Lowndes County Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057561
Classroom scenes from the Calhoun Colored School in Lowndes County, Alabama.

African American students study at the Calhoun School in Lowndes Country, Alabama. Hats of students hang from hooks on a school room wall. A wood burning stove in the school house. Black students study in the class room. A student talks to the teacher. A student reads a book. African American teacher explains the map of the South America on a black board. A teacher teaches geometry on the blackboard. African American students sit in the library. Students read different books. A teacher picks a book from the book shelf.

Location: Lowndes County Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057562
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