Pan-American office in Lisbon, Portugal during World War II. Exterior of Pan-American office in Lisbon. Traffic and pedestrians pass along a road. Interiors of Pan-American ticket office. Employees at desk talk to men and women.
Views of interior of a textile mill in United States. Processing of clothes, workers at work, various weaving and spinning machines. Lawyer in a library and closeup views of various magazines and books on shelves including Moody's 1949 annual. Interior of a classroom, instructor addressing and telling the class about TWUA (Textile Work Union of America). Group of students in a garden. Interior of Senate chamber in United States Capitol in Washington DC. End of video shows President Truman on October 26, 1949 signing the amended Fair Labor Standards Act which raised the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents an hour.
The 1949 Hollywood Gold Cup was held at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California. (The entire Hollywood Park season was moved to Santa Anita, following a devastating fire on the night of May 5, 1949 that destroyed Hollywood Park's grandstand.) The spectators seated in the stands. The horses on tracks . The owner of the horse, Solidarity. The race starts. The spectators watch the race and cheer. The horses run on the track. The spectators watch as Solidarity wins the race.
Animated map shows thrust of German forces during invasion of Soviet Russia in World War 2. Stalingrad is highlighted as a turning point. Another animated map shows Soviet territorial gains at the end of the war, as narrator discusses the disposition of those places and their respective populations, as in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. He also discusses Soviet zones of occupation. Animated map shows "Iron Curtain." Soviet troops on parade. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) on display during a parade in 1945. A stadium filled with people in Soviet-occupied East Germany, in 1949. Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck, the first President of the German Democratic Republic, is seen in the stands. Young East German women parade in traditional costumes, clapping their hands, in the stadium. Waterfront scenes show Soviet trade activities with post-war occupied entities. Scenes of conflict as Chinese communist forces expel Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces (ROC) from mainland China to Formosa (Taiwan), in 1949. A litter-borne casualty and a refugee mother and small girl are seen.
British warship, HMS Glow Worm, arrives in Port at Funchal, Madeira Island, carrying Emperor Charles (Karl) of Austria and his wife Zita, Empress Consort, in exile. The ship fires a salute from its guns. Emperor Charles and his wife Empress Zita debark from a small boat at the Funchal wharf. They are joined by their family. Policemen control the crowd. Emperor Charles and his wife leave a church, escorted by a Roman Catholic Priest, and get into a car. Exteriors of the Villa Quinta de Monte, the Habsburg family’s residence in exile. View of a furnished room with harp and statuary at the Villa Quinta de Monte (Caminho do Monte 192, 9050-288 Funchal, Portugal). A guard marches outside the building. Emperor Charles and Zita get out of the car and walk. Crowd looks on.
Scenes of Caldas da Rainha, a refugee town in Portugal. View of cattle fair. Refugees work in the gardens. Woman hangs washed clothes on clothesline.