U.S. aircraft in Germany during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrains tow USAAF Waco CG-4A gliders. Aircraft in flight overhead.
A film on technological advancements in the United States. Use of belts to convey messages from an operating table to a central point. Women operate a multiplex system. They put a messages on a belt. Telegrams are routed by use of pigeon holes. The telegrams are dropped down a chute and are pigeon holed by a woman. Time is stamped on all the telegrams with an electric clock. A woman stamps the telegrams. Women put the routed telegrams in a carrier. The transmission of a message.
A film on technological advancements, innovations, and inventions in the United States during the industrial age and industrial revolution. An actor portraying Benjamin Franklin talks to other men. A man explains to him how a wireless is operated. Benjamin Franklin actor at a telephone switchboard. An operator hands him earphones. Franklin listens. A radiophone in operation. A recording being played on a phonograph. Closeup view of the needle on the phonograph while the record is playing. Franklin listens to radio. Two men, standing near a biplane aircraft, operate a battery-powered Aldis lamp. (Slate incorrectly refers to Heliograph, which uses the sun as light source.) One man uses a sight to aim the lamp at the intended recipient of the message. The other man, holding the battery, sends coded message by operating a key on the battery box. Biplane in flight overhead signals back. Franklin seated at a desk writes in candlelight.
The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. A recruit gets a haircut. A barber using a hand clipper shaves a boy's head. Dental check up of a recruit.
A U.S. Navy training film titled 'The Airship Fundamentals, Principles and Operations' on the working of airships. View of a sea in the United States. Anti submarine search is a problem. An airship can search enemy submarines in the ocean. A submarine underway. An airship in flight overhead. 'US Navy' written on the airship. It consists of anti submarine devices. Interior of the airship. A man looks through an instrument. A crew inside the airship.
From a U.S. Navy training film in the United States on the working of airships. Explanation of aerostatics and fundamental principles of an airship is given. They are explained with the help of a balloon. Men aboard the balloon. The balloon ascends. The upward and the downward movement of the balloon is explained. An airship is like a free balloon. Functions of rudder, elevators and other parts of an airship are explained. Helium is used to inflate the envelope of the airship. Men work nearby.
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