Chinese Vice Director of Machinery Plant Number 1 in Shenyang, China stands with his office staff. Newly built lathes in the factory during China's Great Leap Forward program. A Chinese worker operating one of the lathes. Workers pull a crate containing a new lathe while other workers insert rollers underneath the crate to keep it rolling.
A man views a British Royal Air Force (RAF) recruitment poster. Poster reads “Join the R.A.F. and see the world”. British men marching through gate as they enter a military base as new recruits prior to World War 2. Several recruits trying on RAF coats in front of officers inside an office. Factory workers working on aircraft and mounting engine in a fighter plane, probably a Hawker Hurricane. Aerial view of an airfield with airplanes parked in formation.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after the Pittsburgh flood of 1936 (March 17-18, 1936). Workers cleaning up debris at 610 Stanwix Street in front of the Joseph Horne Co. department store building. Men tossing debris on a truck and shoveling debris out of the street. A large flood water pump emptying water onto the street. Policeman with a ruler pointing to a plaque mounted to the store's corner at Stanwix Street and Penn Ave. that reads “HIGH WATER, MARCH 15TH 1907”. The police officer then points to new high-water mark on the pillar which is much higher.
Railroad infrastructure development as part of United States aid in Iran. Men laying railroad tracks on a bridge. Donkey grazes and two men watch the construction in the foreground. A railroad track laying machine and workers hold a track. Man stands on top of track as a team of workers carry the track. Machine threshing rocks on track. Laborers use pickaxes and rakes to break up rocks. Teams of workers lay track on railroad. Laborers connect two railroad tracks. American engineer and Iranian official tighten bolts connecting last track section. Men moving a track. Workers crowd to watch two men fasten bolts. Workers cheering and clapping after the two men finished connecting the last track section. American engineer and Iranian official shake hands. Men watch a cargo train use the new tracks. A train rushes past camera in Iran.
A busy street at the Prati District in Rome, Italy during World War II. A group of young men and women gather outside a building on a busy street. They enter the building together. Young Italian man holding a cigarette chatting with two women. A medieval-style painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus hangs on the wall. A woman opens a front door for incoming guests. House guests enter the apartment. The woman unhinges the chain door lock to open the front door. Guests greet and shake hands with the woman as they enter the apartment. A female guest peeks and calls from the front door, unable to enter due to chain door lock. The woman opens the door for the new guest.
The Roswell incident according to the United States Air Force. Slate reads “Alien bodies and the Roswell Incident”. The next slide mentions about the claims of alien bodies found in Roswell only sprouted in later decades from secondary and tertiary sources. Books by American Ufologist Kevin D. Randle such as “The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell with Donald R. Schmitt”, “UFO Crash at Roswell”, “A History of UFO Crashes”, “Roswell Ufo Crash Update: Exposing the Military Cover-Up of the Century” and “A History of UFO Crashes” by Kevin D. Randle and “The Roswell Incident” by Charles Berlitz. A book titled “The Roswell report: fact versus fiction in the New Mexico desert” by James McAndrew. Staff working inside the United States Air Force (USAF) Archives. Documents scrolling into the screen. Cover of a book “Roswell report: case closed” by James McAndrew. Men in white suit unravels a long red plastic-like fabric from a spool of a truck. Truck drives away. An Air Force pilot with oxygen mask is being assisted into a vehicle during an Air Force experiment. Pallbearers carry a coffin draped with the United States flag during a full honors funeral.
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