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Scenes of Baghdad and environs, Iraq, circa 1942
Several cars drive past a traffic policeman, standing under a large umbrella in a circular post at the center of a road, in Baghdad, Iraq. He signals as cars pass. Workers construct new buildings in a housing development. Workers mix mortar that women carry in containers on their heads, to masons working on the buildings. A man drawing water from a river, by means of a "Sanya," a pulley arrangement using self-emptying leather bags (called dalw) hauled by donkeys walking up and down a small hill.
Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facilities post World War II
Iraqi and British officials at an event involving visitors at a facility of the Iraq Petroleum Company, following World War 2. Officials emerge from a warehouse building. One official wears sunglasses and holds a tobacco pipe. British officials accompanied by wives, walk along a boardwalk to a gangplank, where they climb aboard a ship. Change of scene shows a. street scene at a bridge where several street vendors display their wares. City buildings across the bridge, in background. A man wearing keffiyeh walks past. Camera moves to the wellhead inside an oil drilling rig, where Iraqi "roughnecks" are working with Byron Jackson Company oil drilling equipment. They insert a new section of pipe and proceed with drilling. Views up and down of the drill rig in operation. Views of other areas at the petroleum complex. Two huge pipes lying parallel. A worker climbs stairs of oil tank no. 235. Technicians work on large pieces of piping. View of a ship docked near the facility, on the Shat Al-Arab. At this point, the scene switches completely to the Persian Gulf City of Dubai and a waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque. (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.)
Operations at Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) facility after World War II
Brief glimpse of British visitors walking toward a ship, after a postwar visit to an IPC facility in Iraq. Scene shifts to an oil derrick and drilling rig rising above oil storage tanks at a sandy site. Camera pans up the derrick. Change of scene shows gathering of British people with IPC officials at some kind of event. Next, a group of officials is seen briefly, outside a facility warehouse. Two men greet each other. A military officer stands nearby. Camera then jumps to inside the oil rig, shown earlier where Iraqi "roughnecks" wrestle pipe, insert a new section, and continue drilling. View of worker walking among oil tanks at the facility. Views of natural gas compressors; large transmission pipes; and a worker closing one, in a set of valves at the site. Broad view from the derrick, showing supplies and equipment laid out in the sand and a vista of miles, with distant structures including (possibly) worker housing and support facilities.
Workers unloading goods from ship at Savannah harbor, Georgia, United States.
Workers unload goods from a ship at the Savannah harbor, Georgia, United States. Workers place resin barrels in a row. Shift to view of New York Harbor. Ship passes with Statue of Liberty in the Background.
Air Service personnel take image from 'Camera Obscura'.
Several aircraft flying high overhead during World War I. Scene shifts to soldiers on the ground, at an airfield. One is looking skyward with binoculars. Two others lean over a table with paper stretched out on it. A third soldier stands at a large black cloth-covered box, where only his legs are seen.(This is a camera obscura.) The soldier, with binoculars, joins the two looking over the table and paper, which contains a diagram of concentric rings. One uses a ruler to make marks on the diagram.Air Service man inside the Camera Obscura plots the course of an aircraft. Two Air Service Lieutenants hold and look through old and new Michelin bombsights. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
First Major League Baseball All Star Game; Ruth's home run gives American League a 4-2 victory
Newsreel clip on Major League Baseball's first-ever All-Star Game in 1933 at Chicago's Comiskey Park. As title card notes, a home run by Babe Ruth (not seen in this clip) would propel the American League to a victory over the National League. Game footage: Joe Cronin of the Washington Senators flies out to end the third inning. Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs pitches for the National League. In the top of the fifth inning, Wally Berger of the Boston Braves grounds out to first. View of some of the 47,595 fans in attendance. In the bottom of the fifth, the Yankees' Babe Ruth takes a ball and a brushback pitch, then hits a single, running to first in his distinct "pigeon-toed" style. With Ruth on first, Warneke strikes out Lou Gehrig of the Yankees. (Note numerous photographers on the field.) Al Simmons of the Chicago White Sox hits a single, but Jimmie Dykes of the White Sox grounds out to end the inning. In the top of the sixth inning, Lefty O'Doul of the New York Giants grounds out to first. Pepper Martin of the St. Louis Cardinals grounds out with Lon Warneke on third, scoring Warneke. With bases empty, Frankie Frisch of the Cardinals hits a home run. Final score would be 4-2, AL
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