The rehabilitation of the Tennessee valley in Tennessee, United States during the Great Depression. A crane picks the rubbles. A man operating a machine. Workers work during the construction of the Norris dam. A bucket filled with cement carried by crane. The water gushes through the gates of the dam. A worker operates a blasting machine. Explosions on mountains during the construction of the Wheeler dam. Activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) . The forest service people plant trees on hill side and on fields to restore the Tennessee valley. Animals graze on the land. Farm Security Administration (FSA) works at the construction of houses. Mules being used to plow fields. View of a dam. A man works on the power production machinery. He reads from the gauge. Gates of the dam opened and water starts flowing. An electrical tower and lines.
Two service men of USAF standing on left wing of Convair B-36, a strategic bomber of the 7th Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. One of the two airmen washes down top section of wing using a high pressure hose. Maintenance stands erected around the tail section of the B-36. The aircraft's Triangle J tail code visible. Ground crew secures cover of a camera compartment in bottom of fuselage.
Debate about admission of Argentina during San Francisco Conference working toward United Nations Charter. Disabled and injured United States war veterans from World War 2 combat (mostly Navy in this image) enter the Veterans Memorial Opera House (War Memorial Opera House). View of interior of hall. Ezequiel Padilla, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, addressing the gathering. Russian Foreign Commissar Molotov and an interpreter speaking, followed by secretary of States Edward Stettinius. Agenda of meeting is whether or not Argentina be invited for UN Security Conference. Chairman Anthony Eden calls for vote, Argentina is invited by a vote of 31 to 4. View of a parked Eastern Airlines silver liner parked at airfield in Washington DC, and new Ambassador Oscar Ibarra Garcia from Argentina emerges and is greeted by South American and United States officials. A person comes out of a U.S. aircraft and is received by authorities.
United Nations forces retreat through snow as Chinese Communist troops enter Korean War in late 1950. An animated map of Korea shows Chinese forces overtaking North Korea. U.S. Marines marching in retreat from Chosin Reservoir region while artillery fires at enemy. Troops in sleeping bags covered in snow. Wounded loaded in small planes that take off from a field marked with a sign reading, 'Panicky Pocket Air Strip' View of retreating civilians and refugees moving south including many North Korean families with small children. Marines are evacuated from Hungnam. Civilians are transported in trucks with their belongings. General Ridgeway is shown sitting in a jeep after taking command of forces in Korea. A map highlighting Hungnam. Views of Security Council meeting. Shots of soldiers from many countries, including Belgium, Turkey, Greece, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, and Canada. A sign marked with '25th Canadian Infantry Brigade'.
German troops in formation outside the railroad car, in Compiegne, France, where Germany surrendered to France, in World War I. Now, it is being used ironically, by Hitler to secure the surrender of France on June 22, 1940. A formation of German German Dornier Do-17 bombers in flight. Aerial views of the London ablaze during the Blitz. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act. Men load a truck with Lend Lease materials in boxes marked, "U.S.A." View of freight train leaving a switch yard. View of freight train passing by with cargo marked 'Bullard Machine Tools, Bridgeport, Conn."
A U.S. Navy Training. Two sailors demonstrate how to break rear body lock with leg lift. One of the sailors attacks another from behind and grabs him. The second sailor bends down, reaches between his legs, takes hold of one of the attacker's legs and lifts it which causes the attacker to fall down. They demonstrate how to break rear body lock with standing switch. One sailor of the pair attacks the second one from behind and grabs him. The second sailor secures the arms of his attacker with his arms, bends his right leg and locks his left leg behind the leg of the attacker. Then he swings around. This causes both of them to fall. The second sailor climbs on top of the attacker who is now face down on the ground. (World War II period).
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