Workers raise 20-ton Bourdon bell, the world's largest tuned carillon bell, 400 feet to Riverside Church (490 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10027, United States) tower in New York City. The Bourdon bell was funded by John D. Rockefeller, a parishioner at the church. Man stands next to the large bell. The 20-ton bell being raised to be put on the Riverside Church tower. The church is in Harlem between Riverside Drive and Claremont Ave (between 120th Street and 122nd Street).
A parade held on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The parade held for the crew of the B-17 "Memphis Belle." Men on horses. A man riding a horse holds a U.S. flag. The crew rides in a jeep in the parade. Landmark buildings in Las Vegas before the "glitter gulch" days are seen, including Bank of Nevada; the Jack Pot Casino with a small amount of neon lighting; the Boulder Club with somewhat more neon lighting; the Apache Lounge, Cafe, and Hotel with its art deco signage at the Corner of Fremont and Second, and the El Portal Theatre at 310 Fremont Street which was the city's first movie theater; a directional arrow sign for the Hotel Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). After the parade on Fremont Street, the crew moves on to Las Vegas Army Airfield (today it is Nellis Air Force Base). They gather on a raised speaker's stand near the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle. Troops assembled on the airfield, B-17, and crew of the Memphis Belle. The crew is introduced and the Memphis Belle crew members address the gathered soldiers. A United States Army Air Force band plays. A crowd around the Memphis Belle after the ceremonies. (World War II period).
The Bell XV-3 (Bell 200) tiltrotor aircraft, s/n 54-147, is tested in Hurst, Texas on August 11, 1954. This was the first of what would become a long line of Bell 'Osprey' tiltrotor planes. Bell Chief Test Pilot Floyd Carlson sits in the cockpit of the XV-3, also known as the "Convertiplane." Another man stands beside the cockpit and talks to Carlson. Wide shot shows the XV-3 hovering in front of the Bell Aircraft Corp. building. Three blade rotors mounted on the ends of the wing.
Bell X-1A with B-29 Superfortress. B-29 Superfortress and Bell X-1A in flight. Contrails left out by X-1A. B-29 in flight with Bell X-1 hanging from the bottom of the fuselage. Bell X-1A in flight. Mountains in background. Insignia of United States. X-1A hanging from the fuselage of B-29 in flight.
Madeleine Hartog Bell of Peru (Miss World, 1967) and Bob Hope at the 4th Infantry Division's base Camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Madeleine Hartog Bell comes on the stage and waves to the soldiers gathered there. Bob Hope and Madeleine Hartog Bell speak. A soldier, John W. Spencer, joins them on stage. John Spencer speaks to Bob Hope and Madeleine Hartog Bell. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Generals visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz and U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley visit the Liberty Bell. They touch the bell and smile. Philadelphia Mayor, Bernard Samuels,shows them inscribed names and a crack in the bell. The Generals pose with, an unidentified Major General, for a camera. Military officers, in a reviewing stand, rise to applaud the Generals. The American flag in the background.
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