Footage of nuclear explosion in the U.S. Trinity test of the first successful nuclear explosive device, in Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project. A mushroom cloud on the horizon. The smoke rises up into the air. Flames and black smoke from the atomic bomb explosion. Sun rays filter through the clouds. Explosion seen from a few different camera angles. (World War II period).
Newspaper columnist and broadcaster, Walter Winchell, is filmed making a radio broadcast in New York City, United States, during World War II. He talks about the hard facts of war. He also states that any American who feels that America is being cruel to Nazi Germany should visit the American Military hospitals. He talks about the hardships and starvation suffered by women and children under German leader Adolf Hitler. There are several takes during this filming.
Early newsreel with narration showing round up and deportation activities for illegal immigrants and unwanted immigrants in America. The immigrants, including men, women, and children of the immigrants, are seen disembarking from a train at Communipaw, New Jersey and preparing for deportation out of the United States. The immigrants were gathered together from across the U.S. for numerous offenses, according to the narrator, including sneaking into the country illegally, committing crimes, or being Communist sympathizers, the 400 men, women and children are herded aboard the Ellis Island Boat to await deportation back to Europe. The Ellis Island Boat leaves the shore, pushed by a tugboat.
Architects of important landmarks dressed as their designed buildings at Beaux- Arts Ball. They include, left to right, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria, William Van Alen as the Chrysler Building, Ely Jacques Kahn as the Squibb Building, Ralph Walker as the Wall Street Building, Arthur J.Arwine as a low pressure heating boiler, A. Stewart as the Fuller Building and Joseph Freelander as the Museum of the City of New York. They each wore a helmet-like construction of the building they had designed (23 January 1931).
Colonel William Joseph Donovan gives a speech in New York. He holds papers in his hands. Books arranged in shelves behind him. He speaks about dangers in the Atlantic due to Hitler's policies.
USS George Washington departs from Hoboken, New Jersey bound for the Paris Peace Conference at end of World War 1, with President Woodrow Wilson and his party on board. Smoke rises from stacks of the ship. Hoboken buildings and skyline in the background as seen from ship on the water. Silhouette of ship. A zeppelin airship (presumably of the U.S. Navy) in the sky over the port. It passes near the USS George Washington. A biplane aircraft in the sky passes by ship. A barge with stripes painted across entire exterior. Barge, airship and airplane in the sky seen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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