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Construction of Liberty Ships vital to War Effort in World War 2

World War II Liberty Ships that carry war materiel like guns,tanks and planes, in the Marine Shipyard in Sausalito, California, across bay from Richmond California shipyards. View of Vice Admiral Emory Scott Land (retired), speaking about the need for ships, and more ships, for the war effort. Among Liberty ships shown are Billy Mitchell, George Chamberlain, Waslater, Cermak and Charles Summer. Ships with bow numbers 434, 432, and others lined up under construction. View of Senate bill 3500, Merchant Marine Act of 1936 authorizing merchant ship building to support commerce and National Defense. Marine architects and engineers work with blueprints and models to optimize design for fleet of merchantmen that would eventually be called "Liberty Ships." National Posters seen. One shows burly shipyard worker with sledge hammer and reads: "Swing it Brother." Another shows convoy of ships at sea and reads: "You Build ''em. We'll sail 'em." Construction begins. Timbers, plates, anchors , engines, steel blades, and other of the hundred thousand items needed build a ship. Crowds of Shipyard workers leaving after a work shift. A sign on building reads,'It can and will be done', and another, under which workers walk advertises war bonds . Shaping metal with gas torches. Fabricating ribs of steel. Spray painting. A woman welder named Mary Smith, welding with torch. Cutting steel using patterns and torches. Fabricating bulkheads. Riveting. Derricks lift heavy assemblies.

Location: Sausalito California USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031500
Role of Iron and steel in construction of Liberty Ships. Use of cranes for heavy construction during World War 2.

Building a Liberty Ship in California shipyards (Sausalito or Richmond) during World War II. Raising an 8-ton steel mast from which a ship's boom will extend for loading operations. The gantry crane operator seen in control cabin. A house of steel is built to sit on the deck of an attack transport ship. It is lifted with the help of crane and put into the ship. Several cranes are used to move a 100 ton, 4000 horsepower diesel engine into place in the ship's hold.

Location: Sausalito California USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031501
The Governor's Mansion and the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia

Important buildings in Richmond, Virginia. Exteriors of the Governor's Mansion (Capitol Sq, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) and the State Library on Capitol Square. Exteriors of the White House of the Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States). A downtown street as rain pours down. People get in a car on the street. Exteriors of the Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States). Exteriors of the Old City Hall (Old City Hall, 1001 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219, USA) in Richmond, Virginia.

Location: Richmond Virginia USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066838
Views of Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond, California, where Liberty ships are being constructed during World War II.

Construction of Liberty Ships during World War 2. Sign over entrance to the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, one of the U.S. shipyards where Liberty ships were being constructed. Change of shift in Kaiser Company shows huge numbers of workers leaving at end of their shift . Words on large building read 'Machine Shop'. Traffic passes on road in yard. Views from high vantage point of buildings and ships under construction. Crane and moving parts at dusk. Welders at work on several ships. Cranes against evening sky.

Location: Richmond California USA
Date: 1942, December
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052420
A fire dog slides, climbs up stairs and rides a wheel board with children in Richmond, California.

A fire dog plays with children in Richmond, California. Girls play in a park. Children slide from a slider. A dog slides too. The dog climbs up the stairs of slider. He moves on a wheel board.

Location: Richmond California USA
Date: 1930, June 14
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046582
Deck plates, after mast and midship deck houses weighing 75 tons hoisted aboard ship in ways in Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond.

Shell assembly at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California during World War 2. Women riveters at work. Deck plates hoisted aboard Liberty ship in ways. Welders and burners on fore peak assembly. Hoisting after mast on ship in ways. Large crane hoisting and setting in place LIberty Ship midship deck house weighing 75 tons.

Location: Richmond California USA
Date: 1942, December
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052418
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