Technicolor Ford company advertisement in 1939. A man arrives at a train station for Mt. Henry, Montana, a mountainous location in Glacier National Park. He is met by his friend. They load his luggage in the trunk of the friend's new 1939 Ford automobile, which is parked next to a wood-paneled station wagon. The friends drive up unpaved mountain roads to the Mt. Henry Lodge. The two men look over the mountain scenery, as an employee of the Lodge removes luggage from the car trunk, and they discuss the good power of the car.
A technicolor commercial advertisement promoting the safety of 1939 Ford automobiles. A Transworld Airways (TWA) DC-3 Lindbergh Line passenger airplane is seen in flight. It has "The Lindbergh Line" painted across its fuselage, and "Sky Sleeper 353" painted on its tail. Operators seen in control tower of airport. Pilot seen in cockpit of the airplane. The DC-3 lands and taxis to a parking place on the airport. Steps are placed at the door and passengers descend from the airplane. An arriving couple are met by a man and woman. They all get into a new 1939 Ford four-door sedan automobile and drive away in the car.
Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Minesweeper, USS Falcon (AM-28) dispatched from New London, Connecticut, to rescue crew members from the sunken submarine USS Squalus. Closeup from beside the Falcon as crew members open a diving bell that was sent down 240 feet to the ocean floor for the rescue. Several rescued crew members from the submarine are helped out of the diving bell and climb aboard the Falcon. (A total of 33 crew were saved in four descents of the diving bell). Next, survivors reach a dock. A woman speaks with one of the rescued men as he steps into a car. Views of the Falcon and several support vessels. Scene shifts to 13 July 1939, when the first attempt is made to raise the Squalus. An officer officer manipulates valves to send compressed air down into the hull of the Squalus. Next, foam is generated in the water as the bow of the Squalus emerges clearly showing its number, 192. The submarine remains in that condition, with bow elevated and then sinks again. (Note: several more attempts were made in subsequent months to raise the Squalus, until, finally, on 13 September 1939, the boat was successfully raised and towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard for repairs. The submarine was renamed USS Sailfish and recommissioned in May 1940.)
Syrian and Armenian stores and shops along Washington Street, New York City, United States in late 1939. "Little Syria" area between Battery Park and Rector Street. Exterior of Syrian stores and restaurant. Sign reads 'Delicious Syrian Luncheon'. Banner advertising the 1939 New York Worlds Fair hangs in front of the restaurant. Traffic and pedestrians along street. Cars parked along side of street. Exterior of "Markarian Bros" Armenian wholesale grocers. Sign for "The well known Son of the Sheik Syrian Cooking" restaurant.
People are seen skiing down the slopes of snow covered mountains in Utah. Then, an avalanche of snow is shown across a valley. It thunders down the mountainside covering trees and everything in its path and rapidly approaches the camera position. Scene shifts to a Snow Ranger of the U.S. Forest Service. View of badges worn by such Rangers. View of the Snow Ranger headquarters in Alta, Utah, where avalanche studies are conducted. Camera pans along a swath of deep snow on a mountainside.
Irish sweepstakes ticket holders from round the country of USA including New York, Baltimore & Philadelphia celebrates the Irish Grand National an Annual horse racing event that makes them eligible for a 150,000$ prize money. Group of sweeps winners including men,women and children poses for camera. Two men seated on couch converse and shake hands. Old couple and old man wearing glasses poses for camera.1939.
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