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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan receive five purple hearts for their deceased sons during World War 2

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa receive Purple Heart medals from Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward at Navy Headquarters in Washington, D.C. USA. They receive the Purple Hearts in memory of their five sons who all died together while serving aboard the USS Junea on November 13, 1942. Brief shot of woman rocking in a chair while holding a young boy in her arms. Close up of Purple Heart medal in case. The Sullivans holding all five Purple Hearts together.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1944, June 24
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078601
Implementation of the Mao Zedong led economic and social plan titled the 'Great Leap Forward' in Red China.

Postwar living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung) photographed by Indians visiting the country. The film highlights China's problems of industry, agriculture, and excess population. Advertisements and posters for the Mao Zedong led economic and social plan titled the 'Great Leap Forward' in 1958. Objectives of the plan. Agriculture, industry, and education in China, including brief shot of men, women, and children in classroom, possibly for re-education. Men and women work in factories and plants. A Russian sign reads 'Made in the Soviet Union'. Workers inside a huge automatic automotive plant set up and supplies by the Soviet Union (SU). A steel and iron company rebuilt and enlarged with the aid of Soviet Union. A seamless steel tube mill supplied and erected by the SU. A plant designed, equipped, and built by SU technicians. A bridge over a river. Women work in a high voltage testing laboratory equipped by the East German government. A fully automatic petroleum refinery built by the Japanese. A heavy gilding machine plant started by the Japanese in 1937. Various factories, plants, and industries in China. Rural farmland and irrigation. People work in backyard furnaces, factories, presses, rolling mills and automotive factories. Deserted city streets with few cars. Workers inside an automotive plant. Communist Party of China Chairman Mao Zedong signs a pact with the Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev. Newspaper headlines regarding the disagreements leading to rifts in the China-Soviet relations in 1960. The Soviet Union withdraws technicians and support from China resulting in closure of industries. Statistics highlight China's dropping industrial production in steel, coal, electricity, and petroleum compared to that of USA, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom.

Location: China
Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021675
A group of Texas farm boys visits Des Moines Iowa and views corn crops and Belgian draft horses.

Farm boys of Texas visit different states of United States. A young farm boy in a corn farm at Iowa. The boy comes to corn crops. He looks at the crops and goes. The farm boys watch Belgian draft horse mares near Des Moines. A man leads mares on a track, he leads mare in a field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026608
The 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns firing from Iowa class battleship towards shore installations, United States.

A U.S. Navy training film giving details about the 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 gun, United States. Animation shows 16 inch 50 caliber Mark 7 guns from battleship firing toward shore installations. Guns attack targets at various distances inland. Pointers pointing to 16 inch gun turrets on Iowa class battleship. Guns on ship fire at targets. Smoke rises from gun fire.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060016
American Civil War veterans visit Iowa Monument and Union Naval Monument in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

During the National Memorial Reunion and Peace Jubilee for veterans of the American Civil War in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Encampment tents during the reunion. Civil war veterans wash at a long table with basins and towel rack. The veterans loaded onto trucks as they go for an inspection of the former battlefield. The veterans pose near a civil war cannon. A minister speaks from a platform at Iowa Monument. The veterans and soldiers on the platform. The veterans at the Minnesota Monument. View of Vicksburg Battlefield. View of Union Naval Monument.

Location: Vicksburg Mississippi USA
Date: 1917, October 17
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066849
WAACS start Army training in Des Moines, Iowa, in World War II.

WAACS begin their first day with the corps during World War 2. Women exit a clothing warehouse carrying bags of clothing. Women officers of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), seen wearing uniforms. Beds in a row in a barracks during inspection. Two women officers shaking hands. Women stand in line to go into the mess hall. Women officers eating and drinking in the mess hall, including African American women who eat at racially segregated tables. Women stand at attention outside in rows. They march together in line.

Location: Des Moines Iowa USA
Date: 1942, July 22
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040907
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