Views of men, women, and children aboard the steamship "SS "Marine Flasher" docked at a pier in New York harbor after a voyage from Bremen, Germany. Her passengers include many refugees and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. Many benefited from U.S. Presidential Directive No. 29, issued on December 22, 1945, giving preference to Displaced Persons in obtaining visas. A woman with her child smiles. A boy waves at friends and relatives on shore. A young brother and sister in the ship. An older and younger woman, likely mother and daughter, show the prisoner number tattooed by Nazis on their arms. The tattoos are sequentially numbered, A-26587 and A-26588. Reuniting people hold each other with warmth and weep. A family of 7 children spanning a range of ages, with no parents evident. (Note: this is the Weber family ranging in age from 4-18. In order of age from oldest to youngest they are Alfons, Senta, Ruth, Gertrude, Renee, Judith, and Virginia (Ginger) nee Bela. The family settled in Chicago. All married and had 24 children and now numerous grandchildren. The children and grandchildren live in across the U.S. in Chicago, Maryland, Texas, Alabama, California, Virginia, Minnesota and in London, England. This Information provided in 2014, by Lynn Chapman daughter of Gertrude.) (World War II period).
U.S. Senator from Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson's speaks at his office in Texas. Lyndon Johnson arrives and takes his seat. Multiple takes are shown as Senator Johnson speaks about industrial growth of Texas and explains how nation leans more on agriculture of Texas. He further talks about the spirit of the people in Texas which resulted in success. He talks of Texas as a leader worldwide in farming, and mentions rapid growth of Texas cities. Johnson speaks about skilled and self-reliant labor, farmers, and ranchers of Texas and their courageous approach to problems which makes everything possible. He lauds the business men of Texas who are progressive, free, cooperative, and friendly.
Texas' contribution in the World War II worker effort on the home front. Cattle and sheep ranches, dairy farms, rice fields, turkey ranches, oil fields, wheat fields, fruit farms and power plants in Texas. Many oil derricks or oil wells close together in an area. Cranes operating in a ship yard. Women work at shipyard building United States navy ships. Men work on wings in an airplane factory. Oil pumped in an oil well. Rice farmers use tractors to harvest the crop. Magnesium made from rocks and sea water. A man stacks finished magnesium blocks. Dams in Texas. Farmers pick cotton by hand. A man picks cotton by operating a mechanized cotton picker. Farmers harvest a field of sorghum. Helium cylinders seen at the Amarillo Helium Plant. Thick black clouds seen due to burning of carbon black in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber.
Performers from various units of Texas Prison System gather in Huntsville, Texas. They exhibit their skills against wild rodeo animals in a field. People gathered to watch the event. Spectators seated. Horses fall down. Men on ground. (World War II period).
Documentary titled 'Farm Boys Abroad' depicts farm boys of Texas visiting different parts of the United States. View of the dome and the Academic Building of Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas. A group of boys gathered on the steps of the Academic Building are led in cheers by a leader. They tip and wave their hats. People stand beside a train at the railroad train station. Boys and young men from the Texas group are seen hanging out of the doors and windows of the train and waving as the train leaves the station. Boys from Texas look at cattle and horses at a farm in Kansas, inspecting the quality of the animals. Boys carry placards 'Texas farm boys'. A boy wearing a Texas arm band pats the side of a steer as he inspects it. Next scene is in Nebraska, showing a crop harvest at a farm, with a wheat harvesting machine in operation, and a horse drawn wagon from which a boy is throwing hay. Boys with cows and cattle milling about in a field in Iowa. Next scene shows a boy leading a giant boar pig outside a sty. Sign on pig sty reads, "The Rainbow, 329731,The Breed's Greatest Sire."
Mineral resources in Texas. Film titled 'Glimpses of Texas'. Map of Texas. Location of Texas and its size in United States. Natural gas field at panhandle. Map shows areas containing gas and oil reserves. Towers, big machines at crude oil refinery. Oil refinery in Texas manufacturing petroleum products. Cliff side gas and helium field in Texas. Government helium plant. Its office and men going coastal sulfur deposits. Sulfur wells. Sulfur piles. Train at a sulfur plant.
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