Many people sustained injuries and three died as blaze sweeps a building in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Flames break out in the finishing department of the Cable Piano Company, spreading to the conservatory. Firefighters hose down building. Smoke rises from burning building. Crowds gather on the street to watch firefighters. Firemen care for injured man. A dead body being lowered from the building. Men carry out a dead body on stretcher.
The functions of United States Trade Center trade shows organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. manufacturers at a international trade show in Paris France talk to prospective international buyers. A man talks on phone. People inside the trade center. Woman explains about a product. Motor bikes or motorcycles displayed at the trade center. People look at various products. A man holds up a tank top with "USA" written on it. Women seated at a desk and working. One of the woman talks on telephone. View at an airport of a worker loading products into cargo bay of a SAS airplane for their transportation. Woman work for the promotion and marketing of the products. Vice President of the Sherry Manufacturing Company talks about the benefits of the international trade show programs. Scene changes to Washington DC and the sign reading 'Department of Commerce' outside the Department of Commerce building.
United States and Chinese airmen at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas July 1946. The Neo-Classical building is the Texas State Capital at Austin, Texas and Austin Texas is noted on the graduate’s diploma “Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas”. At this time the 349th Troop Carrier Group was based at Bergstrom and assigned to the Third Air Force, Tactical Air Command as noted on the diploma. Also “Air Force Combat Units of World War II” Edited by Maurer Maurer states this unit trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Film is very interesting in that it visually shows the transition from “Army brown to Air Force Blue” for the C-46s still carry the I TROOP CARRIER COMMAND insigne on the nose, with was disbanded on 4 Nov 1945 but they have the new AAF wide "Buzz Numbers" for all aircraft operating solely within the continental USA, by T.O. 07-1-1 of November 1945 and the graduate’s diploma is notating the new post-war air force type command reorganization of March 1946.
American workers load treasures of Egyptian King Tutankhamun (King Tut) onto USS Sylvania at the Navy Station in Norfolk, Virginia. USS Sylvania docked at the Navy Station. Cars parked in the foreground. Crowds standing next to the ship watch. A van with 'North American' written on it, drives past the workers. American civilians and workers work aboard the ship carrying the King Tut treasures on loan from Cairo Museum for a five city tour in the USA.
Tourists visit Charlestown in Boston, Massachusetts. View of the Bunker Hill Monument (Monument Sq, Charlestown, MA 02129, United States) with buildings in the background. People walk outside the Old State House located at the intersection of Washington and State Streets in Boston. The State Capitol Building (24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133, USA) with pedestrians walking by. View of the Custom House and Boston Harbor behind it.
A flight of 5 U.S. Army DH-4 pursuit airplanes takes off in loose formation from a grass field in the U.S.A. They join up in a "v" formation and fly overhead. The location is a well-established air base, containing many large hangars and other buildings and a tall water tower. Slate alludes to them performing a border patrol mission. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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