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The U.S. Navy submarine, Redfin, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, in May, 1951, being converted into a radar picket boat.
View from above of the U.S. Navy Gato class submarine Redfin, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where it is being converted to a radar picket boat. Workers stand above the hull, which has been cut in half. Next, the two halves of the hull are seen being moved apart to facilitate addition of a 34 foot extension in the hull between the control room and the forward batteries. View of derricks and cranes around the Redfin and of Workers standing atop the boat's hull. Camera pans to closeup of one half of the boat as it is being winched away from the other, along a steel rail. View from below the bow. View from floor showing the two halves of the hull separated. Workers sketch diagram in chalk on floor of drydock. Scaffolding shown in place around the opening between the hull halves. Worker cutting steel plate with acetylene torch. A steel plate affixed to the hull, showing the name, USS Redfin (SSR-272) and the schedule for the project. The only item completed is the start date of May 1st. Workers engaged in fabricating the new section of hull.
Radio station WMCA broadcasts New York Giants baseball games, 1951
Car with letters of radio station WMCA drives by. Announcer says baseball is one of the station's most popular programs; the station broadcasts home games of the New York Giants. Large crowds enter the Giants' stadium, the Polo Grounds. View of packed stands as announcer is seen talking into microphone. Fans enthusiastically cheer action from a Giants baseball game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Clip transitions to other WMCA programs. Announcer interviews man on busy sidewalk at dusk during program 'Man on the Street'. Theatre marquee in background advertises movie "Ten Tall Men" starring Burt Lancaster. Dancers in public park do a 'square dance' broadcast by the station. View of many couples participating in the square dance. Madison Square Garden marquee at night.
Dutch soldiers practice defending Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland, during NATO exercise Cirrus, in 1951
Film starts showing Dutch soldiers in a group awaiting signal to begin their exercise. Then the jump up and run to various defensive positions, already prepared with slight berms and camouflage. They take up firing positions in these sites. Most carry rifles similar to Lee-Enfields. But some are equipped with antitank weapons. Closeup of Dutch soldier manning an 84mm antitank weapon. Scene changes to soldiers at camp, where a tent, a shed, and a building surrounded by scaffolding, are seen. Soldiers neat the tent have placed a very long ladder against a tree. Closer views of soldiers in and around the tent. A Dutch officer speaks with a group of Soldiers. Next, a group of soldiers is seen running along a path, where several pup tents have been pitched. The occupants of one tent grab their weapons and join the group that is now assembling in loose formation.
UN Operation Doughnut designed to seize dominating terrain of Sobang Mountains around the Iron Triangle, 1-4 July 1951
U.S. forces on the move to encircle the Iron Triangle, and blast the enemy from the hilltops. The first scene shows a U.S. Sherman tank carrying about 15 American infantrymen who occupy every possible space atop the tank. It is followed by a Patton tank, also covered with American infantry getting a ride. Fuzzy view of a tank in field with traces of snow. U.S. gun crew firing a towed field howitzer. Closeup of American Lieutenant commanding artillery. He is using a field telephone. Another crew firing a mortar. Shells exploding on the hilltops. U.S. soldiers observing with binoculars from a bunker. Numerous explosions of many kinds of ordnance in the hills. Soldier firing a 30-caliber Browning air-cooled machine gun. Another American soldier firing a sub-machine gun. Other infantrymen firing fully automatic rifles. A U.S. Air Force F-51 Mustang fighter plane drops napalm on a target. Another Mustang fighter dives low to fire rockets and strafe an enemy position. Many more views of American artillery, tanks, and machine guns firing at the hills. Infantry move uphill to occupy the hilltops. Two are seen carrying flame throwers. As the infantry enter woods on a hillside, a flamethrower is employed. Troops in a sandbagged position in a town. Sick and wounded Korean civilians lie on litters in a paved area from where they are being placed into trucks.
Delegates from various countries undergo training in United States and share knowledge in home countries.
Delegates visit U.S. for training. Machines shown to the delegates. A hand shows a book. Title reads "Atom for peace". Pages of the book turned. 'Technical Library' sign outside a building. People from Italy, Venezuela, India and Pakistan at training. Sign reads "Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies". Delegates share their training knowledge with colleagues in own countries. Sign outside the institute for nuclear studies in Italy.
People bid farewell to Mahatma Gandhi as he goes to a prison after being arrested in Lahore, India.
Mahatma Gandhi being arrested in Lahore, British India (present day Lahore, Pakistan). Many people gather on a street as Mahatma Gandhi goes to a prison following his arrest by the British authorities. Past events show him addressing a large gathering at a public meeting. A banner at the meeting reads ' We live in deeds not in years independence for all and ever '.
