Keel laying of the nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, NS Savannah, at shipyard of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden New Jersey. Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of Vice-President Richard M.Nixon, is seen at the keel laying of the ship, a center piece in President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. Scene at the Babcock and Wilcox company, where steel parts are being fabricated for the Savannah's nuclear reactor. The reactor head being molded. Uranium oxide fuel pellets being manufactured. Core filled with fuel pellets being lowered into the reactor. Animated diagram illustrates how the ship's reactor and propulsion system will work.View of shock-absorbing collision protection and radiation shielding being placed around the reactor shell. views of the ship under construction in the ways at the shipyard.Views of the ship's turbines manufactured by the De Laval Steam Turbine Company. A technician uses a brush to dust the precision gears of the DeLaval manufactured turbines. Meshed gears turning.
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.
Opening scene shows local citizens as they stand in the main square (Hauptplatz) of Linz, Austria, watching surrendered German troops depart at the end of world War 2. The troops climb over barriers at the base of the Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule) and march in loose formation out of the city. A group of American troops watch from atop an M10 tank destroyer. View through a building archway as the German soldiers march past. The long column continues along a road looking down on the Danube River. Another view shows two U.S. soldiers with slinged rifles strolling at the head of the column. The departing German soldiers are all disarmed and carry their personal kit and gear. A group of German officers pass the camera, and one takes particular notice of the filming. A Sherman tank passes going in the opposite direction. A civilian man, carrying a brief case walks past the departing troops. (Note: Today, the Trinity Column looks different than in this film. In 1943 all removable statues and parts were taken from the column and safely stored in central cellars on Kapuzinerstrasse. They were recovered in 1945 and restored to the column, along with other changes, that were completed in December, 1947.)
German tanks and infantry defend Nettuno, Italy against Allied forces during World War II. German infantry troops in a fox hole. Camouflaged Pz.IV tanks move. German troops advance. Explosion occur as smoke rises. Soldier take positions. Soldiers walk with rifles. Troops ride Pz.III Flamm tanks They watch through binoculars. Artillery being fired. Smoke rises in the far background. Captured British carrier. Damaged Sherman tanks, M10 tank destroyer, and dead Allied soldiers. Germans take American and British prisoners. The British and U.S. Army POWs being marched under German guard.
Aerial gunnery for anti-aircraft target practicing in the United States during World War II. A gun crewman points to his left. A white flag stands beside the crewman. A group of gunners cleaning their guns. Men fill a wooden box with shells. Tank crewmen climb into an armored vehicle. Men get into M3 half-tracks. The Commander gives the signal from a half-track. A driver drives a motorized vehicle. View of the road as seen inside an armored vehicle. Motorized equipment drives away in a dusty road. The convoy leave bivouac area.
United States 1st Division troops flush out the German paratroopers in South of Eupen, Belgium during World War II. A soldier watches through binoculars. Squadron from United States 1st Division, 18th Infantry, 1st Battalion, M Company, search woods for German paratroopers. A soldier in woods loads rifle BAR. The soldiers move in a wooded area.
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