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Technological advances in the United States after World War 2 shared with other NATO member countries

U.S. Marines dropped off from U.S. marine helicopters at a landing zone during maneuvers. and then running on a field. Representatives of United Nations permanent member countries in a weekly conference session meeting of the permanent council. Exterior views of U.S. Capitol building with American flag flying. U.S. Congress in session in Capitol building. Technological advances in U.S. U.S. President Eisenhower on a visit passes beneath a sign "Atoms for Peace" and observes various displays dealing with atomic power and nuclear power. An early nuclear power plant in Idaho, and view of an electical power plant control room that uses power from the nuclear plant. Doctor in a hospital checks a patient using a atomic scanner. American workers work in Oil fields in the United States -- view of many oil rigs in one area and two oil workers working on an oil rig. Tractors and modern large harvesting devices being used in farms. Miners sit in mining rail carts and then enter a mine on the rail cart. Sign on wall at coal mine entrance reads, "Inland Steel Company." And below it another sign, "Price Mine Number 1. 1950." (deep mining operation in Price, Kentucky). Mechanical mining cutter used in mine is seen turning out many large chunks of coal. Rail carts transport raw ore out from the Price, Kentucky coal mine.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025221
Production and packaging of music phonograph records by RCA Corporation in the United States

Phonograph music records, in long play and 45rpm form, being produced, manufactured, inspected, verified, packaged, and shipped at a RCA Corporation production facility in the United States. Engineer works to create first pressing a long play record album. Shows granular vinyl used, creation of liquid vinyl ready for molding, and pressing of vinyl to create phonograph record pressing on pressing machine. Engineer delivers the first pressing to other employees in charge of quality inspections, including visual inspections and audio playback. After approval, mass production pressing begins for the record. View of factory and processes for pressing records. Packaging process underway. Shows large punch card machines being used for managing shipment information and shipment quantities. Staff in shipping area involved in final packaging, boxing, and shipment of vinyl phonograph records. Also scenes of reel-to-reel tape duplication machines operating in mass production of tape recordings. Montage of scenes showing many vinyl records of the 1950s under the RCA label. View of Maestro Charles Munch, conductor, directing orchestra. View of a phonograph record player turntable turning, and playing a RCA vinyl record.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1956
Duration: 8 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038230
Importance of interstate highways in United States; Point of view shots of American highway system from a moving vehicle

Shining glass panels of a building on a road side. A road construction site. View of Interstate 91 (I-91) construction in Hartford Connecticut. Traffic moving on an interstate highway. A 36 story apartment in New York, above the Freeway leading from the George Washington Bridge. A highway with bridges. View of commuter bus terminal and George Washington bridge over the Hudson River in New York City. Many views of American highways as seen from a moving vehicle. Speaking about the new interstate highway system, narrator says, "Soon, traffic will flow smoothly, in, around, and between every major city and town in America. There will be no traffic tie-ups where the interstate goes. Driving time will become minutes for local trips, and city to city travel will be shorter by hours. The complete network will make it possible to drive coast to coast, city to city, without a stop light and without delays caused by heavy traffic." Many 1950s era cars and trucks are seen moving on the highway roads. View of interstate highway in Atlanta Georgia of southern United States, with exits to Interstate 75 and Interstate 85. Sign on interstate highway 580 near Hayward California. Traffic moving under a bridge. Road signs on highway for exit to Route 21 in North Carolina between Charlotte and Statesville. Cars moving on roads. Back of a truck moving on a highway. A restaurant on the side of a road. Children fishing in a body of water on the side of a road. A family sitting in shade enjoying a picnic during a road trip. People eating at a picnic table. Two young children drink from glasses.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023855
Setting up of hospitals to treat veterans suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders in the United States.

Medical facilities related to neuropsychiatric disorders being provided by the Veterans Administration in the United States. Exteriors of a V.A. hospital building. Animation shows the increase in number of neuropsychiatric patients from 1942 to 1950 and forecasts growing through the 1980s. Narrator describes high prevalence of such problems among veterans. (Also known as "shell shock" or, more recently, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.) Exteriors of hospitals and training schools where neuropsychiatric specialists train. A doctor talks to a patient in a bed. Neuropsychiatric research being conducted in a laboratory. A technician works on an instrument. A neuropsychiatric specialist being trained. A technician works on an instrument. Psychiatrists discuss. They give various therapies to patients like the shock therapy, the socializing therapy in which a patient plays golf.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059193
A hospital under the Veterans Administration that treats patients suffering from various diseases in the United States.

Medical facilities related to medicine and surgery being provided by the Veterans Administration in the United States. A graph depicts the increase in number of patients suffering from medicine and surgical diseases up to 269% from 1942 to 1950. Two war veterans at a hospital as they recover after an ailment. A surgery being performed. A pathological conference being conducted. Specialists give on the spot directions as they look after the patients. Doctors examine patients as they take X rays. A doctor looks after veterans suffering from various diseases. Patients at a hospital suffering from tuberculosis. Patients in wheel chairs. Women lying down in a garden. A doctor takes a patient's X ray. He looks at the X ray film.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059195
People follow instructions broadcast by radio and TV during hurricane preparations in the United States.

Instructions being broadcasted on radio and TV during hurricane warning in the United States. Hurricane force winds arise. Couple stands at a beach. Wind with high speed blows and trees bending. High surf overtaking palm trees on shore and dock areas. Local recordings inform and instruct people via radio and television. Close up view of men speaking into microphones and radios to issue warnings and track storm progress. People seen reaching for battery powered portable radios, and buying alternate fuel sources like Sterno in a store. A person reaching for a flashlight and batteries in a drawer. Men and women in queue at gas stations and filling up 1970s era cars at gasoline or petrol pumps. A girl fills empty gallon jugs with water at a kitchen faucet. A bathroom tub being filled with water in case water becomes unavailable. Men carry plywood to cover windows and doors. Signs and debris blowing in high winds. Piece of metal roofing flying down the street in high wind. Men and women tie up boats to secure them at a dock. People gather in a Red Cross shelter area, and some stand in a line receiving food at the shelter. People boarding up windows. Aerial view of eye of a storm in a hurricane as seen from an aircraft. Dramatic scenes of hurricane force winds blowing through doors and windows, with debris flying toward camera position. View of storm surge and violent high waves crashing near land during hurricane. Neighors and officials knocking on doors to tell citizens to evacuate before a storm. Point of view shot from car in heavy storm, driving away, as an ambulance with siren running passes going the opposite direction. View of downed telephone poles and lines near ground from winds, as car avoids them and keeps driving. A 1950s Chevrolet car navigates through deep water as people try to escape rising flood.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1979
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045143
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