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[Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part I)

Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street, and transportation scenes.

[Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part VI)

Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

[Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part II)

Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. From towards the end of 0692_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_1_12_01_09_00

[Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941]

Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.

[Amateur film: Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25, 1941]

New Orleans festivities as they looked just before World War II.

[Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part I)

Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part III)

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part III)

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

[Amateur film: Golden Gate International Exposition]

Amateur pictures, including aerials and color shot from ground level, of the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island.

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part I)

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

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