Foreign newsreels (1949-1952)

The streets of New York City during a nuclear attack drill; the streetlights in store windows go out.

A man with a white armband enters a restaurant and draws the curtains to maintain blackout.

Visitors to a shopping center, accompanied by civil defense personnel and nurses, enter a basement and sit on the floor.

A streetlight is turned off and de-energized.

The dark silhouettes of skyscrapers left without electric lighting.

A view of an aircraft factory assembly shop.

The process of assembling aircraft.

Testing a piston aircraft engine before installation.

Tanks at a proving ground.

A panorama of a gas workers' settlement in the USA. People stand in line to receive monthly gas quotas.

A view of a section of highway.

A poster urging people to save gas in traffic jams.

Cars refueling at a gas station.

Cars being inspected by officials.

A book of gasoline coupons.

People stand in line at a grocery store.

A clerk rations groceries.

A monthly ration card.

A notice in a store about the absence of butter.

Notices in store windows about the absence of goods.

Customers at the counter of a bistro.

Samples of recommended canned goods, prepared foods, and margarine.

A view of a section of a Yokohama street during the American occupation.

Cars on one of the city streets.

An American policeman at the entrance to the US Embassy building.

Checking the pass of a Japanese journalist.

The journalist shows the pass on camera, throwing back the tail of his coat.

Japanese immigrants pack their things.

Panorama of a tent camp (from above).

A female firefighter slides down a pole during a drill.

Female firefighters of New York.

A volunteer jumps from an upper floor window onto a stretched circular banner during a training session of the women's fire brigade.

A collection of donations for civil defense.

Sailing yachts in the sea off the coast of Nice.

Girls on paddleboats before the start of the competition.

Paddleboat race along the edge of the shore along the beach.

The wheels of iceboats pass by a man buried in the sand of the beach.