Boys display their model airplanes in Boston, Massachusetts. The boys show their airplanes. The model airplanes fly over a grassy field. Several views of airplanes flying. The boys eating at a table. Trophies on a table in front of men.
An oil refinery in the United States. Oil tanks for storage of oil in the oil refinery. Oil barrels stacked near tank cars. View of tank cars.
An oil refinery in the United States. An oil tank holding about 55,000 barrels of oil at the refinery. Crude oil stills at the refinery. A worker cleans a still and bolts manholes. Rotary pumps force oil to the stills and then heat is applied. Coal is delivered to a stoker under each still by automatic machinery. Animation of a still detailing the process of oil distillation.
An oil refinery in the United States. Pipelines used to transport oil to the refinery. Heating of oil in containers. Boxes in receiving house which permit inspection and testing of oil as it come from stills. Tests are made by workers to determine quality and gravity of oils. Tanks to store oil awaiting further treatment.
An oil refinery in the United States. When oil has passed from stills after distillation, there remains coke which must be removed. A man wears a mask and gloves before entering a still. The man removes coke from the still. Workmen relax. Coke is cooled. Workers shovel coke. A crane dumps coke. Oil is transported to stills where test products are made by further distilling. A receiving house where pumps are used to pump oil to the stills and from the stills back to the receiving house.
A film based on events held in different nations prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 16, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A Columbus Day Parade in the United States prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis shows girls dancing along a street and a band playing. A crowd lining up a street. Flags of the U.S. held by marching men. A crowd cheers at a baseball game between the Yankees and the San Francisco Giants. A little girl in calipers becomes the poster girl for March of Dimes (polio charity). The First Lady of the United States Jackie Kennedy with children of foreign diplomats. Fireworks in Uganda celebrating independence. A torchlight vigil held in Vatican.
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