Activities of newly arrived Vietnamese refugees during Operation New Life / New Arrival in the United States. Vietnamese refugees at Fort Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania, having arrived for initial processing. Men and women serving food to the refugees. The refugees walking towards their buses after having lunch. The refugees board the buses holding their personal gear.
Mock H Bomb attack to check Civil Defense in Washington DC during the Cold War. View of the Civil Defense Administration building. Workers in the building reacting to a mock alert of an impending atomic or nuclear attack. Woman in a control center takes readings over the phone. Warning signals being flashed on a large map of United States. Siren sounded with 'Chrysler Air Raid Siren' written on it. Police and Civil Defense team clear the streets. Officers are air lifted to secret centers from where they will administer security plans. Helicopters lifting off from grounds of the Pentagon in Arlington Viriginia near Washington DC to "evacuate" essential personnel. Officer stands on an empty street of New York City. Many parked buses are among the vehicles nearby. People seen at the base of a stairs at the entrance to the New York City subway. Traffic moves on the road after air raid signal has been sounded.
The Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Flags of different countries displayed in a stadium during the Helsinki Olympics. Men taking part in a marathon start the event. A huge crowd gathered in the stands cheer for the men. Officials seated in the stands applaud. A man holds a board which reads '25 km'. Czechoslovakia's Emil Zatopek leads the event. People on the sides of the road cheer. The Czechoslovakian running on tracks in the stadium. Emil Zatopek finishes the 26-mile run creating a new record. Photographers take pictures. The crowd in the stands. Women's 400 meter relay event begins. United States team wins creating a new record with a score of 45.9 seconds. The relay team of four girls dances with glee. Men's 1500 meter track event begins. The crowd in the stands is applauding. Luxembourg's Joseph Barthel overcomes American Macmillan winning the country's first gold medal. Joseph Barthel cries standing on the winner's stand.
The 73rd U.S. Congress ends its session in Washington DC, United States. Billions of dollars are voted for the operation of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to aid the country during the Great Depression. Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol framed by trees. Wheat harvesting combines at work on a field. Scenes of men getting back to work. Men cutting down trees in logging operations as part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Civilian Conservation Corps work (CCC). A crowd of men walking into work on grounds of a plant of factory. Woman fills white cloth bags with coins. Men gathered at a stock or commodity exchange. A biplane aircraft taking off from a snow covered runway. A new ship being launched from skids at a shipyard. The ship underway. Women workers seated at a liquor distillery assembly line put covers on liquor bottle tops. Bartender pours draft beer into glasses in a bar (soon after end of prohibition) and serves patrons. Men and women gathered at a bar drinking alcohol. U.S. Congress in session and view of Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey, standing and using gavel at podium or dais.
Road graders and bulldozers leveling a new airstrip in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Rolls of Marston Mat steel planking in the foreground. A Piper L-4 plane lands and takes off from the new strip. A United States soldier radio operator working with a colleague.
A VC-137 Stratoliner residential aircraft of the United States Air Force One parked at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland near Washington DC. Crewmen at the base. President of United States Richard Nixon arrives in a helicopter and walks towards the Air Force One plane. The new name of the plane 'Spirit of 76' written on its nose. Pilot of the plane looks from cockpit as President talks to an official and poses for a photo. President Nixon walks over loading ramp and climbs stairs of now the plane. He turns and waves to the crowd. Crowd of men, women and children watch the plane taking off.
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