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An announcement by President Harry Truman in the United States about the possession of an atomic bomb by Russia.

An announcement by President Harry Truman in the United States. Men read newspapers at news stands announcing nuclear tests conducted by the Soviet Union, proving that Russia has nuclear weapons. President Truman announces that Russia possesses an atomic bomb. A meeting of the United Nations delegates in New York after the announcement. Soviet official Andrei Y. Vishinsky exits a car at the UN and refuses comment to reporters regarding the nuclear testing. Other men greet him. United Nations officials seated inside UN building. President of the UN General Assembly Carlos Peña Romulo addresses the officials and states that the United Nations and the world now must strive harder for atomic controls.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1949, September 26
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062834
German prisoners of war undergo a training for re-building their nation on democratic lines at Fort Getty in the United States (WW2)

United States Army school retains former German soldiers captured during World War II at Fort Getty in the United States. A United States official teaches a group of German soldiers. Former Congressman Colonel Smith takes a class. They read a book titled 'History of the United States'. German prisoners of war are given certificates upon their graduation. A soldier holds the 'Certificate of Achievement' in hand.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063523
Saturn rocket test launch; John F. Kennedy present at Polaris missile launch in the United States

A film about missile launches in the United States. A Saturn rocket on a pad. The launch of the rocket. Cameramen in action. Arrival of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in a United States Air Force Boeing VC-137C (Air Force One) and tour of Cape on November 16, 1963. President Kennedy in a car with Major General Leighton I. Davis Commander Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) and James Webb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator, together with Launch Operations Center Director Kurt Debus. Astronauts Major Leroy Gordon Cooper and Major Virgil Grissom in civilian clothes brief Kennedy on the Gemini program. The President with Senator George A. Smathers and Werner Von Braun at the base of the Saturn rocket. President Kennedy boards a United States Marine Corps (USMC) VH-3A helicopter. The helicopter takes off and lands on USNS ( United States Navy Ship ) Observation Island (T-AGM-23). President Kennedy wearing a sailor jacket meets the commander of the ship. He observes the Polaris missile launch from USS Andrew Jackson submarine on 16th November, 1963. President Kennedy talks to Major General Davis and Dr. Kurt Debus at the launch operations division of the NASA. He boards a Boeing VC-137C aircraft at Cape Canvaeral and bids farewell.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1963, November 16
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067244
SAC Commander-in-Chief General Bruce Holloway congratulates the 340th Bombardment Group as FB-111 unit lands in the U.S.

Well selection of USAF Strategic Air Command, 340th Bombardment Group in the United States. The USAF General Dynamics F-111 in flight. Commanders of Strategic Air Command (SAC) at dais. The F-111 lands and taxis. The signal officer directs the F-111. A sign reads : '340th Bombardment Group, SAC's First FB-111 Unit'. General Bruce K. Holloway, Commander-in-Chief of the SAC congratulates the 340th Bombardment Group and FB-111 unit on well selection. Large crowds rush towards the unit.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1969
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071561
Japanese bomb balloons bound for the United States are shot down; examination of parachute and bomb apparatus

Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071921
Chaplains give memorial address during the Memorial services for the USS Thresher at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,United States.

Memorial services for the U.S. Navy nuclear fast attack submarine Thresher (SSN-593) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,United States. Enlisted personnel man the Memorial. Dependents of the deceased men of the U.S. Navy nuclear fast attack submarine Thresher (SSN-593) arrive for the ceremony. People take their seats. Vice Admiral Smedberg ,Chief of Bureau of Naval Personnel,Vice Admiral Elton Watters Grenfell,(COMSUBLANT)Commander Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet arrive. High ranking officers take their seats. Color guard aboard the memorial. Crowd stand during the National Anthem. Mr K E Belieu,Assistant Secretary of Navy (SECNAV) for Installation and Logistics speaks from podium on Memorial. United States Navy officer Rabbi Jacobson speaks and gives a prayer. Choral group perform on the memorial. Lieutenant Commander Keanley,United States Navy Chaplain give memorial address and then leave the podium. Chief of the United States Navy Chaplains,Rear Admiral J Floyd Dreith gives memorial address. Unidentified high ranking officer speaks from podium. Officers on the memorial at the salute. Dependents and public stand during the ceremony. Dependents leave their seats and disperse after the ceremony.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1963, April 15
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072417
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