Close up of a flat tire. Men get out of a blue 1967 Volkswagen Squareback station wagon on shoulder of desert highway. Billboard reads “Check you gas, oil and temp gauges”. "What a drag!" one of them exclaims. Young men sitting at gas station garage while another rolls new tire into place to replace a flat. Volkswagen Squareback station wagon driving on desert highway. A Greyhound (2464) bus driving to California as seen from a moving car. Desert highway traffic with palm trees and setting sun. Police car pulling over a Volkswagen on desert highway in evening. Driver shows his license to a police officer holding a flashlight at night. Police officer says, "I have no alternative but to issue you a citation for speeding." Close up of speeding ticket being handed to driver. Exasperated driver pounds steering wheel after receiving a speeding ticket, saying, "my first ticket in three years!"
Street scenes in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. A bus stops in front of a Yates & Milton Drugstore (230 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States) in Atlanta, Georgia, owned by Clayton R. Yates and Lorimer D. Milton. A “Drink Coca-Cola Prescriptions” sign hangs outside the drugstore. African American commuters board the bus in front of the drugstore. Southern Bread advertisement on bus reads “New! Made with Buttermilk … Southern Bread”. African American men and women pass by the Yates & Milton Drugstore in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood. Butler Street YMCA (22 Jesse Hill Jr Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States--formerly 20-24 Butler St) located in the Sweet Auburn Historic District, next to the Walden Building. Pedestrians crossing the road in front of the Yates & Milton Drugstore. Alexander & Company (208 Auburn Ave NE #10, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States) and Citizens Trust Co. building next door (210 Auburn Ave. NE) beside the Big Bethel AME Church. The Atlanta Daily World editorial office and printing press facility is also seen at 210 Auburn. (The Atlanta Daily World business office was located elsewhere on Auburn.) . A rotating time and temperature monitoring clock on top of the Citizens Trust Co. sign. This was the first African American owned bank to join the FDIC.
The Dawg House restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. Sign hanging in storefront reads “The noblest of all animal is the dog- and the noblest of all dogs is the hot dog- it feeds the hand that bites it – Leo Aikman”. Pedestrians crossing the Forsyth Street at intersection with Peachtree St. in front of the Arthur Murray dance studio. Billboard on top of building reads “Miami New Everglades Hotel”. Cars stopping for pedestrians to cross Forsyth. Pedestrians in early 1960s fashions walk past a hat boutique. A Hoover truck is parked on the street. A woman crosses the street while holding her toddler son. View of downtown Atlanta as seen from a moving car. S.H. Kress department store and Baker’s Shoes shop on Broad Street.
Visitors from all over China attend the agricultural exhibition at the Beijing Exhibition Center (Beijing Exhibition Center, Zoo, Xicheng District, China) during the Great Leap Forward. Agricultural machinery and equipment are on display. Floral and traditional Chinese textiles on display. Rototilling machines. A visitor turns the wheel of rice transplanting machine. Chinese visitors watch a running combine harvester. Chinese farming tractors on display including some that run on alternate fuels. A steam tractor on display. Men sitting on red tractors. New Chinese made cars. Turbines of different sizes on display. Chinese boys climb on a steam locomotive. One of the first steam shovels made in China. Irrigation machinery of various types on display, including wind powered, pour water into a pond through pipes. A woman opens a solar cooker and removes lid of steaming pot inside. An elderly Chinese man and a woman talking to each other. Chinese children playing by the pool outside the Beijing Exhibition Center. Chinese girls smiling.
Chinese Vice Director of Machinery Plant Number 1 in Shenyang, China stands with his office staff. Newly built lathes in the factory during China's Great Leap Forward program. A Chinese worker operating one of the lathes. Workers pull a crate containing a new lathe while other workers insert rollers underneath the crate to keep it rolling.
A man views a British Royal Air Force (RAF) recruitment poster. Poster reads “Join the R.A.F. and see the world”. British men marching through gate as they enter a military base as new recruits prior to World War 2. Several recruits trying on RAF coats in front of officers inside an office. Factory workers working on aircraft and mounting engine in a fighter plane, probably a Hawker Hurricane. Aerial view of an airfield with airplanes parked in formation.
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