Launching of USS Santa Fe (CL-60) in Camden, New Jersey in World War 2. Sponsor of the Santa Fe, Miss Caroline T. Chavez speaks into a microphone. Officers and guests in background. Chocks under the side of the Santa Fe prior to the launch. Miss Caroline and two maids of honor at the launching ceremony. Miss Chavez breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow of Santa Fe as she starts to slide down the way. Shipyard workers wave at the launching of the ship.
Launching of USS Santa Fe (CL-60) in Camden, New Jersey in World War 2. USS Santa Fe slides down the way. Shipyard workers at the launch of the ship. Tugs take over Santa Fe and tow her into a basin.
Huge flames rise from a warehouse on dockside in New Orleans, Louisiana. Black smoke rises up in the sky. Firemen fight the fire in the building. They throw water on the flames through hoses to extinguish the fire. (World War II period).
An anti-aircraft automobile is tested in Rahway, New Jersey. The automobile, designed by Preston Tucker, and known as the Tucker Armored Combat Car, is tested on a hilly terrain. It features a power operated gun turret known as the Tucker Turret. The vehicle carries three machine guns and a rapid-fire one pounder.
A mechanical sugar cane cutter is demonstrated in New Roads, Louisiana. Men and women work in sugar cane fields. African Americans work in the field. Men stand in a group. The mechanical sugar cane cutter moves in the field.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) arrives in the City of Newport News, Virginia during World War II. Men carry their baggage and disembark from the USS Wasp. WACs (Women's Army Corps ) stand in the foreground. Several documents kept on a table. The troops disembark.
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