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Trailer homes being driven on road and activities of a family inside the trailer house in North Carolina, United States

Trailer houses in North Carolina, United States. Trailer homes being driven on road. Woman and a girl stand at the door of the trailer house. Two men greet each other. Family seated at table eats. Woman kisses a child sleeping in bed. Woman works in kitchen. Woman washes utensils.

Date: 1941, April 3
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032022
Barrage balloons being inflated and raised.

Men near gas cylinders to inflate barrage balloon. Views of men inflating balloons and raising it using winch. Narrator talking of every major U.S. city soon having such protection (early in World War 2)

Date: 1941
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039359
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.

Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069168
Coast Artillerymen fill a balloon with helium gas and raise the balloon during a demonstration at Camp Davis in North Carolina (WW2)

Coast Artillery soldiers at Camp Davis in North Carolina in World War II. demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon. The manifold of the balloon is connected to a helium gas cylinder by means of a rubber tube. Men connect one end of an inflation tube to the manifold. The end of the tube is connected with the appendix of the balloon. The envelope is inflated A soldier opens cylinder valves. The balloon gradually rises. Men install a rudder. Men hang sand bags on the balloon to control its rate of rise. Men move the balloon to a winch. The second balloon inflated in the same manner. Men remove the sand bags. A man operates the winch. The balloon rises. The second balloon rises. The balloons are raised up. A balloon is hauled down and anchored. Men hang the sand bags. The Army personnel march off from the field.

Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069169