1940s

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Gondolier rowing gondola in Venice beneath the Rialto bridge. People chatting in a Venetian piazza…

1970s

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Film tracing the evolution of blues music from the South to the ghettos of Chicago. Group of…

1960s

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Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti walks his dog around San Francisco. His dog jumps onto a kitchen window…

1950s

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A clip of the US Army Jupiter-C rocket launching Explore I, aka Satellite 1958 Alpha, into earth…

1970s

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Newsreel tracing the evolution of blues music from the South to the ghettos of Chicago. Shot of…

1990s, 1980s

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Footage from the '80s and '90s of people falling or failing in some way physically. In the…

1970s

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Shots of a town lit on fire by a train derailment. Firefighters spray fire hoses at a wreaked,…

2000s

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A crowd of many people wade through a flooded street. They have their belongings, cars and…

1970s

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A riverboat approaches the camera. The shimmering water is shown. The boat is seen in another wide…

1930s, 1940s

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Man wearing fire proof suit with a sprinkler attached to his head. Fireman holds fire hose and…

1910s

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Old black and white footage of the construction of Hetch Hetchy, a California reservoir, in the…

1950s

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Various aerial shots of the scenic parts of Samoa. Beaches, cliffs, forests, and residential areas…