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A U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft lands at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, United States.
XB-36 first flight on August 8, 1946, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Convair Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green, at the controls. The XB-36 flying over airfield, with landing gear extended. Views from side and below. Views from above, from the side, from below and from the rear, as it flies some distance from the field, with gear still extended. XB-36 on final approach crossing a river, and touching down on first part of runway as it lands.
Views of the United States. Farms, cities, highways, and beaches. Destruction in Japan by atomic bomb. U.S. infantry in combat
Farmers harvesting grain and corn with machinery on American farms with a narrow tractor harvester. Steel mills and heavy industry and cargo railroads in the United States. Industrial views with smokestacks releasing much smoke and smog (also pollution scenes). Scenes of New York City with busy streets filled with cars, buses, and truck traffic, together with pedestrians. Many varied 1940s and 1950s cars on the roads. Elevated and also aerial views of U.S. highway networks busy with 1940s and 1950s cars. Views of Jones Beach, on Long Island, New York. Scenes of destruction in Japan from the atomic bomb, with sweeping views of destroyed city in Hiroshima or Nagasaki circa 1945 or 1946. U.S. Army infantrymen engaged in house-to-house fighting in Europe during World War II, firing rifles and moving between points of cover in a city filled with rubble.
Traffic in business section of unidentified U.S. town; brief view of riverboat; then views of shops on West Main Street in Madison Wisconsin
Majority, but not all of clip shows Madison Wisconsin circa 1946. Clip opens with views of an unidentified town in the United States. Automobile traffic on street of the town. Long views in distance suggest possibly western United States. Next scene is a very brief view of a riverboat or steamboat on a river. Next scene is Main Street in Madison Wisconsin, with cars and trucks on street. Capitol building dome in Madison is visible in distance. Point of view from a moving vehicle of shops and businesses on West Main Street in Madison, Wisconsin. Businesses include The Drake; Fashion Shop; Chris Eckert; Edward Eckert at 125 and 127 W. Main Street. Next is "W. H. Hanger Plumbing and Heating at 123 West Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Then a Steak and Fried Chicken restaurant. Next is Margaret's Beauty Salon; Goodyear Tires; J.C. Penney Company. Scene changes to a house. A man comes out of a house carrying a fishing pole. Brief scene of two young men in a library.
Japanese women dressed in kimonos walk along sidewalks in Tokyo, Japan on New Year Day of 1946.
Citizens and United States soldiers walk along the streets in Tokyo, Japan on New Year Day (Oshōgatsu) of 1946. Japanese women and children dressed in kimonos walk along a sidewalk. Some Japanese men and women are also seen wearing face masks. They are wearing face masks during winter influenza season. A woman wearing a surgical mask and fur coat glances at the camera as she walks by. Japanese women and children walking along the streets.
Prior to U.S. Presidential Election of 1968, Richard Nixon recounts his past and tells how he got into politics.
Self-portrait of Richard Nixon aired during his 1968 presidential run against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in the United States. An interviewer asks Richard Nixon that how he got into becoming a member of U.S. House of Representatives in 1947. Nixon replies that soon after World War II ended some Whittier Republicans approached him about running for a seat in the United States House of Representatives and he accepted. A picture of Nixon during his campaign in 1946. He says America is a great country because American people are competitive and it does not mean competition in the destructive sense. He considers America a great country in terms of competitive people and says that competitive spirit is a great driving force in any nation. And he says it is the reason why politics appeals to him.
From Labor Department documentary. Montage of World War II scenes from start to finish,including American home front.
Opening scene shows Adolf Hitler reviewing German troops on parade. German paratroopers jumping from Junkers Ju-52 aircraft. View from the ground of paratroopers descending from three Ju-52s. The Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, December 7, 1941. Heavy smoke rising from the leaning USS Arizona after she is hit by bombs. Newspaper headline reading "Pearl Harbor Bombed!" American soldiers leaving Camp Stoneman, are seen assembled on a pier at the Pittsburg California waterfront to board one of the ferries that would take them to Piers 15 and 45 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. A sign at pier reading:"Through these portals pass the best damned soldiers in the West." Glimpses of soldiers firing howitzers in World War 2. Glimpses of the civilians supporting the war effort. Auto factory workers walking near a war production plant during shift change. A new army truck leaves a factory. War production workers assembling the turret on a Sherman tank. Guns and turrets being manufactured. Factory floor filled with new pursuit airplanes. A B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft taking off. Aerial view from bomber of its bombs exploding over enemy target below. Freight trains carrying United States military supplies. Supplies being loaded aboard a ship for the U.S. and Allies. The American battleship USS New Mexico firing a gun, and firing guns from triple turrets. Workers assembling aircraft engines in a war plant. A woman at work in a war materiel production plant. Gun camera images from warplane strafing a ground target. World War 2 Victory parade along 5th Avenue, New York City, in 1946. Washington Square triumphal arch in background. Various views of the parade. Laid off war plant workers looking for new jobs. Troops welcomed home: Ship carrying returning United States soldiers back home after the end of World War 2. Disabled soldiers and sailors making their war to a Military Air Transport Service C-54 aircraft. More views of the disabled veterans who were injured during World War II.
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