Original film [1:26:18] published in 1964 dramatizes Kennedy's 1000 days as president from his inauguration to his death in 1963 emphasizing America's hopes for his term.
Internet archive video [12:46] on Judaism and the Jewish community in Chicago.
An outstanding, interactive copy of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the legislation that repealed the Missouri Compromise. Historical context included, as well as links to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable PDF file.
This online resource provides the complete text and image of the original document of the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 along with comprehensive document information. This act "limited the working hours of children and forbade the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor."
Read the history behind the first child labor bill in 1916 and view the original document.
Actual footage [24:29] from inside the U.S. military planning room from Department of Defense depicting wartime strategies and planning session, Tokyo targets and various bomber planes during WWII.
The Our Documents group offers information on Richard Henry Lee's 1776 resolution proposing colonial independence. See the original document, read the transcript, and download a printer-friendly version.
The moving documentary directed by the legendary John Huston that showed the treatement of soldiers suffering from PTSD after World War II. Watch the men in the ten week treatment program at the Veterans' hospital in Brentwood, New York, as they went through therapy to ready themselves for return to civilian life. This film was suppressed until 1981 when it was finally shown at the Cannes Film Fesitival. [57:57]
Original footage [20:51] published in 1944 on the surrender of the Italian navy to the Allies. Gen. Mark Clark and the U.S. 5th Army land at Salerno behind an intense naval bombardment.
Data from the 1880 and the 1900 Censuses, and how these relate to the lives of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder, are presented here. There are also ideas for teaching using primary sources.
This National Archives and Records Administration site contains a brief definition of the Plan and has a picture of Marshall. There also are links to a couple pages of the Economic Cooperation Act.
Learn about this landmark Supreme Court case on the issues of federal power and commerce. Provides an image of a document from the case files and a transcript of the opinion delivered in 1819 by Chief Justice John Marshall.
Read an original transcript, and view an image of a report on the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This legislation admitted Missouri and Maine as states into the Union.
The Monroe Doctrine has been used in the past 180 years to let the United States' stance on European involvement in the Western Hemisphere be known. On this interesting site you can view an interactive copy of the original pages of the speech from which the Monroe Doctrine came. There are links to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable .PDF file.
Original film [1:34:43] published ca. 1970 details the 1969 coverage and events of the Apollo 11 launch.
Primary document (and transcription) of Morrill Act, which provided land to states to use in the establishment of agricultural colleges.
News footage [3:19] of Lee Harvey Oswald being interviewed after taken into custody and then shot by Jack Ruby.
Official home page of the National Archives. Contains information about the National Archives, archive locations around the U.S., overview of how archivists work and electronic access to national records.
A 1961 film [37:35] of U.S. military in Berlin.
From the web-site of the National Archives this is an article about who are preservation and archives professionals and what they do at the National Archives and beyond. With links to various related topics this is a good resource for those interested in a career in museums or archives.