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Phosphate mining, manganese processing and aluminum processing in Tennessee, United States.

Mineral processing in Tennessee, United States. Phosphate rocks are moved by a crane to a plant. The crane drops phosphorus rocks in the plant. They move on a conveyor belt. Views of exterior of the plant. The plant produces fertilizers. Molten metal is poured into a bucket. Two men, wearing eye gear, push a rope. Towers for generating power. Machines are used to break manganese blocks into sheets and then into pieces. They are packed into a container and sealed. A sign on the seal: 'Electro Manganese 99.9%'. Signs: 'Danger, High Voltage' and 'Interchange Bank 154000 Volts, Oil Circuit Breaker'. Towers seen. Machines are used to make aluminum sheets. Aluminum is broken down to make bombs. Aluminum passes through machines. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058129
Production workers build airplanes and munitions for war defense, which are then transported in Tennessee, United States.

An aircraft manufacturing plant in Tennessee, United States, shortly before the entry of the United States into World War 2. Interior of the plant where aircraft for Lockheed, Martin, Northrop, Boeing and North American corporations are built. A sign :'US Army Process'. Training airplanes are build. Men work on a machine. Men work on aircraft. A man beside the propeller of an aircraft. Molten metal is processed. Machines and war production workers produce war material like engines and munitions shells. A tower and cable lines. A machine in operation. Steam boilers in operation. Men work with a welding machine. Seals are put on supplies before transporting them outside. Giant trucks carry the supplies out of the plant. The supplies are transported via railroad trains.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058130
Workers break rocks at Norris Dam site in Tennessee, United States.

Workers break rock slabs with hammer and chisel at Norris Dam site in Tennessee, United States. Chisels placed between two layers of rocks are hammered by the workers.

Date: 1940
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050018
Nurse weighs an infant at an outdoor health clinic in Tennessee, United States.

An outdoor health clinic in Tennessee, United States. An infant weighed in a basket by a nurse. Woman with children watches as the baby is weighed. The baby cries.

Date: 1940
Duration: 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050020
A tractor is driven along a field in Tennessee, United States.

Tractor is driven along a muddy field at a farm in Tennessee, United States. Man follows the tractor. The wheels of tractor get covered by mud. Tractor moves on field. Dense clouds in the sky.

Date: 1940
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050021
Men burns pile of bushes and dead vegetation at a farm in Tennessee, United States.

Activities of natives at a farm in Tennessee, United States. A man puts his hands inside a hole in ground. Man puts a stick inside a pile of brush and dead vegetation. The pile is burned. Smoke rises from the burning pile.

Date: 1940
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050022