A film "The Nuclear Ship Savannah" depicts testing trials in the United States. Sea trials of the nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, NS Savannah. She cruises in calm waters from her testing base at Yorktown, Virginia. Officers seen in operating positions. Helmsman steers her through various turning maneuvers. Engineers place challenging demands on her propulsion system from full speed ahead to full speed astern. Narrator calls attention to lack of smoke stack on this ship. atomic symbol painted on ship's side. Animated illustration of a nuclear reactor. View of turbine deck aboard the ship. View of the nuclear reactor control room. Numerous views of the Savannah cruising in calm waters. She is seen cruising the Delaware River near the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Model of the USS Savannah, first to cross the ocean using steam power (although she has sails). Animation showing departure of the Savannah from that city in 1819 and depicting boilers, retractable paddle wheels,and swiveling smoke stacks.
The Nuclear Ship( NS ) Savannah is welcomed at ports of various cities in the United States. The NS Savannah underway at sea. She receives a welcome. Citizens standing in a harbor to welcome the Savannah. People aboard the ship in the foreground. A woman watches through binoculars. The United States Atomic Energy Commissioner Robert E. Wilson speaks. Flags of the United States in the background. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Luther Hartwell Hodges speaks. Other officials seated in chairs listen. A car is lowered on to a deck aboard the Savannah. The ship underway at sea. She makes her first trip through the Panama Canal. On this trip she carries very special passengers. The passengers watch out from the ship. She heads towards the Pacific Ocean. The port of Seattle. Large sign for "Port of Seattle" is seen behind a large old ferry ship. View of the Space needle and harbor in background. The Savannah arrives at the port of Seattle. Citizens of Seattle welcome the Savannah and a banner reads "Welcome Savannah to Seattle Worlds Fair." The captain of the ship draws routes on a map.
Test film with blue background, includes an instruction to 'Please adjust your sound level and focus picture properly before audience showing'
A film 'The Story of Hoover Dam' shows how proposal of the dam is passed in the United States. A sign reads 'A Modern Civil Engineering Wonder of The United States'. Aerial view of the Hoover Dam. Automobile traffic across the top of the dam. Architecture of the dam. People enter onto dam to see reclamation project and listen to the story of Hoover Dam. View of Black Canyon. Animated map of geographical climate of the Colorado River. Views of mountains and flooded water. Dried crops and bare trees due to raging waters of the river. A wind mill seen. Proposal of construction of Hoover Dam comes in the House of Representatives of U.S. Capitol for Congressional approval to regulate and control the Colorado River, in 1928. View of President Calvin Coolidge addressing Congress in the U.S. Capitol in 1928. President Herbert Hoover in his office in the White House in 1930, signs the bill of appropriation for construction of the dam.
Reclamation projects in the United States. Colorado River forces its water into Lake Mead. Views of the Lake Mead. Automobile traffic across the top of the dam. Sail boats at the river. People enjoy their vacation by boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing at reclamation projects. Diversion tunnels of the dam. Animated diagram of Hoover hydroelectric power plant. Workings of transformers, towers and power units. The river flows along dam. Electricity is generated. Water flows from pump.
Various dams on Colorado River in the United States, primarily serving California. Parker Dam is at a point 155 miles (250 km) downstream of Hoover Dam. View of the dam. Power plant of the Parker Dam. Canal that provides industrial supplies. Views of Parker Dam, Imperial Dam, Palo Verde Diversion Dam, Hoover Dam and Morelos Dam showing their canals system. Views of the Colorado River.