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USIA tells the story of America, its democracy and diplomacy through ideas, people and pictures.
USIA tells the story of America. The Unanimous Declaration for the States of America by the Congress on July 4, 1776. The Statue of Liberty in New York. Atomic bomb explodes in Japan during the world war. U.S. troops prepare to defend America. U.S. State diplomats sign documents as they deal with Diplomacy. United States information Agency (USIA) tells the story of America through various means dealing with ideas, people and pictures. A person reads a book, announcers broadcast over radio, and cameramen record events. The USIA seal.
American Cities in the 1950s
Americans listen to a chamber string quartet playing music on stage. Vintage views of various famous American cities in the 1950s. Sweeping wide views of American wilderness with mountains in distant background. Elevated view of a river in America. A railroad marshaling yard with skyline of Chicago Illinois in the distance. Close view of two railroad trains passing in opposite directions in downtown Chicago with skyscraper in background. A city street in downtown Detroit Michigan with 1950s cars on the road. View of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis Minnesota and the city skyline in background. View of Saint Paul Minnesota with river, bridge, and some nearby factories. View of Saint Louis Missouri as seen from an anchored position on the Mississippi River. The city skyline of New Orleans from a distance. View of Pittsburgh skyline with the West End Bridge over the Ohio River in the foreground. People walk on the grounds of Liberty Island in New York, with the Statue of Liberty seen towering above. Aerial view of New York city's skyline, skyscrapers and New York harbor. Camera view panning from ground to top of Empire State Building in Manhattan. Aerial view of Washington DC and Potomac River. Ground view of Jefferson Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol seen together. Steps of Lincoln Memorial and view of statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln inside the memorial. An eastern American mountain view, witha lake or river in the foreground. View of Half Dome peak in Yosemite National Park seen from a moving vehicle. Elevated view of a dense forest in the western United States. Pacific coast scene of surf washing onto rocks in a rocky area with nearby cliffs and mountains.
Overview of NASA Gemini space missions, with emphasis on the Man Rating of the Gemini Launch Vehicle
View of spacelog hours on a space graph that contrasts man hours in space by the United States and by the Soviet Union (during the "Space Race.") NASA Gemini XII astronauts Lovell and Aldrin are greeted after their flight. View from spacecraft in space. View from capsule with Earth below, as rendezvous and docking with Agena vehicle takes place. Gemini astronauts enter elevator to ascend to capsule before launch. View of a unmanned ICBM missile lift off at night and an explosion. NASA Gemini successful lift off, and view of NASA mission control room. Gemini capsule on deck of USS Wasp is opened by a McDonnell employee, and astronaut shakes hands after recovery. Technical briefing in which Integrated Testing Sequence GT-4 is explained to U.S. Air Force personnel. Camera pans upward from base to top of a NASA Gemini missile and capsule. Gemini capsule is installed atop rocket. Model of Gemini rocket seen in conference room during meeting. Gemini components in large factory. A Titan II missile launch serving as a Gemini flight test shows telemetry instruments including dish and antenna tracking the launch. Close and long shots of Titan II missile in flight. Installation of flight control, pressure oscillation suppressors, and guidance systems on Titan ll to allow for man rating on Gemini. Gemini launch vehicle engines fired on Aerojet general test stand. Critical parts for Gemini are examined at the U.S. government quality assurance area. Engineers work on rocket parts and tie wrapping electrical components. View of radio guidance system module being tested. Gemini launch vehicle on launch pad and views of control room.
John F Kennedy announces nuclear test ban negotiations with Russia in Washington DC
United States President John F Kennedy speaks on the Cold War nuclear test ban at the American University (4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016) in Washington DC. Graduates of the American University sit and clap. Professors sit on podium. President announces that the U.S. and Britain will send high level negotiators to Moscow in July for conference on a nuclear test ban. He says that the U.S. will discontinue nuclear tests unless some other country resumes them. “Confident and unafraid, we must labor on, not towards a strategy of annihilation, but towards a strategy of peace. Thanks.” President Kennedy concluded his speech.
Frank Carlucci talks about drug trafficking on a show hosted by Maria Siccardi.
Television discussion about United States- Latin American relations in United States. Frank Carlucci answers the questions of people regarding this topic. Maria C Siccardi presents the show. A question is asked from Bogota regarding the United States reaction to the Guatemala peace plan. Carlucci talks about the drug trafficking becoming an international issue. Discussion about the drug traffickers, guerrillas and the extradition treaty.
Four British labor exchange visitors return home after several weeks visiting war plants and labor organizations in America (WW2)
A British guest on labor exchange program visit spends his last day as a house guest of his counterpart American's family, in Los Angeles, California. He is seen with the father in their living room with two children, while the mother prepares dinner in the kitchen. The children are sent to bed and the men and the wife, named Ellen sits down to dinner with the two men. The British guest waves goodbye to the family at their doorstep. Scene shifts to another of the British labor exchange visitors leaving the family where he had been hosted in a different city. Next, the four British labor exchange visitors are seen seated opposite representatives of American labor organizations including the American federation of Labor (AFL), the Congress of industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Railroad Brotherhood. They had met them a few weeks ago when they first arrived in the U.S. One of the labor representatives asks them about their impressions of America. They uniformly praise the effectiveness of the U.S war effort, extolling the efficiency and productivity of her war plants. One of the commenters calls for more international unity in the labor union movement. A spokesman for the American labor representatives expresses need to support the United Nations movement. Film closes showing the four British exchange visitors boarding a U.S. Army Air Corps C-54 transport plane to fly them home to England. They are checked in by an airman who wears a leather jacket with the Air Transport Command logo on it. The aircraft is seen taking off and climbing out over hangars at the airfield. (World War II period)
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