U.S. Navy WAVES being inspected in the United States during World War II. WAVES lined up as their Director Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee and an officer inspect them. An insignia on the collar of a WAVE. The WAVES lined up.
A U.S. submarine at a port in the United States on its return from Japan during World War II. Crew members aboard the submarine. Some of the men hold puppies. A man works on a naval gun aboard the submarine. Crew members paint the submarine at the port. Japanese flags on the conning tower of the submarine. Officers stand against the conning tower.
A documentary titled 'Building for Service' in the United States. In 1878 there were fewer telephones in the United States as compared to later years. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, in his forecast to the Electric Telephone Company writes that telephone cables could be laid underground or suspended overhead connecting with wires to buildings of any kind. A man could speak to another man at a distant place by this means. A graph showing the growth of the Bell System in the number of telephones, from 2 million in 1876 to 16 million in 1926. Thousands of people have worked in streets and on mountains in laying telephone facility, to bring the inventor's forecast to reality. A graph showing physical property of the Bell System from year 1911 through 1925.
The 1960 Presidential Election campaign in the United States. Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon visible on television during a live debate. Several people including correspondents viewing the debate on television and writing down notes. Kennedy and Nixon smiling and shaking hands. A large crowd gathered on a city street. Buildings on the side of the road. Several views of the crowd. John F Kennedy shaking hands with the crowd during the campaign. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy standing in a car and moving through a crowd. View of people applauding for them. John Kennedy speaking into microphones in front of a building. A rail track in view. A large crowd cheering on a street. Nixon speaking during his campaign. His wife Pat Nixon standing beside him. People holding banners of Nixon and the U.S. flag. The Presidential candidate shaking hands with the crowd. Nixon and his wife arriving at an airport and meeting people. The Presidential candidate speaking to a crowd in another place. A banner reads 'I'm for Nixon'. A crowd listening to the Presidential candidate.
The 1960 Presidential Election in the United States. The U.S. flag displayed on a building on the election day. Cars moving down a road. Boards displayed in front of banks and other business places declaring the day to be a legal holiday. People gathered outside schools and community halls. People voting through paper ballots. People waiting in a queue to vote using an automatic voting machine. Men and women reading a printed paper to choose the Presidential or the Vice Presidential candidates. A man inside a polling booth enters an area separated by a curtain and casts his vote in a polling machine. Men and women walking past officers seated at a table in the booth. People casting their votes in ballot boxes. A ballot box has 'Town Of Barnstable' written on it. A man turning a lever on the box. A woman placing a ballot paper in the box. 'State Election, Official Ballt, Barnstable' written on the ballot paper. The number on the box changes from 843 to 844. Another man placing a ballot paper in the box.
A cargo aircraft in the United States during World War II. United States Army Air Force cargo aircraft C-82 Packet on an airfield. Troops and tanks moving into the aircraft on a ramp. An officer standing beside the ramp. An army tank moving on the ramp entering the aircraft. Several army personnel beside the aircraft on the airfield. The fuselage and the wings of the aircraft in view. The aircraft takes off from the airfield.
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