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The arrival of the The Star of Abilene B-1B Bomber at Dyess Airforce Base, USA

The Star of Abilene, the first operational United States Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic heavy bomber, serial number 83-0065, lands at Dyess Airforce Base for the first time. Aerial view of Dyess Airforce Base, with the B1-B along with other planes and a large crowd. United States Air Force Colonel Alan Rogers, Commander of the 96th Bomb Wing, speaks before a podium displaying the 96th Bomb Wing insignia, noting that the B1-B is "a dream that triggers the beginning of a new era."

Location: Abilene Texas USA
Date: 1985, July 7
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078979
Major sources of air pollution and recommendations to control it in the metropolitan city area of Kansas, United States.

Air pollution in the metropolitan city area of Kansas, United States. View of Kansas City skyline on clear day and on smoggy day. Vehicles move on the streets. View of jet airliner taking off, emiting smoke. View of Kansas center city. An animated map shows seven Counties that differ in terms of land use, industrialization and economic activities in Missouri and Kansas. Kansas City Municipal and Fairfax airports, with aircraft taxiing. Aerial view of the airport areas with smog visible. View of bridges with factories behind barely visible through the smog. Rural road, with open burning of refuse in a large fire, with black smoke rising. Smoke rising from low building and from Large industrial plant. Aerial view of Kansas City from over the river,. with smoke obscuring the scene. Aerial view of smoke and pollution blanketing the whole area. Industrial plants along the river edge billowing smoke. The representatives of Kansas and Missouri present findings of the airport area survey during a conference. Animated illustrations of pollution sources: refuse burning; industrial processes; fuel combustion; and mobile sources.

Location: Kansas United States USA
Date: 1967
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072631
General Dwight D Eisenhower and Allied forces capture North Africa and Sicily, receives the French Legion of Honour medal (WWII)

General Dwight D Eisenhower from the North Africa campaign to the D-Day Normandy landings during World War II. Eisenhower with other military officers in the War Plan Office discusses strategy. A mural covering the west wall of the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas. An animated map shows plan to seize key positions in North Africa. Fight in Algiers and Casablanca. Allied troops fire artillery, bombarding a North African coastal town. Troops advancing from beachhead, engage in street fighting with Vichy French troops in Casablanca, Morocco. A flare gun is fired. Unfavorable weather conditions delay the troops advancing towards Tunis and Bizerte. Allied troops fighting at nighttime. Allied soldiers walk through mud, allied military vehicles pass through water on the roads. Troops fire artillery under a canopy, hitting the side of a hill. Thick clouds of smoke cover a hill. U.S. General Omar Bradley and his troops capture Bizerte, Tunisia and the British 1st Army captures Tunis. German and Italian prisoners raise their hands up upon surrender. Animated map shows the surrender of the Axis troops. A ceremony commemorates the victory. North African cavalrymen join the parade. General Eisenhower and Free French Forces General Henri Giraud review a military parade. Henri Giraud bestows to General Eisenhower the French Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. A mural on a wall of the Eisenhower Museum depicts the Allied invasion of Sicily. Allied troops march into Sicily in 1943.Civilians in the streets to celebrate. A mural on the wall of Eisenhower Museum depicts invasion of Italy. Allied troops land ashore and march into Italy. U.S. General Mark Clark 5th Army at Salerno. A sign reads Napoli. Eisenhower comes out of a tent. U.S. President Roosevelt visits the troops in the combat area with Eisenhower. United States President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin in Cairo, Egypt. Another mural on the wall of the Eisenhower Museum. Eisenhower with other officers. Dramatization of German troops guarding and preparing the defenses of Normandy before the Allied landings. Eisenhower reviews training of the troops. Allied troops undergo physical training though obstacle courses. Churchill inspects the troops. Eisenhower reviews the troops on the eve of invasion. Eisenhower speaks to airborne troops wearing blackened camouflage face paint.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1942
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033592
B1-B Bomber Aircraft transfer to Dyess Airforce Base Abilene Texas, USA.

Interior of an empty hangar. View of an empty flightline at Dyess Airforce Base. The Commander of the United States 4018th Combat Crew Training Squadron is interviewed. A B-1B Bomber takes off from a runway. Aerial view of a B-1B Bomber flying over a rugged terrain en route to Dyess Airforce Base, Abilene, Texas. The Commander talks about his experience with the transfer of the B-1B to Dyess Airforce Base, noting that they are "starting from scratch."

Location: Abilene Texas USA
Date: 1985, July
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078978
President Harry S. Truman arrives at Kansas City's Fairfax Airport and proceeds to a homecoming at Truman house in Independence

Preparations for the homecoming of U.S. President Harry S. Truman to the Kansas City area for the first time since becoming President of the United States. View from Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Cameras mounted on car as cameramen record the arrival of President Truman. Customized U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster aircraft nicknamed "Sacred Cow" lands and taxis. (This VC-54C was built for Franklin Roosevelt, but he only flew on it for one trip before his death. The name "Sacred Cow" was a precursor to the name "Air Force One." The trip by Truman in this video clip was the first domestic airplane trip by a U.S. President in history. Prior trips by Franklin Roosevelt had all been international travel.) People gathered in a large number to welcome the President. President Truman and others in his party get off the aircraft. Arrival of President Truman at the Truman home in Independence, Missouri (his summer White House). Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence greets the President's car as it arrives. Secret Service stand by near car and President while Truman greets well-wishers. Gathering in the back yard of the Truman home with members of the Independence Chamber of Commerce. From left to right: Cedric Siegfried, Al Huff, Richard Harbin, President Truman, George Hare, Dixon Kepley, Paul Snyder, Petey Childers. Photographers click pictures.

Location: Kansas City Kansas USA
Date: 1945, June 27
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022063
Indiana Hoosiers wins a basketball match against Kansas Jayhawks held in Kansas, United States .

A basketball match between Indiana Hoosiers and Kansas Jayhawks for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) crown being held in Kansas City, United States. A crowd in a stadium. A banner reads: 'Kansas NCAA Champs'. The match in progress. Kansas’ Dean Kelley takes the ball. The crowd cheers and applauds. Indiana wins the match.

Location: Kansas United States USA
Date: 1953, March 19
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077109
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