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U.S. aircraft taking off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific ocean.
U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. Preparations for the air raid on North Vietnam. Pilots and newsmen briefed before the raid. U.S. aircraft parked on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Men working on the ship. The men load bombs aboard the aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the flight deck and in flight.
U.S. Navy LCDR Richard Byrd is congratulated upon completion of historic airplane flight over the North Pole.
Crew members aboard the SS Chantier, look over the ship's side and seize an American flag from the hand of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Richard Byrd, as he climbs aboard, dressed in his arctic parka. Next, Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett, are seen surrounded by cheerful, congratulatory expedition members, as they stand on the deck. An illustrated scroll is seen listing America's polar heroes: Robert E. Peary and Richard E. Byrd, both of the U.S. Navy. Closeup of Richard Byrd. A message of congratulations to Commander Byrd, sent from the Presidential Yacht, USS Mayflower, dated May 9, 1926, and signed by President Calvin Coolidge.
Early 20th century America footage; establishment and early circumstances of the U.S. Department of Labor
Film opens with view from a building overlooking President Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration Day parade along Pennsylvania Avenue, on March 4, 1913. A large contingent of U.S. Army West Point cadets march in forefront of the parade. Spectators line the sidewalks. Several stand atop buildings. Outgoing President, William Howard Taft is seen in his office signing a bill establishing the U.S. Department of Labor. Closeup of the bill and Taft signing it. Scenes of traffic and pedestrians in New York City. Some of the pedestrians appear to be wealthy class. Crowded early 20th century city streets filled with various horse drawn carriages together with bus traffic and early automobiles in chaotic confusion. A double decker bus with open top and sign "Fifth Avenue" and lower sign "To 22nd Street Only" operates in busy traffic on 5th Avenue beside horse drawn carriages and other motorized vehicles. Glimpses of women working in a factory; Men pouring molten metal into molds; Women punching time clocks as they leave a factory. Newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City circa 1910 or during first 10 years of the 1900 decade. View of the Statue of Liberty. Women working in a textile factory. Men tapping a furnace in a steel plant. Pushcarts and peddlers at market lining the curb in a Jewish neighborhood of New York City (possibly lower east side). Brief view of pioneer Labor leader Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor. He hold a walking stick and doffs his hat. Sketches illustrating scenes of labor-related violence. Department of Labor sign being affixed to its location. A horse and wagon, representing the first assets of the new Department. A group of persons illustrative of the employees in the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Enactment and effects of Social Security and Labor legislation during the Great Depression in the U.S.
Part of a documentary on the history of the Labor Department in the United States. Opening scene shows numerous children gathered around a large wooden picnic table outdoors, as a woman and two men serve them lunch, during the Great Depression of the 1930s, in the United States. The setting is a barnyard, with chickens walking about in the background. Scene shifts to many women working in an Emergency Employment Office of the U.S. Department of Labor. They are all engaged in various kinds of clerical activities. Next, men are seen receiving hot food at an outdoor "Soup Kitchen." People on a "bread line." A woman getting the last bit of food from an empty food kitchen pail. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seated at his desk, surrounded by interested persons, as he signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935, and appoints the Secretary of Labor as head of a committee to develop a Social Security Program which shall embrace and cover the hazards of old age, unemployment, the handicapped, and children. A rural family seen on their porch. Many unemployed men gathered on a building porch in a rural setting. Railroad cars and an industrial site can be seen in the background. Children gathered on an open porch. The U.S. Capitol building. Coal miners headed into a mine shaft, wearing helmets with lights and carrying their lunch pails. Workers on an automobile assembly line. Rural poor families near their makeshift houses. A woman airing out bedding outdoors. Men stoking a furnace. A large group of child laborers. A factory with multiple smoke stacks. Striking union members carrying signs on a picket line. Others carry signs identifying them as members of the International Seamen's Union. One of them carries a sign reading: "Radio is the only Hope. Insist on reliable radio protection." Other union members in an outdoor protest. A group of businessmen, ostensibly in peaceful negotiations, facilitated by the Department of Labor.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land to war hero Thomas Eugene Atkins in the United States.
Neighbors build a home for United States World War II hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Eugene Atkins, in the United States. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land and the home to the war hero. Atkins, a U.S. Army Private and war hero during service in the Philippines, shakes hands with Anderson. Atkins walks with his wife into the house. An plaque on the wall of the house commemorating the gift. Atkins and his neighbors eating during a country barbecue in Campobello South Carolina near Spartanburg, South Carolina.
A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft being fueled and liberated Allied prisoners board the aircraft in Germany.
A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft being fueled in Germany during World War II. United States GIs throw empty gasoline cans on the ground. A crew member refuels a C-47 transport aircraft. The aircraft parked on the ground with a gasoline truck driving in front of it. Soldiers load supplies on the C-47 Skytrain. 'US Army Air Force, 100 Octane' written on the gasoline truck. Liberated French prisoners help unload gasoline from the aircraft. Large number of Liberated Allied prisoners stand on a field. They climb aboard aircraft for evacuation.
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