U.S. bombers in Germany during World War II. United States Army Air Forces A-26 Invader in flight overhead. The aircraft fly in formation.
U.S. bombers in Germany during World War II. A formation of USAAF A-26 Invader in flight. A pilot at the controls in an aircraft. The pilot with his hand on the throttle. Bombs drop from the bomb bay. High altitude view of the target area. The aircraft in flight over clouds. Flaks burst in the sky.
A film titled 'The Message' on technological advancements in the United States. An Indian runs through woods. Different forms of signaling are used for short distance communication. Native American Indian sends smoke signals. Three sailors send signals with semaphore flags from the top of a building. Mail delivery system. Mailmen in horse-drawn sleighs. Actor portraying Benjamin Franklin looks out of a window at lightning. He discovered electricity. He stands in an open field with a kite and a key. Other great inventors utilize electricity to develop telegraph, telephone, wireless and the like. A ticker tape, a telephone switchboard and a radio in operation.
A film on technological advancements in the United States. Use of fast stock ticker tape machine for sending New York quotations on a long distance circuit. A man operates a ticker machine. A fast stock wire sends stock quotations. Men look and work at a ticker tape. A woman operate a piano keyboard type ticker.
A film titled ' The second revolution in banking' on bookkeeping services and computer improved banking services in the United States. A Titan rocket is launched from a launching pad. Heavy columns of smoke rise as the rocket is launched. Narrator indicates the launching of the rocket implies electronic and technological advancements. The Titan rocket ascends in the sky. The first revolution in banking is book keeping machines during World War I. A man seated at a desk works. Several men and women seated at desks in an office. They work on book keeping machines. The machines are clumsy and use lots of papers. A man empties a sack of bundles of paper on a table. The second revolution is electronic computers. These computers can read, sort, print, process check numbers, record and store customer account information which can be retrieved in record time. The Merchandise National Bank of Chicago installs electronic computers. Men work on the computers in a computer room. Several symbols printed in magnetic ink on a check. The symbols enable the computer system to read information faster and accurately. A man works on a typewriter. He types customer information. Other men work on a machine. The machine reads the information. A reader sorter in operation. A woman at work. The information is read, sorted and interpreted.
Camera pans down from the top of St. Thomas Church (1 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, United States) on W 53rd Street and 5th Avenue in New York City. Cars and double-decker bus are seen on the street. Views of other churches in the South. African American children entering a Sunday School. An African American Army Lieutenant in uniform and a woman sit in the balcony of a church with a predominately African American congregation. Camera focuses on the choir singing in a loft on the first floor. An African American soldier in uniform sings a solo with the choir. The African American pastor of the church steps to the pulpit and looks up at the Church's Service flag where numerous stars represent members of the congregation serving in the Armed Services. The Pastor notes that some are present that morning, pointing out Private Roberts, Sergeant Jackson, and Lieutenant Carter, all of them in Army uniforms. He also acknowledges a Woman's Army Corps member, who identifies herself as Private Parks, First Class. As the Pastor speaks, scene shifts American Joe Louis beating German Max Schmeling in their second boxing match in 1938 at Yankee Stadium. Scene shifts to Max Schmeling training with German paratroopers and Joe Louis running an obstacle course during U.S. Army basic training in World War 2. The American flag and constitution are seen in contrast to the German Nazi flag and Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, now seen being held by the Pastor of the church, as he reads excerpts from it to the congregation. Several views of church attendees listening to the Pastor, as he reads despicable remarks about African Americans from Hitler's book.
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