The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Train wheels placed inside a watch plate. Center wheel contains the minute hand. Center wheels are punched. Wheels containing the hour, minute and the second hands are fitted. Escape wheel is cut which transmits power to the pallet. Barrel is placed on the watch plate.
The baseball New York Giants at spring training in Phoenix, March 1954. This team would win the National League pennant and sweep the World Series in four straight games. Fans watch from the stands as two players warm up. Manager Leo Durocher (L) talks to his coaches: Herman Franks, Frank Shellenback, and Freddie Fitzsimmons. Close up of a smiling Durocher. Unknown player and future Hall of Famer Willie Mays do a mock army drill with baseball bats. Announcer notes Mays is returning from army service and is expected to be a big help to the Giants. Pitchers warm up, including new acquisition Johnny Antonelli, second from left.
A collision between Vienna Rome Express and a freight train in Austria. Wrecked railroad cars and debris all around. Government officials arrive to inspect the scene. Rescue workers rummage through the debris.
U.S. Army anti aircraft gun of the 55th Brigade AAA during training exercise at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range near the Army Air Field in Hammond Louisiana during World War 2. Main anti aircraft batteries. A 90 mm canon. The muzzle of the 90 mm gun turns around. Camouflaged nets cover the gun. A jeep moves on a dirt road. A soldier with Antiaircraft Command (AA in a circle) shoulder patch steps from the jeep and walks toward a gun position.
U.S. Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA, during training exercises during World War II, at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, near the Army Air Field in Hammond, Louisiana. A 40 mm Bofors gun in action. Radar equipment in operation on a field. A camouflaged .50 caliber Browning machine gun.
U.S. Army anti aircraft artillery of the 55th Brigade AAA training Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range, near Hammond Army Air Field during World War II. Bombs burst amidst trees and smoke rises. Aircraft spotters look through binoculars towards the sky. A soldier sounds a hand operated air raid siren. View from above as a soldier drops into a fox hole. An U.S. Army soldier puts on a gas mask. Crew members operate a gun. A 90 mm gun is elevated.
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