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Governor Byrd of Virginia attends launching of USS Houston (CA-30) (originally designated CL-30) in Newport News, Virginia

Texas officials at launching of USS Houston (CA-30) (originally designated CL-30) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Elizabeth Holcombe, daughter of Houston's former Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, with bouquet of flowers. She is seen again on a platform, holding the flowers and a bottle of champagne, standing next to Governor Byrd of Virginia, who actually swings the bottle to christen the ship. A formation of U.S. Navy Vought O2U-1 corsair floatplanes is seen flying over U.S. flag in foreground. Large crowd gathered for the ceremony. USS Houston slides down the ways. USS Houston underway in the water.

Location: Newport News Virginia USA
Date: 1929, September 7
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052212
Opening ceremony of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936, San Francisco, California.

View of The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, CA, United States) over San Francisco Bay at the Pacific Ocean. Ceremonies where the bridge was opened to general traffic after completion of construction in 1936. California Governor, Frank Finley Merriam, uses a blowtorch to cut a chain, officially opening the bridge to vehicle traffic. Cars are seen massed, ready to commence the crossing. Cars pass through lane dividers and drive on the bridge. View of the towers and suspension cables from a car passing underneath. Buildings seen from the bridge. Traffic on the bridge. (From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.)

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1936, November 12
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052223
United States and foreign officers attend the Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

United States and foreign officers attend the Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Location: Fort Leavenworth Kansas USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052258
Training at Tyndall Field Tactical School of the Air University in Florida, United States.

Tyndall Field Tactical School of the Air University. Aircraft in formation. Pilots discuss a map at an airfield. Interiors of school show officers studying and participating in simulated missions. Students gathered around search radar on tower.

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052259
Boulder City built to house employees engaged in Boulder dam excavation and construction.

Documents the excavation and construction of the Boulder Dam (Later named Hoover Dam). Boat in a river at the Black Canyon. A man points to the map of United States. Water floods in agricultural district. River in a deep valley between cliffs. Map points out Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between Arizona and Nevada. Deserts of South West. Excavating mountains by truck. Cargo train runs on track. Men work in factories. Industrial equipment. Engineers and surveyors at construction site. Small town (Boulder City) built to house employees. Various buildings of town. Building housing the officers of Pacific administration. Traffic on street and gardens outside houses. White cottages in town. Cooks prepare food in kitchen. Men served in large dining hall. Passenger trucks loaded with workers, moves for dam site. Workers leave trucks at dam site.

Location: Boulder City Nevada USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052280
Tunnels excavated and aligned with concrete during construction of Hoover Dam, Nevada.

Early period construction of Hoover Dam. Black Canyon shows river in deep valley between cliffs. Man and materials transferred on Catwalk Bridge. Rocks blasted to make ways. Tunnels excavated in mountains by men. Men bore holes in mountain. Man work on steel rods. Trucks loaded with rocks move up the road on mountain. Trucks dump rocks. Tunnels are aligned with concrete after excavation. Men work with equipment. Rocks on top of the cliffs blasted. Men engaged in drilling and handling explosives. Workers transported through cables suspended between cliffs. Men drill holes in Canyon walls. Holes are blasted. Men suspended from cliff-top. River is diverted toward tunnel. River flows into tunnel. Trucks dump rocks. Excavation vehicles used at construction site. Shovel excavator in operation. Dump trucks are driven. Roads carved in mountains to transport men and material. Rock surfaces prepared for the reception of concrete.

Location: Nevada United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 7 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052281
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