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Treaty of San Francisco signed September 8, 1951, ending Military Occupation of Japan, effective April 28, 1952.

Signing of the Treaty of San Francisco by the Allied Powers and Japan, September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California. Secretary of State Dean Rusk is seen shaking hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Okazaki Katsuo, in 1952. American troops remaining in Japan engage in training for Defense. They practice assaults from small boats, charge overland, simulate fighting in empty industrial sites. Flag of Japan being raised while Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and officials stand at attention and American officers salute. American troops in formation salute. Japanese troops march in parade.

Date: 1951, September 8
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024882
Life of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower after World War 2; NATO; Columbia University; U.S. President; advisor to Presidents

Dwight D. Eisenhower during presidency of the Columbia University in 1948. Eisenhower walking at a Columbia University graduation ceremony in New York City and speaking to the group assembled. Two years later, views of Eisenhower as NATO supreme commander in Europe. Eisenhower seated in NATO Conference. Citizens in United States prepare signs and urge Eisenhower to run for President. He salutes a parade in 1952 as he begins a run for the Presidency. Pamphlets and posters read 'we need Eisenhower'. An animated cartoon shows a smiling and marching Uncle Sam with an "Ike for President" jingle song playing. Cartoon shows animated citizens and an elephant supporting Eisenhower. Scenes from Republican National Convention, and Nixon and Eisenhower holding their arms up together. Citizens voting, using ballot boxes, and voting machines. A nun votes. Eisenhower casts his vote. People hold U.S. flags and cheer. Signboards and neon lighting on a building track vote tally and proclaim Eisenhower victory in 1952 presidential election. Eisenhower in Korea after the election. He meets and eats with American troops in the field and studies the war effort. South Koreans wave flags on announcement of truce (cease-fire armistice) in Korean War Eisenhower takes presidential oath of office in Washington DC. He signs document for Civil Rights Act of 1957 (voting right act). View of African American students of the "Little Rock Nine" entering a military station wagon under armed troop escort during integration of Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. U.S. Army troops escort the African American students into school. Exterior view of United Nations building in New York. Eisenhower delivers speech on Atoms For Peace. Winston Churchill of Britain and Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union visit Eisenhower in America. Scenes of John F Kennedy inauguration in 1961. Eisenhower with Kennedy and later with President Johnson. In 1968 address to Republican Convention Eisenhower notes risk of growth of Communism.

Date: 1968
Duration: 5 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024704
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) providing combined rail and air service taking passengers across the U.S.A. from coast-to-coast

Operations of the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) Company. Aerial view of New York City's Manhattan Island, below. Camera focuses on Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) seen from above, and then at street level. Travelers purchasing tickets for combined transcontinental rail and air travel at a window in the station. Families seeing travelers off at one of the railroad gates. Temporary sign at gate reads "The Airway Limited, second section." View of passengers on rear car of train as it pulls out. The car displays Pennsylvania Railroad logo sign reading "The Airway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad." Views of Pennsylvania RR passenger train and closeup of locomotive wheels in motion. Animated relief map shows train proceeding from New York, past Columbus, Ohio, to Port Columbus station in Ohio. Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. billroard at the station shows picture of passengers connecting between a train and an airplane. Billboard reads:"Port Columbus, Eastern Transfer Point, Air-rail Service, Coast-to-Coast." Passengers leaving the train and entering the station waiting rooms. Their baggage being weighed (Narrator says 30 pounds is the allowance.) View from terminal roof, of a Ford 5-AT-B, trimotor passenger airplane ready to accept passengers for the next phase of their travel. A logo on fuselage has "TAT" with small ribbon through it reading, "Transcontinetal Air Transport." View of passengers seated inside the aircraft. The plane taxis and takes off from the Port Columbus airport. Ground is snow-covered, but the runway is plowed. Closeup aerial view of the airplane flying over the city of Columbus, Ohio. Distant view of it flying close to the LeVeque Tower skyscraper (a 47-story Art Deco-style building at 50 West Broad Street). Aerial view of the airplane passing the train, continuing westward, from Port Columbus. Views inside passenger cabin of the plane. Animated map show plane heading to Indiannapolis. Officer hands out TAT illustrated map and points out features to passengers.Closeup of map. Aerial view of the airplane on final approach to land at Indiannapolis airport. Clerk at airport typing arrival message on teletype, and company executives reading it at their headquarters. Animated map show plane moving to St.Louis, Missouri. View from air of Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Passengers in cabin. aerial view of the plane on final approach, over snow, to St. Louis. The aircraft taxiing on ramp and parking at terminal building, where passengers enter, under cover of awning-covered walk. Closeup of the aircraft engines. Inserted view of TAT engine overhaul facility, with Charles Lindbergh, the airline's technical adviser, and TAT officials inspecting the operation.

Date: 1928
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026613
Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane wins the 1952 Seattle Gold Cup race after SUCH CRUST IV piloted by "Wild Bill" Cantrell catches fire.

Newsreel 'Gold Cup, Slo-mo-shun IV keeps speed crown'. Several hydroplanes in water. They leave behind a spray of water. SUCH CRUST IV catches fire. View of burned hull of Such Crust IV. Ambulance takes pilot "Wild Bill" Cantrell to the hospital with burns Shots of crowd gathered to watch the event. Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane wins the Gold Cup close course race. Slo-mo-shun IV hydroplane wins the race unchallenged.

Date: 1952, August
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041158
Mohammad Mosaddeq with other officials makes official visit to the United States in 1952

After opening slates in Persian, the film begins, showing shadow of an aircraft flying over farmland. Next, it is seen to be a Lockheed Constellation aircraft, now descending to land at an airport. View from side of runway as the aircraft heads towards the camera to land. Camera view from behind pilots in the cockpit. The aircraft jostles slightly as the it touches down. View from side of runway as the aircraft taxiis in on inboard engines only. Mohammad Mosaddeq, assisted by an official, descends ladder from the airplane with others. Mosaddeq carries a cane. Closeups of him as he is warmly greeted and receives a bouquet of flowers. Scene shifts to inside the airport, where photographers photograph Mossaddeq, who sits in a chair, attended by a nurse, and his son.. A newsman interviews Mosaddegh's son Dr. Gholamhossein Mosaddegh.

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Persian
Clip: 65675067318
Evolution of oil drilling and its various uses since prehistoric times in United States.

Dramatized documentary titled, 'The Evolution Of The Oil Industry'. Shows the evolution of oil drilling and refining in United States. Shows prehistoric man digging a field. An early water wheel in operation. Discovery of crude oil in a field. Babylonians light torches dipped in crude oil. Chinese men manually operate an oil rig in a field. Native American Indian woman applies oil on the back of a boy. A man sells oil bottle to a large crowd. Shows application of oil as axle grease in wheels and in oil lamps. Workers dig oil in a swamp. Hand shows an oil bottle. An early derrick in an oil field in Pennsylvania. Retired railroad constructor in front of the derrick. Shows uncle Billy Smith at work inside the derrick. Steam engines power up the drilling machine. Uncle Billy dips a tester inside the drill oil and discovers oil. Uncle Bill and associates shout in jubilation. View of derricks and other drilling methods to drill oil in United States. Two men examine land near a river. Crude oil being collected at drilling sites. Horse wagons transport crude oil barrels across a river bed. Oil barrels being loaded on a raft. Oil pipelines being laid across a field. View of an oil refinery. Undesired product, gasoline, being discarded by workers. Shows use of oil for light. An early model gasoline driven car. Map shows expansion of oil industries in United States. View of an oil refinery, derricks and oil rigs.

Date: 1952
Duration: 10 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050494