Hot air balloon race disaster in Catalina Island, California. Five hot air balloons in Catalina Island. Participants use gas tanks and flames to inflate the hot air balloons. A 42-year old woman, Barbara Ruth Keith, puts on her life vest and helmet before the race. Barbara Keith boards her hot air balloon and tucks her toy mascot, a stuffed toy dog, into the top of her hot air propane tank. Hot air balloon contestant Barbara Keith waves at spectators upon her ascent. POV from balloon of spectators on ground as it ascends. Catalina Island. Swiss-born American balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard (also known as Don Piccard), ignites his heater and leaves the ground aboard balloon. Distant shot of balloon over ocean.
Protesters clash with anti-riot police in downtown Washington D.C. during the inauguration day for Donald Trump as the President of the United States. MPDC (Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia) policeman in riot gear throws a smoke bomb at the crowd. One man shouts "grenade!" while another shouts “don’t throw that at people!”. Crowds move away from smoke bombs. Protesters crowd the street opposite the policemen. Journalists and spectators use their smartphones to record and take pictures of anti-riot policemen at the intersection of K and 12th Street, NW.
United States Army doctor examine radiation sickness patients for fallout and radiation effects, including hair loss, likely after the disastrous atomic bomb BRAVO test at Bikini Atoll March 1, 1954 during the Cold War. U.S. Army doctor examines the eyes and teeth of an elderly Micronesian man and a little girl, as locals watch the procedure in Marshall Islands, near Bikini atoll. Army doctor examines scalp of a little boy and shows hair that has fallen out during the examination. Army doctor examines the scalp and skin of a Micronesian young woman. Micronesian young woman’s inner elbow show discoloration from radiation due to fallout. Army doctor examines the neck of a Micronesian woman. Likely residents of Rongelap Island or Utrik Atoll, which was engulfed in nuclear fallout after the BRAVO test.
French Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Joseph Joffre, waits at train station platform for the arrival of Lord Herbert Kitchener, the British Field Marshal during World War 1. Lord Kitchener arrives at train station, possible Gare Compiègne. Marshal Joffre, Lord Kitchener, and retinue walk into a trench in a battle ground. Lord Kitchener and Marshal Joffre inspect the frontline using binoculars under a trench. Lord Kitchener and Marshal Joffre walking together in frontline field. British soldiers fire mortar rounds in a snowy trench before Christmas. British soldiers exit a snow-covered tunnel, walk through snowy trenches. Artillery fires in winter battlefield. British soldiers, with pith hats, charges out of snow-covered trench moments before a support beam collapses. Artillery cannon fires in the snow. Explosions from artillery fire throw soil into the air in winter battleground covered with snow. British soldiers charging on snow covered battlefield.
Entrance of Italy in the Allied Powers during World War 1. King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his cousin, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, review marching Italian troops in Turin. Troop train approaches a station, where a crowd waves good-bye to passengers from the platform. Italian soldiers in train station. Italian soldiers load sides of beef into trucks from rail platform. A team of oxen pulls a cart loaded with cheese rounds in front of a warehouse. Italian soldiers push a 152/40 railway gun down the tracks by hand. Italian soldiers sit on large artillery gun as it is towed through on a village road. Italian soldiers marching towards the WWI front, likely the Alps. Teams of Italian soldiers pulling large artillery guns on narrow roads in the Alps. Italian soldiers use shovel to clear snow away in the Alps. Italian soldiers marching inside tunnel in the Alps. Italian soldiers on skis in the Alps. Italian soldiers struggle in the snow to pull themselves up a mountainside via rope in the Alps.
Prison Industries Reorganization Administration (PIRA) employees review blueprints for prison planning. Behind the employees are pictures of projects “Maryland Penal Farm A Prison Labor Project” and “Virginia Convict Road Force”. A female employee hands out a document to an employee seated near the wall. Two employees are focused on reviewing blueprints. Employee with glasses works on documents from the U.S. Department of Labor and Prison Industries Reorganization Administration while he talks to the secretary who hands over paperwork to him. Man writes on Prison Industries Reorganization Administration letterhead while examining document detailing Missouri Penitentiary Production for the year 1937. View of tentative prison floor plan blueprints
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