Telephone line construction between New York and San Francisco in the United States. A picture of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell talking into a telephone while opening the New York-Chicago telephone line on October 18, 1892. Several men standing beside Dr. Bell. A donkey with a saddle on it. A man loading the donkey with devices. The man leading the donkey which is carrying the devices to be fitted on a telephone post in a hilly area. Several men erecting telephone posts while laying lines joining New York and San Francisco to the Bell System in 1915. View of a bear climbing down a telephone post. A picture of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell attending the opening of the transcontinental telephone line in New York on January 25, 1915. Several AT&T executives sitting on both sides of Dr. Bell. Dr. Bell repeated the historic first sentence transmitted on March 10, 1876, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you", on the telephone to Mr. Watson in San Francisco. A picture showing Thomas A. Watson, Dr. Bell's assistant in 1876, at the opening of the transcontinental telephone line. Mr. Watson replied to Dr. Bell, "It would take me a week this time, Dr. Bell".
German citizens exchange old money for new money in Germany during Currency Reform of 1948. Pedestrian walk on a street in the rain. Crowded street cars in the background. People look at Münchner Merkur newspaper and posters in Munich announcing the currency exchange. People wait in line to get Deutschmark for old Reichmark. Various closed storefronts in a German city. The crowd assembles in a street waiting to get the new currency. Crowds in front of the main railroad station in Frankfurt. Newspapers being unloaded from printing presses of Münchner Merkur newspaper production plant after workers change type casts. Printed newspapers being stacked. People in Odeonsplatz in Munich rush after a newspaper truck to get the latest news on the money change. German people standing and seated reading the newspapers. Boxes with Deutsche Marks are stacked in banks and checked. Packages of newly printed currency on a counter. Money bags sealed and loaded into a bus. View of Marienplatz town square in Munich. Long lines of people carrying umbrellas stand in rain waiting to exchange money. The money being transferred and exchanged. People sign papers after the exchange. Old money dropped into a wooden box. People comparing the new with the old currency. A man changing prices in store windows. Merchants arranging goods for display in previously empty shop windows (due to prevalence of black market before the reform). Ober Director Dr. Puender speaks on the money reform.
Graduation ceremony of new U.S. Navy officers in the United States. A large number of midshipmen seated in a building of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. They receive their graduation degrees. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth does the honors. A crowd applauds and cheers. U.S. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson awards degrees to new U.S. Air Force officers in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Johnson on a reviewing stand. The cadets at West Point in New York receive their degrees from President John F Kennedy. Kennedy addresses them. The new U.S. Army officers cheer and applaud.
Opening slate states that President Wilson arrives by his yacht, "Mayflower," in New York City, to campaign for re-election. The yacht is seen anchored in New York waters as a motor launch, crewed by U.S. sailors, conveys the President and his party to the shore. Closeup of the launch docking. A Navy Lieutenant Commander aboard the launch emerges from below (possibly the Captain of the Mayflower) and positions himself to assist the President and Mrs. Wilson, as they come up from the launch cabin. A New York City official greets the President and Mrs. Wilson and and also helps them to the dock. They are surrounded by other greeters, including the Navy Lieutenant Commander, who converses with President and Mrs. Wilson. The party begins to climb a ramp from the dock. Scene shifts to a somewhat chaotic gathering of people through which the President and party make their way through crowds pressing on all sides, in an open automobile behind an escort of five mounted New York City policemen. They are followed by more motorcars and mounted policemen. Views from somewhat above, of dense crowd of people
Italian studies and heritage of the Columbia University in New York City. A man reads a book while sitting under the statue, Alma Mater, in front of the Low Memorial Library of the Columbia University. People walking outside the Low Memorial Library and the grounds of the Columbia University (2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States). View of the Casa Italiana building (1151–1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, New York) of the Columbia University. Entrances to the Casa Italiana and its library. Entrance reads “CASA ITALIANA LIBRARY DONATED BY CHARLES V. PATERNO M.D.”. Students and visitors study and read books inside the Casa Italiana Library. A teacher approaches a young woman reading a book. A bespectacled young man reading a thick book inside the library. A young man flipping through the pages of a book. A young woman reads a book about Italian historical figures such as Dante Alighieri and Giuseppe Garibaldi. A professor holding a lecture on Giuseppe Garibaldi at Columbia University. Male students listen to a lecture. Students viewing a portrait of Lorenzo Da Ponte, the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University. Students passing through the Morgan Gate of Harvard University. Widener Library (1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States) is in the background. A woman admires a vespa scooter parked outside Harvard University. Students walking on the grounds of Harvard University. Professor Charles S. Singleton, an American scholar who specializes in medieval Italian literature, speaks about Dante Alighieri in Italian. Professor Singleton talks about Italian culture in America while surrounded by many books.
Swearing-in ceremonies of a new chief of the Giuto tribe which is the largest in Rhodesia. A British official presents a hat and a stick to the new 70 year old chief. Military troops march. A panther skin is presented to the new chief. British flag waves over the cermony. Spectataors watch the ceremonies. Officials stroke the beard of the chief as a part of their custom.
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