An announcement by President Harry Truman in the United States. Men read newspapers at news stands announcing nuclear tests conducted by the Soviet Union, proving that Russia has nuclear weapons. President Truman announces that Russia possesses an atomic bomb. A meeting of the United Nations delegates in New York after the announcement. Soviet official Andrei Y. Vishinsky exits a car at the UN and refuses comment to reporters regarding the nuclear testing. Other men greet him. United Nations officials seated inside UN building. President of the UN General Assembly Carlos Peña Romulo addresses the officials and states that the United Nations and the world now must strive harder for atomic controls.
Damage caused by 1937 flood in the Ohio Valley area of the United States. A heavy loss of property due to a flood. Supplies being unloaded from trucks for the people. People being rescued from the areas affected by flood. Men aboard boats moving through buildings on the edge of the Ohio River that are submerged in water. Men moving a wooden casket. Destroyed houses and buildings in the areas. Flooded streets. A weather vane blowing briskly in wind. Narrator details how the weather bureau forecasts the weather and offers the information to help prevent losses from such disasters. Automatic typing machine records weather instrument readings. View of newspapers being printed at a printing press. A radio tower. People gather near injured flood victims. People lined up on the street to get supplies. Scenes of floodwaters below Memphis where flooding was effectively contained. Water rushing under the then new Bonnet Carre spillway of Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Man opens a book published in Lisbon in 1605, now in the Library of Congress, written by Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega, reporting on the exploration team of De Soto on leaf 300 of the book. De Soto's group, in 1543, reported on the flood they saw below current day Memphis, extending over 20 leagues of land, covering the tops of trees, but not overrunning the homes of the Native Americans who build shelter atop high poles. A view of submerged homes in the 1937 flood are shown as the narrator laments that more modern people did worse than the Native American Indians.
Operations New Life - Operation New Arrival at Harrisburg International Airport (1 Terminal Dr, Middletown, PA 17057, United States) in Pennsylvania, United States. Red Cross ambulance as a helicopter hover over airfield at Harrisburg International Airport. Two military policemen stand in the foreground. License plate on the car of the Governor of Pennsylvania. Northern Lebanon high school band. Spectators seated in chairs and as the band plays music. “Northern Lebanon” written on the drum.
Activities during Operations New Life, Operation New Arrival program for Vietnamese refugees arriving in the United States. An American Airlines airplane lands and taxis at the Harrisburg International Airport (1 Terminal Dr, Middletown, PA 17057, United States) in Pennsylvania. '747 Luxury liner' and 'American' written on the airplane. Governor Milton Jerrold Shapp walks up the ramp of the airport. He greets the Vietnamese refugees. The refugees disembark from the airplane. Pennsylvania State Policemen standing at the airport. Refugees being greeted by Mr Richard Friedman. Refugees get off the airplane. Governor Shapp shake hands with a child.
Activities during Vietnamese refugee Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival in the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. American Airlines passenger airplane parked at the Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania. '747 Luxury liner' and 'American' written on the airplane. People gather at the airport to greet the Vietnamese refugees. A child holds a board which reads: 'May you have peace, love, joy'. Another child holds a sign: 'Welcome to America'. Refugees debark from the airplane. Military personnel and civilian officials stand in the foreground. A baby in a stroller. Pennsylvania State Police stand at the airport. Refugees being interviewed at the airport. Refugees stand among the spectators. Vietnamese woman crying. Refugees board buses which will take them to Fort Indiantown Gap.
Scenes during Vietnamese refugee arrival event of Operation New Life and Operation New Arrival at the Harrisburg International Airport (1 Terminal Dr, Middletown, PA 17057, United States) in Pennsylvania, United States. A sign above a terminal building entrance at Harrisburg International Airport reads: 'International arrivals'. View of military photographers. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter parked in the airport. Soldiers in the foreground. A military policeman talking to a man from the Salvation Army. The ground crewmen of the airport talking. A sign reads: 'Harrisburg International Airport'. People walking at the airport. Northern Lebanon High School Color Guard band line up in formation.
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