First transcontinental non stop flight from New York to San Diego in United States. Dornier Do X flying boat takes off with 169 passengers from water. Pilots of first transcontinental non stop flight were Lieutenant Oakley G Kelly and John A Macready. Passengers sit in passenger plane. Cameraman at work inside plane.
Operation Head Start in United States. Children sit at library in Head Start Pre-school. They read books. Some of the children are white and some are African American in the integrated school class. Volunteer teaches new words to children. She uses toys and charts to do so. She asks other words(synonyms) from children. A boy sits on chair and tells the story of the three little bears, children laugh.
Models display designer Gladys Parker's fashionable clothing creations at a restaurant in New York, United States. Men and women drink cocktails at the bar and enjoy the show.
Cadets on parade, at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States. Spectators seated watch. Trees and a parked car in the background.
M2 Carbine fired in the United States. A man holds M1 and M2 Carbine. A lever on M2 that makes it different from the M1. A man fires M2 carbine as he pulls the trigger. Lever being moved forward and M2 is automatically operated. Magazine used for the M2 Carbine. An operating model of M2 Carbine. A lever being fitted on the crank pin. Trigger being squeezed to demonstrate the mechanism of the new M 2 Carbine. A man pulls th lever. Slide of the operating model moves down. Selector being fitted on crank pin. A man demonstrates the automatic and semi automatic mechanism of the M 2 Carbine. A man fires the Carbine. (World War II period).
Film 'Voice of the truth' dramatizes reactions of U.S. Army soldiers listening to Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose report the news. The propaganda report makes an effort to convince troops that the people at home are not interested in soldiers. The United States troops smoke and relax while listening to music on radio below decks on troop transport ship. Soldier writes on a piece of paper. Another soldier checks rifle. Troops get on to landing crafts from ships and prepare to fight. A soldier questions the propaganda. (World War II period).
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