Shell assembly at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California during World War 2. Women riveters at work. Deck plates hoisted aboard Liberty ship in ways. Welders and burners on fore peak assembly. Hoisting after mast on ship in ways. Large crane hoisting and setting in place LIberty Ship midship deck house weighing 75 tons.
Liberty ship construction in World War 2. Midship deck houses weighing 75 tons hoists on board ship in ways at Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California. Welders work on bow peak. Men work on after peak. Deck house rose aboard ship by large crane.
Voting process of United States Presidential elections. Election Day in Riverton, California. A document reads 'Constitution of United States of America'. Animation explains the three branches of Government of United States. The three branches are Executive Branch (President of United States), Legislative Branch (Senate and House of Representatives) and Judicial Branch (Supreme Court). The three branches have some powers and no branch has all the powers. The system of checks and balance among the three branches in United States. A voter casts his vote in Riverton.
Voting process of United States Presidential elections. Citizens of United States cast their votes for the presidential elections. People stand lined in front of the voting booth. Ballots at the polling place. Election Day in Riverton, California. People stand in a school which is selected as a polling place. A man dusts chalk from the sleeves of his jacket. Abraham Lincoln written on the board. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Several cartoons depict the election in 1864. Presidential candidates selected in the nominating conventions of the parties. Huge crowd in the campaign rallies. Campaign banners and signs read 'America needs Roosevelt' and 'Roosevelt and Victory'. The candidates of Republican Party are Thomas Dewey and John Bricker. The candidates of Democratic Party are Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
A low flying machine of radical design makes its first successful flight at the airport in Burbank, California. View of tail-less, swept-wing aircraft designed by Waldo Waterman, called the "Waterman Whatsit." Pilot of the early pusher aircraft with the plane. Pilot boards the plane. Plane taxis and takes off. Plane flies low over airport.
The disappearance of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1937. A smiling Amelia Earhart stands with a man, possibly Fred Noonan. Earhart and crew loading up an airplane parked in a hanger. May 20, 1937, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra taking off from Oakland, California bound for Miami, Florida on the first leg of Earhart's second attempt at an around-the-world flight. Earhart and her navigator disappear during the flight and are last heard from on July 2, 1937. A huge air sea search is undertaken to find them. An aircraft carrier underway at sea. Airplane parked on the flight deck. Bi-Planes fly in formation during search.
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