A typhoon ravages Japan. Destruction and homes in the flooded areas in the wake of the typhoon (Super Typhoon Tess). Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. People wade through flood with their belongings. A man rows a boat in the flood. Men row a wooden board.
Trucking by rail in Illinois. Trucks with a big semi-trailer pass through an American highway. Inco Beverage Co. semi-trailer truck on the road. Rails beside a highway in Illinois. A General Motors (GM) flatcar moving in track. Newly devised flatcars and loading methods are shown. A trailer kingpin is lowered into a slot extension. It is hooked over a towing plate. A man locks the trailer kingpin into place. The plate is screwed in position. Then the trailers are transported.
Yankees and Dodgers meet on the 50th anniversary of baseball's World Series. Fan holds up official series program. Fans pour into Yankee Stadium; man in Yankees jacket takes tickets. Managers Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Chuck Dressen of the Dodgers shake hands in dugout before the game. Baseball commissioner Ford Frick chats with Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley in the stands. Starting pitchers Allie Reynolds for the Yankees and Carl Erskine for the Dodgers pose for cameras. Yankees' Hank Bauer seen in close up before hitting run-scoring triple. Yankees' Billy Martin seen in closeup before hitting three-run triple. (Note: Martin would be named the MVP of this series.) Dodger fans look disgruntled until Dodgers come back to tie game with a home run by George Shuba and two-run single by Carl Furillo. But Yankees' Joe Collins put his team back in front with a home run.
Americans celebrate the news of victory over Germany and prepare for continued war against Japan in World War II. Spirited Boeing employees celebrate news of victory over Germany in Seattle, Washington. They wheel out a giant B-29 bomber from an aircraft production hangar with a "On To Tokyo" sign on its side. The Boeing workers stand in a group and wave and cheer. The shining dome of the nation's capitol commands the most attention in Washington DC. All the lights ate turned on in Times Square in New York City and it blazes glory. People of the whole world get crazy with dancing, singing and parties in the streets and celebration drinks on V-E day (Victory in Europe). A man with a pretend Hitler mustache is hoisted in the air. The torch of the Statue of Liberty is lighted in New York.
Indian culture, traditions and early beliefs of India. Streets in an Indian city. Troops come out from a gate. Monuments and a statue in India. Moslems pray. A Hindu holy man sits cross-legged. Temples and religious rituals performed by the Indians. A priest offers sanctified offerings to the people. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges. A Hindu religious procession. A funeral procession according to the Hindu religion. Hindu orthodoxism. Untouchables sweep streets. The untouchables are excluded from the society. Market stalls and sacred cattle. Wealthy princes and their retinues. A sign on the entrance gate of castle: Long Live Our Maharaja.
British domination is slowly being replaced by democracy in India. A sign:' cleanliness is 2nd to God'. An Indian woman on a street. Political riots in Pakistan. One man serves food and other eats advocating socialism. Views of British domination in India. Indian women attend a class for teaching care of babies. The instructor places a baby on a scale in front of the class. Men work at machines. People are illiterate and are unable to read. Indian laborers work in native industries. A train arrives at Mysore railway station. A sign: Mysore. Buildings and people on the streets of Mysore during the Indian independence movement. Industrial development by using natural resources and creation of employment: Workers work in a factory. A boy turns a wheel. Modernization in Mysore. Hydroelectric dams, irrigation canals and improved streets. Boys in a classroom paint pottery while an instructor draws on the blackboard. Jawaharlal Nehru, the political leader of the Congress Party, speaks to the party. A woman walks while shading herself with an umbrella.
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