Josephine Baker, born in Missouri in 1906 and buried in Monaco in 1975, was a famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The Church of St Mary Aldenbury in London, built originally in 1181 but destroyed during the great fire of London in 1666. Re-built in Portland stone by Sir Christopher Wren, it was gutted during the Blitz in 1940 leaving only the walls....

HEADLINE: City passes law against cyber-harrassment (internet-suicide) CAPTION: Days after learning a city teen killed herself after receiving cruel online messages, the city of Dardenne Prairie, Missouri has made online harrassment a...

Giant wave pool in US Naval testing centre

Giant wave pool at US Naval Surface Warfare Centre

Wave pool in operation at US naval test facility

Title card: "Boxing chimps are champions in ring battle - Sockem Sammy and Battling Billy (handsomer of two) meet in St. Louis zoo" / three shots of chimps boxing in ring, two men encouraging them / man giving chimp drink in corner...

Title card: "They're in the Army Now!" MS four chimps wearing uniforms sit on chairs in cage, children and adults in bkgd outside of cage watch, trainer steps into picture / CU chimp picks nose / MS chimps walk holding onto each other,...

Ray Murphy of Iowa, new American Legion commander at mic at American Legion convention in St. Louis, MO talks about calling to attention to the people of America about the subversive influences which are at secretly at work in America /...

People sitting in a mild breeze / Women enter Vanderslice Hall, the new name of the former Marburg mansion, now donated to the Kansas City Art Institute / A group of women wearing cloche hats in an exhibition; them with a large painting...

Atomic bomb explosion – LS huge explosion from atomic bomb, fireball rising up into sky, shaping into a mushroom cloud / flames curl ad wind into hug ball of ire and rest of the screen in darkness // Japanese surrenders aboard the USS...

Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "Place commercial here" / High shots: player runs from home to first base / #4 hits the ball / player runs to first, player runs to third base / Max West of the Boston Braves at bat; he...

News media outside of home of kidnapped child Bobby Greenlease / WS house / street scenes / taxi cab exteriors and interiors / exteriors of French Institute of Notre Dame de Sion school / Note: exact day not known

Title "World News" superimposed over a spinning globe / President Syngman Rhee waving, title superimposed "Rhee of Korea visits Truman of Missouri" / high angle shot Rhee and wife Franziska Donner walking the sidewalk to former US...

Title Card: "In Kansas City - Truman Signs Bonn Pact" / Kansas City, MO: cameraman– at left photographing President Harry S. Truman about to sign the New German Republic Treaty (Bonn Peace Contract with the West German Republic and a...

The site of a deadly crash in Mendon, Missouri was a passive crossing, meaning it had no flashing light or automatic gate.

After a funeral that saw more than 4,500 mourners attend, a large funeral procession escorted Michael Brown's body to a St. Louis cemetery. As the hearse carrying Brown's body passed through the entrance, motorcycles nearby revved their...

A group of National Guardsmen stood outside the Ferguson Police Department Wednesday preparing to maintain order two days after a grand jury did not indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. An influx of National...

AERIAL WS DS Cargo ship moving on Mississippi river / St Louis, Missouri, United States

The Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States