Documentary titled 'Nines And A Half '. Workers and machinery together doing a series of specified actions and making whole fabric from threads. Threads from bobbins are stitched using looping machines and finished products like stockings are produced.1920.
Documentary titled 'Nines And A Half '. Workers at a mill are inspecting for any defects in their produced stockings. Any erroneous stockings are sent back. Others are packed ready. 1920.
Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover and other Republican leaders at the Republican National Convention, Cleveland Ohio. A big public auditorium completely packed with party members and spectators. Hoover and another leader at the podium. The crowd is cheering wildly for Hoover. The California delegation passes by carrying a large banner. June 1936.
Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover getting started with his speech and his supporters greet him at an official ceremony of the Republican National Convention, Cleveland Ohio. Spotlights focus completely on him. A big hall is packed with members and spectators. Republican National Committee Chairman John Hamilton is seen behind Hoover at the podium, waving and motioning to lighting crews. June 1936.
People looking at an early wireless photoradiogram machine, or radio facsimile, invented by Richard Ranger. Observers include George Carrington and Alvis Ward of Western Electric (and subsequently of All Technical Services and then Altec Lansing Corporation). A man, possibly Richard Ranger sets up the machine to run. Another demonstrates the process of transmitting and receiving data through the machine. Examples of typewritten correspondence and handwritten correspondence are shown. 1936.
Men including George Carrington and Alvis Ward of Western Electric (subsequently of All Technical Services, and then Altec Lansing Corporation) demonstrate a patent model for a recording or sound transmission device. The wooden model has a stylus that passes over ridges of varying heights. 1936.
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