African Americans contributing to community and nation in the United States. Unnamed African Americans seen at work include: Welder; Quality control inspector; Chemist; Accountant; Machinist; fabric testing technician; White collar workers and executives; A credit manager in a major department store; and a bank teller. James Temple, Jr., and engineer with a St. Louis Public Utility, is seen in his office. Ora Higgins, Human Resources Director of one of the world's largest mail order houses, seen at her desk, interviewing an applicant. View of Willard S. Townsend, Labor Leader, and President of the United Transport Service Employees of America. Scenes of Annual Meeting of the National Negro Business League (NNLB), in Atlanta, Georgia, where its President, Horace Sutters, presents the Businessman of the year award to Samuel B. Fuller of Chicago, founder of the Fuller Products Company, who, himself, later became President of the League and owner of several newspapers, a department store and a theater.
Americans celebrate the news of victory over Germany and prepare for continued war against Japan in World War II. Spirited Boeing employees celebrate news of victory over Germany in Seattle, Washington. They wheel out a giant B-29 bomber from an aircraft production hangar with a "On To Tokyo" sign on its side. The Boeing workers stand in a group and wave and cheer. The shining dome of the nation's capitol commands the most attention in Washington DC. All the lights ate turned on in Times Square in New York City and it blazes glory. People of the whole world get crazy with dancing, singing and parties in the streets and celebration drinks on V-E day (Victory in Europe). A man with a pretend Hitler mustache is hoisted in the air. The torch of the Statue of Liberty is lighted in New York.
U.S. soldier radio announcer speaking in the studio of a local military broadcasting station at the Vogelweh military housing area of Kauserslautern, Germany. Broadcasting technician in the control room. A sign: 'On Air, Studio B'. An Army Sergeant and a soldier carry on a conversation that is being broadcast.
Generals arrive in Tokyo, Japan. General George I. Back gets out of a car. He walks to review line and salutes. Next to him is Major Richard B. Windsor. Troops parade past him. Cars drive past.
Thrills at the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. A V-formation of P-l2s in flight. Crowd-filled stands at the Cleveland Air Races. A formation of U.S. Navy F4B-4s in sets of three in flight Clarence MacArthur flies a 1910 Curtiss pusher-type aircraft. Waco Taperwing aircraft trails smoke in a dive, levels off and climbs. Milo Burcham flies in a P-12 aircraft. Mary Pickford looks up at the sky and points. Two policemen, a civilian and an army officer stand in the background. A crowd-filled grandstand. Milo Burcham in the aircraft rolls over and flies upside down. He flies low over the ground and goes into a vertical climb. People stand behind a fence. A Kinner Bird minus a wheel in flight. Its engine stops. It touches the ground down and skids. Parachutists jump from two Ford Trimotor C-3As. A number of parachutists descend and two of the parachutists land.
31st anniversary celebration of a Wright aircraft at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. Several men push an early Wright aircraft. Mr. Orville Wright stands and smiles. Several men pull a rope which lifts a weight in a tower in order to launch the Wright aircraft. The aircraft is in the background. Several men push the Wright aircraft and turn it around near a launch track. Two men turn the propellers on an early Wright Pusher. The launch of the Wright aircraft. The aircraft in flight low over the ground. A tug tows a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat on a road. Water on either side of the road. Hangars and buildings in the background. The S-42 takes off from water surface. The copilot of the camera aircraft. Seven P3Y Catalina in a step-down formation. A Boeing 247 in flight. 306 and 600 lb bombs drop from United States Army Air Corps B-3As and explode on the ground. Bomb-pitted earth. A civilian inspects a bomb crater.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.