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Men load locomotives aboard SS Hannibal Victory and lay pine timbers to cushion the weights of locomotives, San Francisco.

A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A man cleans a plaque of SS Hannibal Victory ship with a cloth. The chassis stacked at the port . A trolley tows the freight car underframes. The stevedores and longshoremen at work . They load freight car underframes aboard SS Hannibal Victory. The freight car underframes is hoisted and lowered aboard the deck. K-rations, cots, hospital supplies like bandages and plasma loaded in the spaces between the cargo. Men aboard the ship at work. The eight full-grown railroad engines complete with tenders taken towards the ship on the railroad flat cars. Men stand near a locomotive on the railroad flat car. The men aboard a ship and at the dock. A man attaches ropes to the locomotive. The hoisted locomotive is taken aboard the ship. A man directs. The locomotive is cautiously lowered at the deck. A crane operator operates the controls. The locomotive is being lowered. The men giving directions. The men lay road bits and big pine timbers to cushion the weights of the big locomotives . Several views of men turn buckle and put steel rod assemblies to the deck , clamped them tight and wedged chained and bolted them down. A chief with his wife walk and talk. A view of the city in the background. They walk towards the dock. The men covering the locomotives. The chief and his wife cross a road and walk along streets of San Francisco with harbor views behind them. Cars parked on side of the road. The crane operator seated at controls. Men finishing the end tasks. The chief meets his wife before leaving. The chief boars the ship. His wife stands at the dock. Men aboard the ship at work.

Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069915
A new propeller, to change the course of the ship, is developed and tested for the U.S. Navy in Bremerton, Washington.

Testing of a new propeller in Bremerton, Washington. View of the newly developed propeller for the U.S. Navy. A professor of Washington University, the inventor of the propeller, beside the device. View of the blades of the propeller, changing the pitch of which changes the course of the ship. A landing craft on which the propeller is tested. The landing craft moving forward on the water. The professor with another man on the craft. The craft turning the direction by changing the pitch of the blades. Men beside the propeller.

Date: 1946, May 9
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069950
Models display matching footwear for summer dresses, dinner gowns and holiday dresses at a fashion parade in New York City.

A fashion parade in New York City, New York. Three models displaying summer dresses and matching hats during the fashion parade. Foot wear with a bow and another one with metallic beadings on black that goes with the dresses. Two models displaying dinner gowns. A display of matching black footwear for the gowns. A few models displaying dresses for holidays. One of them wearing a scarf over her head. View of matching striped footwear and another one with butterfly bows on the front. A display of footwear for the beach. A model smiling.

Date: 1946, May 9
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069953
Contestants release bowling balls and pins fall during a bowling tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Women's International Bowling Congress in Kansas City, Missouri. Women bowling at a bowling alley during a bowling tournament. The lanes in the alley. The pins fall down. The audience applaud. A man and a few women seated in the front row of the audience. The man holding a child on his lap. A woman holding a bowling ball moves towards the lane. Several contestants releasing the balls and the pins falling down during the contest. Closeup views of bowling ball hitting pins. Human pin-setter seen behind pins, dropping into view to reset pins between frames.

Date: 1946, May 9
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069954
Motorcyclists ride up a rocky hill and people watch them in Wenatchee, Washington.

Motorcycle hill climbing in Wenatchee, Washington. Motorcyclists lined up for a rocky hill ride. Several people standing behind the motorcyclists. Men riding the motorbikes on the rocky hill. One of them falls down. People stand around and watch the dangerous stunt riding. A motorcycle races leaving trails of mud and dirt. A man watching the motorcyclist.

Date: 1946, May 9
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069955
Flying boat Boeing 314 lands at Pan American base on Treasure Island after a flight in San Francisco, California.

A flying boat in San Francisco, California. Flying boat Boeing 314 in flight. Pilots at the control in the cockpit. The control panel in view. The flying boat in flight. View of passengers seated. A woman lying in a bed inside the flying boat. The flying boat comes in for a landing. A bridge over a water body. The flying boat taxis on the water at Pan American base on Treasure Island. A few flying boats and a few men on the shore

Date: 1939, February 1
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070053