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Hollywood actor Rock Hudson urges the people of the United States to buy savings bonds.

Hollywood actor Rock Hudson urges Americans to buy savings bonds. A house shaped mailbox in the foreground reads' Rock Hudson'. A man and a woman walk on a sidewalk. A car driven by Rock Hudson approaches, pulls into a driveway, and parks. Rock Hudson gets out of the car. A Christmas tree kept in boot or trunk of the car. Rock Hudson takes out his Christmas tree and sits on the back of the car. He takes out a gift bond from an envelope. Rock Hudson holding a fifty (50) US dollar gift bond. He holds the bond in his hands and urges the people to buy savings bonds in the United States. Rock Hudson greets everyone “Merry Christmas to all of you”.

Date: 1956, October 26
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069752
Images showing progression of ship steam propulsion from coal-fired to oil-fired to nuclear powered ship NS Savannah

Brief view of model of the original USS Savannah steam powered sidewheeler ship of 1819. View of steam plant inside a newer ship. Pistons driving crankshaft. Fireman stoking boiler with coal. View of oil storage tanks. The USS United States steamship underway. Cargoes being loaded aboard a freighter at a pier. Grain being loaded into a cargo vessel. A foreign port. An ocean liner. Engineers discussing nuclear power. Animation of atoms in motion. An early nuclear power plant installation in the United States. An open view of fuel rods in a nuclear reactor (referred to as an atomic furnace by the narrator). View of Control room in nuclear power plant with many lit dials, levers, buttons, and controls. Engineers placing cutouts of reactor on diagram of ship. Model of the NS Savannah. President Eisenhower speaking.View of U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Marine architects of George G. Sharp incorporated, working on design of the NS Savannah. Cutaway model showing position of reactor inside the ship.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070684
A loader loads dirt into a dump truck and construction engineers work on a project to construct a dam in the United States.

Construction engineers and workers work on a construction project in the United States. A water fall. The construction engineers at the construction site. An engineer points out on a chart. A loader loads dirt into a dump truck. Engineers stand beside the truck. Giant wheels of the truck. A sign 'Fire stone' on a tire of the truck and the name "Euclid" painted on its side. A dam at the construction site. The engineers work on their construction project. A man signals. Construction workers spray with hoses.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070983
Modern agriculture machinery are used in farms and USDA conducts various program in the United States.

A film 'The Agriculture Story' showing various projects carried out by U.S. Department of Agriculture in the United States. Views of Capitol. Statue of Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Views of farm. Agriculture machinery plow field. Horse drawn plow, plows field. Machinery work in farms. Dust storm in the background of farm land. Car being driven on road. Damaged agriculture machinery on barren land. Fire blazes in forest. U.S. Department of Agriculture showing loss in agriculture in papers. Seal of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It conducts programs including research, education, conservation, stabilization, regulatory functions, credit and marketing here and abroad.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071647
USDA Agricultural Research Center educates farmers and provides publications, books of agriculture to help farmers in the U.S.

U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts Research project in the United States. Hanging sign reads as 'Fernon Experimental Forest, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Forest'. Building of Agriculture Experiment Station. Plaque on wall reads as "United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center". Farmers use farm products in their farms. Aircraft delivers chemical spray on crops to control insects and diseases. Cattle in stock yard. View of farmer's land. Crops in farms, farmers standing in the background. They receive demonstrations of farming methods from personnel of USDA (United States Department of Agriculture). USDA provides pamphlets, publications of marketing research, books of agriculture and market news services to help farmers and increase production.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071648
USDA personnel aids farmers by giving them technical assistance and cost sharing through conversation project in the U.S.

U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts conversation project in the United States. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) personnel aids farmers by giving them technical assistance and cost sharing through conversation project. They show plan for protecting buildings and soil resources. View of farming lands. Farmers work in farms with agriculture equipment. View of land.

Date: 1956
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071649