Delegates of The Pan American Highway Commission visit Chimney Rock Park in Rutherford County's Chimney Rock, North Carolina. View of commission cars and buses on winding mountain road approaching the park. Commission delegates seen climbing the wooden, terraced stairways to the top of the 315 foot Chimney Rock granite monolith. View of the Broad River from atop Chimney Rock, before the dam was built on it by the Morse family of Carolina Mountain Power Company to create Lake Lure. Views of the valleys and mountains near Chimney Rock.
Official cars transporting delegates of the Pan American Highway Commission pass by two arch bridges in Pennsylvania during a United States tour. One bridge is the Kingsley Bridge (Martin Creek Viaduct) and the other is the Tunkhannock Viaduct known as the Nicholson Bridge. It is the largest concrete bridge in the world. It spans Tunkhannock Creek in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. A man walking along the sides of the road is seen.
Views of Goodyear's Powder Manufacturing Plant being built in Charlestown Indiana. Colonel Hardy, Roland Gray and other Goodyear Company and U.S. military officials are seen discussing the project blueprints. Views of roads, buildings, "igloos" for storing powder. Earth moving machinery at work including "earth movers" and bulldozers. Women workers seated near administration offices. Workers gathered around a bus labeled the "Pay Wagon" to receive pay. Workers training to sew powder bags, and training with cracked corn to fill the bags. Views of new fire department and police cruisers in the town. Firemen do a demonstration with water hoses and form a "V" for victory with water jets. Management team for Goodyear emerges from building down stairs. Car traffic on surrounding roads exiting after day's work. Goodyear managers examining powder bag samples. (World War II period).
Boy Scouts visit the Bronx Zoo in New York United States. Boys take impressions of possums, woodchuck, squirrel, song bird, turtle and toad on a hand written plea against the automobile drivers. Boy Scouts meet with Mayor James J Walker and give the scroll of plea. They ask the Mayor to urge greater care to motorists for the safety of the animals
Non-Commissioned Officers in the United States Marine Corps. Major Richard S Stark of the USMC talks about the role of NCOs. He introduces a Sergeant Henry Barber from the United States Marine Corps, who.talks about team work, discipline, hard work, self confidence, adaptability and initiative being the fundamentals of United States Marine Corp. Board of officers reviews personal record book of a Marine, containing details of his personal and training.. The board members interview the Marine. Marines, being reassigned, carry their duffel bags while moving into different quarters. They run towards their quarters. Board reads 'Second Force Reconnaissance Company Force Troops, FMF Atlantic'.(Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic). At this Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, marines are seen doing pullups and pushups to assess their physical condition.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for the Paris Peace Conference, following the armistice in World War I. USS George Washington leaves Hoboken Port in New Jersey. A board reads "US Army Transport Service'. Small boats along USS George Washington. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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