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Winston Churchill and U.S. President Truman, enroute, and, during, a speech by Churchill at Westminster College in Missouri.

Iron Curtain speech by British Leader Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. President of the United States Harry S Truman and British Leader Winston Leonard Churchill travel through streets in a motorcade. They wave and civilians cheer. A large crowd gathered at the Westminster College hall. British Leader Churchill addresses the gathering. President Harry S. Truman, and officers seated on a platform behind Churchil, who speaks about the secret experience of the atomic bomb which the United States, Great Britain and Canada share. He mentions the fraternal association of the English speaking peoples.

Date: 1946, March 5
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072964
Test flight of "airphibian": A combination airplane and automobile invented by Robert Fullton in Danbury Connecticut

A test flight of the Fulton FA-2 Airphibian roadable aircraft in Danbury Connecticut. The two-seater small aluminum coupe lands and its inventor, Robert Fulton, a descendant of steamboat inventor Robert Fulton, is seen. Fulton unscrews and removes the propeller. Then the fly hook wings, and fuselage are removed to convert the plane into a car. Fulton drives the Fulton FA-2 Airphibian on a road, passing another car.

Date: 1946, November 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037418
United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) damaged in Operation Crossroad "Test Able," risk in daily lives and discussion of radioactivity.

'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.

Date: 1951
Duration: 8 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051356
Driving down Forsyth Street in Atlanta, Georgia in 1960.

A man enters the Citizen’s Trust Company bank, the first African American-owned bank to join the Federal Reserve Bank, Westside Office (Westside Branch 965 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30314). An elderly black man crosses Mitchell St. SW. A Wilson Truck Company truck drives past. A black woman carrying an infant crosses the road with her three young children. Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta as seen from a moving car. Rich’s Department Store (61 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, GA) and its “Crystal Bridge” over Forsyth Street connecting the 1924 "Store for Fashion" building to the 1946/1948 "Store for Homes" building. Store signs for Fleetwood Coffee and Postal Café. A revolving sign reads “Park”. The Fulton National Bank building (55 Marietta Street NW Atlanta, Georgia), now known as 55 Marietta Street building, as seen from a moving vehicle. Pedestrians cross a street near a Walgreens. Two black men smoking cigarettes pass by a parked John Ruskin Cigar van on a busy street. The Walter R. Thomas Jewelers shop at 28 Broad St is seen nearby. View of the Georgia State Capitol (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334, United States).

Date: 1960, May 23
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079716
Airphibian an automobile airplane 'Aerobile' designed by Robert Fulton Jr. in Danbury,Connecticut

Newsreel titled ' Airborne motorcar' shows Airphibian, an automobile airplane 'Aerobile' landing in Danbury,Connecticut. Designer Robert Fulton Jr. detaches wings of the flying car and it is driven away as a car.

Date: 1946, November 11
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038447
Fulton County Jail tower and Georgia State Capitol buildings in Atlanta, Georgia

An Atlanta police car turns onto Butler Street (now Jesse Hill Jr. Drive) from Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) and drives past the Fulton County Jail also known as the Fulton Tower at 208 Butler Street. View of the Georgia State Capitol (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta). Entrance to the Fulton County Jail at 208 Butler. Visiting hours for “whites” and “coloreds” are on display at the entrance, also known as "colored signs" or Jim Crow statutes. Sign reads “Colored visiting hours Saturdays 9 AM to 12 PM Children under 13 years of age not permitted”. Another sign reads “White visiting hours Sundays 9 AM to 12 PM Children under 13 years of age not permitted”. A door with writing that reads “Don’t block door you”. View of the tower at Fulton County Jail. Cars pass by the Georgia State Capitol. An African-American man walks down the steps outside a neoclassical mansion in Atlanta.

Date: 1960, May 23
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079713