Aircraft manufacture in United States during World War I. Curtiss JN-4D aircraft on the ramp as man inspects it. Pilot helped by the observer to strap up the flight gear. They get into the cockpit of the plane. Pilots in the cockpit as they prepare to take off.
Aircraft manufacture in United States during World War I. Men carry parts of a flying boat in a factory. Men assemble the parts and screw the bolts to join the various parts. Engine hoisted in a crane being lowered. Planes lined up in the factory.
Aircraft manufactured in United States during World War I. Slate reads United States hydro plane HSIL. A twin engine Curtiss HSIL Flying Boat airplane is being pushed along a paved ramp near water.
Graphic: "This film is restricted". Group of industrial smoke stacks emitting smoke and pollution. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. Large power lines coming from Hoover Dam. View of George Washington Bridge in New York City with traffic. Aerial view of early highway interchange. Aerial view of Manhattan, New York City and New York City skyline. Aerial view of smoggy city with railroad switching yard in foreground. Early highway crowded with car traffic. People wading in water at the beach. People looking out from high vantage point. 1939 World's Fair Trylon and Perisphere. Interior view Grand Central Station or early Penn Station railroad train station. Porters and travelers walking in train station. View of Egyptian ruins and pyramids. Ruins from 300 BC. Moving timeline graphic depicts dates of modern advances in geometry, arabic numerals, physics, and industrial revolution with electricity, chemistry, railroads, telegraph, and automobiles. Factory with smoke stacks, pollution, and view of a large grain elevator. Foundry with sparks flying. Line of turbine generators. General Electric company building with GE logo on top. Dr. Irving Langmuir works in a lab at the plant demonstrating creation of thin films of oil in a pan. View of Noble Prize won by him for his research about the basic structure and behavior of molecules. View of non-reflective glass demonstrated on General Electric meter. Scientist with beakers and test tubes. Scientists in laboratory and looking through microscopes.
Highlights the importance and role of science in business. Application of science in usage of metals to make them more useful for mankind. Metal being melted in a foundry, metal being molded under high pressure. Machining of tungsten to be used in electrical industry. Aircrafts made of Beryllium, a metal lighter than aluminum, take off and in flight. Ship made of steel gets underway in sea.
Highlights the importance and role of science in business. Application of science in Chemistry to produce new chemicals and substances. Various new forms of plastic being manufactured in factories. Plastic telephone receivers being manufactured in a production plant. Articles made of new plastics. A new lucite plastic capable of transmitting light. A man holds lucite test tube, pipe and other articles made of plastic. He hits the lucite tube against a counter to show that it does not break. He demonstrates that curved lucite can "pipe" light through curves akin to electricity or water. Men take out synthetic rubber from a machine. Synthetic rubber made of coal,air and water being processed in a factory.
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