Flags of various NATO member countries. Flag of NATO. Film 'The Atlantic Community' introduces the United States as a NATO member. American landscape views. American men,women and children walk to church. Memorial marking first settlements in America. Back Bay neighborhood along bank of Charles River in Boston. Side and front view of Old State House in Boston. Pedestrians and traffic with 1940s automobiles on busy streets of Boston. Exterior view of Faneuil Hall and flower market in Boston. Civilians walk in street and cars drive by. Sweeping views of Harvard University campus buildings. View of New York city. Sweeping view from ground upward of Empire State building in midtown New York City. Manhattan Island New York City as seen from the water. Tall buildings and skyscrapers of Manhattan. Upward panning view from ground to top of Empire State Building in 1949. Busy street in New York city. American people at work including a man operating precision manufacturing equipment, a woman typing on a typewriter, and a man carpenter sawing wood. A seamstress sews clothing, an executive on the telephone in an office, factory workers at work; bricklayers working; women examine clothing designs, draftsmen at work on drawing plans. View inside a locomotive of the engineer operating a railroad train at high speed. View from exterior of passenger train as it approaches and passes by. Aerial views of farmland and hay in fields under a dusk sky. Elevated view of American industrial factories and smoke pouring from chimney stack pipes. Cowboys with herd of cows at the foothills of Rocky mountains. American dam on a massive lake. View of the Mormon Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon temple from a distant elevated position with mountains in background, and then a street level view of Salt Lake Temple with statue of Brigham Young in foreground and 1940s vehicles. Aerial view of Lockheed Constellation aircraft in flight. American landscape views. Mountains and oceans. Golden Gate Bridge. Niagara Falls view. Fort Montgomery. The Rainbow Bridge from U.S. to Canada.
American farmers on farmland with several tractors operating on the field. American men and women work to clear rocks and stones from a farm field. Group of rural neighbors in America working together to construct a barn building (raise a barn). They build the barn and wield hammers. Ships at dock with Marshall Plan food supplies from United States to Europe for post-war recovery after World War 2. Elevated view of main city square in Copenhagen, Denmark soon after World War 2. Busy roads with vehicle, pedestrian, and street car or trolley cars running on roads around the Liberty Memorial obelisk, on Vesterbrogade opposite the Grand Central Station. Crane lifting supplies for rebuilding effort beside some buildings in Copenhagen. Man in Europe cuts grass with a scythe or grass whip. American troops board ships to Europe to join NATO troops in Europe maintaining peace after World War 2. Close up view of group of American NATO forces marching in close ranks. U.S. military forces at NATO Naval headquarters in Norfolk,Virginia. Officer salute at a flag ceremony. Wide view of massive group of U.S. Navy sailors at attention during a ceremony in Norfolk. U.S. Naval fleet in Atlantic ocean. U.S. Navy jet fighter aircraft takes off from Carrier in Atlantic ocean. Camera view as planes take off from camera, and then view from rear facing camera in aircraft as plane takes off from aircraft carrier deck. View of the world's first atomic powered submarine, the U.S. Navy's USS Nautilus (SSN-571). The submarine at sea from an aerial view, and view from submarine of water breaking over its surface. American long range Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft parked at airfield. Personnel in control tower flashes light signals to waiting aircraft. A B-47 taxis for take off. American pilots exit personal equipment storage building of 306th Bombardment Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and head to their aircraft for a mission. B-47 Stratojet plane taking off.
'A Year in America' discusses experience of Japanese exchange student in American university in a dramatic enactment. Japanese student prepares to leave Indiana University he packs his belongings and walks out of dorm room. He pauses to carve his initials in a wooden bridge railing where others have done before. In flashback the Japanese student visits the office of the foreign student advisor. Foreign students sit outside the office. The advisor informs the Japanese student about the living quarters, funding, and other administrative information during the interview. The student is greeted by his American roommate in their dormitory room. A chair piled with used clothes. A pair of Chuck Taylor sneakers hang from the ‘Clothes Chair’. The Japanese student expresses disappointment from the sloppy surroundings. He turns his head to see photos of girls and a pin-up poster on display. The American student tidies up the space and helps the Japanese student take off his coat. The two roommates talk. 1951.
A Japanese student acquaints himself with American university life. Japanese student walks around the Indiana University campus (INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON 107 S. Indiana Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405-7000). Young American student couples sitting under a tree on campus. Some of the men are reading textbooks while lying down in the grass. A young couple walking. The young man wraps his arm around his girlfriend’s waist as they walk together. A young man rests his head on his girlfriend’s lap while lying down in outdoor bench. The Japanese student heads to the campus library. Students register for classes at Indiana University. University students fill up forms at administrative office of Indiana University. Japanese student attends his first class at the university. Japanese student speaks in English with the faculty advisor. The Japanese student sits down and fills out a form. The Japanese student attends a class. Students casually chatting with each other before the start of class. A college student smoking inside the classroom. The Japanese student watch his classmate knitting as they wait for the professor. The professor starts his lecture. A student raises his hands and answers the professor’s question. The Japanese student raises his hand. He stands up and speaks to the professor in English. 1951.
A Japanese graduate student studies American literature at Indiana University (INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON 107 S. Indiana Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405-7000). The Japanese student reads in his dormitory room. English literature books from writers such as Walt Whitman and Mark Twain are stacked in front on his desk. Three American students engage in an informal discussion. Japanese student tried to join conversation. American student shrugs. Japanese student sits outdoors to think. Japanese student meets his faculty advisor, an American university professor. The two men talk while walking. The American professor invites the student for dinner at his home. The professor, his family, and the Japanese student talk while they have dinner and coffee 1951. The professor’s young granddaughter eating ice cream. The professor and the Japanese student sit together for coffee. Young girl hugs the Japanese student.
A Japanese graduate student consults with the international student advisor Indiana University. The student advisor talks on the phone. The Japanese student and his advisor view a bulletin board together. The advisor suggests to the student of joining 'The Camera Club' and 'The International Dance Club' as extracurricular activities. Japanese student dances with an international student. The student begins to play a record. Japanese student dances the Sakura Saku Ondo folk dance. Other international students watch the performance. Japanese student reads a book from his desk. Japanese student meets with other members of the camera club. Members of the club take pictures and discuss their interest in photography. Photography club members take pictures of a posing girl. 1951.
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