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Documentary tilted 'History of Aviation' depicts benefits to mankind brought by development of means of travel, United States.
Documentary tilted 'History of Aviation' depicts benefits to mankind brought by discovery of aviation. A group of travelers on horses and bullock carts, in hot and dusty deserts travels from California to New York. A railroad train runs on railroad between California and New York. An airplane flies in sky above skyscraper tall buildings of New York City, over Manhattan Island. Animated map shows ship sail towards Europe. A cruise ship liner underway in the ocean towards Europe. Howard Hughes airplane takes off in New York, bound for Paris, France. It is Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973) seen in aerial views over Manhattan Island New York City. Skyscrapers of New York City visible. (Filmed on July 14, 1938).
Four British working men and four American counterparts visit officials concerned with war production, in New York City and Washington DC (WW2)
A British film entitled, "People to People." Four British working men, visiting America, are seen in overcoats on the deck of a ship passing the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor during World War II. They are accompanied by four American workers who were returning on the same ship, from a similar visit to England. Closeup of the eight men, named by the narrator, who calls them trade unionists on an exchange visit. Brief view of Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference in 1943.Camera pans closeup over Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek. Brief views of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943. Closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill, with Anthony Eden standing immediately behind them. Closeup of Stalin and Roosevelt, with U.S. Army Air Force Chief, General Henry H.(Hap) Arnold and British General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, conversing behind them. Scene shifts back to the men aboard the ship in New York harbor, with the New York City Manhattan skyline of buildings in the background. Next, the eight men are seen climbing steps to New York City Hall. Inside they are welcomed by New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The group is then seen entering a building in Washington, DC, where they sit down at a table with Donald Nelson, Head of the U.S. War Production Board. In the Department of Labor building they meet William Hammatt Davis, Head of the War Labor Board, and also the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. After that they are seen heading into the White House, where they are met by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who comes out of the White House to greet them on the porch. (Narrator says she later invited them inside for tea.) The men are next seen climbing the Capitol steps. Vice President Henry A. Wallace comes out to greet them and comments about industrial production not only during the war, but in the time of peace to follow.
Scenes of life and American lifestyle in many American cities in late 1940s; famous American landmarks.
Flags of various NATO member countries. Flag of NATO. Film 'The Atlantic Community' introduces the United States as a NATO member. American landscape views. American men,women and children walk to church. Memorial marking first settlements in America. Back Bay neighborhood along bank of Charles River in Boston. Side and front view of Old State House in Boston. Pedestrians and traffic with 1940s automobiles on busy streets of Boston. Exterior view of Faneuil Hall and flower market in Boston. Civilians walk in street and cars drive by. Sweeping views of Harvard University campus buildings. View of New York city. Sweeping view from ground upward of Empire State building in midtown New York City. Manhattan Island New York City as seen from the water. Tall buildings and skyscrapers of Manhattan. Upward panning view from ground to top of Empire State Building in 1949. Busy street in New York city. American people at work including a man operating precision manufacturing equipment, a woman typing on a typewriter, and a man carpenter sawing wood. A seamstress sews clothing, an executive on the telephone in an office, factory workers at work; bricklayers working; women examine clothing designs, draftsmen at work on drawing plans. View inside a locomotive of the engineer operating a railroad train at high speed. View from exterior of passenger train as it approaches and passes by. Aerial views of farmland and hay in fields under a dusk sky. Elevated view of American industrial factories and smoke pouring from chimney stack pipes. Cowboys with herd of cows at the foothills of Rocky mountains. American dam on a massive lake. View of the Mormon Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon temple from a distant elevated position with mountains in background, and then a street level view of Salt Lake Temple with statue of Brigham Young in foreground and 1940s vehicles. Aerial view of Lockheed Constellation aircraft in flight. American landscape views. Mountains and oceans. Golden Gate Bridge. Niagara Falls view. Fort Montgomery. The Rainbow Bridge from U.S. to Canada.
In New York City, people get news about Allied invasion of Normandy France from newspapers and displays on New York Times building, during World War II
New Yorkers lean against a barrier across the street from the Times building on Times Square in New York City. They are looking up at the news reports about the D-Day invasion of France by the Allies, being displayed on the building during World War 2. Several women and men pause to look up and read the news dispatches. Camera focuses on a Man in Naval uniform standing near a soldier and girl looking up at the Times news. Scene shifts to view over the shoulder of a woman reading a Sun newspaper with headline reading: "Invasion Begins." American flag with 48 stars displayed from window in the Times building, as news display begins reading: "Allied armies invade Europe", and "American British and Canadian troops swarm..." Closeup of a man at news stand reading paper with headline: "Invasion Army 10 miles inland."Closeup of New York Post newspaper with headline: "INVASION We're in France." Two sailors at Times Square look up at the Times Building news display. Camera looks over shoulder of man reading about invasion forces 10 miles inland. Man reads paper while crossing a street. Occupants of automobile read Times news display as they pause in traffic near the building. Mixed group of people reading the Times new displays. Women read the Times displays from windows of their bus.
A ferry of the Staten Island Ferry approaches the city and the Statue of Liberty at night in New York.
View of Manhattan Island and skyscraper buildings of New York City, as seen from New York harbor, from dusk to night. A passenger ferry of the Staten Island Ferry, a passenger ferry service operated by the New York City Department of Transportation, approaches the city. The Statue of Liberty. Views of skyscrapers of New York City lit up at night; the tallest being the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Exteriors of Cuban and Puerto Rican stores and shops in Harlem, New York City, United States.
Hispanic businesses of Harlem, New York City around 1940. Signs in Spanish on stores and shops of community from Cuba and Puerto Rico, along 5th Avenue in Harlem, New York City, including "El Siglo" books and perfumes store, and the "Casa Siegel" furniture, record, and electronics store at 1393 5th Avenue, New York City, near the corner of 115th Street (owned by Sidney Siegel). Exterior marquee of the "Hispano" movie theater. View of the storefront for the "C. Mediavilla Licores " liquor store. A resident leans out of a window above shops. View of the "Garcia & Pena" clothing store at 1357 5th Avenue, New York City.
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