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Series of tests conducted by the U.S. Navy using a Reconnaissance camera in the nose of a plane in Anacostia, Washington DC

'Flying eyes' over mock enemy positions in Anacostia, Washington DC. A U.S. Navy man holds an aerial television camera. Two men stand near him. They load the camera in the nose of an aircraft to conduct a series of tests. The camera is mounted in the nose of the plane. The plane takes off and is in reconnaissance flight over positions. The camera takes pictures of targets and transmits them to a control room view as the pictures appearing on a television screen show a dock area on the Potomac River, a powerhouse, and the Capitol building.

Date: 1946, March 20
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047263
United States President Harry Truman signs housing bill in Washington D.C . that will help provide homes for the homeless.

United States President Harry S. Truman signs Housing Bill in Washington D.C., United States. President seated at desk as he signs the document. Officials stand behind him at the White House. President Truman signs the bill that will help provide homes for the homeless. He speeds authorization of $250,000,000 for emergency homes.

Date: 1946, April 1
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063704
J. W. Bush, Higinbotham and Cahan at a conference table discuss about atomic power in Washington DC.

The Federation of American Scientists in Washington DC. Exterior of the Office of Atomic Information. People enter and leave the building. An insert sign on the building : 'Federation of American Scientists, National Committee on Atomic Information'. J. W. Bush, Jr. , Mr. William A. Higinbotham and Mr. Albert Cahan (members of the Federation of American Scientists) sitting at a conference table. They discuss about atomic power. Mr. William A. Higinbotham and Daniel Meltcher (Head of Office of Atomic Information) at a desk in conversation. A bulletin sheet on 'National Committee on Atomic Information'.

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072234
Three fellows and a girl arranging study kits on atomic energy in a mail room in Washington DC.

Study kits on atomic energy are made in Washington DC. In a mail room three fellows and a girl making up study kits on atomic energy which they mail to the public. The girl arranges the kits. Various pamphlets being assembled. Another group of pamphlets being put in envelopes. Pamphlets on atomic information. A hand underlines a sentence on the pamphlet.

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072235
Dean Gooderham Acheson and David Lilienthal discuss a document in Acheson's office in Washington DC, United States.

Dean Gooderham Acheson in his office in Washington DC, United States. A name plaque on a door reads "Mr Acheson - Under Secretary of State'. Dean Gooderham Acheson and American public official David Lilienthal discuss a document. A report on the International Control of Atomic Energy.

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072236
Mr. Alexander Sachs is greeted by Mr. Howell G. Crim, Chief White House usher, at the White House in Washington DC.

New York banker Alexander Sachs visits the White House in Washington DC. A Cadillaccar pulls up at the White House. Mr. Alexander Sachs leaves the car and enters the White house. Mr. Sachs enters the reception room of the White House, where Chief White House Usher, .Howell G. Crim greets him. (Note: these actions are repeated a number of times in this sequence, from different camera angles and perspectives.)

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046546