Beauty pageant in Palatka,Florida. Lined up contestants pose in different outfits. They walk on a ramp. Panel of judges seated as the give their remarks. Trees in the background. The winner is crowned as Azalea Queen. Winner poses with the fellow contestants.
View of Manitou Mountain Resort at the base of Pikes Peak in Colorado. The Valley from a mountain. View of tourist's cog railroad car being pushed up Pikes Peak by a steam locomotive. Tourists loaded on the railway car with lettering on the side "Manitou and Pikes Peak RY". Steam pouring from locomotive smokestack. Rugged terrain.
The 1944 U.S. Presidential election in 1944, during World War 2. Newspaper boy hawks newspaper extra edition, with headline referring to "Nip and Tuck" race. View of Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, at twilight, as lights begin to turn on. Wooden barricades seen set up in front of some establishments to protect against damage from large crowds anticipated as election returns come in. Moving illuminated marquee sign on the Times building reads: "Nearly 45 per cent of Bronx and Manhattan voters said to have cast ballots." Two men look up at the sign. Officials open a voting machine and begin to report information. At another location officials remove paper ballots from their precinct box. A radio announcer reviewing results and reporting them over the air. A woman is seen entering voter returns in chalk, on a national tote board. Citizens gathered to watch results. American soldier listening to results over a radio, in Italy and France. Newscasters reporting on radio as the returns come in. Many people listen to radios. An American family of man, woman, boy and girl children seated in their living room listening to vintage console radio reporting voting returns. A fire is burning in the living room fireplace beside the console radio. Another, different scene is shown with a family gathered around a radio listening to election reports. A framed photograph of a U.S. Army soldier is atop the console radio. Scene is shown of crowds surging in Times Square as returns displayed on Times Building marquee indicate likely victory for FDR (Franklin Roosevelt). Crowd in Times Square including many American military service members in uniform.
Cartoon character Private Snafu undergoes extremes in weather conditions in the Aleutian Islands, Northern Pacific Ocean during World War II. Animation depicts thunder and rain. Solution about clothing under extreme conditions. Vegetation on islands. Gummy mud. Earthquakes and cold breeze. Transportation by vehicles on sledge. Aircraft in flight covered with snow. Airstrip submerged under water.
Panning view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Numerous cars are parked but a fairly open space is preserved near the Capitol building. A Kellett KD-1 autogiro lands in the open space. Pilot Lou Leavitt seen in the rear cockpit (front cockpit empty).The autogiro takes off. A chart contrasts Federal expenditures of 485 million dollars for airplane development with only 485 thousand dollars for autogiro development, with result that 96 companies are engaged in airplane work but only 2 in autogiro work. The chart depicts other relative data impacting negatively on autogiro development.
New pilot training method in San Antonio,Texas. Army adopts new mechanical teacher to train future pilots. Man sits in the aircraft model. Model has movable wings and propeller. Model aircraft spins.
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