The fabrication of steel pipes during the construction of the Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. A man stands near a complete shop unit. Three curved plates are joined to form a ring. Two men in the plant. The ring sections arranged on either side. A man operates an X-ray machine used to examine welded joints. A man at a table. A man in a laboratory tests samples of welded joints. A man takes reading after testing. Men near the ring section. Another man brings a ladder. A man steps on the ladder near the section. Men at work on the welded joints. The rings being carried by hooks The ring section taken into annealing furnace for heating to equalize bending and welding strains. A man tightens the joints in the ring section with equipment. A man near a shop unit. A hook hangs beside the unit. A rail car arrives. Men on either side of a track.
Different steps in the fabrication and installation of steel pipes during the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. Pipe sections near a plant. The pipe sections transported from the plant to the dam site on a trailer driven by a truck. The truck trailer with the pipe section on a path. Rocks in view behind the path. Motor vehicles behind the trailer. The trailer arrives at the dam site. A cable way across a canyon for taking the pipe sections to position. The cables of the cable way anchored to the canyon walls. A tower above the canyon. An operator controls the cable way from the tower. A man operates the hoisting machinery controlled by motors. A steel head tower at the site. A man on a tower. A cable carriage on a rope. A man comes down a line on the pipe section. Pipe sections carried by the cable carriage across the dam site.
Transportation and installation of steel pipes during the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. A pipe section is lowered into a canyon by cables. Cars carry the pipe sections into a tunnel. Workmen watch the procedure. Men at the entrance of the tunnel. The pipe sections are taken into the tunnel for installation. Work underway inside the tunnel. The workmen work on pipe sections. A man climbs up the section by a ladder. Other men at work on the section.
United States President John F. Kennedy attends the United States Air Force Academy Commencement on June 5, 1963. President Kennedy arriving by motorcade at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. President Kennedy stands on the presidential 1961 Lincoln Continental. Crowds cheering for the arrival of President Kennedy. Air Force graduates stand at attention. President Kennedy sits after waving at crowds from the moving vehicle. Secret Service men prepares podium. President Kennedy walking to the stage. President Kennedy shake hands with Air Force officials as the ceremony starts. Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy General Robert H. Warren gives a speech to Air Force graduates. and Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert deliver his remarks.
Welcome of U.S. NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The fourth U.S. astronaut to probe the outer space and the second man to orbit the earth, astronaut Scott Carpenter disembarks from a plane. His wife and children welcome and greet him at an airport. He waves at the civilians as his motorcade moves through the streets. At the Manned Spacecraft Center other members of the Project Mercury team gather. Astronaut Carpenter receives the Space Distinguished Medal. He addresses journalists at a press conference organized in his home town Boulder, Colorado. At the conference he elaborates on the details of the flight.
Boulder Dam in Boulder City, Nevada. Boulder Dam and the interiors of the power plant and generators. Gauges inside the plant. Water gushes at a high speed from the dam. Production of electricity starts. Aerial view of water gushing out from the dam. A TWA airplane flies over Boulder Dam.
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