Locations in Richmond Virginia, including some with Jim Crow era signage. Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The Old City Hall of Richmond, Virginia is seen in the background. A sign on the highway reads "Colored tourists stop at McGuire's Hotel" (example of Jim Crow racial segregation laws). State Capitol with City Hall in the background. Several other buildings in view. Street level view of a restaurant or lunch counter for African American people only, called the "Booker T Lunch". Sign" Colored Only" seen prominently on window of the restaurant. African American woman employee stands inside the restaurant window and looks outward.
Man turns a huge cylindrical specimen on a lathe. Chips and sparks seen flying from the tool bit as machining progresses. Views of a milling machine in operation. Sparks seen as tool bit moves over surface of specimen. Smooth shiny surface appears in wake of tool movement. A man and a woman work in a laboratory. They wear aprons. A meter gives reading of electric current in amperes. A woman works on a measuring instrument. The woman looks through an optical device of the instrument. A United States Army Colonel holds a heavy, smoothly machined, block of metal and talks to two other men about it.
People operate precision measuring instruments in the United States. A laboratory technician uses tweezers to place small specimen into tray. He slides tray into a measuring device and reads value on scale calibrated from zero to 100. Technician in white coat stands next to tall measuring device containing rheostats, wires, and dials. He operates the controls of the device A man uses a torch to modify glass connections on glass apparatus in a laboratory. A knob of an instrument is rotated. A woman, using tweezers, picks up a small specimen from a porcelain dish and places it into a laboratory oven. she then reads measurments about the specimen. She wears a white uniform, and personal identification badge and dosimeter, A woman technician, dressed in white lab coat, moves a measuring plate, held in her right hand, over a large paper containing a stain. The paper is labeled "Com Waste." A meter, in her left hand, gives reading of electric current in microamperes.
Swearing-in ceremony of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Inside an office of the Pentagon, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, stands by Admiral Nimitz. Then Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal stands alongside Admiral King, while Admiral Nimitz completes the oath. Forrestal and Admiral King congratulate Admiral Nimitz. The new CNO sits at his desk and confronts a stack of papers.
United States President Harry S.Truman decorates Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. The President pins a medal on Admiral King, and then holds it and admires it as he converses with Admiral King. The President shakes hands with Admiral King.
U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King in Washington D.C., United States. Admiral Ernest J. King aboard the flagship. Two officers aboard the flagship greet him. Admiral King leaves the flagship. He gets into a car. Several men stand near him. A car in the background. Several cars move along the road. Naval officers salute aboard the flagship.
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