Movies

An air raid warden demonstrates safety measures, while a refugee from Occupied Europe reveals why she came to America.

Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century.

The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of...

The story behind the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in...

Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling...

The Inauguration ceremony for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4th 1933.

This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different...

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the...

Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into...

A Washington Parade reel....

IOC has restored 18 minutes from the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. Ten of those minutes are silent sequences from men’s speed skating. The other...

U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.

The discovery of the USS Indianapolis wreck site, 18,000 feet below the Philippine Sea, is detailed. The ship's sinking during World War II was the...

Presents the history of the U S from the inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt to the eve of World War II, including the Great Depression and New Deal...

The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939