Strike at the Allis Chalmers factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The United Auto Workers (UAW), a labor union-Congress of industrial Organizations(CIO) workers carry flags of America and of CIO as they move in huge crowd. Views of the Allis Chalmers plant and smoke comes out of the smoke stack. The crowd advances and a car being driven amidst the crowd. Horse driven carriage carry people. Governor of Wisconsin Julius Peter Heil walks from the crowd. He calls for help and closes the plant. Rear of a car having a spoiled glass from paint being thrown on it. Police force controls the crowd. Police sprays water on the protesting workers from fire hoses . Crowd runs all around the area. Tear gas is used to break up the crowd. A damaged police vehicle. Worker throw stones at the vehicles. (World War II period).
The 22nd National Flower and Garden Show in Seattle, Washington. Cars driven in line in front of the Civic Auditorium (321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109, United States) in Seattle. The board at the entrance of the building reads 'National Flower and Garden Show'. People move in front of the decorated flowers. Dramatization: women enjoy in the gardens. Women clean the gardens and water the plants. Woman moves around amidst flowers. American flag formed by the flowers. Different formations of flowers. A woman holds flowers and laughs.
Detroit Race Riot in Detroit, Michigan in June 1943, during World War 2, and early in Civil Rights movement. Police disperse crowd from the street. Army patrol walks down the street in section of city. Two soldiers in front of the "HH Bowles Radio Service" store, with paint marked sign "colored" written on the store window, consistent with Jim Crow segregation practices, to identify it as an African American run business and discourage whites from patronizing it. Five U.S. soldiers holding light machine guns patrol on the street. Soldiers cross street. White youths exit from patrol wagon or paddy wagon and appear to be joking around. The youths pose in front of the patrol wagon. Police bus being driven. Views of U.S. Army tent camp in a field in Detroit. Firemen spray water on a burning automobile set on fire during the racially motivated riot. Smoke all around the burned vehicle. People stand on street and watch.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. Sign on Guard shack at entrance to Hanford site reads 'All Vehicles Stop For Inspection'. Vehicles pass through the check post which is manned by a guard. A car stops. The guard opens the door of the car and checks. He opens the trunk of the car and checks.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. The side of a car reads 'Atomic Energy Commission'. A technician comes out of the car. He places a radiation monitoring instrument on a pole and picks up a cylindrical piece of equipment. He removes a polythene cover from the equipment and fixes it to the instrument. Technicians work on a vehicle. A technician uses a pipette to take out a liquid from a bottle. He drops the liquid on a plate. He takes the sample and puts it into a machine. A technician uses a suction device to collect a sample of soil from the ground. He places a Geiger counter or other radiation monitoring gauge on the ground.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. A technician wearing protective gear takes a reading from a gauge in radiation zone. He moves the valve of the gauge. A sign on a door reads 'Radiation Zone'. The technician opens the door to leave the area. He is met by Health Physics technician who uses scanning equipment to measure radiation on him after he removes his protective clothing and places it in a box. The protective gear reads 'SWP' (Special Work Permit). He then proceeds to a step-off pad where he removes his boots and respirator which are also boxed up, as contaminated.
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