Trial of a German carpenter Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. son of pilot Charles Lindbergh in Flemington, New Jersey. A ship underway at sea. The relatives of Isidor Fisch, a German Jewish friend and business associate of Hauptmann aboard a ship. They walk up a gangplank to board a boat. A view of the city. A close up of the relatives of Isidor Fisch arrive from Germany to testify at Hauptmann trial. The relatives come out of a building and get in a bus. The bus leaves. Cars and bus drive on a road. A man works at his home as the woman had gone for the testimony. A man peals vegetables. He cooks food. The women seated for the hearing. The man sits on a table and eats food. He plays with his dog. The man washes plates.
A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.
The transport ship called "The Lambs" is launched in New York, recognizing the contributions to the World War I effort by the Lambs Theatre Club of New York City (the first professional theatrical club in America). An official stands with a woman on a platform. The ship descends down the ways into the water. People stand on a bow of the ship with a United States flag.
Tennis star Althea Gibson, from New York City, USA, is seen in the final seconds of her contest with Darlene Hard, in the Ladies' singles final at Wimbledon, England,on July 6, 1957. She is the first African American to win at Wimbleton. After shaking hands with Hard, she is seen receiving the ladies' Wimbledon tropy "Rosewater Dish," from Queen Elizabeth, II. Althea Gibson displays the sterling silver salver, as she poses next to Darlene Hard.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, in North Africa during state visit. Madame leaves Douglas C-54 Skymaster. She is escorted by a Chinese official and the U.S. Officers. Madame is greeted by a U.S. officer. She enters a U.S. Army car (star on side). Madame Chiang Kai-Shek exits the car and boards the aircraft. Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a car. The car drives on a road in a North African city. Local native people on the road. Madame Chiang Kai-shek with the U.S. officers climbs down the steps of a building. Madame and an officer talk. U.S. soldiers stand in the background. Madame Chiang Kai-shek climbs up a ladder and boards C-54. (World War II period).
Reconstruction after floods in Hartford, Connecticut. Aerial view of the flooded city. Houses submerged in water. Gas tanks in water. Flood refugees eating at a long table. The refugees in a temporary shelter.
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