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Information about unidentified airplanes is transmitted in the United States.

A public television program by the U.S. Army entitled 'The Big Picture.' U.S. troops are seen hunkered down and looking through binoculars in a defensive position in Korea, during the Korean War. American soldiers riding atop a Sherman tank on a city street in Germany, during World War II. Ski troops moving across snowy hill in Alaska. U.S. Army amphibious assault training on a beach in Puerto Rico. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen, narrator, speaks about America's defense against threat of atomic attack in these times of lukewarm peace. View of mountainous region in Alaska. A cluster of Cup'it Eskimo dwellings is seen on Nunivak Island, in the Bering Sea. Several of the local inhabitants are fishing through holes cut in the ice. Vapor trails are seen from Soviet aircraft flying at high altitude. A sign on a tarpaulin displaying logo of the Army Signal Corps, reads,"Alaska Communication System, Long Distance Commercial Telephone-Telegraph." A tracked vehicle carries a soldier to a facility posting a sign reading, "Alaska Communications System Receiver Station." Several tall antennas loom above the site. The soldier, dressed in arctic gear, steps from the tracked vehicle and walks past several snow shoes, standing upright in the snow, to enter a white wooden building. Inside, a man in civilian clothes works at a battery of telecomunications equipment. He transmits a message about the aircraft sighting, to the Alaska Communication System facility in Fairbanks Alaska (briefly shown) by means of a telegraph key. From there it is relayed to a Signal Corps facility, shown, in Washington, DC. A soldier is seen Inside that facility, in a room filled with computers and telecommunications equipment. A Sergeant handles paper tape messages being sent and received by teletype. Another soldier plugs connections into a communications switchboard. Next, the camera pans over the entrance to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, in the Pentagon. More views of soldiers attending banks of teletype machines. Animated map displays paths of orders being transmitted to U.S. Air Defense Centers in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, New York, and Atlanta. View from control room, of several U.S. Air Force F-94 Fighter Interceptor aircraft on an airfield ramp. A controller activates a Klaxon horn and pilots on alert, in the Fighter Interceptor Squadron ready room, jump up and scramble to their aircraft. A pair of F-94s taking off. One is number 51-5385. Next, a U.S. Navy F-9 fighter plane is seen taking off from an airfield. It displays tail code AE. It is followed by another F-9 aircraft.

Date: 1954
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070284
John William Davis and Mrs. Davis, stroll in garden of their Long Island estate. Presidential Candidate Davis with Grandaughter

Democratic candidate for President, John William Davis, at his office,in New York, United States. Mr. Davis strolls with his wife, in the gardens of his estate on Long Island, New York. . He plays golf. Mr. Davis plays catch with a grandaughter, on the grounds of his estate. He picks up his granddaughter,in his arms.

Date: 1924
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054383
The United States Air Transport command crew loads V-discs on plane at LaGuardia Field, Long Island, New York.

Transportation of V-Discs by the United States Air Transport command, Army Air Forces at LaGuardia Field, Long Island, New York. Crew members load cartons of V-discs on transport plane, ground crewman notes. Elevator rises to plane with cartons of V-discs. Crewman stands on door of the plane, he carries the carton. 'Destination Australia', 'PSX02' and 'V- disc' written on the carton. Crew loads carton onto plane. V-disc record.

Date: 1943, December
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026227
An electrified train moves along a heavily electrified track in Long Island, New York.

A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric railroad train moves along a heavily electrified track in Long Island, New York. The train pulls up at a station. Passengers gathered at the station.

Date: 1928
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050752
Horse Adios Don makes a come back in Harness Race at Long Island, New York.

Spectators during the Harness Race event at the Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island, New York. Race starts. Messenger Pacing Stakes racing. Crowd cheers. Horse Henry T. Adios takes a lead among eight other horses. Henry T. Adios wins the race. Yankee Express is in second place. Tarport Jimmy wins third place and Lang Hanover in fourth. Adios Don makes a comeback and wins fifth place.

Date: 1961, November 23
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052221
Jimmy Howard wins the Golden Gloves Boxing Championship at Sunnyside Garden on Long Island, New York.

Golden Gloves Boxing Semi-Finals at Sunnyside Garden on Long Island, New York. Vince Shomo and Jimmy Howard show style and power in the boxing ring. Jimmy Howard wins the championship. Huge crowd gathered to watch the boxing championship. People cheer.

Date: 1960, February 11
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043367