Democratic convention of 1960 in advance of the 1960 Presidential election in the U.S. Last minute preparations underway at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena for the Democratic convention. Women wear belts and badges bearing Kennedy's name to express their support for the Senator. Headquarters of Symington as women work on his campaign for the convention. A poster supporting the nomination of Lyndon Johnson and his picture. People in a rally to support Adlai Stevenson's nomination as they carry his posters in a street rally in front of the Biltmore Hotel entrance.
Flying flivvers in flight in United States in 1935. A man works on a small, light Flivver aircraft. View of a Weick W-1 "everyman" aircraft operating its controls on an airfield. It was the winner of Department of Commerce competition for a "foolproof airplane." It is seen moving quickly around other parked aircraft on an airfield using its tricycle landing gear. Narrator says it was priced at $700 to be "everyman's airplane." The Weick W-1 takes off and is seen in flight. From a 25 year retrospective newsreel released July 14, 1960.
A beer drinking offer for Schepps Beer at the Texan Hotel in Dallas, Texas, 1935. Sign out front of the building says "Look! All the Schepps beer you can drink. 60 cents per hour." . A man drinks beer at the bar where for 60 cents he may have as much beer as he can consume in 60 minutes. Several men use straws to drink beer from a pitcher at the same time. Men and women drink beer from huge mugs and salt their beer before drinking it. A group of men and women raise their mugs in toast as they congregate around a woman playing a piano. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960. (Note: Schepps Brewing Co. was founded in Dallas in 1934, and sold in 1935. In 1939, it became Time Brewing, Inc. and subsequently Dallas-Fort Worth Brewing Co. 1940-51.)
U.S. 86th Congress inaugurated in Washington D.C., United States. Members of the house greet each other at the opening session of the newly constituted Congress in the capitol. Joseph Martin steps down as the minority leader in favor of Charles Halleck. Harry S. Truman looks on from the visitor's gallery as the prayers mark the beginning of the first session of the new Congress. The speaker administers the oath of office to the Congressmen.
United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China in 1944. United States Army Air Force 1st American volunteer Group pilots look at a map. A pilot in a cockpit with a sign on the plane as it reads 'Pilot R.T. Smith' Soldiers are briefed and a man puts an insignia on the collar of a soldier. An animated map shows the transportation of supplies across the Himalayas to China. Chinese troops. Planes in flight. Aircraft take off and fly in formation. American Fighters in flight. Japanese plane burns and descends. Another plane explodes in mid air and falls. Men look at wreckage of crashed aircraft. Allied Officers confer. Animation shows location of Chinese towns. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft take off for attacking the Japanese positions. (World War II period).
American Forces in China. An animated map of China shows attack by the American 14th Air Forces from two fronts. Chinese men use a roller and dig a ditch. United States B-24 aircraft in flight. Pilots shake hands. An aircraft in the background. Supplies being loaded onto a plane. A house on fire as a man runs in the foreground. Houses burn and smoke rises from the area as a result of a Japanese attack. Damaged houses and a deserted city in China. An explosion occurs and a pillar of smoke rises. Bomb craters on the ground. An American flag being lowered and removed from a flag post by men. Men load supply boxes in an aircraft. A plane takes off. Chinese people eat food. Chinese children being fed chow by women. People lie down to rest. (World War II period).
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