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1950s - Alaska - Wildflowers
Two kinds of Alaskan wildflowers laid out on wooden surface.
1950s - Alaska - Wildflowers
Close-up view of a wild rose.
1950s - Alaska - Valley Bridge
Bridge spanning across a valley; mountain backdrop.
1950s - Alaska - Resurrection Bay
Ground view of Resurrection Bay and the mountains surrounding the bay; tall grass in FG.
1941 - Mt. McKinley - Mount McKinley
Wide view of Mount McKinley.
1941 - Alaska - Moose Creek
Overview of a remote town with few buildings; mountains in the BG.
1940s - McKinley Park - Post Office
Two adult Caucasian females, one wearing an apron, standing at the McKinley Park Post Office; car parked in FG. McKinley Park, Alaska Post Office sign.
1941 - Alaska - Bears
Wide view of a black bear walking in the Alaskan wilderness. Brown (perhaps Kodiak) bears walking.
1940s - Alaska - Helleborus niger
Helleborus niger.
1940s - Alaska - Red Fox
Red Fox eating something.
Nike-Hercules Story
History of the Nike-Hercules Rocket. United States Army Presents....Designed by Bell Labs...Middle America footage. War veteran remembers Hiroshima. Interesting stuff here. War, weapons, military, defense.
Biography: Josef Goebbels
Biography of Joseph Goebbels.
Biography: George Bernard Shaw
Biography of literary and political figure George Bernard Shaw. NOTE: THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROGRAM AS WPA 1604. PLEASE SEE WPA 1604 FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF THE FILM.
Nixon's Resignation Speech
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 97559 I 03:00:00 B/W Kinescope of United States President Richard M. Nixon's resignation speech delivered from the oval office, White House. Complete speech. Watergate, Impeachment. Richard Nixon Address to the Nation Announcing Decision To Resign the Office of President of the United States. August 8, 1974 Good evening: This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest. In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation. Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me. In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future. But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged. I would have preferred to carry through to the finish, whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the Nation must always come before any personal considerations. From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders, I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the Nation will require. I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first. America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad. To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home. Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office. As I recall the high hopes for America with which we began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next 2 1/2 years. But in turning over direction of the Government to Vice President Ford, I know, as I told the Nation when I nominated him for that office 10 months ago, that the leadership of America will be in good hands. In passing this office to the Vice President, I also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow and, therefore, of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all Americans. As he assumes that responsibility, he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. As we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this Nation, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people. By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America. I regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong--and some were wrong--they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the Nation. To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months--to my family, my friends, to many others who joined in supporting my cause because they believed it was right--I will be eternally grateful for your support. And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us, in the final analysis, have been concerned with the good of the country, however our judgments might differ. So, let us all now join together in affirming that common commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the benefit of all Americans. I shall leave this office with regret at not completing my term, but with gratitude for the privilege of serving as your President for the past 5 1/2 years. These years have been a momentous time in the history of our Nation and the world. They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the Administration, the Congress, and the people. But the challenges ahead are equally great, 'and they, too, will require the support and the efforts of the Congress and the people working in cooperation with the new Administration. We have ended America's longest war, but in the work of securing a lasting peace in the world, the goals ahead are even more far-reaching and more difficult. We must 'complete a structure of peace so that it will be said of this generation, our generation of Americans, by the people of all nations, not only that we ended one war but that we prevented future wars. We have unlocked the doors that for a quarter of a century stood between the United States and the People's Republic of China. We must now ensure that the one quarter of the world's people who live in the People's Republic of China will be and remain not our enemies, but our friends. In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries, many of whom have considered us their enemy for nearly 20 years, now look on us as their friends. We must continue to build on that friendship so that peace can settle at last over the Middle East and so that the cradle of civilization will not become its grave. Together with the Soviet Union, we have made the crucial breakthroughs that have begun the process of limiting nuclear arms. But we must set as our goal not just limiting but reducing and, finally, destroying these terrible weapons so that they cannot destroy civilization and so that 'the threat of nuclear war will no longer hang over the world and the people. We have opened the new relation with the Soviet Union. We must continue to develop and expand that new relationship so that the two strongest nations of the world will live together in cooperation, rather than confrontation. Aro
Take Time To Live
On preview cassette 97727. Hasty Horace is featured as the typical in-a-hurry individual who rushes thorugh breakfast, to the bus stop, to the job, and who repeats the sequence at quitting time. All the wear and tear could be avoided thorugh revising the time schedule to get up earlier, etc. Film points out that 9 of every 10 accidents which occur in the home and on the street are due to hurrying. This film contains good footage of 1950s parking lots and has a scene where Hasty Horace clears the steps at his home of a tricycle and toys--a sequence which appears in several films of this era ("A Safe Day", for example). While addressing the matter of taking your time to live, Horace is shown lighting a cigarette, which is not recognized as a health hazard. Good and humorous speedup scene of Horace going to work.
How to Beef Up Feed Lot Profits
"How to Beef Up Feed Lot Profits"
Agri-America 2003 AD
A futuristic look at farming, brought to you by the National Production Credit Association. A look at the future from the farmer's point of view. With home entertainment centers playing from incredibly clunky 3/4" video decks.
Principles of Thermal & Breeder Reactors
Preview Cassette 220865 Great footage of early reactors, lab scientists, plutonium. Nuclear energy, radiation. Produced by Argonne Laboratory at the University of Chicago for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Internal Control: What is It?
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE #98795 IV American Management Association presents Gregory M. Boni. This is an incredibly dry film. Boni stands at a podium and tells us about the subject, using a few flip charts for graphic appeal. May be neat insight into early 1960s business ideas. 1000 Feet
The White Wonder
ON PREVIEW TAPE 991537Y A film about salt, "The White Wonder", made by Morton Salt. Kodachrome color. Food, preservatives.
Libraries: A First Film
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE #210906 I TC IN: 13:03:23 An introduction to using the library (books). Reading of "Billy Goat Gruff" and children act out the story.
Causes and Dynamics of Alcoholism
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE #97559B The film with the drunken cat. First, normal behavior of cat is observed, then medical tests being done on a cat, to show the alcoholic impulse. Expert analysis from Northwestern University professor. Liquor, addictions, medicine, experiment, animal testing.
The Story of the American Stock Exchange - PT1
The Story of the American Stock Exchange - PT1 : A film about the stock market, explaining the terms of trade. Contains footage of the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, money & investment.
Making That Sale
Animated film about selling to business: careful approach, double-check, and so on. Crude but fun animation. Lots of business-related cartoon images of white men (many are stills).