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Photo |
Clip Name
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Clip Length |
Preview |
| |  | JOE LOUIS/MAX SCHMELLING
The Max Schmelling/Joe Louis boxing match, including shots of the boxers in training, playing golf and sawing wood.
1939 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:22:00
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| |  | RED ADMIRAL WINS KENTUCKY DERBY
The Kentucky Derby victory of Red Admiral.
1939 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:22:00
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| |  | BASEBALL
The 1939 World Series, including shots of Mayor LaGuardia, Joe DiMaggio and the "snooze play."
1939 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:29:00
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| |  | FASHION
Fashion in 1939, including shots of models in evening gowns, hats and bathing suits.
1939 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:31:00
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| |  | PROFESSOR PICARD
Professor Auguste Picard, the pioneering balloonist and underwater explorer, shown with family and in flight.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:35:00
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| |  | KING EDWARD VII
The abdication of King Edward VII, including shots of Windsor Castle, demonstrators, and the royal family.
1936 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:55:00
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| |  | BEAUTY CONTEST
A beauty contest, including shots of bathing belles.
1930s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:20:00
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| |  | MUSSOLINI/SELASSIE
Benito's Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia, including shots of the Emperor Haile Selassie asking the League Of Nations for help.
1927 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:47:00
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| |  | GUAM AIRSTRIP
The build up to World War II, including shots of airstrip construction on Guam.
1935 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:31:00
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| |  | CHINA CLIPPER
The China Clipper's first trans-Pacific passenger flight, including shots of loading mail, take-off and the passengers inside.
November, 1935 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:01:15:00
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