UN delegates are seen gathering for a meeting of the Security Council at the temporary United Nations headquarters in Lake success, Long Island, New York. One of the first to be seated is Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union. Another delegate stops to converse with him. Camera pans across delegates settling into their respective places at large curved table. Their nations are identified by placards at each place. Attention is focused on French Delegate Alexandre Parodi, who has apparently just been elected President of the Council for the month of May, 1948. At TC: 00:54, He is seen standing with Secretary General Trygve Lie. And at TC:01:19 he gently uses a gavel. At TC:01:28, another delegate holds the gavel with him as they laugh. After a while, the delegates settle down and begin to conduct business.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) aircraft fly over bomb targets in Japan during World War II. The sun rising over the horizon. A pilot in the cockpit of a USAAF 497th Bombardment Group aircraft reading a magazine. The lead B-29 Superfortress aircraft. A pilot at the controls in the aircraft cockpit. The co-pilot takes over the controls. Two USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers in formation flight. The nose of an aircraft in view. Aerial view of Sofu Gan island. The aircraft in flight. Kanaya airfield and the assembly point for 73rd Bomb Wing at Omaozaki. Aerial views of Mount Fuji and Lake Shimoko. Several B-29s in formation flight. Views of Mount Fuji.
A flying boat in San Francisco, California. Flying boat Boeing 314 in flight. Pilots at the control in the cockpit. The control panel in view. The flying boat in flight. View of passengers seated. A woman lying in a bed inside the flying boat. The flying boat comes in for a landing. A bridge over a water body. The flying boat taxis on the water at Pan American base on Treasure Island. A few flying boats and a few men on the shore
Aviator Stanislaus Hausner and his aircraft disappear over the Atlantic Ocean during a trip to Poland from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, United States. Past events show men towing a Bellanca CH Pacemaker aircraft out of a hangar on Barren Island. Aviator Stanislaus Hausner stands beside the aircraft with his wife Martha. They kiss and pose for the camera. The aircraft taxis and takes off from an airstrip. The aircraft gains altitude.
An island in Hawaii, United States. A farmer works on a pineapple farm. Harvesting of pineapple by the farmer. Workmen can pineapples for shipment.
An island in Hawaii, United States. Gathering and sorting of taro roots for preparation of Hawaiian staple poi. The roots are boiled by a man. Beating and kneading of poi by men. Men eat poi.
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