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Man operates uncoupling of the freight cars during the Hump operation at a railroad classification yards in Enola Pennsylvania

Development of the railroad transportation in the United States. Animated map depicts the network of railroads in America. Freight trains parked on railroads at a yard. Buildings in the background. Many different Pennsylvania line locomotives pass by, merging into montage of the logos of various railroad companies including Missouri Pacific Lines, Canadian Pacific, Illinois Central and New York Central. Freight cars reach the Hump operation in railroad classification yard at Enola, Pennsylvania. Railroad cars undergo an inspection during their course. Railroad cars are are uncoupled and they move on tracks with gravity. Man operates at control tower. Tower operator works on the teletype list of number of railroad cars. Close up of track switching and track braking. View of refrigerator cars, flat cars, coal cars, steel cars, tanker, container and merchandised cars. A flat car with farm tractors on board.

Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073409
Juniata Locomotive Shop workers build locomotives and trains, and send a ready locomotive to test plant in Altoona Pennsylvania

Building of the railroads in the United States. Scenes from the Juniata Locomotive Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, serving the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). Crane in factory moves a casting and places it in position. Driving wheels are balanced,checked and tested. Workers manufacture freight and passengers cars. Workers do welding work. They melt iron for casting. They prepare molds and undergo heating and cooling work. Grinders and automatic lathes at work. A worker operates automatic machinery which compresses molten metal for railroad parts, including a large compressor forming the driving rod for a locomotive. Finally the locomotive is painted. A completed T1 locomotive, designed by Raymond Loewy, is sent to the locomotive test plant where it undergoes a test run on the dyno. Experts watch movement of the train. Instruments record the vital data for the engineers.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073413
The education and professional journey of naval officer Chester W Nimitz, with views of early U.S. Navy ships and submarines.

Army film 'The Big Picture' . View of U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Buchanan (DD-484), at rain-soaked pier. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, wearing rain coat, steps to shore. Naval ships in convoy. Battleship fires 16 inch guns. Heavy nighttime U.S. Navy ship gun barrages light up the dark in an unidentified battle. Landing craft race toward shore carrying U.S. Marines. Animation of earth with satellite circling it. U.S. Army narrator talks about the naval officer, Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz. Setting stage for Nimitz' upbringing, view of cowboys or cattle men herding cattle on great western plains of the United States with distant views of mountains behind. Narrator refers to Admiral Nimitz' birthplace, Fredericksburg, Texas. Still image of Chester W. Nimitz as a young boy. View of the old U.S. Navy ship USS Constitution -- a tall masted sailing vessel in full sail during the era of the Spanish American war. View of a U.S. Navy armored steam cruiser or battleship firing guns in battle. Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech, then seen close up talking and smiling, and then again Theodore Roosevelt seen on a flag draped podium giving an speech with animated hand gestures. Late childhood picture of young Chester W Nimitz around the time he entered the U.S. Naval Academy. Nimitz in a sailor uniform. U.S. Navy sailors participate in a boxing match during training, as their classmates look on and cheer the bout. Procession of U.S. Navy officers and cadets march on grounds of U.S. Navy Academy circa 1905, during a commencement exercise or other ceremony. View of one of the U.S. Navy's first submarines being loaded at a port. U.S. Navy sailors atop a small submarine as it cruises in a waterway. View of the small submarine as it dives under water. View circa 1918 of four U.S. Navy submarines at port, side-by-side. View of U.S. Navy sailors at work inside submarine. Fleet of warships and submarines underway during World War 1 era. View of USS Zeilin (DD-313) underway at sea. Navy biplane aircraft lands on U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Date: 1905
Duration: 6 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042982
Passenger railroad travel in the U.S. Shows operations inside railroad trains, and with Signal tower and train dispatch operators.

View of Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive number 5850 at a railroad train station. It slowly pulls away from station. Sign "Pennsylvania" on side of train cars. Passenger railroad train underway on a journey in the United States. View of various aspects of train travel operations: Passengers buying their tickets at a busy railroad train station. Man at the ticket counter confirms passengers reservation. Personnel work at the reservation bureau. Well dressed men, women, and children passengers on a busy train station platform as they board the train. African American porter assists travelers boarding train. View of passengers choosing seats in train car. Different kinds of train cars are shown including seat coach, parlor car, and roomette. African American porter arranges pillow on bed in sleeping car. Man gives an indication and driver starts the train. Conductor yells "All aboard". View of engineer in locomotive and operations of controls of locomotive. Operators at the signal tower check the track switches. Operations board displays tracks switch and signal lines. Movement of train is indicated by the changing line on the board. Exterior view as train approaches camera. Interior view inside train cars as passengers relax, read, smoke cigarettes, and watch the landscape during their journey. Boy and girl children look excited as they view landscape through windows of the moving train. Views of towns, farms, and foothills going by as seen through moving train car windows. Porters and attendants at work. Most are African American. Attendants serve meals to the passengers in the dining car. Chefs cook food in the kitchen. Views inside moving passenger train cars. Views of moving train as seen from another moving train beside it on a parallel track. View of engineer in locomotive. Maintenance men keep a check on the railroads. Track walker makes an inspection round of tracks. Workers at the train dispatcher office keep a record of the trains movements in all directions. Women workers operate teletype machines. Women telephone switchboard operators are seen at work in a large room. Woman managers observe the operators. View returns to the locomotive engine driver as he disembarks train at end of journey. He arrives at a railroad employee dormitory building to take a rest. View of him opening the building doors, view of washrooms inside, railroad men playing cards, and view of bedroom in the railroad dormitory building.

Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073411
Various activities and extra-curricular activities at the Bryn Mawr College for young women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Bryn Mawr College for young women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Girls at a traditional celebration at the Bryn Mawr College. Girls speak different languages as Spanish or French study in separate group on a table with different lecturer. Girls of geological studies on a trip outside the college examining a rock formation. A girl student sits and talks with children. Political science students during a lecture. A meeting of The International Relations Club of the college, together with male members of the club from nearby Haverford College. A male student smoking a pipe, a female student smoking a cigarette as they talk during the meeting. Students act during a stage play, again combining students from Bryn Mawr and Haverford College.

Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036900
Aerial view of Navy Yard, factories, via duct river bridge, industrial and suburban areas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Aerial views of the Philadelphia Navy Yard; factories and plant yards; ships at shipyard and at docks; industrial and suburban areas; vehicular and viaduct bridge on river; traffic on highway, train running on tracks and other views. Of the surroundings.

Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050350