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USIS programs include musical Porgy and Bess and orchestra, sprinter Jesse Owens, writer William Faulkner, and a trade show.
Faces of smiling audience watching performers bow at the conclusion of a performance of Porgy and Bess sponsored by the USIS. View of performance by the "Symphony of the Air, " formerly known as the NBC Toscanini Orchestra, in Tokyo. Author William Faulkner is seen visiting with an audience in Japan. Olympic athlete Jesse Owens shows his running block technique to a crowd gathered in Malaya. Jesse Owens signs autographs for a crowd gathered around him. A test preview of a USIS "People's Capitalism" exhibit is shown at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Two Asian women place a pot on a stove as part of the exhibit. A 1955 Ford Thunderbird convertible is displayed at an international trade fair in Salonika, Greece. A man demonstrates and electric razor at the Greek trade show sponsored by USIS. King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece visit the U.S. trade fair and watch children play on a jungle gym, with toy tractors and with a toy teepee. A crowd gathered at the trade show stand in line to see themselves on a television monitor. View of crowd seen on television. A large spiral display sponsored by USIS demonstrates the "Open Skies Proposal" A model of a B-52 bomber is also at the display.
Voice of America broadcast programs on radio in many languages all over world to cover people beyond reach.
Map of world. Three distinct areas :The Soviet Union, Satellite countries and Red China shown on map to cover the people beyond reach. Radio networks and transmissions sign on map. Wide shot of Coast Guard cutter 'Courier' underway in the Mediterranean. The Courier operates as a radio relay station. Closeup of phonograph record turntables running on cradles that rock with the movement of the ship. Lighted "ON AIR" sign is seen. Technicians set the frequencies and operate the relay station. Broadcasting programs in different languages on radio. Men in the Soviet Union gather next to a radio to listen to a Voice of America on a radio. Picture of Lenin seen on the wall behind them. Camera zooms out to reveal woman listening to broadcast as well. Broadcast programs give message of hope to whole world.
American magazine published by USIA and placed overseas.
Magazine of America. Pictures of American life, system, customs and Russian aspects of American culture in magazine. American books and magazines in overseas. Books in CARE book shelf and women read books. Board of '99 inspiring books' in CARE. The magazine collected by overseas private organizations, various libraries and individuals. American organization informations in magazine. Officials move one city to another. One man points out. Board of 'Salute to Rome'. Mayor of Rome travels Boston.
USIA tells the story of America, its democracy and diplomacy through ideas, people and pictures.
USIA tells the story of America. The Unanimous Declaration for the States of America by the Congress on July 4, 1776. The Statue of Liberty in New York. Atomic bomb explodes in Japan during the world war. U.S. troops prepare to defend America. U.S. State diplomats sign documents as they deal with Diplomacy. United States information Agency (USIA) tells the story of America through various means dealing with ideas, people and pictures. A person reads a book, announcers broadcast over radio, and cameramen record events. The USIA seal.
View through the windshield of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber and a KC-135 refueling boom.
A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber in flight. View through windshield showing windshield wiper and out rear cockpit toward tail of aircraft. Aircraft in flight over clouds. KC-135 refueling boom seen attached and detaching. Belly of the B-47. View of the sun through the clouds.
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Shelton (DD-790) and a U.S. Air Force T-29
Aerial view of U.S. Navy destroyer, USS Shelton (DD-790) sailing. Aerial views of a U.S. Air Force T-29 ("Flying classroom") with radome under fuselage, in flight over water. Clouds over the aircraft. U.S. Air Force roundel on the starboard side of the plane.