Ingenious and humorous floats in a parade during Mardi Gras at Camp New Orleans, Paris, France during World War II. Two men under blankets in a car with a banner 'Post War Plans'. A man dressed as Statue of Liberty. United States flag. On a truck a man poses on a bed as a photographer takes his picture. Women stand in and around a coffee mug on a truck. 'American Red Cross' written on the truck. Soldiers sing at a microphone. Soldiers stand near signboard of canal street watch the parade. On a truck men work on electric poles. Men hoist American flag on 'Shemper field'. Tents in the background. Soldiers watch the parade. An explosion occurs on a truck. A soldier rides a horse followed by a tram.
340th bomb group bombs over towns and crossroads; an important junction of supply roads in Corleto Perticara, Italy. 340th bomb group hits bombs over target area. Aerial view of bomb explosions in Corleto Perticara. Smoke rising over target areas. (World War II period).
340th bomb group raid over Potenza, Italy during World War II. Aerial view of Potenza. Bomb bay doors open on U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft and bombs are released and descend toward target at Potenza. View of American Mitchell B-25 bomber "Snow White II" landing after a mission. U.S. Army crew repositions the B-25 bomber in front of a German revetment wall. (World War II period).
Prisoners of war return home in England during World War II. British and Canadian casualty groups leave railroad train. Casualty group with their belongings. Soldier band plays instruments. British and Canadian soldiers get into Red Cross van. Van drives off.
Motorists at a gas station as OPA (Office of Price Administration) lifts gas restrictions in United States just after the end of World War II. Sign reads "Gas rationing off, no stamps required." Man scrapes gas ration sticker letter "A" off of car window. A gas station employee fills the tank of motor car. Calco meter is shown registering gas sale. Motor cars enter a Mobil Oil gas station. Motorcars at Mobil Oil gas station. Employee fills the gas tank of a car. Station attendants raise car hood and check fluids.
Dwight D. Eisenhower during presidency of the Columbia University in 1948. Eisenhower walking at a Columbia University graduation ceremony in New York City and speaking to the group assembled. Two years later, views of Eisenhower as NATO supreme commander in Europe. Eisenhower seated in NATO Conference. Citizens in United States prepare signs and urge Eisenhower to run for President. He salutes a parade in 1952 as he begins a run for the Presidency. Pamphlets and posters read 'we need Eisenhower'. An animated cartoon shows a smiling and marching Uncle Sam with an "Ike for President" jingle song playing. Cartoon shows animated citizens and an elephant supporting Eisenhower. Scenes from Republican National Convention, and Nixon and Eisenhower holding their arms up together. Citizens voting, using ballot boxes, and voting machines. A nun votes. Eisenhower casts his vote. People hold U.S. flags and cheer. Signboards and neon lighting on a building track vote tally and proclaim Eisenhower victory in 1952 presidential election. Eisenhower in Korea after the election. He meets and eats with American troops in the field and studies the war effort. South Koreans wave flags on announcement of truce (cease-fire armistice) in Korean War Eisenhower takes presidential oath of office in Washington DC. He signs document for Civil Rights Act of 1957 (voting right act). View of African American students of the "Little Rock Nine" entering a military station wagon under armed troop escort during integration of Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. U.S. Army troops escort the African American students into school. Exterior view of United Nations building in New York. Eisenhower delivers speech on Atoms For Peace. Winston Churchill of Britain and Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union visit Eisenhower in America. Scenes of John F Kennedy inauguration in 1961. Eisenhower with Kennedy and later with President Johnson. In 1968 address to Republican Convention Eisenhower notes risk of growth of Communism.
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