American newsreel (1940)

A missionary preaches to the African-American population; people stand knee-deep in water and dance.

African-American boys and girls dance in the water.

American bombers and fighter jets fly over the snow-capped and forested mountains of California during US Air Force maneuvers; the crew is in the cockpit of one of the planes.

An observer pilot is on board one of the planes.

Planes fly in formation; the pilot is at the controls.

The Capitol building in Washington.

The face of US President Roosevelt.

Roosevelt signs documents while sitting at his desk in his office.

A view of one of the central blocks of New York City with a sphere installed in the center (top).

A fountain next to the sphere.

Architects are assembling a model of New York City.

One of the architects installs model ships near the bridge.

A demonstration of the model of New York City to visitors.

Fragments of the rotating model (top).

Flooding in one of the states; a view of a partially submerged wooden house.

American cars of various models drive by.

One of the cars on the rally route.

A hurricane in Florida.

Streams of water on city streets, broken palm trees, torn down signs.

Light vessels sunk at the pier.

A panorama of one of the beaches after the flood.

A panorama of a part of the Florida coastline damaged by the natural disaster.

Broken power poles.

The transatlantic passenger liner "Queen Elizabeth" on a voyage to New York (top).

The side of the liner with the name.

The liner enters New York Harbor.

Tugboats lead the liner to the pier.

The liner approaches the pier, a view of the passenger port (top), a flag on the liner's mast.

The "Queen Elizabeth" approaches the White Star terminal for mooring.