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1940s, 1930s
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Man attempts to fly manmade flying contraption off of a runway but merely falls to the ground.
1950s
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Oregon: Nut cracking plant. Shots of: a worker fort-lifting bags, high voltage machine explodes…
1960s
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Gore Vidal criticizes America's attitudes toward sex and monogamy.
1940s
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Officers Franklin Roosevelt Jr. and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., speak and shake hands. Actor Clark…
1960s
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Shots of civilians fighting. Voiceover explains the war that takes place. Reenactment depicts fire…
1950s
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A teacher demonstrates and explains the use of a test taking machine to his students. A young girl…
1950s
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A teacher showing students how older, technology was used to gather and organize information,…
1950s
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A teacher demonstrates to the class how a simple machine test taking machine works.
1950s
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Chinese New Year’s Parade in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Young girls with lanterns on sticks do…
1950s
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A teacher demonstrates and explains to the class how a simple machine test taking machine works. CU…