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USAAF B-29 Superfortress aircraft fly in formation over grasslands from Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas,United States.

USAAF B-29 Superfortress in flight from Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas,United States. The aerial view of a city in Kansas. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber aircraft fly in formation over the grasslands.

Location: Kansas United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072626
Audio only. Executive Morton T Jones talks about his role as a businessman and his belief in God on a radio program in the U.S.

Audio only. 'This I Believe', Radio Network Program. Essay on an insurance executive, Morton T Jones. He was in the insurance business all his life. After graduating from the University of Missouri and serving in World War I, he joined his father and brothers at the RB Jones and Sons Insurance firm. He then became the managing director of the same firm. In 1929, with other businessmen he organized the Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Morton also served as President of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. He talks about his role as a businessman and a church song that helps him deal with his daily problems. He states his firm belief in God and how that faith and wisdom guides him. He also talks about the importance of the human element in companies and quotes Winston Churchill.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052691
General Dwight Eisenhower addresses a gathering during an event to welcome him back to the United States after World War II.

A gathering in Kansas City to welcome General Dwight Eisenhower back to the United States after World War 2. Officers and soldiers seated during the ceremony. General Eisenhower addresses the gathering.

Location: Kansas City Missouri USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020922
Military band and WAC band prepare for the arrival of President Harry S. Truman to a homecoming in Missouri

Preparations for the arrival of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Kansas City, Missouri. Allied flags on poles. A military band seated in chairs. A man at a rostrum as he works on a microphone. A WAC (Women's Army Corps) band at the ceremony. (World War II period).

Location: Kansas City Missouri USA
Date: 1945, June 27
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022062
Glenn Cunningham wins the 1500 meter Kansas Relay in Lawrence, Kansas.

The Kansas Relay in Lawrence, Kansas. Athletes sprint down a track to win the 1500 meter Kansas Relay in Lawrence, Kansas. Glenn Cunningham wins the event in front of 10,000 enthusiastic audiences.

Location: Lawrence Kansas USA
Date: 1936, April 20
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042777
Still photos show America from 1876 through the turn of the century, focusing on immigrants, westward expansion, hard labor, and pioneer spirit.

Newspaper headlines from 1876 note Kansas as a territory for pioneer settlement...."Farms and Homes in Kansas!" and "To the Black Hills" Farmers with their families in front of prairie homes. Barn raising. A village along the side of a river. School children. A child's coffin. Men drinking together. A string quartet. A man making violins. Railroad construction crews laying rails, clearing rocks, and building trestle bridges, including Chinese workers and laborers during expansion or railway to the west. European immigrants on ships and just arrived on land, possibly at Ellis Island. Logging camps and loggers cutting trees. Large scale farming and market. Coal mining and other mining activities. Child coal miners and child labor. Industrial steel forging. Factory with train switch yard. Immigrant ghettos in American cities. Immigrant women sewing piece work. Immigrant children.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1900
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021236
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