Postwar (after World War II) agriculture activities in the United States. Farming equipment in operation on farms. Canned food in a store. Flashback scenes to the Great Depression during the 1930s: A man carries a banner which reads 'Unemployed Will Take Any Job'. Unemployed men lying on a bench. A sign on a gate : 'No Men Wanted'. Shabby housing tenements and shacks of poverty victims falling apart in a rural farm area. Forward again to the post war 1940s: Smoke comes out off chimneys of a factory. American workers busy at a auto assembly line finishing new cars (appears to be 1946 or 1947 Chevrolet cars). Factory workers line up at a pay window to receive pay checks. An industrialist works in his office. Crowds of American citizens on busy city streets with pedestrians and automobiles, and shoppers looking in store windows, including store windows showing elaborate Christmas displays. A cooperative farm plan to produce what the industrial and consumer markets demand. A man milks a cow with an automatic milking machine. A woman using electricity on a farm to power a new open top clothes washing machine. Farm machines are used.
Scenes of car accidents and car crashes in the 1930s. A 1930s sedan plunging off of un unfinished roadway; several scenes of cars crashing into each other. A car plunging off of a cliff and smashing into a cliff wall as it falls. A train crashing into a car parked on railroad train tracks. Views of smashed cars in wrecks. Service stations set up under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois during the Great Depression to check cars for mechanical defects and safety problems, in order to reduce incidents of accidents. WPA workers in a work coat labeled "CPD" check cars at an annual safety inspection station. A worker applies a sticker to the inside right windshield of a car certifying that it passed the inspection. Views of Chicago landmark buildings in the background.
A grain elevator burns in a fire near Chicago during the Great Depression. The complex of buildings in flames. A huge tower at the site, in flames, and falling into a river. Men demolish old derelict buildings that are fire hazards, under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois. Children play at a playground after demolition of old buildings. A group of boys playing baseball or softball at a newly cleared lot.
A training film about the dangers posed by avalanches and the methods to control them in Alta, Utah. People enjoy skiing in Alta, Utah. A skier comes down a steep slope. Snow flakes fall on a red surface. A man walks on a level snow covered ground. Wind blows away snow. Steep slopes along mountains susceptible to avalanches. Different types of avalanches like the small snow drift. Snow comes down a slope without posing any danger to life and property. Another type of avalanche is flood avalanche where an enormous mass of snow crashes into the valley posing a great threat to life and property.
A dramatized film about the training of U.S. Navy recruits at various naval training centers in the United States. The training and life of United States Navy recruits at U.S. Navy training center in Bainbridge, Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois and Naval Base San Diego in California. The sailors watch a movie which depicts historic navy sailors on old masted sailing ships as they fire naval guns at another ship. The reenactment is of a 18th century or 19th century naval battle. The ship being hit by the enemy begins to sink. Sailors from the two ships in combat aboard a ship. Men jump into the sea and try their best not to give up the ship. A tall masted ship sinking. The naval gun canons aboard a ship being fired on another ship. Scene shifts to a mix of both authentic footage and several dramatized World War 2 combat footage scenes in the Pacific, circa 1943, 1944, or 1945, with U.S. Navy sailors on board ships firing at incoming Japanese aircraft. The enemy aircraft being shot down and they fall into the sea. A sailor clicks a picture of Japanese girls against a statue of Buddha. Narrator speaks about Navy recruitment. Sailors lined up on an open field during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Travelogue of West regions of United States. Map of North America highlights West regions. Shows landscape of American West region. Cowboys ride horses and chase bulls in a round up on a ranch. Shows Badlands and Black Hills areas of South Dakota. View of Mount Rushmore, and Great Plains areas. Bison on the plains. An old cabin from pioneer days when the west was settled. Men ride snowmobiles and do jumps on snowmobiles. Lower Yellowstone River Falls waterfall at Yellowstone National Park. Tourists visit as Old Faithful geyser erupts and people watch. Views of Grand Teton mountains and boats on lake with mountains behind.
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