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Lend Lease materials transported across the world by convoys of American and British ships in World War II
Opening scene shows Lend Lease military equipment covered with canvas, at a port in the United States, during World War 2. A B-26 bomber with wings removed outboard of its engines, is being maneuvered for shipment at a port in the United States. A Lockheed P-38 airplane is moved on a crane and then rolled along a pier toward the stern of the U.S. Light Cruiser, USS Phoenix (CL-46) which is docked there. Wings of a Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull scout plane can be seen on the Phoenix. Two more P-38 aircraft are rolled along the pier, past another Brooklyn class Light Cruiser at the end of the pier. (Her triple 6-inch gun turrets are noticeable.) Crated supplies are seen being lowered into ship cargo holds. An American M2 light tank being lowered from a crane. An American M3 Lee tank being secured in a ship. Numerous tanks in a ship’s cargo hold. Next, a convoy of ships carrying war materiel overseas is seen at sea. A U.S. Cruiser plunging through heavy seas. View from her bridge overlooking her triple gun turrets, as her bow is awash in waves. A formation of U.S. battleships, led by a Nevada class Battle Ship armed with twin over triple forward gun turrets. She is followed by what appears to be a modernized Pennsylvania class Battleship and other battleships. A British Battle Cruiser followed by another British warship. Various Allied battleships firing their heavy guns. Animated map tracing the “Lend-Lease” routes across the North Atlantic to Iceland, the British Isles, and Murmansk. Map also shows routes by sea and air to the West Indies, Brazil, and South Africa and West Africa, and then by air across Africa, to egypt and the Middle East. Other routes are shown to Suez, Iran, India, and China, as well as trans-Pacific routes to various places. American soldiers crowd the upper deck of a troop transport ship. A military chaplain conducts religious services aboard ship at sea. More views of ships in convoys. A U.S. Navy Kingfisher float plane in flight over the water. A barrage balloon aloft. A U.S. Navy Catalina PBY flying boat in the air above a fleet of supply ships in a vast convoy.
Elements of Cold War illustrated by contrasting scenes of Communism vs. Democracy. Peaceful competition in 3rd world
The Cold War. President Lyndon B Johnson addresses session of Congress. Maps of Communist countries. Maps of America's allies. Map of Africa. Representative of a nation of Africa addresses the United Nations Assembly. Delegates from Togo watch the speech. Scenes of poverty in area with simple shack homes in Africa. African government officials attend a conference as they work to found new African nations. Map of Cuba. Fidel Castro speaks at microphone. Crowd listens. Another view of Castro giving an address and speaking animatedly. Cameramen record event. Views of ordinary people in Third World countries working in tasks mostly agriculture related. Street scenes in U.S. cities with busy streets with cars and buses, and many pedestrians heading to shops and offices. Wide view of Great Plains in midwest U.S. People walking to church in small town. Aerial view of Queens, Manhattan and East River, in New York City. "New America" shows aerial view of suburbs located in outskirts of city. Street level scene in a vintage early 1960s suburban neighborhood. Boy and girl children in the front yard outside a house in the suburbs with a dog. A U.S. Department of Commerce display clock showing population growth. Doctors in hospital delivering babies. Newborn baby infants and young children seen playing and eating. Close up views of faces of American children, smiling.
Civilians aboard MS Saturnia and MS Vulcania as they return from East Africa to Italy during World War II.
Civilians return to Italy during World War II. Italian hospital ship Saturnia (later the U.S. Army Hospital Ship Frances Y. Slanger) underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Women and others on the deck of a ship. Civilians disembark from the Saturnia and the Vulcania as they return from East Africa. Women and children on the deck of a ship.
Sir Seretse Khama and his wife, Ruth Williams, in Bamangwato, East Africa.
King Sir Seretse Khama and his British wife in Bamangwato Botswana, Southern Africa. His wife Queen Ruth Williams seated in a car (a controversial interracial marriage at the time). He stands outside the car and looks at the area. Thatched huts in the area. Men seated on the ground discussing amongst themselves. They gather outside a building. Ruth Williams talking to Sir Seretse Khama.
Scenes of Miami Florida in the late 1940s; animation shows conditions which result in the formation of a hurricane in Miami, Florida.
A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. (Later the National Hurricane Center, part of the U.S. NOAA / National Weather Service). A man instructing students about a hurricane. They discuss about the conditions present when hurricanes develop. Animation shows the process of formation of hurricanes. Large masses of air become warm and moist. It is replaced by air flowing from all directions. Aerial view of a sea. The air starts moving in a circular motion. The progressive motion of the air begins and it becomes a hurricane. Men and women working in the Hurricane Warning Center analyze these conditions. View of traffic and commercial buildings along a busy street in Miami. Three men playing golf. Elevated view of people seated in a stadium watching a horse race. Elevated view of a crowded ocean beach in Miami. Aerial view of a weather station on the eastern tip of Cuba. Men preparing to release a radiosonde weather balloon. They analyze the weather conditions for a daily weather report.
Dramatization. Journalist Henry Morton Stanley receives assignment to search for David Livingstone in Africa, David Livingstone travels to Ujiji
Dramatization. Journalist Henry Morton Stanley goes to Africa to find David Livingstone. On his sickbed in Paris, New York Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett Sr. instructs Henry Morton Stanley to find David Livingstone in Africa. Henry Morton Stanley’s caravan trek through African Savannah. An Muslim African servant, Abdullah Susi, gives a cup of water to his master, David Livingstone. David Livingstone, apparently unwell, tells his African servant that “I feel I am not my own”. David Livingstone stands up from his chair and his native African attendants behind him follow suit. African Arab men attempt to dissuade Henry Morton Stanley from entering a warzone. Henry Morton Stanley remains unconvinced. David Livingstone’s party arrives in Ujiji’s shore. African native porters carry Henry Morton Stanley on a makeshift litter as their caravan cross a river. A sickly David Livingstone laments with African-Arab natives in Ujiji, Tanzania. Healthy Small East African (SEA) goats near a house in Ujiji, Tanzania.
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