Events related to China's First Thermonuclear Test. Chinese people celebrate upon the news of the successful nuclear weapon test by China. View of the headlines in several major newspapers in China regarding China's first successful thermonuclear test. Chinese people play drums, sing, dance and celebrate on streets. Picture of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung in the parades. English translation overlays Chinese narrator.
Private Thomas Eugene Atkins being presented a farm in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Winner of the Congressional Medal Thomas Atkins is presented a new farm by townsfolk. Thomas Atkins and his wife enter the house and look out of a window. Food being served to the guests. Atkins and his wife eat.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric train moves down a railroad track on the New Haven and Hartford railroad route. An electric freight train moves along a track. An engine backs up on a track. A freight railroad train moves along a track.
Cardinal Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli being acclaimed as Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, Rome. Rites being performed at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome to mark the passing of Pope Pius XI. The new Pope stands in a balcony with other dignitaries. Pope Pius XII wearing the papal tiara. Bells ringing in the Vatican. View of Saint Peter’s Basilica and Saint Peter’s Square. Italian women and a boy wearing black kneel in prayer at Saint Peter’s Square. Altar servers and Swiss Guards leading a procession inside the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Pope Pius XII carried on the sedia gestatoria blessing the crowds. Pope Pius XII seated while being flanked by the papal flabella (ostrich feather fans) in the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. A priest crowns Pope Pius XII with the papal tiara. Pope Pius XII blesses the large crowd gathered in Saint Peter’s Square (00120 Vatican City) to greet him.
New bar gadgets being exhibited by models in 1930s clothing and hair style fashions, in Chicago, Illinois. The cocktail bar gadgets being exhibited by models in designer costumes. Two women seated on chairs. A woman arrives and serves them cocktails from a unique cylinder bar cabinet. They sample snacks from a cocktail platter. They drink from small shot glasses. Two models put on heavy mitts on their hands and then shake cocktails in large shakers. One model is wearing an enormous bowtie. Three women seated on floor enjoy beer from a small keg. One model pours them beer and they toast and drink the beer. Models sip wine wearing unusual cocktail dresses.
New Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recruits from urban areas are examined by doctors at Army processing center during the Great Depression. Men stand on city sidewalk, with their luggage, waiting for bus to take them to the CCC processing center. One man stands in front of a large tent. Several men in civilian clothes, with luggage, line up at a discharge office, after completing their term of service. Army supervisor reads from a list as recruits respond by raising their hands. Recruits run from their tents, carrying their mess gear, as mess call is sounded. Recruits walk through a mess line and receive hot food. They sit and eat at large tables in a mess hall. Recruits are issued blankets, clothing, and personal items from Army quartermasters. Scenes of recruits making beds. A cot with a recruits belongings laid out upon it. Several recruits pose in their civilian clothes, and then in their uniforms. CCC men march, carrying shovels, and commence work on a construction project. Men, with wheelbarrows, work on the project.
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