A video explaining the components of the “Brain Center” of the Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bomb- a weapon launched by Japan to drop bombs on the United States during World War 2. Man holds the ballast of the paper balloon bomb. Man pulls out fuse of demolition block. The plug from the battery to the barometer box is disconnected. Man lifts out the demolition box and battery box from the “Brain Center”. Man demonstrates the battery box and demolition box of the Fu-Go balloon bomb. Man takes out the demolition box. Man opens the battery case. Man takes out the middle box containing a solution of calcium chloride (acting as a thermal overcoat). Man points to a rubber plug in the middle box. Man takes out the battery of the middle box. Man reattaches the battery back to the middle box and returns the middle box to the battery box. Man puts back the lid of the battery box. The barometer (Aneroid) plate is taken out. Man demonstrates the aneroid board of the Fu-Go balloon bomb. Man takes off the lid of the main aneroid. Man points to the aneroid bellows, post, arm, clutch using a pencil. Man demonstrates two aneroid boards. Man points to aneroid before dismantling them. Man touches the contact rod of the aneroid. Man demonstrates pulling a plug on the “Brain Center” of the paper balloon bomb from Japan.
An African American man and boy singing a Christmas carol "Silent night" together. Black children raising their hands simultaneously. Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Carl Stokes speaks to children from various ethnicities. Narrator indicates he serves as a role model for African American youth. Black and white boys and girls listening. Closer view of a white boy listening. Two black children with curly Afro hair listening. A white boy propping his chin. Black and white girls laughing. A black girl smiles while chewing. Mayor Stokes speaking to students from Cleveland.
Jesse Jackson, an African American political activist and civil rights advocate, and Baptist minister, preaching to a black congregation in Chicago, Illinois. Jesse Jackson, dripping with sweat, delivers his sermon to the crowd. Black churchgoers crowd outside a church. Black people attend a sermon by Jesse Jackson. Elderly black men fanning themselves while listening to church sermon. Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches to African Americans to throw all sense of inferiority. Reverend Jesse Jackson pointing to congregation during his sermon. “You have given up on being first class citizens. You have given up on three meals a day. You have given up because somebody has defined you as a “White man’s slave” rather than God’s child. You are not put here to be a white man’s footstool. You’re put here to represent the best in God’s world!” says Jesse Jackson.
African American musicians playing music during a street demonstration in Chicago Illinois. Black musicians playing saxophones. A black drummer. Protesters watching black musicians pay music while standing on trucks. Young black majorettes marching with banners. Black men in military uniforms marching. Black women form a line while watching a demonstration. Jesse Jackson riding on a float depicting the United States flag and a photograph of African American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. A conductor leads a gospel choir of black men singing “Halleluiah”. The Capitol Theater (7941 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60620 ) in Chicago. “Kim Novak The Great Bank Robbery St. Valentines Day Massacre” is written on the theater marquee. Black activists distributes Operation Breadbasket flyers, promoting economic equality and civil rights, to pedestrians on a busy street near Jones Funeral Home (3240 West 79th Street Chicago, IL 60652). A white man wearing glasses receives a flyer. Two white nuns talking behind walking black girls. Black people walking on busy street.
A black man leads an African American “Operation Breadbasket” choir singing on a stage. Audience clapping at performance. A young black woman clapping. Black women watching inside a theater. A child is asleep during a performance. Reverend Jesse Jackson, a black Baptist minister and political activist and civil rights activist from Chicago, Illinois, preaches to African Americans. “Black can be beautiful.” said Jesse Jackson. Black and white Americans listen to the sermon of Jesse Jackson. Reverend Jackson delivers his sermon behind a podium. Reverend Jackson preaching racial equality, non-violence, and a proportionate share for blacks in Chicago’s economy.
African American Baptist minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson leading a black demonstration in Springfield, Illinois. Jesse Jackson linking arms with black activists. Demonstrators outside the Illinois State Capitol (401 S. 2nd St Springfield IL 62701). Black protesters pass by a statue of Abraham Lincoln outside the Illinois State Capitol. Legislators inside the Illinois State Capitol. Reverend Jesse Jackson delivers a sermon to Illinois state legislature. “Come to this land!” said Jesse Jackson. Photographers take photographs of Jesse Jackson and officials walking to the Office of the Mayor (Chicago). Jesse Jackson during a hearing with the Mayor of Chicago.
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