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T-33A aircraft review during a project activity in United States.
Views of T-33A Shooting Star in flight. Three T-33A airplanes parked at an air base in United States. A film on Lockheed activity report covering T-33A improvements during 1955 which included cockpit changes, design and safety features in escape system. Pilot in cockpit demonstrating correct position in the escape system of the aircraft. An instructor demonstrates the system.
U.S. President Harry S Truman throws out the first ball during the opening day for the new Kansas City Athletics (or "A's")
The Kansas City Athletics on opening day of the baseball season in 1955, their first year in Kansas City. Parade in downtown Kansas City to welcome the Athletics to Kansas City. Floats pass and players and VIPs go by on cars, including Bill Stewart and Jim Finigan. People crowd on either side of the street. People look out from shops and houses. Spectators in the Kansas City Municipality Stadium. Former U.S. President Harry S Truman seated with legendary owner and manager of the Athletics, Cornelius McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack. Dignitaries seated in the background. President Harry S Truman throws out the first pitch. Fans and spectators applaud. The game begins against the Detroit Tigers.
Sewell Avery retains control of Montgomery Ward Company, defeating efforts of Louis Wolfson, to unseat him as Board Chairman
A 1955 cadillac sedan drives past the MEDINAH Shriner Temple at 600 N Wabash Avenue, Chicago. View of the Shriner Temple building, with a taxi (limousine) parked in front and several Montomery Ward stockholders gathered under the marquee. Scene shifts to lobby of the building, where they are entering. Financier, Louis E. Wolfson, who seeks to take over the company, walks along the sidewalk with associates towards the building entrance. Sewell Lee Avery steps from a car and walks toward the building. Closeup of Mr. Avery. Company board members and executives seated on a stage inside the building, surrounded by audience of Montgomery Ward stockholders. Avery addressing the gathering. Ballots being passed to stockholders, who mark them and deposit them in ballot boxes. Sewell Avery standing with arms raised in a victory motion, having retained his position as Chairman of the Board.
Armed French soldiers move through rural areas of Algeria in rainy weather, and converse with several local residents
French troops on patrol in rural areas of Algeria, 1955. They meet and converse with several local people. The region is hilly and weather rainy. Streams run swiftly. Local huts have thatched roofs.
Delegates of organizing countries in a meeting in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss about the first Asian-African Conference.
A film shows Bandung, Indonesia preparing for the first Asian-African Conference in April 1955. People and vehicular traffic on a road. Guards outside doors in a building. A map shows Asia and Africa. Dignitaries including Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and others climb up the stairs of a building. Delegates of the organizing countries such as Burma, Indonesia and India in a conference. A map of the Republic of Indonesia. People in the streets.
Preparations for the first Asian-African Conference such as renovation of conference buildings underway in Bandung, Indonesia.
A film 'This is Bandung' shows preparations in Bandung, Indonesia for the first Asian-African Conference in April 1955. Fields in western Java province of Indonesia. The preparations for the conference underway. Cars on highways leading to Bandung. People in a market place. Open air cafes on the sides of streets. People buy fruits and vegetables in an open air market. A board reads 'Kebun Binatang Zoological Garden Bandung'. People look at animals in the zoological garden. People swim in a swimming pool. A car drives on a road. People on horses. Women look at flowers in a park. People at a lakeside. Ducks in the lake. Hotels in the city. Interior of a hotel. Women in gowns in a fashion show. A woman performs a traditional dance. A puppet show being performed. Places of worship of different religions in the city. The conference building under renovation. Delegates of Indonesia, Burma, Pakistan, Ceylon and India, who are responsible for organizing the conference, in meetings. A blind people's institute. Blind people reading from Braille books. A deaf mute girl child is taught. A teacher writes on a blackboard in a classroom. A man teaches a blind and deaf child.
