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The Morrison and Knudsen construction company contracts to build dams in Afghanistan and commences operations

Film opens with camera panning over the rugged, arid regions of Afghanistan. Broad view of the city of Kandahar, where modern buildings are being erected. Street scene in Kandahar shows numerous pedestrians walking along a road. View of new homes and other buildings recently constructed. Scene shifts to agricultural activities and products. Men bring products to market carried on backs of donkeys. A man harvesting some type of crop in a valley farm. Houses in a valley farm. View of a river. View of camels grazing on semiarid land. Executives of Morris and Knudsen construction company are seen in their offices, discussing a contract to build dams and irrigation canals in Afghanistan. Next, are shown stacks of skins from new born Karakul sheep, which earn Afghanistan millions of dollars annually in exports, and would, along with other assets, pay for the project. Morrison and Knudsen engineers are seen working over plans for the project. Potential employees for the project are seen being interviewed. A field engineer is seen receiving his passport as he prepares to fly to Afghanistan. A uniformed officer enters an office building to present the first requisition for supplies to be obtained for the project. A man reads a Radiogram requesting supplies. A purchasing agent begins processing the requests. A woman types necessary requisitions and others work on the requests. A steam locomotive is seen speeding along a railroad, as supplies begin arriving at American seaports for shipment abroad. A freighter loading supplies for trans-shipment to Pakistan. Longshoremen use pikes to roll heavy timbers for loading. Forklifts move heavy crates for loading. A freighter crew loads large wooden crates by means of the ship's cranes. The supplies,including prefabricated structural items are loaded into the ship hold. A sea bird perches on a ship. View of the stern and wake of a ship carrying supplies for the Afghanistan project. View of Karachi, Pakistan (where Morrison and Knudsen maintain an expediting office). Local people walking and riding bicycles. A camel pulls a wagon heavily laden with cargo. Views of cargo being offloaded from a freighter. Men on the dock load cargoes into cars of the Pakistan Northwest Railway. A freight train heading North toward the Afghanistan border. Views from the moving train as it enters a tunnel. Views, from the train, of rural Pakistan.

Location: Afghanistan
Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066742
Displaced cylindrical top stone of a gravestone and displace stone lantern caps on Motoyasu Bridge over the Motoyasu River in Hiroshima, Japan.

A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Displaced cylindrical top stone of a gravestone in a cemetery. People walk on the damaged Motoyasu Bridge. Damaged stone lantern caps on the bridge. Pedestrians walk by with the damaged Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall in the background behind the bridge (later site of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial). A collapsed lantern due to blast. A boat in the Motoyasu River. Damaged blocks of the bridge.

Location: Hiroshima Japan
Date: 1946, March 2
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067335
Damaged lanterns on a bridge over the Motoyasu River and a damaged retaining wall along the river bank in Hiroshima, Japan.

A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. Damaged stone lanterns on a bridge over the Motoyasu River. People walk on the damaged bridge. A destroyed retaining wall along the river bank. Damaged Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall building in the background (later site of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial).

Location: Hiroshima Japan
Date: 1946, March 22
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067336
Statues damaged due to bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan.

A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. The statue of Goddess Kwannon toppled over from its base due to the effect of blast. The base of the statue. The prone statue of the Goddess of Mercy Kwannon looking skyward. The head of a damaged statue on the ground. A headless wooden statue dressed in a carved flowing robe felled by the blast. A damaged granite post supports a pine tree growing horizontally.

Location: Hiroshima Japan
Date: 1946, March 22
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067337
Damaged steel doors of a vault which is the remain of a court in Hiroshima, Japan.

A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II. A small vault which is the remain of a court. The side of the vault and the effect of blast on steel doors. The steel doors open showing the effect of blasts.

Location: Hiroshima Japan
Date: 1946, March 22
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067338
People walk past a damaged library building and through ruins of other buildings in Hiroshima, Japan.

A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Hiroshima, Japan after World War II A brick load bearing the structure of a library that collapsed as a result of blast subsequent to gutting by fire. The second floor of the building resting on the ground. The building shows the effect of blast and the displacement of the building. Laborers push bamboo on a cart. Two women and children walk past the damaged building. A horse wagon goes past the damaged building. Inhabitants walk through ruins of buildings.

Location: Hiroshima Japan
Date: 1946, March 22
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067339
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