Space research from the ground with a Scatter Radar. Scientists outside the Instituto Geofisico Del Peru, scientific research organization of the Peruvian government. A train of the Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) on its way to the Institute's observatory. It travels through the Rimac Valley in the Andes, including Ticlio at nearly 16,000 feet. It is the highest elevation railway junction in the world. View of a snow-covered mountain (possibly Yuraqqucha on border of the Lima and JunÃn regions). Llama graze and move about high up in the mountains. Huancayo (Wankayu) Village: Local Quechuan Indians trade in the weekly market. Shops in the street, street vendors with their goods. The Jicamarca Observatory, new National Bureau of Standards facility near Lima. Scientists work at scopes and other instruments. Aerial view of the Peruvian coastline. The valley 17 miles from Lima. Rocks on the arid coast. Green vegetable fields and broad flat plane in the arid valley. The site for the antenna. Bulldozers prepare the site for construction. A diversion dam constructed on the site. Gully in the valley floor. Peruvian workers lay wire to sound an alarm in case a mudflow should come. Men mark ground and align places for post holes, lay wood posts to support the antenna dipole. They assemble inserts, connect the antenna, and lay bricks. The workers collect their pay. Bureau of National Standards staff and their families in Chaclacayo community. The families gather with locals for a Anticuchos barbecue (Peruvian beef kabobs). The wives of the U.S. scientists shop for fruits and vegetables in the local market.
After a speech by an admiral, Japanese newspapermen are given the news of the declaration of war against the United States on 8 December 1941. A Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific. Sailors on the deck of a carrier. A captain looks through binoculars. Sailors prepare the dive bombers on the ship deck. Japanese pilots during a final briefing. A Japanese sailor erases a board, while another stands before a writing on the ship. Bombers on the carrier deck. Japanese Sailors watch as pilots board their planes and take off. The bombers in flight with bombs attached onto the belly. Japanese bombers drop bombs on U.S. ships in Pearl Harbor. U.S. Pearl Harbor Base under attack.
Film opens showing politician Adolf Hitler in civilian clothes, giving empassioned radio broadcast speech. Hitler in uniform speaking in different venues. In one he speaks to a huge crowd assembled outdoors. Adolf Hitler at ceremony for his appointment as Chancellor, is seen standing with German President Paul von Hindenburg and Vice-Chancellor, Franz von Papen, on January 30, 1933. Hitler speaking forcefully and animated, haranguing a crowd. Hitler, in uniform, speaking of the revolution and first year of the new German freedom to an audience of German officials including Joseph Goebbels in front row. He concludes by rendering the Nazi salute. (Note: an unrelated scene of Palestine, in the middle of the film sequence, shows momentary glimpse of a Muslim man far in the distance, praying on a parapet.)
Factories and industries in Palestine. Factories and industries in Palestine. A worker slides stockings onto display forms. Machinery shaking materials through fabric cylinders into trays in a factory. A worker inspects a new set of dentures. Women work in a telephone exchange. They wear headsets and operate a manual switchboard. Women tending machinery in a fabric factory. Grinding wheels creating flour. Women work on tiny articles at tables in a factory. A paper sorting machine in use.
President Harry S Truman during his mid-Western visit. The 35th Infantry Division troops march on the streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Civilians stand on either sides of the road and cheer. The President's motorcade. President Truman marches with the troops during the reunion. President Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman greet soldiers at the White House. Aerial view of trailer park. President Truman seen signing a bill or documents as three officials stand behind him. During post-war housing boom, a new suburban residential neighborhood housing project in seen under construction. An apartment building also being built. Prices of eggs, meat and cheese are all shown rising at a market produce stand. The President at his desk in the Oval Office. Car drives along street with sign saying: "Veto Hartley-Taft, Slave Labor Bill" (the Taft-Harley bill on labor relations). President holding a document entitled, "Report of President's Committee on Civil Rights." Roman Catholic Bishop Francis J. Haas, a member of the the President's Committee, is seen in his office talking with another person.
Charles A Lindbergh as an honored guest at the Aero Club of France. Lindbergh and U.S. Ambassador to France Myron T Herrick greeted by Raymond Orteig in Paris. New York City hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered the Orteig prize of $25000 for the first non-stop trans-atlantic flight. The three of them in a balcony. Lindbergh waves to the crowd below and waves the U.S. and French flags.
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