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Atomic bomb inadvertently released from a U.S. Air Force B-47 crashes into home of Walter Greg in Florence South Carolina

A sign reads 'Road closed'. View of a U.S. Air Force B-47 jet like the one that experienced a bomb shackle malfunction, causing the release of an atomic bomb, which fell to the ground in Florence South Carolina. Bomb was not assembled for firing so atomic blast occurred. View of wrecked house of Walter Greg, struck by the bomb. A deep 35 foot pit is formed on the land. Men inspect the damage. Air Force keeps a vigil reviewing the skies and ground for any evidence in the case.

Date: 1958, March 13
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040882
U.S. Navy's Submarine school in Pearl Harbor teaches underwater escape techniques

A sign reads 'Escape Training Tank'. U.S. Navy's Submarine school in Pearl Harbor teaches underwater escape techniques. Trainees control their breadth before entering the compartment. Trainees leave a flooded compartment in a submarine fifty feet below the surface.

Date: 1958, March 13
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040883
First electronically controlled all-automatic factory in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles the first electronically controlled all-automatic factory with a production line of machine tools doing precision air craft work under control of an electronic computer. View of computer controlled production automation system developed by Hughes Aircraft Company. A label reads "Hughes Production'. A woman is seen working on a keyboard. A man is seen encoding instructions to the computer and threading a punch tape onto a tape reader of the early computer system.

Date: 1958, March 13
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040885
USS Independence (CV-62) in New York City's East River during its initial sea trials

U.S. Navy's new aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) starts her first sea trial down New York's East River. Tugboat workers help the aircraft carrier out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and down the river. The carrier clears the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges by tilting its hinged mast.

Date: 1959, February 2
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040895
WAACS start Army training in Des Moines, Iowa, in World War II.

WAACS begin their first day with the corps during World War 2. Women exit a clothing warehouse carrying bags of clothing. Women officers of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), seen wearing uniforms. Beds in a row in a barracks during inspection. Two women officers shaking hands. Women stand in line to go into the mess hall. Women officers eating and drinking in the mess hall, including African American women who eat at racially segregated tables. Women stand at attention outside in rows. They march together in line.

Date: 1942, July 22
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040907
New oil pipeline material inspected by Secretary of Interior

United States Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and other dignitaries inspect first shipment of 24-inch pipe to be used for the oil pipeline directly from the Texas Oil Company to Central Illinois.

Date: 1942, July 22
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040910