Demonstration of an automobile pulled by an airplane propeller in Marysville, Michigan. An air powered car is driven on a snow covered road during a test drive. The car has no gear, clutch or cooling trouble.
Fourth annual Santa Claus Parade in the holiday season in Seattle, Washington. Comic balloon characters in the parade. Children cheer and watch them. Floats in the parade. A large crowd watches the parade. A balloon train passes through the streets of the city. Passengers (comic balloon characters) hanging out of the windows of the train. A large number of children near the train and the comic characters. Santa Claus in the parade.
6 crew members and 6 occupants die as a B-50 Superfortress bomber crashes into an apartment in Seattle, Washington. The crashed four engined B-50 bomber which was designed to carry atomic bombs to distant targets. The apartment in which the bomber dived shortly after taking off. Firemen douse fire. Damaged cars and wreckage. The damaged apartment. Victims are carried out.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman is the main speaker at dedication of the American Legion in Washington DC. View of the American Legion headquarters building. The U.S. flag on the building. A large crowd of Americans seated in chairs. President Truman welcomes the Legion to base operations. Several American agents seated in the background. People stand and applaud after Truman's speech.
Construction engineers and workers work on a construction project in the United States. A water fall. The construction engineers at the construction site. An engineer points out on a chart. A loader loads dirt into a dump truck. Engineers stand beside the truck. Giant wheels of the truck. A sign 'Fire stone' on a tire of the truck and the name "Euclid" painted on its side. A dam at the construction site. The engineers work on their construction project. A man signals. Construction workers spray with hoses.
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.
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