Indian man playing a type of saranqi in a temple, as another man sits at his side. With his feet, the player also controls a pair of sticks at the base of the instrument that beat a rhythm. He sings as he plays.
Aquatennial boat parade marks the opening of water sports in Minneapolis. Floats based on various themes on parade in the streets of Minneapolis. Young women on floats wave at crowd. Floats about the Northern Railways and U.S. Defense are followed by a giant fish shaped float that rolls by, followed by a float made to look like a paddle wheel steam ship called "Showboat". Thousands of spectators gather and celebrate.
President Kennedy's motor convoy travels along the Vandenberg AFB in California,United States. Convoy passes by a minuteman missile erector. Several Boeing 707's, heavy transport vehicles and minuteman missiles erectors can be seen at the base. Officials salute as the Presidential convoy drives by.
Remains of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Workmen and equipment appear to be demolishing it. The words: "Wawer, 27 XII 39" painted on sidewalk. Passersby place flowers at the spot. At another spot on the sidewalk is painted: "Polska Zwyciezy"(Poland Wins). Cardboard caricatures of Hitler are raised on a building wall and hung from a lampost. Base of lampost, where people walk their dogs, being painted "Nur fuer Deutch" (only for Germans). Newspapers in 1944 reporting on the increased internal Polish armed resistance, or Warsaw Uprising, against the occupying German forces. Scenes of fire and destruction arising in this increasing conflict. Scenes of pre-war Warsaw Poland, including landmark buildings, city square areas, parks, and fountains during pre-war peace time.
British soldiers demonstrate rapid setup and use of Vickers machine guns to U.S. Army 307th and 308th Infantry troops in France during World War 1. British instructor shows parts of the gun and demonstrates how to load it, with U.S. Army soldiers gathered close around. The U.S. Army forces in two facing lines observe as a pair of soldiers work together to quickly transport the gun base and muzzle separately, and then join the two to be ready for firing. A Commanding Officer walks the line of observing soldiers and talks to them. A target firing line of machine guns is seen. U.S. forces practice use of the machine guns, and then inspect their targets to evaluate accuracy. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Shows several locomotives at a railroad yard in little Rock,Arkansas. Man appears from behind the tracks and gives an interview to the reporter. He speaks and discourages all sorts of segregation based on race, color or creed.
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