Hearst Metrotone News
A German battleship fires cannons at the shore during the Invasion of Poland.
A German battleship fires cannons at the shore during the Invasion of Poland.
Getty Images
Training in a technical and trade school - microscope England, UK 1939
Training in a technical and trade school - microscope England, UK 1939
Getty Images
Currency printers used by the US Treasury Department
/ Geometric lathe at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing producing paper money / CU lathe engraving money plates / man operating a transfer press / plates rolled against master die / example of counterfeit money plates. Currency...
Getty Images
Comparing a counterfeit and genuine ten dollar bill
/ Man places two ten dollar bills next to each other / folds one in half and compares the portraits and markings to detect the counterfeit one. Comparing a counterfeit and genuine ten dollar bill on January 01, 1939 (Footage by Getty...
Getty Images
US Presidential portraits on paper money
/ Pointer indicates presidential portrait on five dollar bill / CU President George Washington portrait on one dollar bill / CU President Thomas Jefferson portrait on two dollar bill / CU President Abraham Lincoln's portrait on five...
Getty Images
Detecting a counterfeit coin
/ male hands looking at counterfeiting coin die / man cuts into counterfeit coin with a pen knife / man weighing the mass of coins in his hands / man rubs thumb across the surface of a counterfeit coin / comparison of the edges of two...
Getty Images
Comparing government checks to WPA worker cards
/ CU government check made out to John Doe / CU WPA Employee's Identification Card / pointer used to indicate ID numbers / pointer shows how number on ID card and WPA worker check match and that they are not counterfeit. Comparing...
Getty Images
Outline of Secret Service districts
/ CU Secret Service sign on door / Frank J Wilson, head of Secret Service seated and writing at his desk / outline of the United States with dashed line separating the states / 15 districts of the Secret Service are superimposed on the...
Getty Images
Polish Jewish women working in textile factory during WWII
/ textile factory full of women working frantically at sewing machines / CU hand sewing table / CU women cutting fabric / CU women hand sewing / CU pretty young woman working on sewing machine. Polish Jewish women working in textile...
Getty Images
MS Politician at microphone giving speech AUDIO / Belarus
MS Politician at microphone giving speech AUDIO / Belarus
Getty Images
The Queen Elizabeth, flagship of the Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean, leaves Malta harbour, Malta, 1939
The Queen Elizabeth, flagship of the Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean, leaves Malta harbour, Malta, 1939
Getty Images
MS Politician at microphone giving speech AUDIO / Belarus
MS Politician at microphone giving speech AUDIO / Belarus
Getty Images
MS Politician at microphone giving speech about Soviet Ukraine AUDIO / Ukraine
MS Politician at microphone giving speech about Soviet Ukraine AUDIO / Ukraine
Getty Images
B/W 1939 close up bombed building after German invasion / Warsaw / documentary
B/W 1939 close up bombed building after German invasion / Warsaw / documentary
Getty Images
Linen damask being rolled and folded for despatch, being hand-drawn, embroidered in a factory and embroidered in Irish cabin doors England, UK 1939
Linen damask being rolled and folded for despatch, being hand-drawn, embroidered in a factory and embroidered in Irish cabin doors England, UK 1939
Getty Images
Car manufacture; body work of the automobile is pressed from sheet steel, UK 1939
Car manufacture; body work of the automobile is pressed from sheet steel, UK 1939
Getty Images
Tungsten is added to steel for high speed metal working tools such as Multi-boring machines which can drill all the holes in a cylinder block in one operation, UK 1939
Tungsten is added to steel for high speed metal working tools such as Multi-boring machines which can drill all the holes in a cylinder block in one operation, UK 1939
Getty Images
Control panels in electricity power station, UK 1939
Control panels in electricity power station, UK 1939
Getty Images
Electric kettle, pouring water in to teapot, UK 1939
Electric kettle, pouring water in to teapot, UK 1939
Getty Images
Tungsten is added to steel for high speed metal working tools such as Milling machines, UK 1939
Tungsten is added to steel for high speed metal working tools such as Milling machines, UK 1939
Getty Images
Electrical machinery used in car manufacture, UK 1939
Electrical machinery used in car manufacture, UK 1939
Getty Images
1939 World's Fair - Bill Robinson's show
World's Fair - Marquee and painted ads for Bill Robinson 'Hot Mikado' show. Faces of Robinson and a racist image of a Black waiter. Two large dice hanging outdoors / Hot Mikado production- WS dancers on stage performing on exotic set in...