The house of Filipino President Manuel Luis Quezon in the United States. Chairs and a table on the balcony of a building. A staircase in the building. A statue of Virgin Mary in the garden altar. A chair in a room. A kettle on a table. A taxidermy fox on display. A United States flag flying on a flagpole outside the house. Manuel L. Quezon’s bedroom. A photograph on a bedside table and a wooden crucifix on the wall.
A film titled 'Roving Eye Rescue' on rescue work by the United States Coast Guard. A man stands near an aircraft in the United States. 'Coast guard' written on a side of the aircraft. The man does a preflight inspection. The man boards the aircraft.
A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. A sign reads 'Old age insurance'. People fill out old age insurance forms. Men work at a factory. A social security card of John Marshall. A building in Baltimore where old age insurance records are maintained. Drawers inside the building where records are kept. Men and women work on machines as they type and print wage reports, ledger sheets. A sign on a door reads 'Office of the President'. A man at a desk. Wage details being tabulated and posted on each ledger sheet. A map of the United States depicts the regional offices of the old age insurance. People at various offices. An old woman reads while another woman knits. An old couple seated in a park and a man smokes a cigar. Old men and women get cheques under the old age insurance scheme.
A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Men fire rifles during a competition in the United states. Men fire at trees. An instructor briefs soldiers about M-1 rifles. He weighs a rifle and speaks about the use of sling and means of firing the rifle. A soldier demonstrates the use of the rifle. An M-1 rifle being loaded and fired from a prone position. The soldier reloads the rifle and fires at a target. Cartridges being reloaded and fired at a gasoline can. Fire arises after firing.
A documentary titled 'Building for Service' in the United States. In 1878 there were fewer telephones in the United States as compared to later years. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, in his forecast to the Electric Telephone Company writes that telephone cables could be laid underground or suspended overhead connecting with wires to buildings of any kind. A man could speak to another man at a distant place by this means. A graph showing the growth of the Bell System in the number of telephones, from 2 million in 1876 to 16 million in 1926. Thousands of people have worked in streets and on mountains in laying telephone facility, to bring the inventor's forecast to reality. A graph showing physical property of the Bell System from year 1911 through 1925.
Motion Picture postage stamps printed in the United States during World War II. Chairman of the War Activities Committee George J. Schaefer and Assistant Postmaster General Ramsey Black looking at postage stamps rolling off presses. The postage stamps printed at the Bureau of Engraving in Washington to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Motion Picture Industry. The men looking at the stamps. Close view of a stamp which depicts a group of U.S. Soldiers in the South Pacific watching a movie. Men standing in a line outside a counter at the New York Post Office collect the stamps. A stamp with 'United States of America' written across the top and '3c, postage' and '50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures' written across the base of the stamp. The first letters bearing New York cachet are stamped. Men stamping the letters. An envelope with a stamp. A signboard behind men at a counter reads 'New York, N.Y., Cachet Applied Here'. Schaefer holding a framed sheet of stamps is flanked by New York Post Master General Goldman and Post Master General Frank Walker. The Chairman expresses his thanks to the Post Master General during his speech at a function in New York. Hollywood stars gathered at a post office to express their thanks. Maria Montez, a motion picture actress, autographs on a giant envelope addressed to the Postmaster General Frank Walker expressing their thanks for his appreciation. A group of stars holding the envelope. Maria Montez with the envelope.
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