The entire Police Department of Buffalo New York, marching in parade on city street. They fill the street, marching 16 men abreast, accompanied by the police marching band. (Filmed by Edison Company, June 10, 1897)
Buffalo Fire Department in action in Buffalo, New York. Firemen loaded onto large horse-drawn wagons accompanied by several pieces of firefighting apparatus, including two smoking steam pump engines. (Filmed by Edison Company, June, 1897) Note: The 1902 date on the Library of Congress leading title is in error.
Horse-drawn coaches arrive at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel , Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Friends wait on the piazza to greet the new arrivals. (Filmed by Edison Company, ca. July 1897. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; January 4, 1899)
Early motion picture of the lower falls at Yellowstone National Park's Grand Canyon. (Filmed by Edison Company, ca. July 19-25, 1897. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; January 4,1899)
USAF Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, United States. U.S. Air Force cooks serve food. African American children in chow line. A sign on a boy's t-shirt reads "Project R.E.C." which stands for Recreation, Employment and Counseling (a domestic action program of President Nixon). The cooks serve food to the boys and girls in the youth program. Children eat food. A sign at entrance gate reads "Offutt Air Force Base." African American adult participants arrive for vocational training at the base. A man in the program replaces a light fixture on a pole. A sign reads: 'Airmen Swimming Pool'. Children dive from the diving board and swim at the pool. Group of school children visit the Offutt Air Force Base Museum and view exhibits while touring the facility. American flag is lowered and civilians of Omaha standing in the foreground during the flag lowering ceremony.
Construction of Hoover Dam in the United States, concluding in 1935. A sign reads 'the Babcock'. Giant steel pipes. Steel plates hoisted by a crane. Steel pipes are assembled in the steel fabrication plant erected on the dam site. Men working on constructing and assembling pipes. Train passes through a 30-foot diameter section. Trailers carry giant steel pipes. The pipes transferred via cable ways. Trailers carry giant steel pipes inside diversion tunnel. Steel pipes are joined at location with cables. Construction equipment work on construction site. Railroad tracks seen. A tram car carrying construction material, passes through the tunnel. Last concrete poured on May 28, 1935 and construction of the Hoover Dam completed two years ahead of schedule. View of completed Hoover dam in mid to late 1930's with 1930s automobiles passing by and parked on top of the dam. From a 1962 production about the dam.
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