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Construction of the Alaska Highway that connects the lower 48 United States to Alaska via Canada.

Construction of the the Alaska Highway aka Alaska-Canadian Highway aka ALCAN Highway, in 1942. Montage showing momentary views of American highways seen from underneath, highlighting their structural supports and the like. A man traveling in snow by means of a dogsled. Vehicles bumping along on rough road in a wilderness, passing a piece of heavy road-building machinery in operation. A sign posted on June 15, 1942, soliciting workers for construction of the ALCAN highway. The sign reads "This is No Picnic." Steam locomotive pulling railroad train into station at Whitehorse, Yukon territory, Canada. Men in parkas sorting through boxes of supplies at the rail depot. A caterpillar tractor clearing trees along the planned roadway path. Canvas covered trucks driving across snow-covered landscape. Narrator mentions start of World War 2, as related scenes are shown, including: A formation of military aircraft in flight; Bomb exploding in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and wreckage of the USS Arizona after the attack. Scene shifts to workmen in parkas carrying tools, as they walk past tents in snowy site. Surveyors struggling through snow and underbrush to perform their work. A truck driving across a temporary bridge. A bulldozer clearing underbrush. A convoy of trucks driving along a snowy road. Men attempting to free a vehicle trapped in a snow bank. Vehicles moving along parts of the highway covered by water from melting ice. A Jeep driving past a tent displaying a sign pointing to Tokyo. Gathering of construction workers in completion ceremony at Soldier's Summit on 21 November, 1942.

Location: Canada
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023509
Shops, buildings and streets in Dawson's Creek, Canada.

The Canol Project (Canadian oil) in Canada during World War II. A board reads 'Dawson Creek Welcomes You'. Vehicles on a street. A board on a shop reads 'Wade's Style Shop'. 'Dew Drop Inn' written on a wall. The Canadian Bank of Commerce building and the Dawson Hotel. Foot prints on snow covered surface.

Location: Dawson's Creek Canada
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064780
European immigrants enter the United States through Ellis Island circa 1900

European immigration to America from 1880 to 1914. Elderly European immigrants recall their experiences to interviewers in 1975, between montages of still photo images circa 1900: Pictures of immigrants after they reach America. Faces of immigrants with sad look. Old men with long beards. Large number of immigrants waiting for immigration check at Ellis Island. Immigrants walk with heavy luggage and crying children. Immigrants seek passage. Special officers hired to communicate with immigrants easily.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1975
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039772
European immigrants go through health examination at Ellis Island circa 1900.

Describes European immigration to America from 1880 to 1914. Elderly European immigrants recall their experiences to interviewers in 1975. Still photo montage scenes circa 1900: Immigration officer with a woman. Large number of immigrants wait for immigration check at Ellis Island. Children lined up. Immigrants at port and going through health examinations. During physical examination, immigrants with disease of Trachoma marked and segregated. In 1975 an old lady describes her experience of being misdiagnosed with Trachoma and almost sent back to Russia. She was reexamined and allowed to remain in America.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1975
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039773
Atomic bomb test of Operation Greenhouse on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Atomic bomb test (Operation Greenhouse) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. Animation shows the effects of an atomic blast. Men suspend various reading instruments from a bomb-shaped plastic balloon that will provide valuable readings at the time of atomic blast. Banks of high speed cameras are planted close to the tower holding the fissionable material (Zero Tower). Radioactive measuring instruments are planted on the islands. Scientists and technicians perform a last minute check of the necessary instruments before leaving the island. A view of the Zero Tower. Men leave the island and detonate the bomb. Mushroom cloud of the atomic blast at a distance. Men in boats at a safe distance watch the explosion wearing protective eye glasses.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028989
Busy streets of Montreal Canada, erotic movie posters, shops for pregnancy tests, maternity wear, lingerie and beauty and fashion advertisements.

Adult magazines in a news stand with titles such as “Midnight” and “Confession”. Man wearing sunglasses and trench coat walking in busy street. Two women in window dancing. Two men smoking outside the Bank of Montreal. Blond girl smiles from behind a window. Adult and feminine magazines with titles “Personal Romances”, “Cosmopolitan”, “True Experience”, “Revealing Romances”, “Stag”, and “Secrets”. Camera zooms to breasts of a cover girl in adult magazine. “BOOM” from a comic. Sign says “for girls who can’t say no!”. Sign says “Pregnancy Tests done here $5” and “Films in by 9 out by 5”. Shop sign of Great Expectations Maternity Shop. A doll, likely a Thumbelina baby doll, with pacifier on display in toy shop. The word “Love” encased in a heart-shaped metal. A French adult film poster. Original film poster of 1964 American film “Where Love Has Gone”, starring Susan Hayward and Bette Davis. A black lacy bra. A white lacy Peep-Hole bra and white frilly lingerie set on display in adult lingerie store. A sensual cartoon silhouette of a woman. Images showing women’s eyes, lips, fashion models and advertisements for beauty products. Woman’s hands holding a wallet showing a photo of a young man.

Location: Montreal Canada
Date: 1968
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078442
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