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| |  | HOUSEHOLD CHORES
Women doing household chores. The first shot is of a woman mopping the floor with a close up of her wringing the mop. This is followed by a clip of a carpet being vacuumed which then cuts to a woman using an old fashioned washing machine that is manually operated.
1920s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:27:00
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| |  | UNITED NATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO
The United Nations in San Francisco with aerials of the city and a clip of gardeners working on a topiary welcome sign. There are also various shots of the Canadian delegation at the train station. The clip ends with MacKenzie King, head of the Canadian delegation, standing at the rear of the train waving goodbye to the crowd as he leaves the city.
1945 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:36:00
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| |  | WORKING IN FACTORIES
People working in factories making shelves, refrigerators, and stoves. Footage also includes shots of a vat and of workers spraypainting.
1950s - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:30:00
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| |  | BUILDING PIANOS AND ORGANS
The construction of a piano and organ includes shots of piano strings being fastened and a black, washer-like item being placed underneath the organ keys.
1950s - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:30:00
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| |  | STUDENTS RETRIEVING THEIR TESTS FROM THE TEACHER
Students walk up to the front of the class as their names are called to retrieve their tests from the teacher.
1950s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:24:00
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| |  | CHILDREN SQUARE DANCING
Dressed-up children square dancing at someone's home.
1950s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:19:00
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| |  | UNITED NATIONS SIGNING
United Nations delegates from various countries sign a document.
1945 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:11:00
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| |  | STETTINIUS, MOLOTOV, AND EDEN
Soviet Foreign Secretary Vyacheslav Molotov disembarks from his plane and is welcomed by Secretary of State Edward Stettinius. The clip cuts to Molotov, Stettinius sitting at a table along with Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary for Great Britain.
1945 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:17:00
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| |  | YALTA CONFERENCE
The Yalta Conference of 1945 shows Anthony Eden, Edward Stettinius, and Vyacheslav Molotov walking together. Molotov, Eden and Harry Truman sign documents.
1945 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:11:00
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| |  | CHINESE CIVIL WAR
Images from the Chinese Civil War show a crowd of starving peasants with outstretched hands trying to grab food that is being distributed. They sit in the streets, eating their bread. There is also a shot of an elderly man and boy talking to an official whose back is turned to the camera.
1940s - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:07:00
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