Views from a moving railroad train traveling from the Atlantic terminus of the Panama Canal. Commercial district and shops with signs identifying a large drug store, the Eastern Palace, and many small shops down side streets. A lush and well-to-do residential and business district. The train passes beside the Gatun lake. Passengers are seen next on a boat moving through the Gaillard Cut (formerly known as the Culebra Cut). Two women take pictures with their cameras, as another boat passes them. views of continuing construction activity high above in hills above the water with resulting debris being washed into the Cut. View from a ship entering the locks at Miraflores. Locomotive moving along track beside the locks.
A bombed railway station in Berlin, Germany due to Allied air raids during World War II. Bombed Anhalter Bahnhof station. Railway tracks in the foreground. Wrecked trains cars. A view of the damaged and bombed station. Twisted steel girders at the station. A damaged wall of the station. People walk on the platform. A wrecked train car.
Views of the Worlds Fair in New York from the monorail. A view of the fair. People walk on a pathway and head towards the fair. The monorail station. A sign in front of the station reads 'Meet Me At The Monorail Corner'. A group of Boy Scouts in uniform enter the monorail train. The monorail train is seen moving on tracks. Closeup of a Boy Scout seated at the control panel of the monorail. The amusement area of the fair seen from above. Rides seen include the merry go round, a helicopter simulator, the log flume, and a boat labeled with the words, "The World Beneath the Sea." An African American Boy Scout points to various attractions at the fair.
A film titled 'Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome' depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical day during the Great Depression in the mid 1930s. The U.S. Capitol Building. The Washington Monument. Vehicles driven on a street. A man crossing a wide street of Washington DC. Policemen control the traffic. A woman runs on a street. A horse drawn carriage on the street and a sign reads 'Thompson Dairy'. A man gets down from the dairy carriage to deliver milk bottles. Traffic on the streets. African American woman sweeps in front of a house. African American icen vendor is seen at work. The man breaks apart a large ice block into smaller chunks. African American man waters a garden. A train arrives at Union Station, with closeup view from tracks as locomotive comes to a halt just in front of the camera position. A Pullman car porter places a Pullman step stool on the ground and passengers exit the train. People board a street car or trolley car with sign indicating it is bound for Chevy Chase Maryland. A man in shabby clothing, possibly unemployed jobless seated on a pathway; he stands and walks off. People exit a city bus when it comes to a stop. Construction of a wide sidewalk and men at work building the sidewalk path. Equestrian statue of Ulysses Grant riding Cincinnati on Capitol Hill. A saddle goods and leather shop with a statue of a horse in front of the store. Construction of a building underway, and a steam shovel at work excavating. A Washington street and buildings on either side of the street. A sign reads 'Right Turn Now'. A policeman directs traffic. Elevated views of car and streetcar or trolley traffic on the streets of Washington DC. Another policeman controls the traffic. Many 1930s era automobiles are seen. Point of view shot from inside a moving streetcar or trolley on roads of Washington DC; view of street car driver and passengers riding in the street car. Civilians ride bicycles. A large wheel velocipede bike leans against a tree in the background. Men attached to ropes work trimming tops of a tree. Sport equestrian riders ride horses on a large green area with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. A person tees off a golf ball on the National Mall. A sign reads 'Do Not Talk to Guard'. Men dive off diving boards in a swimming pool. Children play and splash in the waters of the Columbus Fountain sculpture at Union Station. A sail boat underway on the Potomac River. A woman holds a pet parrot bird on her finger and talks to it. A sign reds 'Please Give The Garden A Chance' as a man walks right beside it. A man lying on grass beside the Potomac River. Brief view of the Lieutenant General George Washington equestrian statue at Washington Circle.
Chinese men at work in a factory in China. Trains on tracks. A factory in the background. Men at work on a train engine. They weld parts of an engine. A Chinese worker welding a part. Men at work on different machines in the factory. A worker tests parts with a tester. A worker molds an engine part and hits it with a hammer. The body of the engine.
A documentary shows a training program of U.S. Army hand picked volunteer soldiers in a secret training camp for guerrilla warfare during World War II. The students, masked to conceal their identity, enter the wooded area. The quarters for the students in the wooded region. They work out in a trainnasium. The soldiers swing on a rope. Climb up on a rope and practice other guerrilla tactics in the obstacle course. The students stand in formation and an OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officer teaches them the new pistol techniques. A target in the background. The officer wearing a mask demonstrates different handgun techniques specially adapted for fast offensive actions. The officer teaches them the firing action of the hand gun and students practice the action. A close up of a student wearing mask and practicing. They learn the techniques through demonstration and supervised practice. A student stands in front of a target. The officer instructs him and other look on. He fires at the target. A close up of the target. The student firing. He removes the magazine and reloads the magazine. The officer instructing and the student fire. The OSS officer walks up to the target and points out at the good shots.
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