Wendell Wilkie arrives at Nashville, Tennessee. He disembarks from an aircraft. People wave to him. Aerial view of the land and crowd. An aircraft stands between the crowds. Wendell Wilkie dedicates the new Vultee aircraft plant during World War 2. A huge crowd seated as Wendell Wilkie speaks. Two girls with flowers. A plane taxis. The aircraft takes off.
View of Vultee Aircraft Plant at Nashville, Tennessee. Dedication of Vultee P-66 Vanguard pursuit fighter aircraft during World War 2. Huge crowd gathered. View of an emblem.
Wendell Wilkie waves from the top of the boarding ramp by his Douglas DC-3-178 - American Airlines Flagship-Virginia, acknowledging people greeting him at the new Vultee aircraft plant in Nashville, Tennessee. An African American man in uniform stands by as Wilkie descends the ramp. Scene shifts to a sizeable crowd waving from behind a fence on the airfield. An aerial view shows the factory and its airfield. Closer view of factory building itself. Next, a huge crowd is seen behind a fence, where a Vultee P-66 is displayed on a stand above the fence. It bears a British Royal Air Force roundel on its fuselage. U.S. Air Army Air Forces Officers and some Boy Scouts pose in front ot the aircraft. Wendel Wilkie is seen next, at a speaker's stand arrayed with microphones. It is decorated and displays the Vultee company Logo. Special guests in front of the stand, are seated on folding chairs. Closeup of Wilkie. Company officials are seen on a platform next to a Vultee P-66. Closeup of two young girls on the platform. One wields a bottle of Champaign to Christen the plane. Spectators applaud. A P-66 takes off from the airfield and climbs away.
United Garment workers (UGW) Union members discuss plan for 1914 convention in Nashville Tennessee. View from railroad locomotive traveling on a straight train track. A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train. Trainman on rail car waving a lantern. Views of the convention, October 12, 1914, in Nashville, headed by UGW President Thomas A. Rickert of Chicago. Labor union locals from New York, Boston, Rochester, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, were deemed in arrears on dues (although they had been on strike) and not allowed to participate. They walked out, with the Chicago delegation too. View of Telegram sent from Nashville, by the dissidents, to Sidney Hillman in New York, October, 1914, asking him to head a rival union. Photo of Hillman taking telephone call. A special convention at Webster Hall, in New York City, where dissidents join with Journeyman Tailors union and form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, with Sidney Hillman as President. Key members of the new union are seen standing in front of a car. Sidney Hillman in his office dictating to his secretary. Copies of the new union's House organs in various languages. Amalgamated Clothing Workers holding signs in various languages. Workers pose on a truck by a sign reading:"A Fair Deal, A Chance to Live, Arbitration is all we ask." Workers in cars. Girls on roller skates wearing sashes reading: "Don't Be A Scab." A man in a barrel with sign reading: "Can't afford to wear pants. Pa works in an open shop." Women pose in sandwich boards that spell out: "Closed Shop." Philadelphia garment worker ostensibly writing letter to Sidney Hillman. Shop owners examine sewn item and shop records while man works at sewing machine.
People young and old in Nashville, Tennessee gather at a train station for the arrival of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus train. Scenes of children eagerly awaiting the train. The train arrives, with the circus name written on the side. A circus clown is seen. A handler helps unload an elephant as the sound of an elephant's trumpet is heard. Elephants with shiny circus harnesses and panels draped over their heads. A show host for the show "Ahora" addresses the audience in Spanish and previews the show to come, about the circus. Standard opening sequence for the series "Ahora" is shown. Name of director Roger Wilkinson is among credits.
The twenty millionth automobile by Ford on display in Nashville, Tennessee. The twenty millionth Ford, a black Town Sedan, parked at the steps of War Memorial building. A crowd gathers around the car. Men come out of the building and come down the steps to the car. The men shake hands. A man signs a register. The twenty millionth Ford drives off. The car parked at the base of the steps of a building. Men reach into the back seat for logbook. Men come down the stairs. The men shake hands. One of them holds the license plate '20 millionth' and signs the log.
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