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The White Sands Proving Ground Radar Tracking Station shows various radar equipment in operation.

A radar tracking station at a German V-2 rocket test site at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. Various radar equipment in operation including SCR-270 (Signal Corps Radio model 270 radar).

Date: 1946, August 7
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047474
A German V-2 rocket is hauled out of a hangar building at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico.

A German V-2 rocket at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. The V-2 is hauled out of a hangar building.

Date: 1946, August 7
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047475
U.S. troop transports escorted by destroyers and navy blimps steam into New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty.

U.S. troops return home in troop transports after World War II. The troop transports escorted by destroyers and navy blimps steam into New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty. View of New York skyline and coastline. Ships spray water. The troops aboard the ships. U.S. flag flying on ships docking into New York Harbor. Returning servicemen are greeted by their families.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047495
Ten thousand Merchant Marines march at the dedication of the Merchant Marine Service Station in New York.

Dedication of the Merchant Marine Service Station in New York. Ten thousand Merchant Marines march at the dedication of the Merchant Marine Service Station.

Date: 1943
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047526
Ford Pavilion Exhibits at the New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, New York.

From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of Ford Pavilions in the Ford Exposition. People stand outside the Ford Pavilion. Exterior of the building. Statues and flags in front of the building. Interior of the building. Visitors enter the building to gain knowledge about Ford and modern industry. They view historic Ford cars. Then they view the new 1940 cars: Ford, Ford Deluxe, Mercury, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln. Visitors view Henry Ford's first gasoline engine. A giant moving mural by Henry Billings symbolizing the dependence of industry on pure science. The Industrial Hall, featuring a giant Ford Cycle of Production exhibit that traces the progress of 27 raw materials through their production cycle to a finished Ford vehicle. Demonstrations of manual, hand-production versus mechanized production and comparison of costs, with cost for a hand-produced car ringing in around 17,000 dollars.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028518
The "Road of Tomorrow" in the Ford Exposition, and other views of the New York World's Fair.

From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. Views at the Ford Exposition where fair visitors get into a new 1940 car by Ford, Lincoln, or Lincoln Zephyr for a ride on the "Road of Tomorrow" demonstrating modern highway advances. Views from within a car traveling on the "Road of Tomorrow" with narration describing the scenes, including the Spiral Ramp. Multiple Ford cars traveling on the Spiral Ramp and through a tunnel in the Ford Building at the fair. The Landscape Garden Court with fountains and plantings. The "New World Ensemble" playing together on a bandstand. An exhibition of dancers. They dance beneath a giant sign, "Savoy - World's Greatest Colored Dancers". Couples skate on an ice rink. A ski jumper demonstrates ski jumping. View of the Parachute Jump "Life Saver" ride in action. Men push adult women in large covered strollers. Souvenir and snack stands, and people eating on park benches as well as restaurants at the Fair. Night views of fountains, lights shows, and fireworks.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028519