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Dancers at NY World's Fair
Pairs of teenage dancers (mostly female) dance to the Glenn Gray jazz band / jitterbug, slow dancing, Lindy Hop (footage by Prelinger Archives). Dancers at NY World's Fair on June 01, 1939 in New York, New York (Footage by Getty Images)
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1939 World's Fair - Frank Buck's Jungleland
World's Fair - Frank Buck's Jungleland - 'Monkey Mountain' - rock tower for monkeys / rhesus macaque monkeys moving and jumping through puddles, sitting on stone ridges of tower, tearing and licking cardboard boxes, plates, monkey eating...
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Xray machine being used in hospital, UK 1939
Xray machine being used in hospital, UK 1939
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Federal Reserve districts identified on ten dollar bill
/ CU of federal seal on a bank note / pointer used to indicate ledger at top of ten dollar bill / pointer used to indicate regional bank seal on ten dollar bill / CU Boston Federal Reserve seal on note / arrows appear on ten dollar bill...
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Dancers at NY World's Fair
Pairs of teenage dancers (mostly female) dance to the Glenn Gray jazz band / jitterbug, slow dancing, Lindy Hop (footage by Prelinger Archives). Dancers at NY World's Fair on June 01, 1939 in New York, New York (Footage by Getty Images)
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HMS Nelson in the Panama Canal, paying a goodwill visit to US, 1939
HMS Nelson in the Panama Canal, paying a goodwill visit to US, 1939
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B/W 1939 two women (one is Mrs. Gehrig) in furs + hats sitting in stadium / Lou Gehrig's farewell
B/W 1939 two women (one is Mrs. Gehrig) in furs + hats sitting in stadium / Lou Gehrig's farewell
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1939 World's Fair
World's Fair - Children, man with camera taking camel rides, led by man dressed in an Arabian costume / Exotic bird / exterior - Nature's Mistakes exhibit / amusement park water ride - Water Bugs - people in steering inner tube boats...
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1939 World's Fair - Aquacade
World's Fair - Aquacade - . Men performing stunt high dives past orchestra in alcove / somersaults, backflips / Men and women in Victorian costumes dancing - couple on tandem bicycle / woman in flowing black gown singing. 1939 World's...
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1939 World's Fair
World's Fair - Scrolling intro title / vehicle labeled 'Amusement' transporting passengers / WS parachute jump, Trylon and Perisphere, boat POV crossing Fountain Lake, hats of passengers in view. CU distorted painted female funhouse...
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1939 World's Fair - Children's World
World's Fair- Children's World - Children riding Ferris wheel, children on car carousel ride, huskies pulling children in wheeled cart in Eskimo Village, children sitting on carouse, monkey in hat and vest standing and walking on leash,...
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Man tries to use counterfeit money in general store
/ two men pull up in car in front of general store and take counterfeit paper money out of tube / one of the men goes into the store with the fake money / clerk glances at counterfeit warning on counter as she checks out the...
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Separating paper money into piles
/ Male hands counting out notes of paper money / placing it on table and separating into piles. Separating paper money into piles on January 01, 1939 (Footage by Getty Images)
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German American Bund Nazi Party rally
Rally at Madison Square Garden / people making heil Hitler salute while the Pledge of Allegiance is recited / Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund party at podium / police subdue Isidore Greenbaum after he attempts attack on...
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Nazi Germany invades Poland, Allies declare war
Aerial views of burning buildings in Danzig after German invasion / citizens in streets helping out after bombing of Warsaw, people in street with belongings / England and France prepare for war with Germany, troops and huge guns heading...
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Dancers at NY World's Fair
MONTAGE Glenn Gray jazz band playing on outdoor bandstand / pairs of teenage dancers (mostly female) dance to music / Jitterbug, slow dancing, Lindy Hop (footage by Prelinger Archives)
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B/W 1939 solemn Lou Gehrig chewing gum + looking down then looking up in crowded stadium / farewell
B/W 1939 solemn Lou Gehrig chewing gum + looking down then looking up in crowded stadium / farewell
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1939 MONTAGE LA WS Marian Anderson singing on steps of Lincoln Memorial during open-air concert on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 / WS PAN Crowd listening to concert with Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument in background / Washington, DC, USA
1939 MONTAGE LA WS Marian Anderson singing on steps of Lincoln Memorial during open-air concert on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 / WS PAN Crowd listening to concert with Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument in background / Washington,...
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Research, development and testing of new electrical products such as an operating lamp for a hospital, UK 1939
Research, development and testing of new electrical products such as an operating lamp for a hospital, UK 1939
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Dynamos built of steel; for generating electrical power, UK 1939
Dynamos built of steel; for generating electrical power, UK 1939
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1939 World's Fair - Living Magazine Covers exhibit
World's Fair - Living Magazine Covers exhibit - Giant cash register / woman in satin robe posing in outside window for Living Magazine Covers display. She buffs her legs with powder pad, looks in mirror. 1939 World's Fair - Living...