A technicolor commercial advertisement promoting the safety of 1939 Ford automobiles. A Transworld Airways (TWA) DC-3 Lindbergh Line passenger airplane is seen in flight. It has "The Lindbergh Line" painted across its fuselage, and "Sky Sleeper 353" painted on its tail. Operators seen in control tower of airport. Pilot seen in cockpit of the airplane. The DC-3 lands and taxis to a parking place on the airport. Steps are placed at the door and passengers descend from the airplane. An arriving couple are met by a man and woman. They all get into a new 1939 Ford four-door sedan automobile and drive away in the car.
Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Minesweeper, USS Falcon (AM-28) dispatched from New London, Connecticut, to rescue crew members from the sunken submarine USS Squalus. Closeup from beside the Falcon as crew members open a diving bell that was sent down 240 feet to the ocean floor for the rescue. Several rescued crew members from the submarine are helped out of the diving bell and climb aboard the Falcon. (A total of 33 crew were saved in four descents of the diving bell). Next, survivors reach a dock. A woman speaks with one of the rescued men as he steps into a car. Views of the Falcon and several support vessels. Scene shifts to 13 July 1939, when the first attempt is made to raise the Squalus. An officer officer manipulates valves to send compressed air down into the hull of the Squalus. Next, foam is generated in the water as the bow of the Squalus emerges clearly showing its number, 192. The submarine remains in that condition, with bow elevated and then sinks again. (Note: several more attempts were made in subsequent months to raise the Squalus, until, finally, on 13 September 1939, the boat was successfully raised and towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard for repairs. The submarine was renamed USS Sailfish and recommissioned in May 1940.)
Syrian and Armenian stores and shops along Washington Street, New York City, United States in late 1939. "Little Syria" area between Battery Park and Rector Street. Exterior of Syrian stores and restaurant. Sign reads 'Delicious Syrian Luncheon'. Banner advertising the 1939 New York Worlds Fair hangs in front of the restaurant. Traffic and pedestrians along street. Cars parked along side of street. Exterior of "Markarian Bros" Armenian wholesale grocers. Sign for "The well known Son of the Sheik Syrian Cooking" restaurant.
Fire in the forests of Northern Minnesota. Farmers in the burnt forest. Burnt tractor in a devastated field. Winds blow at 100 miles per hour due to first hurricane of the season in Florida. A petrol pump surrounded by water. A drum floats on water. A house during wind blow. A car sunk half in water.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Director Fiorello La Guardia watches grain being loaded on a train at Climax, Minnesota. Board reads "Railway Express Agency". Trucks full of grain. The Director with another man pastes a banner on the coach of the train. The banner reads "Mercy Wheat for the Starving"
Severe cold in Midwest, United States. Snow covered road in Minnesota. Cars on road. Snow on roofs of houses. Sign board of a hotel besides road. A car covered with snow parked. Car goes through severe fog. A man cleans front screen of car. Car parked on road with heavy snows around it. A man removes snow with a spade. Car goes towards garage of a house. Heavy snow at road.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.