The 1st Cavalry Division moving along the Atlantic Coast in the United States. An armored car parked on a field. Soldiers standing near the car and discussing a document. A soldier looks at the document. Other soldiers standing in the background. A group of soldiers discussing a map. The soldiers board the armored car. The car moving on the street. Trees along the sides of the street. Motorcycles and scouts move over a highway along the coast. Soldiers get off from motorcycles and advance along the coast. Artillery pulled by a trailer. The soldiers take the artillery to position. Other soldiers firing rifles and machine guns, lying in prone position on the beach. Two soldiers watching the target. 37 mm guns loaded and fired. (World War II period).
The Wood Memorial championship in New York, United States. Race horses on the ground. People gather in a large number at the race course. The race starts. The jockeys ride their horses on the race track. People watch the race. A man watch the race through binoculars. The Melodist wins the race.
The communists march at the May Day parade in New York, United States. People gather in a large number on the street. The communists march holding boards and placards in hands. Some people seated on a truck passing on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Aerial view of the crowd on the street.
U.S. Marine Honor Guard in dress uniform stands at attention on the ramp at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, anticipating the arrival of President John F. Kennedy, and his party. They decide to reposition themselves, and march, at 'trail arms,' toward the camera. Many sailors and other naval personnel and families have turned out to see the President. They are lined up behind a rope across the ramp. Some children are seated on the ground. Camera focuses on some with closeups. Several members of a greeting party stand near steps positioned for placement against Air Force One, when it arrives. Governor John A. Notte, Jr. of Rhode Island strolls across the ramp to where State Rhode Island State Trooper, Robert F. Washburn Jr.(wearing number 18 on his uniform) and others, are standing around a table holding a large silver punch bowl. Trooper Washburn holds a matching silver goblet. A phalanx of photographers stands ready for the arrival. The presidential aircraft lands (It is Douglas VC-118A, serial number 53-3240). White smoke is seen off to the side, as the United States president's arrival is greeted with cannon salute.
After a radio play in New York terrifies the nation. Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller 'The War of the Worlds' as staged by Orson Welles, a young actor-manager. Orson Welles speaks at a press conference about the event. Media persons take notes during the press conference.
New methods of farming in the United States. Mechanical pea harvesters used at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. A fleet of crop dusting biplane airplanes on the ground. An airplane taxis on the farm. Aerial spraying of insecticides by the airplanes. A cannery. The cannery in operation: Men and women workers prepare to can the food. A worker at a machine in the cannery. Vegetables are dehydrated and frozen.
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