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Airfield is being constructed at Marston Strip in North Carolina. First use of "Marston Mats."

Views of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field and pierced steel planking (PSP) laid down by U.S. Army workers to quickly build landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina, supporting Camp Hoffman airfield (later renamed Camp Mackall in 1943). A C-47D aircraft landing on the new landing strip. This was the first use of the perforated steel planking, nicknamed "Marston Mats" (or sometimes misspelled "Marsden Mats"), which were widely employed by the U.S. Army in World War 2.

Location: Marston Strip North Carolina USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039371
Delegates of The Pan American Highway Commission visit North Carolina

The Pan American Highway Commission officials received by Cameron A. Morrison, Governor of North Carolina. Governor Morrison and the delegates pose for a photo on steps of a building. The commission visits the Highway Equipment Depot near Raleigh and inspects the machinery. They proceed towards University of North Carolina. Traffic signs and direction boards on road sides. University of North Carolina college students give a cheer and greet the group. The commission buses, cars, motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecars are seen traveling on highway roads in North Carolina. The commission members observe road machinery and try out the machines including early tractors, graders, scrapers, and plows, trench diggers, and steam shovels. Two delegate members ride in the bucket of a steam shovel. They halt at the newly completed Wilcox Bridge spanning the Yadkin River near Spencer, North Carolina. A view of the caravan on the open-spandrel (open support system) Wilcox Bridge over the Yadkin River and then in a North Carolina town. The group entering Bessemer city in North Carolina, where a welcome banner spans the roadway.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030547
U.S. workers cut the logs into various strips with the help of gangsaw at a Lumber factory in Northern forests of the U.S.

Forests being converted to lumber industry in Northern forests of the United States. Owners mark placed on each log. Workers sort the logs with sticks as they float into a storage pond. A long chain with sharp hooks pulls the logs up to the saw. These logs are then fastened on a carriage that moves against revolving band saw. The gangsaw cuts the logs into various strips.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063925
Auxiliary generators and Navy ship gears and turbines being built at a General Electric Plant in the, United States; also launching of battleships.

Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052443
Paratroopers bailing out of aircraft C-47 and striking down.

U.S. Army Air Force paratroopers bailing out of aircraft C-47, descending, and landing on ground. C-47s landing and crew debarking on air strip. Crew getting equipment from aircraft.

Location: Maxton North Carolina USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039378
Coast Artillerymen unpack a barrage balloon and its accessories during a demonstration at Camp Davis in North Carolina (WW2)

Coast Artillery troops at Camp Davis in North Carolina demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon in World War II. Two types of barrage balloons. Army Soldiers lay a canvas cover on a balloon bed. A compact wooden box in which a balloon is transported. Men lift the box and bring it to the edge of the cloth on the ground. They remove a lid. A balloon and its accessories are unpacked. Men remove their shoes and spread the balloon. Men put an inflation tube into an appendix of the balloon and the other end is attached to an air blower. The balloon is partially inflated. A man enters a gas chamber through the appendix and takes an inspection lamp. Men prepare cylinders of helium for inflation the balloon. The inspection is complete and the man comes out from the appendix. Men walk on the balloon to remove the air.

Location: North Carolina United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069168
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