Paper print. Early motion picture made in the United States. Dramatization : man presents a bouquet to a woman. He is visited by an angel with a wand, who magically brings him to the woman he seeks. The woman appears magically in miniature above a vase. A full size woman appears in magical costume. Tiny fairies watch as a scallop shell opens and a fairy queen appears. A fairy carries a valentine heart. The couple appears bedecked by heart-shaped valentine collars.
Series of pictures in slide show style with piano accompanyment. Engineer designs bridges in the United States. He thinks about the designs. Engineer picks up a book from a book rack. He talks over telephone. He go to a library. The librarian hands him a book on great bridges. Picture of upper jaws. Engineer scolds the librarian. Board placed on wall reads 'Quiet'. Engineer and librarian get married.
Hurricane Hunters track storm in the United States. Scenes of city during hurricane. People wade through water. In Texas:Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets evacuate the victims. Members of the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group board U.S. Air Force WB-50 Superfortress aircraft at the Kindley Air Force Base (ABF) ,Bermuda on a storm tracking mission. Aircraft takes off and in flight. Aircraft crew at controls as they fly into storm. View of the storm eye. Weather watchers record data and transmit information by wireless key to the Hurricane Weather Center in Miami. A teletype being operated. Woman goes through the damaged house.
Development of the railroad transportation in the United States. Trains parked on railroads. Mountains in the background. Train moves on railroads. Passengers seated in train read and interact. Crew serve them meals. Dramatization depicts: A family move in a horse drawn cart through field. Boy interacts with his father about railroad development. Woman reads magazine. Trees in the background. They watch a moving train. Animation depicts: the developing transportation system. Civilians gathered at marketplace. Animated map of America.
Development of the railroad transportation in the United States. Development of the railroad operating navigation from Highball signal to Semaphore signal to the automatic precession light signal. Iron railroads replaced by the steel railroads. Train moves under tunnel. Large crowd of passengers gathered at the Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station New York City). Exterior and interior views of Penn Station in Manhattan. Train moves across arch rail bridge known as the Hell Gate Bridge in New York. Raw materials and finished products are loaded in railroad trains at steel plants, foundries, oil towers, and mills. Farmers load their agriculture products in wagons.
Development of the railroad transportation in the United States. Animated map depicts the network of railroads in America. Freight trains parked on railroads at a yard. Buildings in the background. Many different Pennsylvania line locomotives pass by, merging into montage of the logos of various railroad companies including Missouri Pacific Lines, Canadian Pacific, Illinois Central and New York Central. Freight cars reach the Hump operation in railroad classification yard at Enola, Pennsylvania. Railroad cars undergo an inspection during their course. Railroad cars are are uncoupled and they move on tracks with gravity. Man operates at control tower. Tower operator works on the teletype list of number of railroad cars. Close up of track switching and track braking. View of refrigerator cars, flat cars, coal cars, steel cars, tanker, container and merchandised cars. A flat car with farm tractors on board.
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