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Cotton and rice fields and grapefruits orchard in Texas, United States.
Cotton and rice fields in Texas. A house and trees in the background. Grapefruits orchards in the area. A man stands holding a basket full of fruits in the orchard. Grapefruit trees heavy with fruit. Winter wheat in Oklahoma, and corn farmers harvesting corn. View of harvested corn cobs being thrown into back of a truck bed. A horse on the farm. Men on a vehicle load cotton in Oklahoma.
Fort Worth Texas in the early 1940s; modernization of the cities of Southwest region of the United States.
Animation shows six cities in South Western region of the United States. These are the cities with more population. The cities are Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ft Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. Modernization of the cities. Narrator describes modern industry and farming replacing old ways. Views of Main Street in Fort Worth Texas, with shops and traffic. Views of Main St in Ft. Worth facing both south and north, with the north facing view showing the Tarrant County Courthouse building and its clock tower in the distance. Business signs include Goldstein Bros Jewelry, Olenn Bros Furniture Company, Imperial Hotel, North Music, and other hotels and jewelry stores. Cars pass on the street. People walk on the street. Workers clearing brush from land to turn it into farm land. A farm in the area. Women herding sheep. Ruins of an old fort or of old native American Indian buildings in a desert area. Cattle graze on a field. An industrial factory or farming facility. The Alamo site building in San Antonio, Texas. View again of downtown Forth Worth, Texas.
Locomotives and freight cars at a large freight yard, part of Wabash Railroad
Locomotives and freight cars move in and out of a large freight yard of the Wabash Railroad, somewhere in the mid-central United States. "Wabash" visible on the side of a boxcar. Railroad train loaded with coal moves along track. Close view of an engine moving out, with heavy smoke emitted from the engine's stack.
Patients slide down a fire proof canvas chute during the testing of a device to evacuate patients in a hurry during a fire.
Testing of a new method to evacuate patients in a hurry in case of a fire. Exterior of a California hospital. A truck and men outside the hospital. A fire proof canvas chute extends from the ground to the fourth floor window. Patients slide down the chute. (World War II period).
First class of U.S. Army Air Forces Air cadets to be trained under contract, by Southwest Airways, during World War II
First class of Air cadets who were taught by Southwest Airways under private contract with the U.S. Army during World War 2. They are seen in classroom, receiving instruction. Next scene shows them marching in front of a hangar at Thunderbird Field. They stand in a formation and then Air cadets receive their diplomas and shake hands with U.S. Army Air Force officers. Final scene shows cadets taxiing their Stearman PT-17 aircraft out sequentially from the flight line.
New oil pipeline material inspected by Secretary of Interior
United States Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and other dignitaries inspect first shipment of 24-inch pipe to be used for the oil pipeline directly from the Texas Oil Company to Central Illinois.