Once A Marine

Clip #: MF-10
Length: 5:58
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Organized reservists participate in a US Marine Corps “summer camp” training session.

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Defense - U.S. Navy Expanded

Clip #: MF-23G
Length: :58
Year: 1938
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Making guns for naval defense in anticipation of war.

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Tower Of Glass

Clip #: MF-21I
Length: 2:16
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Making Paper from Sugar Cane

Clip #: MF-28D
Length: 1:54
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A visit to a plant that makes paper from sugar refining waste in the mid 1950s

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Small Businesses

Clip #: MF-31B-8
Length: :39
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Various facets of manufacturing in the 1950s, including an aircraft manufacturing plant.

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Accident Prevention

Clip #: MF-29E
Length: :37
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Downward trend in accidents in the workplace.

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Speed: Outboards in Battle Royal

Clip #: TFA-331L
Length: 1:03
Year: 1942
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Hydroplane racing in the 1930s.

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The Fair At Night

Clip #: TFA-29O
Length: 3:30
Year: 1933
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A tour of the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair exposition in Chicago at night by Burton Holmes

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American Industry

Clip #: MF-21J
Length: :39
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The importance of industrialization for democracy.

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Creation of a Canoe

Clip #: MF-26A-12
Length: 3:24
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Traditional wooden canoes are made at the Old Town Canoe Co in Old Town, Maine

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