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U.S. President Eisenhower answers a query on internationalizing the Panama Canal during a press conference in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 175th press conference in Washington DC, United States. President Eisenhower stands in front of a microphone before the newsmen during the press conference. One of the press women asks the President if he agrees to the internationalizing of the Panama Canal and whether he was considering building another canal in that area and if they did would they be able to hold it. Pressmen seated at the conference. The President says that the second question takes a lot of study but for the previous 14 years he has been in favor of building another canal, but that was something that he shall not recommend. Regarding the internationalizing of the Panama Canal he says that it is something he would not even think of at that moment. He says that they have got a treaty with Panama, the provisions of which have been obeyed and they have had a model relationship with Panama for the last 50 years. He says that he believes that a particular incident should not become a reason for breaking a relationship that has worked so well. View of the pressmen talking. The President talking to the officials and the pressmen.

Date: 1959, November 4
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070012
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps' service areas and procedure of procurement of materials in the United States.

The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States. A diagram showing the functions of the Quartermaster Corps. The service areas of the Quartermaster Corps are the army, the navy, the Marine Corps, the Maritime Commission and other government agencies. Members of the Headquarters Army Service squad and Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table during a meeting discuss consolidation of procurement of items common to all military services. The U.S. flag behind the officer at the head of the table. Several women in a depot testing materials. Women during the packaging of materials. View of soldiers, paratroopers, jungle troops, mountain troops and amphibious troops who are all served by the Quartermaster Corps. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070041
The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps store procured supplies and enlisted men are trained in quartermaster operations (WW2)

The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States during World War II. A diagrammatic comparison of army manpower of 8,000,000 in December 1943 as against 1,750,000 in December 1941. A diagrammatic representation of huge increase in volume of obligated procurement in 1942 as against 1941. Men wheeling carts of supplies at a store. Men carrying supplies coming down a gangway from a ship onto a dock. Soldiers with guns standing on the dock. Soldiers moving through a wooded area. Men carrying the procured materials for storing. Officers watching the men. Two soldiers wearing their uniforms. People and vehicles moving on a city street. A signboard on a building reads 'Office of the Quartermaster General War Department'. The headquarters building in view. A map of the U.S. showing locations of different procuring offices across the nation. Men and women working in an office at the headquarters. Petroleum, Subsistence and Textile sections at the headquarters. Officers working in the headquarters. Men getting into a truck. Enlisted men being trained in various quartermaster operations at a training center.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070042
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps' plan for procurement of materials for military services in the United States (WW2)

The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States. Members of the Headquarters Army Service squad and Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table during a meeting discuss the procurement plan of items for the military services in World War II. A signboard over the Quartermaster Headquarters building reads 'Office of the Quartermaster General War Department'. A map of the United States shows locations of procurement offices across the nation where authority is given to field officers for procurement. A field officer with a military personnel signing a contract for a fixed amount for the procurement of materials. A map shows the authority given in the procurement of materials which helps in speedy and efficient procurement. A simplified contract form which is used when the prices are known and when the total purchase does not exceed 500 thousand dollars. A purchasing officer hands over the contract to a staff to be sent to a manufacturer or a dealer. The manufacturer in his office signing the contract. Workers at the Quartermaster Headquarters at work.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070043
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps market centers, purchasing offices and depots in the United States.

United States Army Quartermaster Corps depots in the United States. Factories where production is a continuously running process. Equipment in operation in the factories. A diagram shows commodities classified into two groups: perishable subsistence and textiles clothing, general supplies, and non-perishable subsistence. Perishable subsistence commodities such as eggs, meat and vegetables are purchased on a daily basis by representatives of the Quartermaster Corps. The representatives move among cartons of vegetables. A map of the United States shows locations of offices at market points. Men and women operating a telephone network co-ordinating activities in these offices. A man takes a printout of hourly market coverage. A map of the United States showing 35 market centers through which perishable commodities for military needs are supplied. The representatives of the Quartermaster Corps among cartons of vegetables in an open market. The men look at the vegetables. The market centers in view. Non-perishable items such as clothing, textile, general supplies and K-ration packets in view. A map of the United States shows the 17 purchasing offices located in depots in the 15 procuring districts through which these items are procured. The Boston Quartermaster Depot purchases all footwear and shoes. Office supplies in view which have been purchased by Jersey City Quartermaster Depot. The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot procures all textiles. A map of the United States shows the 15 procuring districts.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070044
Textile industries produce most of Quartermaster textile requirement in the United States.

Quartermaster textile requirement in the United States. Men picking up cotton from a field. Equipment in cotton textile industry which produces most of Quartermaster requirements. Textile being produced in the industry. A woman beside the equipment in the industry. View of several textile industries.

Date: 1943
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070045