Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. President of the United States Harry S Truman introduces Winston Leonard Churchill. The large crowd gathered at the Westminster College hall, applaud. British Leader Churchill at podium addresses the gathering. President Truman and officers seated on a platform behind the speaker. Churchill speaks about the relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States. He speaks about the establishment of Communist fifth columns. President Truman and Winston Churchill both receive honorary degrees.
Slate refers to Leinweber brothers helicopter in Chicago. View of their helicopter being moved out of a hangar in 1922. Closeup of helicopter controls being demonstrated. Next, a helicopter of M. Douheret, of France, is shown in 1919. Men stand nearby and watch its rotors turn in the breeze. Engine cylinders are clearly visible. Pilot sits in the machine and adjusts controls. Next he stands and starts engine. Suddenly, the running helicopter tips over and he runs for safety but returns to shut the engine down. In a second attempt, the pilot is again seen standing next to the machine, with its engine running. And, again, he must run to safety, as it tips over. This time it stops running by itself, and other men help him tip it back upright.
Film titled ‘Brooklyn USA’ based on Brooklyn borough of New York City. Brooklyn Bridge spanning East River in New York City. Traffic along road. Various buildings in Brooklyn. View of Manhattan skyline of skyscrapers, as seen from Brooklyn. Commercial establishments with signs in various languages, including: Spanish, Italian, and Arabic. Alamphon Arabic Records shop. Brooklynites dresses as native American Indians play music. People sitting on benches, in the sun. Street signs for Myrtle Avenue and Herkimer Street. Building with sign reading: "Greepoint. Post No. 24, American Legion." Sign reads ‘T.S.F.T.P.O.D.R.A.B Sidney H. Ascher’. Official walks down the steps of a brownstone apartment building. He speaks to the camera. Milestone with directions and distances inscribed on it, including "10 1/2 miles to N. York ferry." Street signs at intersection of Lady Moody Square and Avenue U. Historic homes and building. Brownstone homes in fashionable district near Garden Place. Sign at corner of Fulton Street and Pineapple Street. Sign for Orange Street. Signs at Vine Street and Columbia Heights,at Cranberry and Henry Streets,and at Poplar, Willow, and Middagh Streets.
Newsreel titled ' Airborne motorcar' shows Airphibian, an automobile airplane 'Aerobile' landing in Danbury,Connecticut. Designer Robert Fulton Jr. detaches wings of the flying car and it is driven away as a car.
Survivors of U.S. Navy USS Yorktown (CV-5) arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after Battle of Midway during World War II. Sailors from dock wave to the arriving U.S. Navy USS Fulton (AS-11) with survivors on board. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Calhoun stand with other officers along the dock. Wounded men are unloaded from ship and taken to ambulances. Survivors of Yorktown leave ship via gangway.
A film titled 'Ghetto Fish Market' depicts shoppers gathered at the Fulton Fish Market in lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on 20th May,1903. A large number of customers seen walking among the various fishmongers. Some of the sellers have umbrellas above their stands, with advertisements for Bloomingdales store painted on them. Customers reflect all strata of society. A man and woman selling at separate stalls argue with each other. Scales for weighing fish seen at the stands.
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