Strike bound factories and labor disputes in the United States. Views from bridge overlooking rail yards.Armed sentries patrolling the area. Soldiers guard the factories from roof tops. The soldiers sit in a factory site with guns. They sit on roofs with rifles. Workers in sit down strikes on the ground. A soldier aims from a roof. People stand on roads. Soldiers man machine guns on the city streets. U.S. Army troops raid the offices of the Lithuanian Communist newspaper,"Laisve" confiscate their papers and shut them down.
Two women walk on a city sidewalk in the U.S. in the 1920s. They enter a barber shop (which usually has only men for patrons). Both women have "bob" short hair styles that are a considerable departure from styles of a decade earlier. They sit in the shop and read a newspaper, as they wait for the barber to finish giving a man a haircut. A woman goes to the empty barber chair as she explains, to the barber, how she wants her hair trimmed. The barber begins to cut her hair.
Actors dramatizing people in a city of the United States. Cars parked on a road. Two men in a car. One man drinks from a personal flask of liquor, violating prohibition laws. Next scene shows a man and woman as they kiss in a car. Young men and women, some in flapper styles, crowded into an open car behaving wildly and having fun, portraying the wild "roaring twenties" attitude. Balloons tied on the car.
Actors portray purveyors and consumers of illegal liquor during prohibition in the United States. Sales and consumption in city establishments in the 1920s. Man knocks on a door. He is eyed from inside, slips money through slot and receives bottle of liquor. An innocent-looking package contains bottles of Gordon's gin. A man slips something through a window slot in a speakeasy door and is admitted. Sculpture of the Statue of Liberty at a restaurant where illegal alcohol is served. Men and women in the restaurant. People dance. Men pour liquor in glasses.
Several scenes of the Spirit of St. Louis airplane in flight. People in various places and pursuits looking up as if watching Lindbergh flying overhead. Scenes of news being transmitted about Charles Lindbergh via radio, short wave, and teletype. Men moving about in a radio studio broadcasting news of the flight. A man broadcasting the new speaks into a microphone. Scenes of American citizens at home in front of their console radios listening to news about the flight. Multiple different aerial views of clouds, ice on the water, ocean below the aircraft, and other things that one might imagine he encounters in the flight. People relaxing at home listen to radio and others in public places and streets seeking news about Lindbergh. Men selling newspapers and running with extra editions that tell the news of Lindbergh's trip. Crowds of men and women at a news stand buying newspapers. View of Paris, the City of Light with fountains and the Arc de Triomphe seen at night. French men in a bar listening for news on the radio. French people at home listening to news on console radios. View of building and street signs at corner of Rue de Petit Pont and Rue la huchette in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Finally, Lindbergh arrives and lands at the Le Bourget Airport in France, as crowds greet him. Newspapers report his arrival with headlines, including: "Oh What a Welcome for that boy Lindy."
Allied Sailors at the Port of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, during World War 2. Aerial view of the city of Tunis with buildings and roads. Allied supply ships at the Port of Tunis, Tunisia. Sailors on small boats move amongst the supply ships. A destroyer out in the bay signalling with a light. The port is busy with logistic activity.
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