Exteriors of copper mining plants at the Inspiration Mine and Miami in Arizona. A plant in the background. Smoke stacks emit smoke. View of a mine pit cause by caving beneath it in Miami.
Views of The Great Atlantic Hurricane lashing at northeast United States areas (after having already hit the North Carolina Outer Banks), and views of the aftermath and early cleanup following the storm. Regions shown include Atlantic City, Long Island (where it came ashore as a category 3 hurricane on September 15, 1944), New York City suburbs, and parts of New England. High surf flooding boardwalks and coastal cities. Trees bent over and snapped in high winds. People walking with difficulty in the high winds. Streets of towns submerged in water. Coastal docks destroyed and large boats scattered high onto shore areas. Trees, poles, and wires downed over roads and homes. Entire homes moved off of their foundations and placed down the street. The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" was the first example of a named hurricane by the Miami Hurricane Warning Office, which later became the National Hurricane Center. The name was meant to reflect the hurricane's size and intensity.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall arrives with President Harry Truman in a car at an airport. The Secretary talks with persons there. President shakes hands with him and bids goodbye. He moves to an airplane which displays on the door an official seal of the President of United States. The Secretary waves goodbye towards the people at the airport. The plane takes off.
A United States military convoy on a road during WWII. Some footage dramatized. Aerial view of convoy from fighter plane. Smoke screen dispersed by plane next to military convoy. Fast moving tanks drive through smoke screen. A very fast tank takes air as it jumps over large mound and comes crashing to the ground. A tank blasted by howitzers loses its tread in explosion. Major Stewart Doyle talks to officers and notes that "it is the duty of every officer when capture is imminent to destroy all codes, documents, and cypher device settings...." In dramatization, a United States army officer transcribes a radio message onto a piece of paper and hands it to a soldier. The soldier, wearing goggles, gets onto a motorcycle and speeds away. View of German sniper shooting motorcycle messenger speeding down road. German soldier steals message bag. German cryptographic decipher team working. Close up of clock as time changes in montage. German radio officer receives message. Convoy on road. German pilots receive command in office. Allied convoy being attacked by fighter planes. Major Doyle reminds viewers to "know your rules on cryptographic security measures...."
Cotton Carnival in Memphis. A series of parties staged at Carnival. Current year's selected King, Queen and Royal Court of carnival. Presentations and parade by all cotton producing states. Decorated floats go by in a night time parade as crowd cheers. Floats have elaborate artwork and kings and queens. Flags of cotton producing states seen on many floats, including Georgia 1956 flag incorporating the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia float.
Buildings of the Chicago University, Chicago. Metallurgical Laboratory in the university campus. Eckhart Hall in the foreground. Ryerson Hall Physical Laboratory in the background. A man comes out from the entrance to Ekhart Hall. Lettering 'Eckhart Hall' above the entrance.
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