United States President Woodrow Wilson at his office in the White House after the entrance of the United States into World War 1. President Wilson holding a telephone on top of his filing cabinet. President Wilson signing documents from his desk. A little girl waves the flag of the United States as US troops (American Expeditionary Forces or AEF) mobilize to leave for Europe. Men holding baskets during a parade as flowers are thrown before them. Crowds watch as American Expeditionary Forces march in a parade. Men and women wave good-bye at soldiers leaving for Europe. A government official with a senior military official watch the deployment of soldiers to Europe.
Cars are seen parked at the Marina City (300 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654, United States) in Chicago, Illinois, United States. A helicopter flying over New York City. Views of various New York City skyline buildings and skyscrapers, including 40 Wall Street or the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, as seen from low aerial flight. Low aerial view of the John Ferraro Building (111 N. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012) in Los Angeles, California. Low aerial views of stacked highway interchanges and highway lanes in the United States.
Scenes from a U.S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine film. View of green plains with grasshoppers flying about. Various shots of dead corn, alfalfa, small grains, and other trees and shrubs, all ravaged by grasshoppers in the Great Plains of the United States. Two men walk along a fence line in the midst of a dust storm. Shot of ruined fence. Illustrated graphic map of the United States outlines regions which were previously affected by grasshopper plagues. Illustration of a grasshopper placed over top of the graphic, entire western United States highlighted. Narrator notes that plagues have caused millions of dollars in agricultural damages. Zooming shot on record book containing figures representing agricultural economic loss for individual states. Scene changes to swarms of grasshoppers crawling and flying in mass, followed by shots of destroyed farm crop land, trees, and eroded river bank.
Close up of grasshopper insect head, from a Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine short film on grasshopper plagues, made in 1951 in the United States. Illustration graphic of the United States shows various crops and areas affected by grasshopper pests, all across the United States. Rolling animation of figures showing economic loss. Grasshoppers feeding on farm crops. Close ups of farmers, some of whom smoke cigarettes. A farmer walks through his field. Close up of farmers inspecting their plants. A farmer spraying crops with insecticide by hand. Various scenes of farmers spraying insecticides from vehicles. Dying, twitching grasshopper, followed by ending scene of the film.
The construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed as the Hoover Dam. Exteriors of Babcock and Wilcox Mill near Boulder Dam construction site, Nevada. Steel sheets manufactured. Technicians and workers work with equipment. Pipe units are made from sheets after shaping the sheets. Worker welds sheets. Man work with equipment during laboratory tests. Men work with huge pipe units. High capacity cranes swinging pipe unit. Giant lathe used to join individual sections of pipe units. Pipe section ready for insulation. Tractor trailer carrying a giant pipe unit on road. Pipe unit on Canyon rim, exactly over the dam site. Pipe unit is maneuvered for loading into the Canyon. Man at control tower of the cable way on cliff. Pipe unit transferred through cable ways. Pipe lowers into the canyon. Pipe units taken into tunnel.
Port bow view of the S.S. United States comes up the river. S.S. United States underway, two large red stacks, sides of ships are painted black. American flag flies forward of the no. one stack. Several life boats are in the Davits along the port side. Stern view of a civilian tug underway up the Port bow of the S.S. United States. Port bow of the ship shows letters 'UNITED STATES' on the ship, buildings seen along the water line. Steam emitted from both the stacks. Bow view of ship underway in the river, merchant ship on the way in right and shoreline is seen to the left and right. Port bow of the United States underway in the Elizabeth River.
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