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Morrison and Knudsen construction company building dams in Afghanistan

Opening scene shows view from vehicle traveling from the Pakistan border over the Spinbaldak-Kandahar highway. View from above of a yellow truck on that road and arriving at the Morrison and Knudsen (MK) construction company headquarters near Kandahar. Views of the buildings to house and otherwise provide for MK employees. View of several camels walking away from the camera in a desert area. An MK crane lifts a drag line bucket in process of laying out a canal. An old man and a young boy watch the process. View of the MK-built dam across the Helmand River that will supply canals with water for irrigation. The King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, arrives with aides to inspect the project. (Narrator notes the King was present at the gate-opening of the dam in 1949.) An MK engineer converses with the King. View of water flowing for the first time into a new canal. (The water approaches a man walking in the dry canal.) Engineers converse while standing above a canal construction site. Below, teams of Afghan workers work on the canal sides. An Afghan surveyor, using a transit, to lay out the center line for a canal, waves his arms to an assistant in the distance. Closeup of man driving a stake and another holding the line that will mark the center line. Earth moving equipment being used to prepare the canal bed. Closeup of machine wheels turning. Glimpse of freshly-dug long canal

Location: Afghanistan
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066743
Scenes illlustrating the success of the Afghan Government's mondernization program under contracts with Morrison-Knudsen-Afghanistan construction company (MKA).

Various scenes of Afghanistan and its people several years after its post war modernization program. Scenes of Kabul. Older students leaving a school and younger ones walking through a park-like setting. Afghan planners discussing future projects. View of a dam built by MKA. A large Afghan factory building. Afghans loading huge bags of cotton for export. A man shows the contents of one sack. Smoke stack on an Afghan textile plant. Inside, many machines spin cotton into thread. Glimpses of new hospitals, schools and mosques. A modern home and garden. A gardener waters pots of flowers in the garden. Views of a vast field of grain at the MKA experimental farm. The field is seen when green, and then again, when ready for harvest. Afghan farmers harvesting the wheat with machinery. Men walking alongside a harvesting machine in operation.

Location: Afghanistan
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066747
Large crowd of civilians gather at the Saint Peter's Square as Pope John XXIII passes away in Vatican City,Rome.

Scenes following news of death of Pope John XXIII in Vatican City,Rome. Large crowd of civilians gather at the Saint Peter's Square. They place pictures of Pope John XXIII. Civilians pray for the recovery of Pope's illness in front of the windows of Pope apartment. Past scenes show: Pope John XXIII meets with the bishops.

Location: Vatican City Rome Italy
Date: 1963, June 3
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073167
James F. Byrnes is sworn in as Secretary of State; United States signs the UN Charter

James Francis Byrnes sworn in as the Secretary of State before United States President Harry S. Truman and members of Congress and Cabinet. Former President Franklin D Roosevelt greets Byrnes. Former Secretary of State and newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Edward Reilly Stettinius congratulates the new secretary. Former Secretary Cordell Hull signs the United Nations UN Charter (World Security Charter) in Washington DC.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073174
The Smithsonian Institution, the State Department, the Pension Office and the Post Office in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC and some of the city's landmark buildings. The Smithsonian Institution Building located on the National Mall built in the year 1846. View of the State Department Building and the Pension Office. The Post Office at Pennsylvania Avenue and the new Agriculture Department Building. View of a garden in front of the National Mall.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073221
Pennsylvania Railway Station, the Union Station Plaza and the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC.

Sesquicentennial in Washington DC. Still image of snow covered railroad train tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway Station at corner of 6th and B streets, cutting across the Mall. Animation shows: a model of Washington DC made by McMillan Commission in the year 1901. Elevated view of the landmark Union Station train station from roughly the 1920s, and view of the Plaza and new city Post Office building. Model shows the location of the station. 1908 Officers Buildings and the building for members of the House of Representatives. The Treasury Department Building for the Bureau of Revenue and building for the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Early view from 1920s of the West Wing of the White House. View of building housing the Corcoran Art Gallery. American National Red Cross building and National Headquarters building for the Daughters of the American Revolution. View of the Pan American Union building. National Academy of Sciences building exterior.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073223
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