Exteriors of United States Army, Navy and State office buildings in United States (later the Executive Office Building). Pedestrians outside the building. Exteriors of the French Embassy and English Embassy. Tram and vehicular traffic outside the English Embassy.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a visit to the United States. A statue of late U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs. And Mr. Khrushchev visit Roosevelt's tomb at Hyde Park in New York with Roosevelt's widow Eleanor Roosevelt. Mr. Khrushchev lays a wreath on the tomb. Exterior of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Flags of member nations flutter on poles outside the headquarters. Mr. Khrushchev arrives and enters the building followed by delegates. He is greeted by Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld. Accompanied by President Víctor Andrés Belaúnde of the General Assembly, Mr. Khrushchev is welcomed by all the delegates. He addresses the delegates on the issue of disarmament. The delegates applaud at the end of his speech. Mr. Khrushchev and his party leave for a tour of the city. The party at the top of the Empire State Building. Panoramic views of New York City skyscrapers, landmarks, and skyline as seen from atop the building. They point towards the antennas on the top of the building. Animated map of the United States.
United States SC-54D aircraft at Ramey air force base in Puerto Rico. United States SC-54 D aircraft takes off from Ramey Air Force base in Puerto Rico. United States B-52 aircraft in flight with landing gear down. SC-54 D aircraft lands at Ramey air base.
Shipboard activities of United States sailors while underway in the Pacific Ocean. United States sailors eat a meal at a table inside a mess aboard a United States ship. The sailors eat chow at the table. A sailor takes a bite of a chocolate cake. Two sailors sit at the table as they eat.
'Radioactive contamination' about the hazards posed by the sinking of a United States aircraft carrier and the methods to control radioactivity. United States Navy F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft taking off from United States aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. F6F-3 Hellcat firing rockets in air. Landing signal operator LSO using flags while guiding plane for landing on USS Independence. Kamikaze attacks at Tarawa. Anti aircraft guns on carrier cut down kamikaze planes as they attack. USS Independence flying USA flag at Tokyo Bay. Scene of surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. Aerial view of atomic bomb blast at Bikini in 1946. The wrecked carrier Independence being towed away after it was used as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. Men at a construction site talk about contamination caused in sea water due to sinking of Independence containing radioactive waste. They comment, "she's all full of that radioactive poison" and with respect to eating fish in water near the ship, "would you eat fish again?" Two women dressed in furs, in a car, also discuss radioactivity. One woman says, "from what I've heard it's very dangerous. " View of 1940s car backing into oncoming traffic and almost causing an accident. An aerial view of atomic explosion at Bikini. Damaged USS Independence ship after TEST ABLE. Signs on board warn of radioactivity with words, "Keep Clear, Danger! Very Radio-Active" and "Radioactivity. Do not remain more than 2 hours." Men in small boat near USS Independence examine damage to the ship. Parts of the USS Independence being tested for radioactive contamination at the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory NRDL, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California. The USS Independence being sunk in 1951. View of Bikini atomic bomb blast within a bay surrounded by ships. Simulation shows the effect a similar blast would have on a coastal city as a radioactive cloud covers the city. Officers holding handkerchiefs to their mouths as they enter an office building from outside. Firemen climb ladders while putting out a large fire. A house wife working in a kitchen and responding to a pot boiling over on the stove burns her hand. A man slips on a bar of soap in the shower while singing. An officer honking at an oncoming car as he is run off the road. Woman driver dressed in furs exclaims to her friend about the bad driving of men. Officer just run off the road by woman driver exclaims, "Women !" with frustration. Aerial view of test nuclear explosion at Bikini Atoll.
United States troops in England during World War II. United States Coast Guardsmen bring sacks of mail from United States aboard a Coast Guard Troop Ship at a port in England in April, 1944. They carry sacks from one of the Troop ship's Higgins boats and carry them up the ship's ladder, to the deck.
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