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Aerial views of Washington DC and south facade of the White House.
Buildings of historic importance in Washington DC. Aerial views of Washington DC. Various buildings. Close view of Capitol dome. Automobiles parked at the Capitol. Union Station Plaza. South facade of the White House and its lawn.
British film from World War II intended to acquaint British people with aspects of the United States.
British World War 2 film (described as the equivalent of the U.S. wartime film "Know Your Ally, Britain"). Film opens showing 19th Century animated map of the United States. It traces the development of the railroads in the U.S. It shows rail lines reaching the Missouri River by the year 1860. (Narrator states this took 250 years to happen.) But in another 10 years, the map shows the Union Pacific and other rail lines extending two the West Coast, and U.S. commerce shifting, from North-South movement, to East-West (with an animated steam locomotive moving across the map). Chicago is highlighted as the greatest railway junction in the world (the "Piccadilly Circus" as the British narrator describes it). View of a 19th century steam locomotive pulling a freight railroad train in the desert Western U.S. Views of the arid Western parts of the U.S. Group of Native American Indians watching a train pass. Construction supplies being offloaded from a train. A wind-driven water pump. Buffalo herds affected by the railroads. Wire fencing installed to control cattle on large Western ranches. large teams of horses pulling 19th century wheat harvesting machinery. Views of wheat grains being poured. Cattle in the high country. Views of Chicago stock yards. A man marking on a Board of Trade chalk board, the prices of farm commodities. Various views of steam locomotives pulling trains throughout the rail network, including some 20th century trains near the end of the film.
British soldiers visited by royal family and decorated by King George VI in England during World War 2
Royal Air Force officers escort Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, on a road in England. Cars and jeeps parked on the road. Queen Elizabeth chats with crewmen of a British bomber, as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are assisted in boarding the aircraft to examine it. 'Parachute' written on the door of the aircraft. The Queen steps out of the aircraft, followed by Princess Elizabeth. The Queen watches as King George VI, decorates a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, and several junior RAF officers. He presents the Distinguished Service medal to one and Distinguished Flying Crosses to others. View of officers wearing their Distinguished Flying Cross medals. View from behind, of the Queen and two Princesses,standing as King George addresses an awardee,during the ceremony. RAF airmen stand in formation at the side of the field. Standing next to King George,at the entrance to an aircraft hangar, Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet of flowers from an airman. King George reviews a formation of airmen on the apron of the hangar. Queen Elizabeth, carrying her flowers, also reviews the formation, walking several paces behing the King. King George speaks with women of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), in uniform, part of a formation in the hangar building. British flag on the hangar wall contains the Union Jack and the round British aircraft insignia. British troops, shouldering rifles, with fixed bayonets, lead a parade through the hangar, passing in review before the Royal Family. They are followed by unarmed RAF personnel marching out to the snow covered ground outside.
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. This segment covers election of November 7, 1944, in World War II
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. Opening scene show a banner stretched across a downtown street, reading: "Vote Democratic, vote for full employment. Below that are pictured two local candidates and Franklin D. Roosevelt (running for an unprecedented 4th term as President). Underneath, the banner reads:"Conners for Congress.Glimpses of other political signs are shown, on telephone poles, buildings,and automobile windows. Citizens discuss the elections in various places: A man and woman in their living room; workers in a machine shop; men in a diner restaurant; a man and woman at home; a farmer and a delivery man; a housewife speaks to another homemaker over a back fence; a dentist and his patient; school boys; and politicians. Representative Clare Booth Luce speaking. New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, at a podium. Vice Presidential candidate Harry Truman about to speak. People gathered in local forums and other political campaign activities. President Roosevelt driving along a city street, on a rainy day, in an open car with Secret Service agents riding on the running boards of his car. Crowds jamming the sidewalks in spite of the weather. Other gatherings of people waving American flags and showing support for their politcal parties and candidates. Philip Murray, President of the CIO Labor Union and AFL Head, William Green. Radio broadcast antenna shown denoting importance of radio for political communications. Harry S. Truman (Democrat), Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and incumbent President Roosevelt are seen delivering speeches in front of numerous microphones. Various views of many men, women, children, and families gathered around radios listening to radio campaign speeches, in various places, including American soldiers at the front (This election is during World War 2) and Nurses in a hospital. President Roosevelt speaking at a political dinner. Views of people at political party conventions. Next, people are seen calmly walking in and out of polling places. Three members of an election board begin counting votes. After checking, one member telephones the results from their precinct to headquarters. Views of recorded votes being reported by telephone. People using tabulating machines to compile the results. Views of spectators in vote posting centers awaiting the results. Final results being brought to news media for dissemination to the nation. People gathered in Times square, New York, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee. Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.
Anti Catholic Paramilitary Organization Mexican Red Shirts campaign in Mexico City
Anti Catholic Paramilitary Organization Mexican Red Shirts campaign in Mexico City against God and Religion. Girls in a procession. Members take pledge. Organization's logo visible on shirts of the members. People observe the campaigners. Labor Union Organization march
Italian influence on American life. Italian Festival San Gennaro at Mulberry Street, in New York City.
Italian influence on American life, reflected in gastronomy and history. A man selling flags and parade goods for the Feast of San Gennaro (Festa di San Gennaro) in Mulberry Street, New York City. An Italian American woman cooks Italian sausage and meats. Man holding a green parrot. Italian American woman inspects her boyfriend’s necklace. Poster reads “Feast of San Gennaro”. A man pins money on a string of cash attached to the carriage of San Gennaro. A metal effigy of San Gennaro. Italian American brass band. Italian chefs prepare and cook pizza at a restaurant kitchen. Exterior view of Marconi Restaurant signage in Little Italy. Views of Ferris Wheel; . decorative lights; a brass band. A chef rolls and toss a pizza dough by hand. Waiter takes a bottle of Chianti from the restaurant bar. Chef sprinkles cheese on a Pizza Margherita. Customers eating pizza in restaurant. A woman eats pizza while a man pours a glass of Chianti. Man and woman put napkin on dog and feed him pizza. A Casino. View of “Larry’s Bar” sign. View of George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River. Heroic sculpture of Italian explorer and navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1485-1528) by Ettore Ximenes (1855–1926) in Battery Park, New York City. Home of Giuseppe Garibaldi, on Staten Island, New York. Visitors enter the home, which displays sign reading: (in Italian)" He lived in exile, 1851 to 1853. Giuseppe Garibaldi, Hero of two worlds." View of statue at Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain, Columbus Circle. in front of the Union Station, Washington, DC. Italian Carabinieri march in Columbus Day parade on 5th Avenue, in New York City. Italian and American flags displayed on building. St. Patrick's Cathedral is seen. Italian journalists at work in Washington, DC and New York City. An Italian journalist speaks about his experience as a journalist in New York City.
