Multiple scenes of groups of people in the United States gathered around radios, listening. Timing is conclusion of labor strike by Coal Miners in the United States. On December 7, 1946, United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis called an end to a walkout of 400,000 coal miners that he had called on November 20, 1946. First scene shows a family seated in a living room listening to the news on a large console radio. The men, young and old, share cigarettes and pipes and smoke while listening intently. Next scene is a bar or tavern and shows a group of men, presumably coal miners, gathered around a portable radio on the bar to listen to the news. Two large American flags hang in the bar. Several men are drinking beer. Next scene shows four men playing cards at a table while they listen to a portable radio on the table. Wall calendar page for December 1946 is on the wall behind them. Next scene shows three men gathered around a wood burning pot belly stove that is heating a room, as they listen to a portable radio. Final scene shows a man and a woman huddled close to a living room console radio as they listen.
New presiding Bishop at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC, United States. People gather in large number to witness the ceremonies at the cathedral. John E. Hines , the new presiding bishop for the cathedral. Men recite prayer.
Assassination of United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Brief shot of Air Force One aircraft on runway before taking off from Love Field in Dallas Texas, carrying the body of the President to Washington DC. Still image of Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the oath of office en route back to Washington, as he becomes the new President of the United States. Air Force One taking off from Love Field in Dallas. View of Air Force One parked at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Pallbearers and other attendants take out the casket from the airplane and place it in a hearse. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy follows, holding the hand of Robert Kennedy, and they are assisted down from the lift to the ground. Mrs. Kennedy moves up to enter the hearse carrying the President's body. Brief view of mourners and people gathered behind fences at the airport. President Johnson and his wife debark from Air Force One. The President addresses the people through a microphone. He speaks about the sudden death of former President Kennedy and states that he will do his best for the country. Exterior of the White House at night. President Johnson and his wife debark from a helicopter at the White House. People gather near the White House to greet the new President. View through a White House window of President Johnson and advisors meeting that night.
Members of the Roosevelt cabinet address the nation in the United States. They make predictions for the new year. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull seated at his desk. He talks about trade among nations. He states that the present program is to secure trade agreement. U.S. Secretary of War George H. Dern states that everybody will serve for the best of the country. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson talks about the role of the navy. Postmaster General James A. Farley talks about the leadership of U.S. President Franklin D.Roosevelt and the fighting spirit of the American people. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace speaks about the conditions of farmers. U.S. Secretary of the Interiors Harold Ickes states that more jobs will be created by construction of public works. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper wishes all a new year.
Young men recruits leaving a city to join the United States Army, for service in World War I. A crowd of mostly women behind ropes at a train station, saying goodbye to young men as they prepare to join military service in the American Expeditionary Force heading to France in World War 1. Women crying and in tears as they say goodbye to soldiers. Soldiers receiving new uniforms and putting them on. Soldiers pulling on new boots and getting measured for pants and shirts. Newly recruited soldiers doing "setting-up exercise" drills and calisthenics at a training camp.
Activities at the Operation New Life / New Arrival ceremony for Vietnamese refugees, held at Harrisburg International Airport (1 Terminal Dr, Middletown, PA 17057, United States) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Microphones and tape equipment. Crowd of spectators wave American flags. Military policemen talk with Pennsylvania State policemen at the airport. The dignitaries and the officials walk towards the speakers stand. Civilian photographers take pictures. People wearing 1970s clothing fashions. A woman wearing sunglasses looks away.
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