Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show (Airsho '76) in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War 2 in show. Curtiss P-40 fighter planes in flight. B-29 Superfortress takes off. Texas International DC-9 in foreground. Replicas of Japanese planes Zero fighter, Val dive bombers, Kate torpedo bombers taxiing. SB2C-5 Helldiver taxiing. A jeep and men seen in background.
Montage of scenes related to European mobilization and preparations for World War I, from 1914 through 1919, plus brief views of Mark VIII tank maneuvers, circa 1924. Patriotic French citizens fill a street as France mobilizes for World War 1. Italian soldiers marching to war through a town. British King George V seen with Prime Minister David Lloyd George and other British officials. British First Lord of Admiralty, Winston Churchill poses and "mugs" for camera. British troops being transported along a country road on double-decker buses and slogging through the mud in France. Two French soldiers join the line of "tommies" to be photographed, and then step out of line to watch. King George V with Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, next to their automobiles in field, during the King's visit to his troops in 1916. The King and British officers observe tests of Mark IV tank, circa 1917. Scene shifts to August 10, 1916 showing the Prince of Wales and King George V, accompanied by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, observing the Battle of Pozières (in Battle of the Somme) from a safe distance, using a telescope. U.S. Army Mark VIII International Tanks in daytime and nighttime maneuvers (likely at Fort Meade, Maryland) circa 1924.
Pumping and transportation of crude oil in the United States. A political map of the U.S. shows oil pipe line systems which are used to transport crude petroleum. The map shows main trunk pipe line systems including a new line under construction from Wyoming, connecting with the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. A pumping station which serves important fields in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming with its chief terminals at East Chicago, Houston, Texas and Salt Creek, Wyoming. Internal combustion engines and machinery at the pumping station.
The battle for democracy in El Salvador. On 28th March 1982, 80 percent of women in charge of the new constitution. People stand in queues. Officials attend an assembly to plan for popular election of a president in March, 1984. An official speaks in the assembly. Officials raise their hands in favor during the assembly. The President of El Salvador, Alvaro Magana speaks from his office. The flag and the insignia of El Salvador. People work on computers for registration of individual voters. The President of Central Election Council, Armando Rodnguez Eguizabal talks about the election preparations. People work on identity cards. People stand in queues and cast their votes. Guerrilla attacks resulting in explosions. A bus burns and a damaged bridge. Soldiers in action against the violence spread by guerrilla attack. One soldier runs and gets into a helicopter. President Magana speaks. The soldier in the helicopter. Officials inspect the voting area from the helicopter. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fidel Chavez Mena speaks. Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta addresses a large crowd regarding his voting campaign. Jose Napolean Duarte delivers a speech.
Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Close-up view of American flag waving and fluttering in breeze on windy day. A ferry underway. Point of view from moving ferry boat as it approaches main Ferry Terminal in San Francisco, California. People travel by ferry to reach the Federal Theatre in Treasure Island for the Golden Gate International Exposition. Passengers talk and laugh on the ferry. Many views of men, women and children of all ages in typical 1930s clothing fashions. A boy wearing a capshields his eyes from the sun and looks up at seagull birds as they fly in the sky. Panoramic views of San Francisco city skyline and buildings in the City. Hills in the background in some views. People disembark from the ferry.
A documentary on The United Nations Conference on International Organization that continued from April 25, 1945 to June 26, 1945 in San Francisco. A plane in flight and ships are seen in San Francisco Bay. 1940s San Francisco city views: Aerial views of Golden Gate Bridge. People on streets on San Francisco, with streetcars, buildings, pedestrians, and mid 1940's cars seen. Aircraft parked at a USAF Base as delegates from 50 countries arrive. Delegates like Jan Christian Smuts from South Africa, Vyacheslav Molotov from Russia, U.S. secretary of State Edward Stettinius arrive in San Francisco. Delegates register for the conference. United States flag on a building. Interior of the War Memorial Opera House serving as the initial meeting hall. Delegates seated. U.S. President Harry S. Truman addressing the general assembly remotely, as delegates listen through radio speakers in the opera house. Narrator recalls words of Franklin Roosevelt and recorded audio of Roosevelt is heard where he urges continuation of the work first begun by the defunct League of Nations. View of various working committees and smaller groups of the organization meeting during the Spring of 1945. Representatives debate and review concepts initiated at the Dumbarton Oaks conference in Washington DC in 1944 during World War II. Delegates addressing those assembled and signing documents that create the United Nations.
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