U.S. Army World War II promotional film presents an overview of the new M10 Tank Destroyer that humorously mimics a new car sales advertisement. A newspaper cutting shows the advertisement of 'Screaming Eagle Hardware Company' that produces the Tank Destroyer. View of United States M-10 tank destroyers in rows in an open field. Crew climbs into Tank Destroyer. The M10 tank destroyer is shown being tested over rough terrain, water, steep drop off, and steep inclines. It is shown operating at 35 miles per hour on flat open terrain. View of crew inside tank destroyer demonstrating operation of its 3 inch gun. Gun of of the tank fired at target on a practice range in the United States. Soldier observes using binoculars. Steam locomotive running on railroad tracks approaching camera position, and then passing with train cars filled with M10 Tank Destroyers. Throughout the clip, narrator describes the features of the tank as if describing a new car, with various humorous lines added.
Two satellites launched into space by United States space shuttle Discovery. (During STS-51G, three satellites were launched: MORELOS-A, for Mexico; ARABSAT-A, for Arab Satellite Communications Organization; and TELSTAR-3D, for AT&T.) An Arabic news bulletin informs about the launch of Saudi Arabian satellite. Space Shuttle Discovery is shown at ignitiion, launch, and as it takes off from the United States and moves upwards in the sky on June 17, 1985. Men inside the space shuttle include Sultan Salman Al Saud from Saudi Arabia. The men work on controls. A communication satellite after being launched near the earth into outer space. Another satellite launch is shown. A news anchor reads out the news related to the launch of the communication satellites.
North Vietnamese at a prison camp in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows a news anchor with a map of South East Asia in the background. North Vietnamese taken as prisoners at a prison camp in South Vietnam. The prisoners in a group. Men play sports and learn guitar. A patient being given blood plasma. The prisoners play table tennis at the camp. Patients on cots at a hospital. The news anchor talks about the prisoners at the camp in South Vietnam.
A life saving bumper being demonstrated in London, England, to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities. A man displays a model of a car with a new life saving bumper invention. He shows how it helps to reduce fatality by placing a doll in front of the model of the car. A man lying on the street as a truck with the new bumper hits him but the man escapes uninjured as the new bumper prevents him from coming under the wheels. A man jumps in front of a truck with a life saving bumper and escapes unhurt due to the bumper. He gets up and smokes a cigarette.
Boeing's new 4 engine air transport aircraft, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner is seen in production at Boeing factory in Seattle, and in test fights in Seattle, Washington. Boeing employees assembling parts of the large aircraft, including its new pressurized cabin (a first), and testing components and models in wind tunnels during construction. Boeing 307 aircraft taxis and takes off from runway for its initial test flights. Pilot seated in the cockpit of the aircraft. Aerial views of the new Boeing aircraft in flight.
Chronicles recovery in America after the Great Depression in the United States, from roughly 1933-1967, but with emphasis on the earlier years of that period. Pre-war work programs such as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) help with employment. Farmers work in their fields with tractors. Officials in an office discuss and prepare graphs. Workers drill and work at a construction site. The 1933 Homeowners Loan Corporation sparks new home building. View of new homes being built and new suburban neighborhoods. Brief scene of bombing at Pearl Harbor. American warships launching from shipyards during World War II. Women war production workers work in factories in the United States. Post-war Marshall Plan aid being sent to European countries. Crates of supplies marked for European countries. Industrial output booming again, and scenes of industrial factories and plants with smoke pouring from chimneys and pollution from stacks. Large pool typists room filled with female typists and clerical workers busy at work in government agency. Close up views of hands of women operating typewriters. Reforms for housing projects, African American Civil Rights and measures taken to stabilize unemployment, with scenes of successive Presidents signing reform bills, including Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. A ship departs from a harbor with goods. A convoy of vehicles on a road. Various Federal buildings in Washington DC. The White House building. An aerial view of an American town and of a factory with pollution smoke emitting from stacks. Letters being delivered to elderly women. People enter a medical clinic and wait in the clinic waiting room. Racially integrated classroom of older high school students or university students, with white and African American students, and both young men and women. A young white woman worker and a young African American working in a machine shop or possibly an academic shop class. A white and a African American man share a sandwich and views of white and black people together in integrated classrooms and factories as segregation begins to wane. Elementary school children in a classroom drawing pictures.
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