The U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy outlines the peace corps program in Washington D.C., United States. The American students construct houses in Africa during an exchange program. A student puts cement on wall under construction using a shovel. Students stand on a bamboo scaffold and other work with shovels. Students pass bricks. A student washes his face. The students lined up for food. They sit and eat food using mess kit. Exteriors of the White House. The president John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the White house outlines the peace corps program. He speaks that the American peace corps will go abroad to work with the citizens of the newly developed countries. The peace corps will work in three major sectors : teaching,agriculture and health. The aim of the peace corps is to make a peaceful world.
Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
The modern city of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. An aerial view of the city of Honolulu. Automobile traffic on a road. Exteriors of a municipal building, a library, the University of Hawaii and schools. Exteriors of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. A car parked outside houses. The houses of bishops. A view of hotels. Boats and ships from various countries in a harbor. Buildings of various business corporations. Cars parked outside the buildings. A dramatization: two men talk about sugarcane and pineapple cultivation. They talk about the Japanese as labors to cultivate sugarcane and pineapple.
Japanese people and Japanese Americans in Honolulu, Hawaii before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Japanese workers. Narrator discusses origins of Japanese workers and various trades and businesses in which they work. A street with houses on either sides and clothes hanging. Japanese people walking on the street. People walk in front of shops. Automobile traffic in the background. Japanese men pour from a container. People in a flower shop. Children outside their houses. Clothes drying on ropes. Japanese children outside a school. The 1941 telephone book in Japanese. A daily newspaper printed on machines. Stacked newspapers. Japanese workers work in a sugarcane field. They load cargo on a cart. Boards of the various Japanese financial institutions. People enter a bank. Women fishing and boats in a river. Japanese people work as shopkeepers. A Japanese doctor. Workers carry cargo on a trolley. A man sits in a dentist clinic. The dentist opens a door. Japanese nurses come out of a building. People on a street. Exterior of a Japanese hotel. Boards read Japanese people in various occupation.
Japanese people and Japanese Americans in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Two actors talk about Japanese and American population. The chairman of Oahu Citizens Committee for Home Defense speaks about the loyalty of the Japanese American towards the United States. Japanese children sing American loyalty songs in schools. A Japanese girl stands. A Japanese boy salutes. The two actors talk about Japanese children going to the American schools as well as to the Japanese schools. A Japanese school in the U.S. A teacher teaches the students in a class. Japanese children sing in Japanese.
Japanese people and Japanese American people in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Exterior of a Japanese temple. Young Japanese girls enter the temple. The girls remove their footwear and then enter the temple. They are taught religion in the temple. A Shinto priest explains that Hirohito is God. Japanese temples and architecture. A dramatization: two men discuss about the Japanese practicing their religion and argue as to whether they are disloyal.
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