Crowds listening to Ohio Senator George H. Bender’s speech during his 1956 re-election campaign at Cleveland Public Square (50 Public Square Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH 44113) in Cleveland, Ohio. The Presbyterian Old Stone Church is seen in the background. President Dwight D. Eisenhower waves to the crowds on Superior Avenue, in front of Wilshire Building. Confetti is being thrown from a building. Secret Service men following President Eisenhower’s 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine. Crowds gather on the street to watch President Eisenhower’s motorcade through downtown Cleveland and suburbs. President Eisenhower greets pilots at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower smiles before boarding aircraft. President Eisenhower holds the flag of Ohio beside Mrs. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower waves his hat to say goodbye to supporters. Supporters disperse from the airfield after President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower board the aircraft.
1956 Presidential election campaign in the United States: Crowds of supporters holding United States flags, “Re-elect President Eisenhower” and “Re-elect Senator Bender” signs at Cleveland Public Square (50 Public Square Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH 44113) in Cleveland, Ohio. President Dwight D. Eisenhower puts on his glasses and addresses the crowd from a podium. He reads his speech to supporters at Cleveland Public Square. The Presbyterian Old Stone Church is seen in the background. Cameramen with cameras in the crowd. Rear view showing President Eisenhower delivering his speech. President Eisenhower is seen from his 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine during a motorcade in downtown Cleveland. Presidential Secret Service follow Eisenhower’s limousine. Crowds wave at President Eisenhower and his wife First Lady Mamie Eisenhower at Superior Avenue. Crowds watching President Eisenhower’s motorcade. A sign reads “We Like Ike” at the back of the crowd.
World War II German film (“Arbeitskopie” or “working copy”) showing men lifting a Gotha Go-242 transport glider using a hydraulic jack. The port side of German Go-242 glider front fuselage. Two civilian workers place a large hydraulic jack under the nose of the Go-242 aircraft. They raise the Go-242’s nose section about 5 feet off the ground. Two other civilians place a two-wheel under-carriage under the middle part of aircraft fuselage. View of worker's hands as he attaches wheels to fuselage frame. German soldiers push two side-car motorcycles into rear of aircraft with open half of fuselage. Fuselage drops down and closes as seen from the rear half of aircraft. Interior close ups of the position of two motorcycles with soldiers (possibly paratroopers) sitting in seats. A tractor towing the Go-242 glider on airfield.
World War 2 German soldier backs a small combination tractor-motorcycle type into an open Gotha Go-242 transport glider fuselage. Two soldiers are seen from rear of aircraft. Snow is seen in the background. Two ammunition trailers are pushed after the two motorcycles. Close-up as another side-car motorcycle is pushed inside aircraft fuselage. The soldiers place two wooden planks back inside the fuselage. They board the aircraft. Rear of open fuselage with four German soldiers standing in doorway. A soldier releases steel hinge or arm which holds open the rear part of fuselage. The rear part slowly goes down and closes.
German military vehicle with four German soldiers sitting in it backs up to rear of open fuselage of a Gotha Go-242 transport glider in Germany during World War II. Rear view of military vehicle backing up as seen from Go-242 fuselage. A small truck towing the Go-242 right to left on a snowy airfield. The Go-242 is towed past the camera.
German soldiers loading Howitzers into a parked Gotha Go-242 transport glider on ground covered with snow. The rear of the fuselage is raised. Soldiers pushing in a World War II 105mm type German Howitzer. Two soldiers inside aircraft use hand pulley to pull in the Howitzer. The soldiers load more Howitzers into the aircraft. Interior shots of Go-242 glider as soldier fastens the just close rear part of fuselage. Soldiers continue to fasten and secure the Howitzer to aircraft deck using cloth straps. Go-242 towed by a small truck from right to left. The aircraft goes past ground camera and then right to left again over snow-cleared runway.
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