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Presentation about planned Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power plant in 1966; various uses of electric power.

Men speaking about a planned new nuclear power plant from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. They talk about safety and security of environment and other issues related to the plant. Model of the power plant is shown and color scheme of buildings in the Haddam Neck project is discussed. Map of United States showing location of power plant at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Next segment shows various potential uses of electric power that will be generated by the power plant: Skiers ride a chairlift at a Vermont ski area. Skiers at top of mountain put on skis and prepare to ski on the snow covered mountain. A farmer milking a cow with an electric milking machine. Students in a school classroom in New Hampshire, with a male teacher seen assisting a young student. A man seated in a red leather chair in front of a stone fireplace in a hunting lodge somewhere in New England. View of stadium lights and elevated wide view of Fenway Park baseball stadium in Massachusetts, home of the Boston Red Sox. View of colored stage lights at Jazz festival in Rhode Island and view of jazz musicians playing together at the festival (presumably Newport Jazz Festival), including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet. A trio plays bass, trumpet, and saxophone. Aerial view of lights illuminating runway and approach at an airport in Connecticut. View of workers in heavy industry and machine parts in factories. Exterior view of Sikorsky Aircraft headquarters building, with sign" Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of United Aircraft Corporation." A Sikorsky S-62 helicopter is seen lifting off from a landing site in front of the building.

Location: Connecticut USA
Date: 1966
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023822
Granada Hills, California beats Stratford, Connecticut, 2-1 in extra inning of the Little League World Series.

Spectators fill bleacher seats to watch the Little League championship game in Pennsylvania. View of Dave Sehmen, of Granada Hills, California pitching against Stratford Connecticut. Narrator states that he struck out 18 batters. Glimpse of spectators in the stands. Next, California takes a one-nothing lead as their catcher, Ken Kinsman, gets the only extra-base hit of the game, a home run in the 4th inning. Views of fans scrambling for the ball where it lands, and of Kinsman rounding the bases. Fans applauding in the stands. Harold Smith of Connecticut is seen stealing second base and advancing to third as another Connecticut batter grounds out to first base. Smith is seen sliding into home plate to even the score, when California catcher Kinsman lets a pitch get past him. In an extra inning, Kinsman is seen hitting a single to right field. View of him (number 10) on first base. Team mate Fred Seibly (number 6) hits an infield grounder and Kinsman is forced out at second. But the throw to firat for a double play goes wild and Seibly advances to second. James Walker then hits a looping fly over first base that brings Seibly home for the win. Members of the California team celebrate on the field with their coaches.

Location: Williamsport Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1963, August 28
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039210
Cars race on a dirt track during an auto race in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.

View of an auto race held at a track in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. The cars skid at sharp turns on the muddy track. Spectators cheer from their stands.

Location: Danbury Connecticut USA
Date: 1929, October 16
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050361
The initial World War II Memorial at Baugnez, Malmedy, Belgium 1945, honoring U.S. POWs executed there by German forces.

The first memorial erected to commemorate U.S.prisoners of war executed by the Nazis during the battle of the bulge (mostly elements of the American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion (FAOB), executed by the Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division). This was also known as the Massacre at Baugnez, or the Malmedy Massacre. A wooden cross and a sign reading 'USA - Belgium. To the prisoners of war of overseas who liberated the East districts and were the victims of Nazis cruelty." The wooden cross at the monument to commemorate the massacre of 115 American prisoners at Baugnez on December 17th 1944 during the Battle of Bulge, in World War 2.

Location: Baugnez Belgium.
Date: 1945, September 7
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065707
American Contralto, Marian Anderson doing several activities at her home in Connecticut and singing Ave Maria in concert

From a documentary about American Contralto, Marian Anderson, one of the leading classical singers in America. View of the Marian Farms, Marian Anderson's home in Connecticut, USA. Montage shows Marian working in her vegetable gardens, upholstering cushions, processing camera reel and cooking in kitchen. Marian Anderson and her arranger, Franz Rupp, working in a private studio. Marian practices in a room. She stands near the pianist and sings "Deep River" and "Comin' Through the Rye." She completes the song and asks the pianist about the next number. She takes a microphone and sings. Marian prepares to leave in her car. Scenes from a Marian Anderson concert where she sings Ave Maria, accompanied by a pianist. Audience applauds.

Location: Connecticut USA
Date: 1952
Duration: 9 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050272
Birth of Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company and its nuclear reactor facility in the United States.

Map of United States showing location of a power plant of Connecticut. A woman in 1960's dress (Leslie Franzos) dances happily in her living room in front of a window air conditioner. Electric supply lines and power plants showing growth in the sector. Sunset and a graph with wavy lines depicting the limitation of non-renewable sources of power. Views of coal and oil production, pipeline, and transportation facilities including rail trains moving on tracks. Narrator describes fossil fuel supplies as abundant but finite. 1960's woman dances in front of graph depicting rising power demand through the decades ahead. Animation of names of various electricity producing companies. Model of the nuclear power plant of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. 1960's fashion woman dances in front of model holding blueprints. Animation of map showing location of the plant. Aerial view of actual site of the plant. Sketch of the plant. Animated model of the functioning reactor and cooling system to be used by the plant. A submarine with reactor fitted. Pictures of nuclear power plants in use at Rowe Massachusetts and Shippingport Pennsylvania. Knobs and on-off of lights on a panel. View of interior control room at the Yankee Rowe nuclear power station. Group of executives in suits touring the Yankee Rowe nuclear plant grounds. Design architect at desk in an office reviews blueprints for nuclear plant.

Location: Connecticut USA
Date: 1966
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023821
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