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Announcer silently reading news script in advance of broadcast on CBS radio
A spokesman wearing suit and tie sits at a CBS News microphone and silently reads script before broadcasting..
U.S. President Truman signs the historic Marshall Plan and makes a short statement about it in the United States.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the historic Marshall Plan in the United States. The signing of the foreign assistance bill and aid to China is witnessed by Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg; American politician, Thomas Terry Connally; Representative Sol Bloom; the Speaker of the House, Joseph Martin and others. President Truman makes a short statement about the bill.
High Line Method and Burtoning Method of replenishing cargo from one ship to another described in the United States.
A U.S. Navy training film about replenishing in sea. The film is titled 'Fueling and Replenishing at Sea'. Two ship in sea transfer ammunition, cargo, fuel and personnels from one to another. Provision ships and cargo ships in the sea. Boom head cranes and winches at ship. Two types of transfer methods are described using pointers High Line Method and Burtoning Method. To transfer high load wire winches are used. An operator at wire handing winch. Forward loading area at ship described. Type of hooks, their functioning on both the delivery ship and the receiving ship is explained. Work of winch-men on both ships discussed. Horizontal lift of provisions. Use of slings in transfer demonstrated. A cargo is unloaded on a ship and sailors move it on a conveyor belt. Ammunitions handled with extra care during transfer. The distance between two ships is maintained at 70 feet. Sailors talk on communication line between both ships. High Line Method of transfer described in detail. Arrangements of haul line described.
Personnel transfer from one ship to another using High Line Method described in the United States.
A U.S. Navy training film about replenishing in sea. The transfer of personnel described. A one carrier Pipe frame chair is used for transferring personnel. High line method is used for this purpose. In Haul line and Back Haul line described. Back haul line is always supported. In haul line is supported by sailors at the time of personnel transfer. Special chairs used to transfer disabled persons. High lines are kept elevated and lowered by men power when required.
Transfer process of cargo and personnels from one ship to another described in the United States.
A training film of U.S. Navy about replenishing in sea. Petty officer signals winch man when to strain or lift. During lifting workers work at In Haul Line. When cargo reaches the receiving ship it is lowered at landing place. Exchange of movie rolls, provisions and mail. Personnels are delivered only by high line and heavy cargo is delivered by Burtoning method.
United States LTV-N-2 Loon missile undergoes engine start test in United States.
United States LVT-N-2 Loon 777 and 785 missiles prepared and launched in United States. A Loon missile hoists in a sling carried by a hook of a crane. Loon missile placed over a dummy sled for engine start test as United States sailors help in the operations. Men push the missile into the hangar.