Close up of a CARE 'Self Help' order to Tokyo General Hospital for an Iron Lung Contract being typed. Japanese doctors in a classroom are trained on the use of the iron lung. View of chalkboard drawing of an iron lung. Japanese Child patient receives respiratory treatment in an iron lung. Japanese nurse reaches into iron lung to arrange bedding for patient. Close up of phonographic record as a Japanese song is played. Doctor shows working of iron lung to a Japanese child in wheelchair.
Americans listen to a chamber string quartet playing music on stage. Vintage views of various famous American cities in the 1950s. Sweeping wide views of American wilderness with mountains in distant background. Elevated view of a river in America. A railroad marshaling yard with skyline of Chicago Illinois in the distance. Close view of two railroad trains passing in opposite directions in downtown Chicago with skyscraper in background. A city street in downtown Detroit Michigan with 1950s cars on the road. View of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis Minnesota and the city skyline in background. View of Saint Paul Minnesota with river, bridge, and some nearby factories. View of Saint Louis Missouri as seen from an anchored position on the Mississippi River. The city skyline of New Orleans from a distance. View of Pittsburgh skyline with the West End Bridge over the Ohio River in the foreground. People walk on the grounds of Liberty Island in New York, with the Statue of Liberty seen towering above. Aerial view of New York city's skyline, skyscrapers and New York harbor. Camera view panning from ground to top of Empire State Building in Manhattan. Aerial view of Washington DC and Potomac River. Ground view of Jefferson Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol seen together. Steps of Lincoln Memorial and view of statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln inside the memorial. An eastern American mountain view, witha lake or river in the foreground. View of Half Dome peak in Yosemite National Park seen from a moving vehicle. Elevated view of a dense forest in the western United States. Pacific coast scene of surf washing onto rocks in a rocky area with nearby cliffs and mountains.
Japanese children attending school during World War 2. Japanese schoolchildren bow and greet their teachers “先生おはようございます。” (“Good morning teacher” in English). Japanese schoolchildren taking off their street shoes and changes into their uwabaki (上履き) indoor slippers in front of their assigned getabako (下駄箱) shoe cupboard. Children taking their seats inside their classroom. Outdoor shoes neatly arranged in wooden cupboard outside classroom. Japanese schoolchildren hold books during a reading lesson. A boy stands up to recite from his Japanese book. Schoolboy reads from a basic Japanese workbook. An illustration from the Japanese workbook depicting respect for the elderly inside a train. A girl stands up to recite from her book after being called. A bespectacled Japanese schoolteacher reads from book. Illustration from a Japanese book depicting people exercising together.
U.S. fighter jet F-100 Super Sabre aircraft take off from an air base. Jet fighters drop bombs and hit targets on ground as part of training exercises. Events during Cuban Crisis.1962.
Titan production line activities, orientation class, technical training class. Astronauts meet production staff and engineering staff. Critical parts storage area. Rocket parts transported on special trucks in front of Martin aircraft building.1967.
Women suffragists (sometimes called suffragettes) disembark from train 'Prison Special' from 'Cell Alley'. Women in suffrage movement are attired in prison garb. The suffragettes parade on railroad siding. The suffragists, seeking rights for women, hold flags and a banner on which is written, "Resistence to Tyranny is Reverence to God."
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