A factory in New York, United States. Aerial view of a goods train pulling in. Smoke stacks in the background. An overhead crane in operation. Exteriors of the factory. Molten metal poured in a container. An overhead container of a machine is moved. Hot molten metal poured out of the container. An overhead crane moves metal beams.
Camp Desert Rock also known as Desert Atom Camp in Nevada. U.S. troops participate in atomic testing exercises and wait seated in the desert (not in trenches). An atomic explosion in the background. The U.S. Army soldiers turn quickly to witness the formation of the resulting mushroom cloud. A small dust flurry rises as a minor blast wave hits the men. The soldiers rise and then kneel as they continue to watch the formation of radioactive clouds.
A typical American family gathered around their radio, at home. This is the Springer family in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. George N. Springer and Bernadette Wiley Springer are seated on chairs in a living room with their children, George and Arthur, as they listen to their large wooden console radio. George tunes the radio. A close up of Bernadette with her child, Arthur. (This was filmed in their home on 79th Street in Chicago. George worked for the Daily News in that city.)
A film titled 'The American Road' depicts travel in the 19th century, before the advent of the automobile. A house in New York. A man and a woman on a horse drawn cart. A doctor arrives by horse and buggy to attend a sick person and speaks to a woman, at the door.. The doctor gets on his horse carriage. A man rides a horse drawn cart. They pass a church. A railway station. The man and the woman in the cart arrive at the station. A man at the station. The man and the woman get off from the cart. The man at station talks to the man who was on the cart. The man waits for the train. A railway track.
New York City scenes, circa 1910. The new Pennsylvania Railroad Station, or Penn Station, on 7th Avenue, Manhattan, designed by McKim, Mead, and White. Pedestrians strolling on the sidewalks of 5th Avenue past stores and shops, as cars drive along with horse-drawn wagons, in the street. A man and woman conversing on a sidewalk are sprayed by water from a horse-drawn street cleaning truck. A 1903 Model A Ford automobile is demonstrated by actors dressed in fashions of the period. It drives to the door of a high society mansion, where a wealthy man and woman wait to see it. Its features are demonstrated, including a rear door and a side cranking feature, to protect one from being accidentally run over after starting. A 1903 Model A Ford drives past a farmer in his yard, while he grooms his horse.
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed by Virgil Exner with bodywork by Ghia, is unveiled at an auto exhibition in New York. View of the exposed exhaust system attached to the car. A woman at the steering wheel operates the controls of the car. A man drives a 1955 Chrysler Falcon. The man operates the buttons in the car.
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