1904 ?- 1913 ? LN 050-026 LN 050-026 LN 050-026 b/w Si 19:25:02 - 19:39:00 The Story of the Panama Canal (2) of (2)
Culebra Cut being excavated with dredges. Giant cranes and cableways moving concrete for building walls of locks. Concrete mixing. Pay day at US military railway carriage. Black man in shirt & tie counting money. Tracking shot from moving train, workers alongside tracks. Digging, views of shovels moving large rocks onto railway cars. Water used to cut banks. Explosion. Dredges at work, trains of earth & rocks being unloaded with Lidgerwood unloader. Men shifting track. Railway car unloading rocks for construction of West Breakwater .
Final opening of dike between Pacific and Atlantic with dynamite. Workers setting and moving dynamite and opening last cut. Gatun Locks filling for first time, Miraflores Locks opened first time, first boats through. Military ships through canal and freighter seen. Calvin Coolidge speaking.

1910s - 1920s 220457 & 200531 220457 & 200531 b/w SIL 04:11:04 - 04:20:59 Post World War One Politics.
Stock newsreel exerpts
Post WWI Politics: Ramsey MacDonald w/ Herriot;.Stanley Baldwin, w/ movie cameraman, giving speech, crowd. Poincare visits liberated Marshall Foch. Troops marching beneath cherry blossoms. 1920, Deschanel ­ Poincare becomes Premier, troops riding, parade, coaches, crowds. Calvin Coolidge & WarrenHarding & wives, Gerard. CU of loudspeakers, Coolidge acceptance at 1924 Republican convention, posing w/ wife & politicians. Ext. 1924 Democratic convention w John W. Davis riding w/ ?? in car and accepting nomination on porch; walking in garden, playing golf & with grandchild. 1924 convention w/ placards. William Jennings Bryan standing next to his brother

1919 WC 4053
220730 220730 220730 B/W SIL 08:12:32 - 08:27:10 WWI - Scenes in Berlin, Vienna and Prague, April and May 1919
Berlin: Easter crowds on the Unter den Linden; Brandenburg Gate; various statues; schoolchidren out on a walk; Large Spartacus Communists gathering or demonstration; climbing on top of Brandenburg Gate; American Red Cross members; Gens. Harris and Harries, British General Ewart, French Gen.eral Dupont, and aides pose for camera. Black servicemen.
Russian prisoners play folk music, walk on tightrope and dance; US and German flyers meeting. School children demonstrating against the peace terms. Dignitaries and their wives in front of US embassy?
08:23:12 Prague: Poor people receive food at a soup kitchen ; very old woman eating soup standing up. Doctors examine patients at a clinic.
08:26:12 In Vienna: A C Coolidge poses with members of his mission.

1920 LN 050-021 LN 050-021 LN 050-021 b/w Si 17:47:54 - 17:58:22 President Harding and Calvin Coolidge [1]
CU & MCU Darren Gamaliel Harding, leader of Republican Party. Posing with wife Mrs Warren G. Harding of Marion, Ohio. Harding w/ Governor Coolidge & Will Hays out of car.
Harding returns to Marion, Ohio after nomination, in street w crowd waving banners, Harding on porch w/ wife. People in crowd wave handkerchief. Parade w/ coloured umbrellas. Crowd applauding in sun, Harding waves from porch w/ other man. CU old men of Marion. Harding makes speech on porch, then shaking hands with people. CU Harding's father & getting into horse carriage, driving off. Crowd inside Convention hall.
Will H. Hays, Chairman of the National Committee speaks under US flags. Governor Edward P. Morrow, chief executive of Kentucky speaking. Coolidge speech on his nomination as vice-president in Northampton, Massachusetts, crowd waving US flags.
Calvin Coolidge in his home of Plymouth, Vermont: Outside farm house, with father in field, w/ wife and children in school room, standing with cow. Scything hay with son, chopping wood. Talking w/ Hays and Harding.

1920s - 1930s LN 501-276 220777 220777 B/W SIL 14:00:06 - 14:12:50 [Hoover]
White House Exterior. Hoover in WH garden with Coolidge and well-dressed people. Hoover on steamboat.
Big gathering in garden and women dancing round maypole. Hoover speech at WH balcony.
Crowd at stadium for baseball game and Hoover in stand throws first ball.
Hoover looking at battleship convoy at sea. Plane takes off from carrier. Blimp carries plane.
Hoover with young boy and others in WH garden. Officer with wife and child in car; meet Hoover at WH veteran's event - crippled in wheelchairs vets shaking Hoover's hand.
Hoover at desk signs document. Hoover fishing in small forest river; with mother? & dog by cascade, she knits.
14:07:47 Republican convention; crowd; Pershing on stage.
Sailors posing on deck battleship. Hoover arrival at harbour Caribbean country; motorcade & parade.
14:10:12 Iowa motorcade - huge welcome sign with Hoover's face.
Farmers' protest with trucks and sign "In Hoover We Trusted, Now We're Busted". Men riding mules & wearing signs 'Here's Where Hoover Put US".
1931 Campaign? Crowd cheering and waving flags and throwing confetti at convention; Hoover at mic.
Hoover exits Capitol steps and into car with others.
This item also has Adm. Byrd and Lindbergh

1920s LN 501-096 220525 LN 501-096 b/w SIL 05:23:37 - 05:23:48 President Coolidge in his Office
Seated at desk - man brings in papers.

1923 - 1929 LN 501-096 220525 LN 501-096 b/w SIL 05:20:30 - 05:21:23 Presidents Family Enjoys Christmas Aboard Mayflower
Nitrate decomposition at head. Calvin Coolidge and family board yacht. President Coolidge with Captain Andrews and Governor Clements of Vermont.
John Coolidge, son of President standing in group
Mostly unusable

1924 LN 501-096 220525 LN 501-096 b/w SIL 05:23:49 President Coolidge Throws Out First Ball
Coolidge throws out the first ball opening the 1924 World Series between the New York Giants and the Washington Senators.
President and wife in stands. President with ball inhands - throw not seen. President and wife take seats

1924 LN 501-096 220525 LN 501-096 b/w SIL 05:24:53 - 05:26:48 President Coolidge At His Desk
Sitting at desk reading papers - man enters and leaves. Coolidge reading and writing. Coolidge is wearing black arm-band

1925 200354 181675 B/W 01:00:56 Total eclipse of the sun- people preparing equipment - people in streets watching eclipse - dirigible - eclipse - camera being cranked - people watching through cards - sun eclipsed - Calvin Coolidge looking at eclipse.

1925 200354 200354 181675 B/W 01:02:51 - 01:06:10 Home of Calvin Coolidge - White House - Coolidge standing in semi CU with unidentified man. Stars and Stripes - Coolidge and wife leaving for inauguration - motorcade and parade down Pennsylvania Avenue - Open top car carrying Coolidge arrives, party enters building - taking oath on balcony - Military parade and motorcade.

1928 - 1929 LN 501-216 LN 501-216 220454 LN 501-216 b/w SIL 23:29:51 - 23:45:59 President Herbert Hoover
Inauguration at White House, Hoover enters with party. Leaving White House for Capitol with decorated military and wives in furs, Coolidge and Hoover exit together and pose. Members of the Cabinet. Presidential party and cavalry on way to Capitol. Pan down decorated Capitol. Crowd and photographers. Taking place in stand for inaugural ceremony. Crowds with umbrellas. Chief Justice Taft and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, members of Diplomatic Corps, Chief of Staff, general Summerall, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander of the Marine Corps, walk down stand. Chief justice Taft administers oath of office to Hoover, 31st US president. Hoover inaugural address. Pan on crowds in rain. Hoover and wife on way to White House, procession incl., cavalry. Grand Marshall General Charles p. Summerall heads procession on horseback. Dirigibles in sky above city. presidential party taking place in reviewing stand in front of White House for inaugural parade of cars and marching bands: Delaware; Pennsylvania. World War Colours with escort of National guardsmen from Pennsylvania; New Jersey marching band and men in top hats with open umbrellas; Georgia; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Virginia Veteran's Organisation band; Texas cowboys; American Indians on horses and on cars. Fireworks, illuminations portraits of Curtis and Hoover & US flag.
00:43:23: July 24, 1929: Kellogg-Briand Pact for the Renunciation of War. Hoover into East Room with aides greets nations' representatives: Calvin Coolidge, Sen. Borah of Idaho, Chairman of the Foreign relations Committee; Sec. of State Stimson and former Sec. Kellogg & French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand; British Ambassador Sir Esme Howard. Representatives of original signatory countries & others involved shake hands with Hoover. Hoover reads Peace Covenant.

1928 ? 220554 220554 220554 B/W SIL 00:54:39 - 00:57:04 Coolidge is Honored by Cheering Cubans.
Key West, Florida, President and party board the battleship Texas for the trip to Havana. Battleship at sea.
Church services on board. Sailors dancing.
00:55:25 Other VIPs on board Fletcher, Kellogg, Wilbur, Admiral Wiley and Charles Evans Hughes.
00:55:31 Approaching Cuba, lighthouse. Tracking shot of crowds on shore.
00:56:13 The two president Coolidge and Machado y Morales in open top car.
00:56:32 National Theatre for the meeting of the Pan-American Congress. Exterior shots, arrivals.
00:56:52 Coolidge addresses Congress.

1928 LN 501-116 LN 501-116 LN 501-116 b/w SIL 06:19:40 - 06:32:09 Early Flight - Wright Brothers
Various news clippings showing honours bestowed on the Wright brothers and commemorating ceremonies of invention of aircraft.
A Feature of the two day event was the presentation to the Wright Brothers of medals from the Governor, the State and the City. Governor Harmon presenting the state medal.
Still photo of Governor Harmon standing at base of large grandstand with spectators.
06:20:11 Dedication of Wright Field at Dayton. Coverage of the flag raising ceremonies showing Mr. Wright pulling the rope which raises the flag upon the mast. Event attended by various military and civil leaders. Firing cannon salute at the ceremony.
06:20:56 L to R Orville Wright, Gen. Gilmore and Col. Deeds,chairman of the dedication ceremonies, standing on the platform. Following this the delegates went to Washington to attend a conference, some were transported in Col. Deeds private plane the King Bird. Various members of the party, en route to conference at Washington, DC, getting into Col. Deeds' aircraft. "The King Bird" taxiing resembles the Fort Stoudt C-3 aircraft. Delegates standing in front of large building in Washington. Orville Wright in whose honor conference is held with delegates
06:22:30 Dedication of memorial to Wright Brothers, Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina. LS looking down from Kill Devil Hill showing throngs of spectators walking up along the hill.
Governor Maclean greets Orville Wright. Orville Wright unveiling the memorial plaque. Crowd standing around, military and civilian one person opens a coop of birds that fly towards camera. Orville Wright standing next to memorial plaque. Inscription on plaque.
06:23:22 35th Anniversary of the first flight Dec. 17th 1938 in the NCR auditorium under the auspices of the Aviation Committee of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. Int. taken from stage looking at auditorium, all seats occupied. CS of Col. Deeds, Henry Ford, Orville Wright and Charles F. Kettering sitting on stage. CS still photograph of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
06:24:10 The pioneer flights of the Wright plane. Flying demonstration given by Wilbur Wight at Le Mans 20 years ago. Horse pulling the Wright brothers' plane out across open field. Spectators stand showing various high officials in the French government. CS mechanics preparing the plane for launching. Catapault device being erected upon the field. Wright brothers aircraft being placed upon the launching rail. CS of the stand showing the spectators. Men pulling the heavy weight catapault device up for dropping - dropping of weight and launch. 06:26:41 Coolidge opens Great World air conference in Washington celebrating 25th anniversary of mans conquest of the air. Crowd of delegates in front of building. President Coolidge and his secretary standing on steps of building. Notable group: Asst. Secretary of War, Davison; Col. Lindorf; H.P. Guggenheim; Asst. Secretary of Navy, Warner. CU of Clarence Chamberlin. Delegates from Venezuela. CU of Lady Heath, noted English aviatrix. Orville Wright, honored guest at conference, standing amidst group of delegates. CU of Whiting, Sec. of Commerce, and Orville Wright. continued/...

1928 LN 501-352 220874 220874 B/W SIL 06:17:59 - 06:30:41 [Pathe News 1928]
06:17:59 - AUTO DRIVERS RACE FOR DIRT TRACK TITLE. In Detroit, Michigan, Cliff Woodbury wins automobiles race.
06:19:42 SQUAWS AND BRAVES SEE HEAP BIG TOWN. In New York City, New York, delegation of Native American Blackfoot tribe parade on top of car, sightsee, dance and meet New York City Mayor James John Walker - mayor with feather headdress.
06:21:05 THOMAS EDISON GIVES INTERVIEW ON RADIO. Thomas Alva Edison broadcasts from West Orange, New Jersey.
06:21:43 MICHIGAN VICTORY DEDICATES STADIUM. Michigan Governor Fred W. Green and Ohio Governor Alvin Victor Donahey observe University of Michigan's "Wolverines" defeat Ohio State University in inaugural game at new football stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University beats Army.
06:24:09 EXPLORES MYSTERIES OF THE WHITE NILE. Scenes along banks of Nile River (Egypt) shows buildings and crowds; tour ends at Fashoda, Sudan.
06:25:32 COOLIDGE RIDES HORSE TO BIGGEST MONUMENT. In Black Hills, South Dakota, Pres. Calvin Coolidge follows trail to national monument site at Mount Rushmore. Shows site and sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
06:27:08 COLONEL LINDBERGH ENDS NATIONAL TOUR. Charles Augustus Lindbergh is welcomed with parade at end of three-month tour in his airplane "Spirit of St. Louis" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his last tour stop is Mitchel Field, New York.
06:28:46 OLD ORCHARD, ME. Bad weather forces pilot Frances Grayson to abandon her third attempt to fly to Denmark (woman pilot)

1929 LN 501-096 220525 LN 501-096 b/w SIL 05:21:24 - 05:23:36 Signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact
President Coolidge and Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, August 27, 1928. Other personages include Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis, Secretary of the Navy Curtis Dwight Wilbur, Secretary of Labor James John Davis, Secretary of the Interior Roy O. West, Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine, Secretary of Commerce William Fairfield Whiting, Postmaster General Harry Stewart New, Attorney General John T. Sargent, Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, and Senators William E. Borah, Charles Curtis, Frederick Huntington Gillett, Thomas J. Walsh, Hiram Bingham, and Charles A. Swanson.
VIPs enter room - pact signed. Shots repeated

1930 LN 501-261 220751 220751 B/W SIL 14:00:04 - 14:01:28 Coolidge Dedicates Great Dam Named in his Honor
Pan across dam. Calvin Coolidge at microphone. Crowds walking across dam. Trestle tables, people eating sandwiches. President seated at table eating. President smoking peace pipe with native American Indian.

1930s 220462 220462 220462 b/w SIL 09:00:57 - 09:08:36 Herbert Hoover - selected scenes
Hoover and wife in gardens meeting with military / naval officers and veterans, many disabled in wheelchairs. Good shot exterior Capitol. Intervior - Hoover at desk surrounded by men as he signs ?
Hoover fly fishing / angling. Hoover and wife sitting in gardens, she knitting.
Convention ? - crowds. With Lindbergh / Admiral Byrd / Coolidge campaigning. Battleship with sailors at stations on all decks. Hoover seated on deck. Navy Day ? Parades - banner of Hoover - Iowa welcomes you.
Crowds lining street - ticker-tape parade. Demonstration - Lorry with jobless - sign on side "Hoovers Farm Relief - First Closure then this". Another sign "In Hoover we trusted - Now We're Busted". Convention hall, crowds cheering and waving flags. Exterior Capitol. Hoover, wife and group of VIPs down steps and into waiting cars.
Depression

1938 LN 501-217 220682 220682 B/W SIL 18:34:07 - 18:41:35
[Shipping - Long Beach Dock Activity]
SS Pres Coolidge & stern of SS Pres. Adams. Amidships of Coolidge w/ emblem. Ships at dock. 2 stack Presidents line. Loading. Freighter at Long Beach Harbor Pier. Scrap metal unloaded from truck into pile, sign behind Long Island berth 48. Men sorting metal w/ Norwegian freighter behind. Shot across water of freighter & yacht past. Tug passes. Lumber moved on dock w/ freighter behind. President Liner coming into harbour at San Pedro. Crane unloading coke into RR car. Japanese ship into harbor. Freighter unloading lumber at pier. Piles of lumber.