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Harry S Truman, Adlai Stevenson, William Averell attend the dinner given to Sam Rayburn of Texas in Washington DC.

Dinner for U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn in Washington DC. Dignitaries seated on table. Speaker Rayburn of Texas with former U.S. President Harry S Truman and Adlai Stevenson. Rayburn seated on a table. William Averell Harriman attends the dinner. Speaker Rayburn talks to dignitaries. Flags in the background. Dignitaries seated around a table applaud. Sam Rayburn waves at them. A flag of United States on the wall. Speaker Rayburn starts his dinner.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033809
Preparations for the "Apple Two" atomic test shot and associated U.S. Army's "Desert Rock VI" exercise, at the Nevada Test site

The U.S. Army prepares for its "Desert Rock 6" atomic maneuvers and tests , as part of Operation Teapot atomic tests in 1955. U.S. Army troops in trucks, pass through entry gates, headed for ground zero of atomic test shot "Apple 2" , the 13th in this series, scheduled for May 5, 1955, at the Nevada test site. A soldier with clipboard notes their passing. Next, the Control Center Building is shown. It displays several types of antennas. View from inside the building. Vehicles moving in area near the control center. Low-level aerial view of the "ground zero" area. Men walking into a bunkered shelter housing instruments for measuring atomic explosion data. View upward from ground, of instrumentation being setup on a steel tower outdoors. Glimpse of a soldier who will be participating in the exercise. A technician adjusting instruments atop the steel tower. Soldiers walking into ground zero and inspecting an artillery piece there to determine the planned explosion's effects on it. Other things placed in the area to determine effects atomic explosive effects on them include: sand-bagged emplacement; a jeep (labeled, Test Equip. off limits); a 155mm howitzer; A Browning heavy machine gun; portable field radio; trench mortar; simulated soldiers, including steel helmet and rifle; trees; an unsheltered North American B-45 tornado aircraft; and Republic P-47 aircraft in both sheltered and dug-in positions. Workmen are seen erecting buildings in a model village (including mannequins representing occupants and food to be tested). M-48 Patton tanks and their crews, part of "Task Force Razor" are seen raising dust as they travel across deserts to the Nevada test site. Army soldiers performing maintenance on their tanks and equipment prior to entering the test site. More trucks and equipment approaching the test site.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073527
Civilian Conservation Corps boys engage in a construction work in Texas, United States.

State Park system in Texas, United States during the Great Depression. Valley, mountains, and a pond in Texas. Big Bend national park. River in the park, man walks besides it. Map of Texas. Terrain of the park. Man sits at a CCC camp. Mountains and a valley. Casa Grande Peak in Big Bend National Park, West Texas. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys engaged in construction work. Men engaged in ranching. Herd of sheep. The Grand Canyon, Chisos mountains, Chisos mountain ranges and boot canyon.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 5 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047085
Governor Robert Allan Shivers speaks into a microphone and meets Native American Indians in Texas, United States.

Texas Governor Robert Allan Shivers succeeds late Beauford Halbert Jester as Governor of Texas, United States. Cars drive in front the Texas State Capitol building. A dome of the Capitol. Shivers stands at a platform. He speaks into a microphone. Other officials stand with him in the background. The people gathered in large number listen to him. Robert Shivers meet Native American Indians. The people seated around a table and eat food. Texas Governor stands holding a plate in his hands. He speaks to the women. The women seated in a chair with the Governor. Allan holds a paper in his hands. Allan seated on a chair with women. All of them hold a paper in their hands and Allan speaks to them.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1949, July 18
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069320
Abilene Texas USA residents celebrate the arrival of the B-1B aircraft at Dyess Airforce Base with a parade, barbecue, and radio address.

A phonograph turntable tone arm with Stanton cartridge rotating on a vinyl record. Lit “ON AIR” pans to Abilene's KEAN-FM 105.1 DJ team Bobby and Bonnie, (possibly John Howard Blackwell and Linda Morgan, one of several Bobby and Bonnie teams.) Sylvia (a country pop singer)’s poster on the wall behind "Bobby" as he announces the arrival of the Rockwell B1-B bomber aircraft to Dyess Airforce Base. DJ "Bonnie" wearing headphones and in before a microphone notes that the radio station wants to send out a "big Texas welcome" to the families arriving at the base as part of the B1 Lancer program. Phonograph turntable tone arm and cartridge lowering to rotating record on as a song begins to play. View of the nose of a B-1 bomber. The B-1 tail from below. A parade crowd gathered on a street adorned with American flags watches cowgirls carrying flags while riding white horses in front of a fire truck. A dilapidated wooden windmill in front of an American flag. A couple wearing cream-colored cowboy hats. A United States Air Force mechanic, wearing a baseball cap, checks the engine of the B-1 bomber. View of the B-1B from under its right wing. A man, wearing a brown cowboy hat, grills meat on a barbecue grill. A man wearing a white cowboy hat and red apron stirs a stew in a pot. Men in cowboy hats slice meat and put hamburger patties on a grill. People enjoying an outdoor barbecue meal together. Cowboys carrying USA and Texas flags ride horses in a parade. United States B1-B bomber flies in the sky. Closeup of windmill spinning. Sunset view of a pumpjack in an oil well pumping. A B-1B bomber parked at sunset.

Location: Abilene Texas USA
Date: 1985, July
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078980
T-33A aircraft review during a project activity in United States.

Views of T-33A Shooting Star in flight. Three T-33A airplanes parked at an air base in United States. A film on Lockheed activity report covering T-33A improvements during 1955 which included cockpit changes, design and safety features in escape system. Pilot in cockpit demonstrating correct position in the escape system of the aircraft. An instructor demonstrates the system.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 6 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032725
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