Industries in Natchez, Mississippi. A board reads 'Welcome to Natchez The Historic City of the South The Natchez Service Club'. Exteriors of a plant. A horse pulled cart. Smoke comes out of smoke stacks of a factory. Aerial view of a boat in water. Buildings of a town. Vehicular traffic on a road. Cars parked along buildings.
Industries in the Midwestern United States. Aerial view of industrial and manufacturing buildings. Men punch in to a time clock using punch cards in a time clock. Men operate machines in a factory that makes machine parts. Coal transported in rail cars. A giant crane shovel loads iron ore in hopper cars in northern Minnesota. Hopper cars transport ore to shipping area at Lake Superior. Barges at docks on Lake Superior. Aerial view of barge underway on Lake Superior, still near land port. Side view of locomotive engine of Illinois Steel Company South Works, with conductor leaning out window, as it pulls away carrying iron ore. View inside plant as iron ore is converted to iron and then to steel for use in industries. Ships underway in inland waters. Close up view of black locomotive train engine in marshaling yard as it moves slowly. A rail worker is climbing on a side ladder of the moving train. View from behind train of hopper cars as it departs the marshaling yard. Trucks at a loading dock area. A United Air Lines DC-3 aircraft parked at an airfield. Passengers ascend ladder into the DC-3. The DC-3 United Airlines aircraft taxis, and number NC 25613 is seen under its left wing. Animated map show rail network, concrete highways and air network in the Midwestern United States.
African American cotton pickers rush to gather the present crop before the Southern legislators accept the proposal for a cotton ban. The laborers use both antiquated and modern methods. The pickers gather the picked cotton on the roadside. The farmers supervise as the gathered cotton is wrapped up in bundles and weighed. The cotton is then loaded into trucks for shipment. A young African American boy sits atop a cotton heap and eats a very large slice of watermelon fruit.
United States Army engineers find a destroyed road in Italy during World War II. Engineers inspect a mountain road destroyed by retreating German forces in Southern Italy. A rocky terrain and a shoreline. Engineers work on a blasted section with air compressors and jackhammers. The engineers carry oak beams and work to construct a bridge. A Jeep drives on the constructed bridge.
The old Southern Railway Building, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., housing the U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters during World War 2. Persons are entering the building. Sign identifies the office of the Commandant. The Commandant, Russell Randolph Waesche holds a meeting in the office. Map of the world covers one wall. American and Coast Guard flags are displayed. Commandant Waesche is explaining the mission of the Coast Guard. Closeup of him speaking. Outside, on the street, a contingent of uniformed armed Coastguardsmen stands in formation. Officials reviewing a parade that includes a Coast Guard contingent. Glimpse of ships docked in a port.
U.S. President-elect General Dwight Eisenhower visits Korea during the Korean War. Eisenhower's aircraft takes off from a remote Korean airfield. Aerial views of a mountainous terrain. General Eisenhower inspects UN troops and talks with top field commanders. U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark accompanies Eisenhower on the tour. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley and Major John Eisenhower pose. General Eisenhower salutes marching troops. Troops eat food on a field. Major Eisenhower sees South Korean troops demonstrating their capabilities in live-ammunition maneuvers and talks with Korean President Syngman Rhee. General Eisenhower accepts the Korean flag from Korean President. Korean people in Seoul demonstrate on the arrival of General Eisenhower. General Eisenhower speaks at a press conference in U.S. 8th Army headquarters.
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