British Indian Army 19th Infantry Division beachhead in Kwauk-Myaung area, Burma during World War II. The troops get into an assault boat. The troops in boats cross Irrawaddy river near Singu. The troops with their supplies walk along side the river. The troops get into a boat. They cross the river. The troops row the boat using oars. Native Burmese water elephants on river bank. The elephants drink water from the river. The natives in a raft. The troops pull the raft towards the river bank. the They get into the raft to cross river.
First General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) opens in Vienna, Austria. Vienna Grand Hotel, next to the Vienna Opera House, serves as the Agency’s temporary headquarters. View of Vienna Grand Hotel (Grand Hotel GmbH c/o Grand Hotel Wien, Kärntner Ring 9, 1010 Vienna, Austria), where the conference is being held. Vienna Tram moving in front of Grand Hotel. The flag of the participating nations on the building. A United Nation flag on the building. The delegates seated in the conference hall. A delegate shakes hands with the delegation head. President of Austria Adolf Scharf arrives with other officials. The Austrian President welcomes the delegates. He shakes hands with the head of the delegates. People taking pictures. The head of the delegates stand at a podium.
Policemen uses the “Picture Puzzle” method to create a sketch of a criminal’s face in California. A seated woman describes the features of a criminal to a Richmond, California police technician George Meyer. A man pointing to a collection of cards depicting several types of male hairstyle and pairs of eyes. Policeman attaches several cards to create a face of a criminal. Woman uses hand gestures to describe the criminal’s eyes. The police technician picks up the eyes portion from the puzzle. The woman describes the face. Woman picks a card depicting a chin. Policemen attach pieces of facial features together like a puzzle to make a face of a criminal. Policemen holding a mugshot of a criminal.
Champion apple picker Rex Grunewald harvests 6 tons of apples in Washington, United States. Men and women on ladders pick apples from trees in apple orchards. A smiling woman picking apples from a tree. Apples on a tree. Yakima native Rex Grunewald vigorously picking apples. Grunewald carries his harvested apples in a sack. Grunewald places apples in a box. View of the 450 boxes of apples harvested by the champion picker.
The Velser tunnel, a river crossing tunnel under the North Sea Canal in IJmuiden (part of the municipality of Velsen), North Holland, is inaugurated by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana boards a train with Dutch officials. The train crosses the two-lane Velser tunnel to the other side. School children wave the Dutch flag upon the arrival of Queen Juliana’s train. Queen Juliana cuts the ribbon to open the Velser tunnel to the public. Vehicles begin to cross the Velser tunnel after the inauguration.
A blond fashion model wearing a thick raccoon fur coat waves at a passing car on the road. Women wearing Roaring-Twenties style raccoon fur coats pose in front of a vintage car. Smiling models in raccoon coats from Hess’s, a department store owned by entrepreneur Max Hess in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Models showing off “Preppy style” clothing popular on Ivy league campuses. A woman twirls to show off her plaid swing skirt. A woman wearing a “Preppy” sweater and plaid skirt stands up. A blond model wearing a striped long-sleeved blouse and black tapered pants plays on the swing. A brunette model sits on the grass while modeling a thick geometric sweater and Bermuda pants. A girl playing golf, hitting the golf ball.
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