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Auxiliary generators and Navy ship gears and turbines being built at a General Electric Plant in the, United States; also launching of battleships.

Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested by war production workers. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052443
Defecting, former Chinese prisoners reach Incheon harbor during trip to Taiwan.

Liberated Chinese prisoners from Korean War prison camps, getting onto U.S. trucks to reach Incheon harbor in Seoul, en route to Taiwan where they are defecting from Communist China. They were known as "Anti-communist Heroes." The United Nations Transportation Corps and the United Nations officials take care of transportation process. Chinese Ambassador to Korea and other officials bid farewell to the Chinese prisoners. Trucks loaded with Chinese prisoners move along road. Chinese prisoners hold flags on trucks. Trucks stop in between before reaching Incheon. Prisoners have soup. Trucks loaded with prisoners begin the journey. Incheon city streets decorated to welcome Chinese Prisoners. South Korean civilians line up streets. Chinese prisoners greeted by 47th Overseas Chinese Organization members and the United Nations band. Crowd with flags and banners welcomes the Chinese prisoners. Chinese opera with people in colorful dresses. Freed Chinese prisoners march in Incheon harbor. Chinese prisoners holding the Chinese flags march along pier. Crowd cheers at harbor. Stick points out sea route from Incheon to Taipei, Taiwan. Convoy of warships and planes escorts liberated Chinese prisoners heading to new life in Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC).

Location: Inchon Incheon South Korea
Date: 1954, January
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052448
Wounded Chinese soldiers treated and presented with gifts in Taipei, Taiwan after defecting.

Aircraft in flight over sea. Convoy of ships underway on their way to Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) from Incheon, Korea. Liberated Chinese prisoners (originally from People's Republic of China) are preparing to start new lives in Taiwan (Republic of China) having decided to defect from mainland China, becoming "anti-Communist Heroes." The soldiers sing and play music aboard ship. Freed Chinese prisoners repatriated to Taiwan after their release from Korean prison camps in the Korean War. A Chinese prisoner playing an erhu fiddle. United States Navy warships escort the ship of Chinese Prisoners. Crowd and officials lined up at Taipei Songshan Airport (No. 340-9, DunHua N Rd, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10548) awaiting the arrival of wounded soldiers from war. Large crowds hold bouquets, signs, and banners. Plane lands on the runway and taxis. Crowd waves flags. Man directs plane. Large crowd cheers. A crowd surrounds ambulance moving ahead. Wounded Chinese soldiers are carried on stretchers to ambulance. They receive bouquets from the crowd. Soldiers disembark from the plane. Nurses serve drinks and food to soldiers. Members of Chinese Civil and Government organizations enter hospital in outskirts of Taipei. Wounded soldiers on bed. Members of Overseas Chinese National Salvation Association and Overseas Chinese students present gifts and greetings to wounded soldiers. Another group of soldiers in a nearby hospital receive gifts. A soldier speaks at mike and makes a symbolic representation of blood-stained flag. Men with signs and flags in hospital. Aircraft in flight over Keelung, northeast of Taipei. Chinese prisoners return on ship from Incheon, South Korea. Troops disembark from ships. The crowd lined up with flags and signs at the dock. Band plays music. Ship enters Keelung harbor. Chinese prisoners aboard ship. Large crowd cheers.

Location: Taipei Taiwan
Date: 1954, January
Duration: 6 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052449
President Calvin Coolidge reaches national monument site at Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, South Dakota.

President Calvin Coolidge prepares to ride a horse in Black Hills, South Dakota. President Coolidge, wearing a wide brimmed western cowboy hat, and other men ride horses through Black Hills. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum receives drills from President Coolidge for use in carving Mount Rushmore figures. Men in the background. Mount Rushmore where figures of four Presidents will be carved. An American flag flies atop the mountain where the carving will begin for the new national monument featuring the faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln.

Location: Black Hills South Dakota USA
Date: 1927, October 10
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052493
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh is welcomed with parade at end of three month tour in his airplane 'Spirit of St Louis'.

Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh is welcomed with parade at end of three month tour in his airplane 'Spirit of Saint Louis', in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Men wave flags. Large crowd. Charles Lindbergh arrives at speaker's stand. His last tour stop is Mitchel Field, New York (he embarked on that flight leg on October 23, 1927).

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1927, October 22
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052494
Historic American statues. Buildings and monuments in Washington DC, United States.

Various statues of American patriots. Minute man. Statue of Nathan Hale. Spanish-American Memorial statue, called "The Hiker." The 7th Regiment World War I memorial statue in Central Park, New York City. U.S. Marine Memorial with statue of Marines raising U.S. flag on Iwo Jima. Jefferson Memorial across Tidal Basin. Night view of Abraham Lincoln Statue in the Lincoln Memorial. Night aerial views of monuments and buildings in Washington DC.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052590
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