Animated map of the Soviet Union. Animated map depicts the distance between United States and Europe. A map of the Soviet Union. The map locates the White Sea, the Volga River, the Caucasus Mountains and Siberia. The east west expanse of the Soviet Union is depicted as 4662 miles. Animated map depicts the area covered by the Soviet Union which is equivalent to the areas of Canada, the United States and Europe put together. A map locates the Caucasians Mountains on the map of the Soviet Union.
African American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong in the United States. Armstrong speaking during an interview. He says that he was born in 1900, in "James Alley." (He was actually born in 1901.) A large crowd gathered likely on Canal Street in New Orleans during Mardi Gras circa 1930s. A large float in the parade. Highlights of Louis's life. Louis Armstrong's childhood home, shortly before it was demolished in the mid-1960s. In 1901, Louis Armstrong is born on August 4th, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mary (Mayann) and William Armstrong. A photograph of Louis with his mother, Mayann, and sister, Mama Lucy (Beatrice), c. 1922. View of the French Quarter in New Orleans, with characteristic ironwork and porches. A horse carriage and a vehicle moving down a city street. A view of Louis Armstrong's teachers Bunk Johnson, Joe 'King' Oliver and others. Louis Armstrong says that he has played with all the best musicians. Louis Armstrong seated with a trumpet in his hand and other musicians standing beside him.
The Civilian Conservation Corps in the United States during the Great Depression. A reveille bugle calls on trumpet to wake Civilian Conservation Corps men. CCC men sleep in beds in a barracks. A CCC man gets up. A CCC officer issues a uniform to a man. A CCC volunteer enters a hospital. A doctor examines his eye. CCC cook carving a large piece of beef steak. Food in a dish as a CCC man eats it in a dining hall.
A man listens to his radio in a room in the United States. An American man seated on a chair. He listens to the radio and operates the buttons on it. A photo frame kept on the vintage radio. A close up of the man. A lamp in the background.
A family relaxes while listening to the radio in their home. The father sits in a chair, smoking a cigarette. His wife sits across from him doing needlework. A large wooden console radio sits on the floor nearby. Their young son reads a book. Books kept on a shelf in the background. The man and woman comment occasionally during the broadcast. A close up of the radio dials.
A family with five children is gathered in their living room to listen to a radio broadcast. They sit around their large wooden console radio, listening and occasionally commenting.