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Aircraft and crews, of the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight, assemble at the starting point, Bolling Field, Washington, DC

United States Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project begins in Washington DC. YB-10 bomber (tail number 151) takes off from Patterson Field, Ohio, heading for Washington, DC, the official starting point for the operation. A few Martin YB-10 aircraft taxiing at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (20 MacDill Blvd SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA). Several Martin YB-10 bombers parked in a line, with ground crews attending them. Chief of the United States Air Corps, General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; United States Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Commander of the Alaska Flight, Colonel Henry H. Arnold, stand along with the Alaska Flight pilots, in front of a project airplane, number 143, painted with the project logo: an eagle perched over a map of Alaska. Secretary Woodring meets and shakes hands with the pilots.

Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064906
Views of a typical small town in the midwestern United States in the 1950s, Ottumwa, Iowa.

In a U.S. Army documentary, an Army Sergeant walks on sidewalks of a typical 1950 small town in the rural United States -- Ottumwa, Iowa. Civilians on streets of the city. Various shops and 1940s and 1950s era automobiles. People from various walks of life talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant recalls the town's ancestors entering America. The Des Moines river is shown with a small boat anchored at the end of a dock and men and boys fishing. Statue of Native American Indian Chief atop the Courthouse Building, Chief Wapello, whose tribe camped in the spot of the town years prior. The entrance of the library. Still images and drawings from the library depicting the town. Pictures of houses, shops and other buildings. People on the streets of Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper headline announcing U.S. participation in World War I, "War Becomes Actuality." Images of members from Ottumwa's own Company G, 42nd Rainbow Division in WWI, including soldiers Arthur Menge, Charles Orman, Marlow Work. Views of WWI battle scenes. Oscar Nelson is remembered for heroism. WWI soldiers returning to American towns. Private Charles Orman 40 years later in Ottumwa. He enters a barber shop. Art Menge is also seen in the Barber shop. Aerial view of the city with many bridges, plants, factories, and homes visible. Cars and pedestrians on streets, The Ottumwa Bank, the Airport with a plane parked in front of the terminal, the Railroad train station with people waiting as a large sleek silver passenger train pulls up and arrives. The Hoffmann Drug store, the Ottumwa Hotel, The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper building, the Glover Motor Company, the Union Bank, and the Sunnyslope Sanitorium. Various homes and neighborhoods and 1950s automobiles. Governor Herschel Loveless, an Ottumwa native, at home with his wife. The home on Davis Street of the Miss Universe contest winner Carol Morris, and views of Ms. Morris in the pageant and receiving the winners crown in 1956.

Date: 1958
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056276
Timeline summary of the events and achievements of President Eisenhower's administration.

"The Eisenhower Story": A pre-election pro-Eisenhower propaganda film designed to highlight Eisenhower's qualifications for reelection as President in the 1956 election. Factory whistle blows and men entering a factory. Car chassis factory assembly line. Locomotive engineer blows train whistle and railroad locomotive with cultivators on a flat bed car. Cultivators harvesting grain. Woman carries groceries from shop to a 1950's sedan car parked on street. View of 1950's automobile highway traffic and aerial view of highways being built under his plans for highway construction and road expansion. View of Eisenhower at swearing in ceremony during his inauguration as President in 1952. In his speech, Eisenhower emphasizes that, "we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint efforts to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations..." Newspaper headline 'Korean Truce Signed'. American troops disembark ship and greet family. Secretary of State Dulles talking with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Secretary John Dulles seen also with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Eisenhower and Churchill at Geneva conference, along with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. Eisenhower speaks before United Nations about efforts to form an "atom pool." He notes United States "determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma...." Newspaper headlines 'Eisenhower Signs Sea Way Bill'. Construction of Saint Lawrence Seaway. 'Budget' and 'tax cuts' news in newspapers, including headline, "White House ends all wage controls...." Farmer plows field with tractor. Construction of new buildings and highway construction through Eisenhower programs. Views of the newly established Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Workers filing cards in giant room of file drawers and cabinets. Nurse draws vaccine into syringe. Children are vaccinated (likely polio vaccine). President Eisenhower meets leaders from different countries at White House, including England's Queen Mother and King Paul, Queen Frederica of Greece, and Prime Minister St-Laurent of Canada. Eisenhower at press conference discussing disarmament notes importance of the "elimination of opportunity of surprise attack." View of shore towers and listening platforms and missiles rising on platforms to protect America from attacks. First nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571 ) launched on January 21, 1954 by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower in Connecticut. Plane taking off from aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) while underway at sea. Formation of Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft in flight.

Date: 1956, October 5
Duration: 6 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040138
Location of various Air Force Research and Development Centers in United States.

Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg speaks, a document titled 'Ridenour Report'. First page of the document titled 'Research and Development in United States Air Force'. Air force organizational chart shows the hierarchy. A map of United States shows the location of ARDC (Air Force Research and Development Command) at various places. Workers at the entrance of Wright Air Development Center in Ohio. Men and women work inside the center. A B-52 aircraft takes off and in flight.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048848
Marietta College confers an honorary degree to Colonel Dean Hess in Ohio.

Colonel Dean Hess addresses at stage as he is conferred with an honorary degree from Marietta College in Ohio. Large crowd gathers. A man honors Dean Hess with the degree. Dean Hess stands with a man and a woman after he got degree.

Date: 1956, February 20
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035436
Children roller skating, playing, and people walking in 1950s street scenes in the United States.

Children roller skating on sidewalk past a volkswagen and a 1957 Buick Roadmaster car, parked at the curb. A little girl in a dress skipping along the sidewalk with an extremely rare 1956 Hudson Hornet (with an open trunk) in the background. A man helps a small child in a red snowsuit walk on snowy sidewalk. A woman and small child, both in red slickers and hats, walk along street on rainy day. Children play in a sandbox on a sunny day. A man and boy are passed by two young girls walking at an amusement area. Sign on building beind them advertises "Nate Eagles Midgets." A large tent ahead ot the girls displays sign reading:"Operated by East Bridgwater, Class of -- (unreadable). A mother and two little girls in dresses and bonnets on a sunny day. Two boys playing marbles on pavement. Man cleaning a delivery bicycle. A woman checking personal appearance in mirror outside a store. Buildings are reflected in the same mirror. Mother and daughter talk with man at a crosswalk. A red and blue mailbox is behind him. The girl wears a red coat, black boots, and carries a large leather schoolbag. Views of girl's and women's feet in motion, wearing sneakers; wearing high heels and boots (on rainy pavement); and wearing rubber boots in snow and slush.

Date: 1958
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032778