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Allied Military Government battles black market and corruption affecting Italian food and agriculture during World war II

Challenges faced by the Allied Military Government while trying to reestablish Italian self reliance in agriculture during World War 2. Film opens showing Italian-sourced food supplies being delivered, as Narrator discusses problems of black market. He notes that Italian wheat growers who fail to declare excess grain are raided. Officials are seen entering and seizing grain from warehouse of such a grain merchant. Loaded trucks pass checkpoints set up on highways. View of official examining bill of laden from a truck being checked. Armed Italian Carabinieri ride on trucks of grain to prevent pilfering. Glimpse of AMG officials as narrator speaks of strict rationing system. Italians at a table, counting out ration coupons. Ceiling prices of all commodities seen posted at public places in Sicily. Sacks of seed potatoes being loaded from an AMG warehouse onto a horse-drawn cart that is then seen driving away, fully loaded. A boy on a farm unloades a sack of seed pototoes. Barefoot Italian women and girls planting the new crop. Fishing boats being readied to put out again. View from a fishing boat as men retrieve a large net filled with fish. An open air marketplace filled with Italian shoppers. A window sign announcing American bread. A woman shooing flies away from her open stall in the market as an old woman samples some of her wares.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035965
Pioneering Russian flight from Moscow to Peking by way of Mongolia (Known as the Great Flight).

Early historic aviation event: Air expedition from Moscow to Peking. The aircraft and aviators are welcomed in Mongolia and Peking. Russian fliers in pioneering flight from Moscow to Peking. They are welcomed in the sacred Mongol city of Urga, on their way to China, A Junkers commercial F.13 monoplane, of the expedition, taxis to left. Russian DH-4 support biplane , taxis to right. Officials pose in front of the DH-4. Pilot seen standing in rear cockpit in background. Mongolian red army band plays. A Mongolian giant seen standing in the crowd, with small children in front of him. Crowd of Mongolian people sits and watches the event. Idol bearers to bring good luck to the fliers. Mongolian lamas display small images of Buddha. Mongolian troubadour plays a morin khuur (two-stringed instrument). Four Mongolian children stand. Yurts in the background Mongolian women stand in full traditional dress. Mongolian men in stands with fancy hats with peak. Next sequence takes place in Peking, China, at the end of the 3,500 mile flight, where the aviators are feted with a reception. Crowd waves Chinese flags. One of the Junkers J.3 airplanes of the expedition taxis ahead. Russian crew steps from another Junkers J.3 of the expedition. Lev Mikhailovich Karakhan, Russian Ambassador to China, and Marshal Duan Qirui (AKA Tuan Ch'i-jui), Provisional Chief Executive of Republic of China, pose with five Russian aviators, on steps of Government house in Peking.

Location: Peking China
Date: 1925, July 13
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025912
Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States.

Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States. Wibur Wright places wheels beneath wing on Kill devil hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Wright plane takes its first flight after launch. Flight of plane in France. Two men pull props through on the Wright aircraft. Frenchmen stand and watch Wilbur Wright who makes adjustment on aircraft engine. Launching tower at right. Wright plane launches by catapult in France. Civilians and officers attend the air show. Wright plane passes overhead. Flight of Wright plane in United States. Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm sits on control section of the plane. Wright plane launches by catapult launch track at Fort Myers in Virginia on 09 September 1908. Plane in flight at Fort Myers. Spectators watch the plane. Army personnel move the Wright plane across open terrain they remove hangar doors from storage building. Army personnel grouped around the Wright aircraft. President Taft stand along the spectators. President Taft walk through spectators.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1903, December 17
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025913
Suspension of Douglas World Cruiser in United States.

Suspension of Douglas World Cruiser in United States. Douglas world Cruiser carried in mid air by derrick. The aircraft lowered into the water. View of the cruiser cockpit. Cruiser afloat in water. Pilot sits in cockpit of cruiser. Men stand on pontoons. Three men stand on pontoons. Boat tows aircraft to the left then turns and tows it to the right

Location: United States USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025914
Picnic near Douglas World Cruiser at New Orleans in Louisiana, United States.

Picnic near Douglas World Cruiser at New Orleans in Louisiana, United States. Men and women stand near Douglas world cruiser. Women spread picnic lunch on the ground. Men stand around lunch. Women give lunch to men. They all sit around lunch boxes and serve each other. Woman pours from bottle. Scene of cake plate. They take piece of cake. Insignia on aircraft as 'Air Service USS World Flight'.

Location: New Orleans Louisiana USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025917
General MacArthur with Major General Mudge and Lieutenant General Kenny in town of Tacloban in Island of Philippine.

General Douglas MacArthur with Major General Verne Mudge and Lieutenant General George Churchill Kenny inspect air strip in town of Tacloban. A soldier with General MacArthur points in field. Generals and soldiers walk. General MacArthur shakes hands with General Mudge. Generals sit on jeep. Jeep backs up through water and stand near landing craft. Generals get off. Soldiers walk through water. The United States flag on boat. (World War II period).

Location: Philippines
Date: 1944, October 2
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026197
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