The Battle of Monte Cassino. Aerial view of the town and abbey in Italy. During an exercise west of Cassino, near Monte Camino, New Zealand gunners fire British 6 Pounder Antitank gun and a captured German Pak 40 75mm antitank gun, Views of the anti-tank men loading and firing their weapon. Smoke rises due to the firing. As part of the exercise, Infantry of 24th Battalion, 2nd Division,New Zealand Expeditionary Force, advance with fixed bayonets and one fires a machine gun. Group of New Zealand soldiers stand near a jeep and a destroyed U.S. Sherman tank of 756th Tank Battalion, amidst destroyed buildings in the north of Cassino. Several New Zealand soldiers smile for the camera. (World War II period).
New York Giants wins against the San Francisco 49ers in Seattle, Washington. Large crowd of spectators cheer the football teams. 49ers quarterback Y.A. Tittle connects with a pass to Billy Wilson. Alex Webster and Don Heinrich of the New York Giants team play hard. Score board reads 17 points for San Francisco 49ers and 14 points for New York Giants. New York Giants wins against the San Francisco 49ers by 29-17. Also seen is Alex Webster running for big yards and for a touchdown.
United States Vice President Spiro Agnew addresses a meeting of Republican governors and leaders gathered for the Midwest Regional Republican Committee meeting. He is critical of the American media. He talks about role of satellite news networks like NBC news, CBS news and others, creating doubts in the minds of people. He says that news networks misuse the liberty of their freedom to speak. He finishes his speech and walks down the speaker's stand. Members and the guests at the assembly applaud
Unemployed African American men and various skilled and unskilled workers get jobs through Works Progress Administration (WPA) during great depression. Men gathered near Quartermaster office at a Bolling Field construction project in Washington DC. Laborers assist in building and grading runways at Bolling Field military installation. Men clear large rocks and debris from a jobsite. Workers smooth and grade runways. A steam shovel moves earth and loads a truck. Scene changes to New York City where a housing demolition project is shown, with men dismantling housing to prepare new moderate income housing. Bricks slide sown a chute away from the building. Workers at Colonial Park in Harlem New York are seen building a new bath house to accompany a newly completed swimming pool (later Jackie Robinson Pool).
The swearing-in ceremony of Brazil's new President Eurico Gaspar Dutra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eurico Gaspar Dutra acclaimed as the new President of Brazil. Aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CV-42) arrives for the ceremony, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay with Sugarloaf Mountain in the background. Aircraft in flight overhead. The Mayor of New York, Fiorello Henry La Guardia also arrives for the ceremony. Mayor LaGuardia along with other officials coming out of an aircraft. People gather in a large number to greet him. Officials gather at the congress for the ceremony. Eurico Dutra along with officials arrive in a car at the Palace (Palacio Tiradentes). Eurico Gaspar Dutra being sworn in as the President of Brazil in the Hall of Congress after being handed over the reins by provisional President Jose Linhares. The new President, the first in Brazil elected by direct popular vote, shakes hands with other officials and dignitaries.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members rally at a ceremony in Stone Mountain Georgia, USA. Members of the KKK group walk. Men, presumably new inductees, walk in a line, each with one hand on the shoulder of the person walking in front of him, and each with a partial mask covering their eyes. They all sit. New members raise one of their hand to take an oath for membership in the group. A KKK member wearing a mask holds the flag of the U.S. A new inductee kneels and the KKK official in mask puts his hand on his head. The man then kisses the American flag. Hooded KKK members clap as new members are recognized. KKK members hold a cross. They gather around a fire. Ku Klux Klan members stand beside a burning cross.
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