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Countryside and Infrastructure developmental activities in Ireland.
Exterior of an Irish Government Building in Dublin. Prime MInister Eamon de Valera addresses officials. Views of country side in Ireland. Irish ham and bacon and care and raising of pigs and cows on farms. Farmers plowing in fields, and peat is mined with large harvesting machines and cut into briquettes. Activities in beer brewing (Guiness wooden barrels seen lined up at a brewery) and auto industry with a Ford assembly line in Cork Ireland. New cars on the assembly line being assembled by Irish workers. A Dunlop rubber processing plant in Cork Ireland. Rubber boots being manufactured at the Dunlop plant. The Shannon hydroelectic scheme power project in Limerick region of Ireland; views of the power plant and the river Shannon from which it draws power. View of the hydroelectric dam. Men working atop a large electric transmission tower. Women examine an electric table top mixer for the kitchen. A woman using an electric iron on clothes, and a view of an electric waffle maker and toaster. Streets of Dublin busy with activity. Clocks, shirts, ties, and cutlery in shop windows of Dublin, along with blankets and other goods all made in Ireland. Physicians and nurses gather in a surgical theater of a hospital. Newborn baby being washed in a maternity ward. Public housing construction efforts shown transforming older thatched cottages into modern homes. Signs in ancient Gaelic are shown, recently restored as the national language of the independent Eire. Irish schoolboys enter a school building. Many have no shoes and enter the school house barefoot. A teacher instructs the school boys in the classroom.
Eamon de Valera and Sean T. O'Kelly honor U.S. former President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Aras an Uachtarain in Ireland.
Ireland President honors Eisenhower in Ireland. The Aras an Uachtarain building. The President of Ireland Eamon de Valera and the former President Sean Thomas O'Kelly honor the former President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower at Aras an Uachtarain. Dignitaries interact. Photographers take photographs. The wives of the dignitaries interact.
"Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after flying from New York City.
American aviator, Douglas "wrong way" Corrigan speaking on July 18, 1938 (after landing in Ireland) about his alleged mistake in heading across the Atlantic instead of towards California, in a flight from New York City. Scene shifts to Corrigan taxiing in his airplane.View of Corrigan in his airplane and exiting therefrom as engine shuts down and prop stops. People gather by his airplane. He is seen opening congratulatory communications at the "chief Secretaries Lodge" in Dublin, residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. Corrigan is seen standing outside the residence with John Clarence Cudahy, the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. Corrigan again seen talking with interviewers. Sightseeing boats carrying fans and signs welcome Corrigan upon his arrival back in New York. Signs read: "Brooklyn is waiting for Corrigan" and " Celtic Circle welcomes Corrigan."He is feted by a ticker tape parade along Broadway.
William Howard Taft III being greeted by Sean Thomas O'Kelly,Frank Aiken and other officials in Dublin, Ireland.
U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Ireland William Howard Taft III arrives in Dublin, Ireland. William Howard Taft III being greeted by officials. President of Ireland Sean Thomas O'Kelly welcomes William Howard Taft III. Officials stand. Irish Minister for External Affairs Frank Aiken greets William Howard Taft III. Dignitaries talk at the gathering.
Dublin Ireland streets, social gatherings and lifestyle in the mid 1940's.
Views of a bridge and a crowded streets of Dublin in Ireland. People walking, a double decker bus and a horse cart is seen. Leopardstown Racecourse Club entrance is seen. A huge crowd is gathered for a horserace underway. Views of football (soccer) match in Ireland preceded by bagpipers playing on the field. Irish people cheering in the stands and watching the football match.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy being welcomed in Ireland, as spectators watch and soldiers march.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Ireland. Civilians stand on either side of the street. Soldiers march in the street. A helicopter in flight. Buildings in the foreground. People on street. Two men seated on a terrace of a building. Military band plays music and march. Two men on a a podium with a camera. Kennedy on another podium with other officials. People crowd near the podium. A flag of United States. A flag of Ireland in the background on top of a building.
