History and development of aviation in the United States and elsewhere in the world in the early 20th century.Ground crew fueling a German made Fokker T-2 airplane from gasoline cans. Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready, in 1923, standing by their Fokker T-2 aircraft, upon which is painted: "Army Air Services, Non Stop, Coast to Coast." Fokker T-2 airplane taking off. Army officers looking at several biplanes parked, without propellers. A JN-4H (Jenny) airplane in flight. American military engineers or Seabees building an airfield in the Pacific during World War 2. B-25 aircraft sits in middle of construction activity. Crew under a C-47 in snow in the Arctic. A map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.
The 1966 University of Texas tower shooting. 24-year-old student Charles Whitman kills 16 and injures 33 persons at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Policemen and security guards take position and try to reach the sniper at the top of the University of Texas Main Building tower (110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78705, United States). Students hide and run away from the tower. A large crowd of students and other people gathered following the aftermath of the mass shooting. Shot guns, rifles, revolvers, and other weapons recovered from the sniper who was killed by policemen.
United States President Harry S Truman with Vice President Garner in Texas during an election campaign. President Truman in car with Vice President John Nance Garner 'Cactus Jack'. Man with a sheep. Sign on the sheep reads 'Dewey Goat', and Truman is seen petting the sheep that represents his opponent. Crowd greets President Truman in San Antonio and waves as his car goes by on a street. Truman is seen posing in front of the Alamo. Next Truman visits Austin Texas where he addressed Civil Rights, according to the narrator, saying that his opponents, the Republicans, don't want public unity. President Truman meets on his moving train car with Sam Rayburn, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. President Truman addresses a large crowd gathered outdoors in Fort Worth Texas. Next seen shows his opponents activities: Crowd greets Governor Thomas E Dewey in Oakland California. Banner reads 'Welcome Governor Dewey'. Train of Governor Dewey is seen moving on tracks. Scenes of Republican presidential candidate Dewey with Mrs. Dewey addressing a crowd in Kelso, Oregon. Officials there present him with a string of fresh caught salmon fish as a gift. Governor Dewey on dais with his wife. Mrs. Dewey addresses crowd.
Animation shows six cities in South Western region of the United States. These are the cities with more population. The cities are Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ft Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. Modernization of the cities. Views of Main Street in Fort Worth Texas, with shops and traffic. Views of Main St in Ft. Worth facing both south and north, with the north facing view showing the Tarrant County Courthouse building and its clock tower in the distance. Business signs include Goldstein Bros Jewelry, Olenn Bros Furniture Company, Imperial Hotel, North Music, and other hotels and jewelry stores. Cars pass on the street. People walk on the street. Workers clearing brush from land to turn it into farm land. A farm in the area. Women herding sheep. Ruins of an old fort or of old native American Indian buildings in a desert area. Cattle graze on a field. An industrial factory or farming facility. The Alamo site building in San Antonio, Texas. View again of downtown Forth Worth, Texas.
A U.S. Army soldier seated on a chair takes a nap. A cup kept in front of him on the table. Children walking on sidewalk in small town America. Downtown view of small Indiana town. View of an American family of a small town seated in dining room for a dinner meal. Children exit a one room school house. Both a well-kept high school building and a rural simple school are shown, with boys and girls in bare feet exiting the poor rural school down a wooden ramp. Men lined up for work. Children playing in slum and tenement areas in poverty stricken areas. Quick views of skyscrapers, new schools, buildings, colleges (including view of Rice University in Houston Texas) and art galleries in the United States, including the National Gallery of Art entrance. A Texan in a cowboy hat delivers a John Randolph famed "Texas Brag" saying, "If all the hogs in Texas were one big hog, he could dig the Panama Canal with three roots and a grunt.” The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Labor organizer John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) states, "The American Federation of Labor can help if it will, it can uphold anything, but we shall carry on." An American town hall meeting in progress. (World War II period).
Soldiers of the U.S. Army 82nd Field Artillery (Horse) Battalion, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, communicate via a field telephone, on maneuvers in Marfa, Texas. Behind them several gunners stand with their field pieces. The 82nd Field Artillery fire a battery of French 75 field pieces.
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