Pedestrians on Park Avenue in New York City. Sign on 540 Park Avenue at E 61 St reads, “This property will be DEMOLISHED On this site will be erected a new luxury… AIR CONDITIONED multi story RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Plot 100 x 248 Riker & Co. 562-5’ Ave. New York 36, N.Y.”. Camera pans to view of 530 Park Avenue. Point of view through car window traveling down Park Avenue towards the New York Central Building (now Helmsley Building) Two women cross Park Avenue. View of skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue and E 52 St.
Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts the nomination of the Republican Party during the 1952 Republican National Convention. Attendees hold signs bearing the names of American states at the Republican Party's Convention held at the International Amphitheater (4220 South Halsted Street; Chicago, Illinois 60609; United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Eisenhower raises his arms in front of the audience and accepts the nomination, saying, “I pick up this task therefore in the spirit of deep obligation, mindful of its burdens and of its decisive importance, I accept your summons- I will lead this crusade.” Richard Nixon, Patricia Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower and crowds clapping as Nixon enthusiastically holds Eisenhower's arm in the air in victory.
Animation depicting the safety of bomb fuses used during World War 2. An artistic rendition of a bomb’s fuse. Animation depicts the inner parts of the fuse- the pin, striker, arming pin, arming spring, and arming wire. Animation shows the arming wire withdrawn, causing the arming spring to fall and ejects the arming pin. Sheer wire inside fuse is resistant to air pressure but light enough to break upon impact. Pin breaking through the sheer wire upon impact, detonating the fuse.
Training film shows United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents arrive in Greece during World War II. A United States bomber flying low at night as two OSS spy agents parachute from the bomber. An OSS spy looking at harbor through a pair of binoculars while hiding behind bushes. View of Greek harbor. An OSS agent rummages through file cabinets at night. Two OSS agents communicate via radio inside their room. A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber air drops canisters of supplies at night. Canisters with parachutes fall to ground. Greek partisans resistance fighters run with guns and assume prone position on the ground. View of railroad switch yard before simulated explosion from sabotage.
United States General Bradley and Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. exit 3rd Army Corps Command in Luxembourg during World War II. (Today the Jean-Pierre Pescatore Foundation, 13 Av. Jean-Pierre Pescatore, 2324 Luxembourg City) General Bradley sits on the passenger seat of a Jeep. It is winter, and snow is on the ground. General Patton stands beside the Jeep, talking to General Bradley. Military Police personnel board Bradley’s Jeep before it departs. The Jeep drives away. Omar Bradley arrives at the headquarters building of the U.S. 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command in Luxembourg (today Spuerkeess Financial Center at Place de Metz 2 Pl. de Metz, 2954 Luxembourg City) Bradley jumps out of Jeep, salutes guard, and walks quickly inside. Staff car drives in the snow and stops at 3rd Army Corps Command checkpoint. A Military Police uses a telephone at ‘Dismount Point’. Soldiers exiting a building at 3rd Army Corps Command as snow falls.
Defense against German V-1 rocket attacks on Antwerp, Belgium during World War II. Allied artillery crew shoots down a V-1 rocket at night. V-1 rocket explodes mid-air. Dark puffs of smoke and explosion from anti-V-1 rocket defense is scattered over the sky. A V-1 rocket evades artillery fire. Belgian civilians and children watch artillery fire at V-1 rocket. United States gunners load shells into anti-aircraft gun. A V-1 rocket spins downwards after getting hit by anti-aircraft gun.
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