A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
A man enters the Citizen’s Trust Company bank, the first African American-owned bank to join the Federal Reserve Bank, Westside Office (Westside Branch 965 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30314). An elderly black man crosses Mitchell St. SW. A Wilson Truck Company truck drives past. A black woman carrying an infant crosses the road with her three young children. Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta as seen from a moving car. Rich’s Department Store (61 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, GA) and its “Crystal Bridge” over Forsyth Street connecting the 1924 "Store for Fashion" building to the 1946/1948 "Store for Homes" building. Store signs for Fleetwood Coffee and Postal Café. A revolving sign reads “Park”. The Fulton National Bank building (55 Marietta Street NW Atlanta, Georgia), now known as 55 Marietta Street building, as seen from a moving vehicle. Pedestrians cross a street near a Walgreens. Two black men smoking cigarettes pass by a parked John Ruskin Cigar van on a busy street. The Walter R. Thomas Jewelers shop at 28 Broad St is seen nearby. View of the Georgia State Capitol (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334, United States).
Dr. Frederick Earl McLendon and his wife Mrs. Bennie B. McLendon are seen with a guest on the backyard terrace of their home in Atlanta, Georgia. They are then see in front of their house. Dr. McLendon, pulls mail from his mailbox. The couple returns to the house. Mailbox address reads “Dr. F. Earl McLendon 866 Woodmere Dr. N.W.” Dr. McLendon is then seen talking with an older associate while sitting at a patio table on the terrace. View of the home's swimming pool. African American Doctor Frederick Earl McLendon founded the McLendon Medical Clinic, later McLendon Hospital, which served African-American residents in Atlanta at the height of the Jim Crow era. The hospital opened in April, 1946 during a time of segregation in the south.
USAF Protective Equipment Specialist and pilot come out of a building at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. Sign outside the building reads: "Category 2 Restricted Area." Both men then leave in a USAF (United States Air Force) Divco truck. U-2 being serviced on flight line. Flight surgeon giving pilot preflight physical. Airman checking helmet and MC-3A partial pressure suit. Pilot climbing into the cockpit of the airplane. Crew Chiefs briefing Pilot on Form 781 Aircraft write-ups.
A USAF (United States Air Force) pilot inside the cockpit of a U-2 Aircraft parked at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. A technician checking pressure suit and hooking up oxygen bottle. Pilot checks some documents then strapped into U-2 cockpit.
A USAF (United States Air Force) pilot inside the cockpit of a U-2 Aircraft parked at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. Technicians doing pre-flight inspections. U-2 taxies, takes off and gains high altitude. An official car departs from the runway. C-123 Provider, an American military transport aircraft parked near the hangar building.
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