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Developed roads make National Forest sites accessible to tourists and nature lovers in the United States.

The importance of roads and highways in the development of United States. Developed roads make the natural wonders of the National Forests accessible to tourists. Snow covered mountain surrounded by trees. Roads help nature lovers reach and see the scenic places in the forests. View from a tunnel. A lake amidst the mountains in a forest. Public highways serve the nation's needs and promote progress and prosperity.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031478
Progress in bath equipment with modernization of bath facilities in the United States.

'Better Housing' contrasts modern and obsolete bath facilities, and depicts the progress in bath equipment. A young boy sits and bathes in a round wooden tub. He soaps and washes himself in the small tub. The inventor of the shower tries out the new shower system. He smokes a pipe while he pulls a string to pour water from two buckets on himself. A newer zinc plated bath tub. A man sits and bathes in the tub. A woman bathes in a tub. A boy in a modern tub with a built in overhead shower. Progress in bath furnishing: A woman puts on a shower cap at a black marble basin with a mirror. She walks into a glass enclosed shower stall and takes a shower.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031479
New and modern houses built to meet the increased housing needs in United States.

The housing needs of a progressive and modern America. A newspaper advertisement conveys the expanding housing needs of the country. Statistics on individual home ownership for features like central heating, bathing facility and hot water system. New and modern houses built under the new National Housing Act. Well designed, soundly built, comfortable houses with pleasant surroundings. Gardens and paths around the houses. A house with a well. Houses surrounded with trees and fences.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031480
Homes available for various monthly payments under the National Housing Act insured mortgage in United States.

Home ownership with the National Housing Act insured mortgage in United States. Men stand in line to gain home ownership. Prices and FHA (Federal Housing Administration) monthly payments on various types of homes. Layouts of small, medium and large bungalows available for 40$, 60$ and 80$ monthly payments.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031481
Modern housing facility with fully equipped kitchens and landscaped gardens in U.S. are compared to housing in other countries

Housing facilities and living conditions in the United States compared to various other countries. China: Men and women in boats, where they eat, sleep, work and live. North Pole: Eskimos stand with a sledge outside an igloo. Arabia: The Arabian desert. Arab tribal women and children outside a house in the desert. Homes along the canal in Holland, Netherlands. A man rows a boat in the canal. Houses along the canal in Venice, Italy. Men row gondolas. Crowded living conditions in the U.S. Pedestrians and houses in a crowded community market place. A modern community housing facility. Spacious houses with landscaped surroundings. Entrance to a home in an apartment building. A woman in a fully equipped kitchen with modern equipment and facilities. African American women work in the apartment laundry. Children play in the spacious gardens.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031482
Construction of Liberty Ships vital to War Effort in World War 2

World War II Liberty Ships that carry war materiel like guns,tanks and planes, in the Marine Shipyard in Sausalito, California, across bay from Richmond California shipyards. View of Vice Admiral Emory Scott Land (retired), speaking about the need for ships, and more ships, for the war effort. Among Liberty ships shown are Billy Mitchell, George Chamberlain, Waslater, Cermak and Charles Summer. Ships with bow numbers 434, 432, and others lined up under construction. View of Senate bill 3500, Merchant Marine Act of 1936 authorizing merchant ship building to support commerce and National Defense. Marine architects and engineers work with blueprints and models to optimize design for fleet of merchantmen that would eventually be called "Liberty Ships." National Posters seen. One shows burly shipyard worker with sledge hammer and reads: "Swing it Brother." Another shows convoy of ships at sea and reads: "You Build ''em. We'll sail 'em." Construction begins. Timbers, plates, anchors , engines, steel blades, and other of the hundred thousand items needed build a ship. Crowds of Shipyard workers leaving after a work shift. A sign on building reads,'It can and will be done', and another, under which workers walk advertises war bonds . Shaping metal with gas torches. Fabricating ribs of steel. Spray painting. A woman welder named Mary Smith, welding with torch. Cutting steel using patterns and torches. Fabricating bulkheads. Riveting. Derricks lift heavy assemblies.

Location: Sausalito California USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031500
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