Overview from a height of the sprawling Kaiser shipyard in Richmond, California, during World War 2. Cranes moving and workers in hard hats at work. Derricks at the waterfront and large hangar-like structures. Sections of ships' superstructures being assembled in open areas of the yard. Several large cylindrical fuel tanks. Several Victory ships tied up at a pier, being outfitted. One is the "Boulder Victory" which was built by the Permanente Metals Corporation, in Yard 1, and launched on August 31, 1944. It was commissioned October 12, 1944 as the USS Boulder Victory (AK-227).
Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California during World War 2. Large group of men and women war production workers coming out of the building. Workers work with large cranes. Group of women wearing welding helmets weld on parts of the ship.
The Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California. Portion of prefabricated deck house being moved onto hydraulic lifts. Trailer being moved under deck house. The deck house being lifted with the help of a crane. Worker gives hand signals. The prefabricated deck house being placed on ship hull. Group of workers work on bottom of the hull.
The Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California. 'Kaiser Co Inc' written on a building. War production workers come out of shipyard premises after a day's work building ships. Huge crowd of men and women workers enter the shipyard for work during World War 2.
The Life Magazine company circulation office in Chicago. Women check and sort mail, letters, and cheque payments in the circulation office. Man empties sack with bundles of letters. Sacks with United States mail written on it. Men carry the sacks. Women open letters, register and stack payment checks, and use adding machines.
United StatesNavy training film 'Aircraft Familiarization in the A3J Vigilante' shows operating procedures on ground and in flight. Aircraft in flight. Ground procedures show pilot getting inside cockpit. He checks the control panel and the ejection seat. Assistant checks the oxygen pipe while pilot dons the helmet. Pilot checks each item on pre-start check list. Pilot switches on the number 1 switch. Exhaust gas arrow moves to 10. Pilot extends the speed breaks. He switches on the electrical button and returns the flap to cruise position. He also checks the alternate and normal trim systems. Aircraft taxis out towards the runway.
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