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Naval guns and torpedoes manufactured, USS Wisconsin launched (WW2)

Steel used for ship building and war materiel manufacture in the United States during World War 2. Shipbuilding at a dock. Sign says “U.S. Naval Advance Base Depot”. A steam locomotive pulls a 16 inch naval gun from a factory. Men move newly made torpedo via overhead conveyor. Men building torpedoes in a factory. A huge engine is being lifted by an overhead crane. A United States Naval officer speaks with a factory executive. The launching of the Iowa-class battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64), in the Philadelphia Navy Yard on December 7, 1943. Assisted by Rear Admiral Melo F. Draemel, Mrs. Margaret Roche-Goodland, wife of Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland, successfully breaks a bottle of champagne over the ship's bow. The USS Wisconsin starts down the dry dock during launch.

Date: 1943, December 7
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079277
Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane speaks about United States Navy shipbuilding steel needs during WW2.

View of the Navy Department building, also known as the Main Navy and Munition Buildings (now demolished and turned into Constitution Gardens. Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). Sign says “Bureau of Ships”. Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane speaks about the United States Navy’s shipbuilding and maintenance program during World War 2 and great needs for steel. To underscore his point, he notes that, "A single salvo of the main battery guns of such a ship as the South Dakota, for example, will take 10 tons of finished steel." He goes on to say, “Our job in the Navy until the war is over is using steel to build and to fight. We must continue to rely on the Homefront efforts to collect the big tonnage of heavy industrial scrap which is needed to make a fine quality steel in huge quantities which we need in the Navy” concludes Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079278
United States Navy ships at sea, scrap metal processed (WW2)

United States Navy ships in convoy at sea during World War 2. A group of Landing Vehicle Tracked LVT landing crafts on deck of sailing ship. Trucks massed on deck of ship at sea. United States soldiers practice aiming a field gun on deck of ship. Idle machinery abandoned as scrap metal Bulldozer pulls obsolete heavy machinery from a factory to be sold as scrap. Men dismantling collected scrap machinery. Large scrap gear wheel moved on overhead crane. Scrap of various mechanical parts being processed at a factory. Molten steel spills from furnace foundry. A ladle pours molten steel. Rail carts containing scrap metal convey inside a factory. Words say “FROM YOUR SCRAP WE WILL FORGE THE ARMS OF VICTORY!”.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079289
A Hungarian refugee family reunion at Chicago Union Station, Chicago, Illinois

Baltimore and Ohio locomotive arrives at Chicago Union Station. An elderly Hungarian man greets his refugee family on the train platform as they arrive in Chicago. Elderly man kisses and hugs family members during reunion. Hungarian refugee girl smiling. Hungarian woman smiling at train station. Hungarian family leaves the train station. The One Prudential Plaza (130 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601, United States) as seen from a moving vehicle. Pedestrians walking on a busy street in Chicago. DeLuxe Cab (5900) parked in driveway of a snowy suburban Chicago neighborhood. Hungarian family walks to front porch of home. Man takes off his jacket and lies down on his bed. Man shows a newspaper article to a woman inside a living room. Man and woman reads an article about their family reunion in the newspaper. A rotary dial phone. Hungarian refugee woman answers a phone. Woman opens a door for her neighbor. Neighbor offers the woman winter coats for her family.

Date: 1956, December 28
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079691
Hungarian refugees working in factories, attending school in Chicago.

Sign reads “State of Illinois Department of Labor Division of Unemployment Compensation Illinois State Employment Service Affiliated with United States Employment Service”. An Illinois State Employment Agency officer picks up a rotary dial phone to make calls. Employee making calls and inspecting files. A Hungarian refugee talking on phone and smiling. State Employment Agency Officer reads a file on his desk while talking on the phone. A worker lifts a cogwheel and puts it on a bench. Worker grinding teeth on a cogwheel. A Hungarian refugee cleaning a lathe at the Jones-Dabney Co. factory in Chicago. Hungarian refugee wears a white “Jones-Dabney Co.” cap while working. A Hungarian woman works as a draftsman. Draftsmen drawing at drafting tables. External view of a Chicago area Catholic school. Elementary students attend class at a Catholic school in Chicago. Hungarian refugees attend Catholic school. A priest teaches students reading. “My Captain Boy Savior” is written above the blackboard. Hungarian refugee girls listening in class. Hungarian girl reading a Catholic children’s book, “This is our Town: Faith and Freedom” (by M.A. Sister M. Marguerite, S.N.D.). “Boy Savior Our Guiding Star” written on the wall of the classroom. First grade students learn to write using crayons.

Date: 1956, December
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079692
Hungarian immigrant shopping at a supermarket, family spending time on a living room together

A Hungarian elderly refugee woman shopping at a supermarket in the United States. Elderly woman shopping at grocery store picks up packed meat in the meat section. Woman places various fruits in her shopping cart. A Hungarian refugee family spends time together in a living room. A woman shows a newspaper to a man. A man watches his nieces playing together on the floor. Elderly man talks to a woman. Man smokes a cigarette. “The end” closing slate.

Date: 1956, December
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079693