50th Anniversary of cinema, in 1944, recalls historic footage and movies from the early 1900s. Thomas Edison with Henry Ford together using a motion picture movie camera to create a movie. Mrs Edison displays Kinetoscope. Close-up view of Kinetoscope machine operating. View of vintage film images of lower Broadway in New York City in 1896 with busy traffic on streets of pedestrians, horses, and horse-drawn streetcar. Next scene shows Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry) in parade in New York City on return from Cuba after the Spanish-American War in 1898. Next is seen the inauguration parade for President Theodore Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in 1905. Next series of scenes shows American women in the early 20th century. Women workers punching time clock at an industrial factory in the 1910s or 1920s. Women in dresses emerging from a building perhaps after a work shift circa early 1900s. An early beauty pageant circa 1910 with participants in swim suits. Famous star actress and singer Lillian Russell in a movie scene. Film actor William S Hart appearing in an early movie. Two well dressed women sitting in an early automobile as a man starts it up and drives away. Busy scenes of car and pedestrian traffic, and horse-drawn streetcars on Market street in San Francisco, California circa 1910. Silent movie stars Clara Kimball Young and Sidney Drew together in a movie scene. Famous movie star actress Pearl White in a daring stunt scene, and Ruth Roland performing a stunt leaping from a moving railroad train onto a rope ladder suspended from an airplane, and then riding on a railroad car careening out of control down a mountain side in an early Hollywood movie.
American man rides a horse cart on muddy road. Horse cart stuck in mud. Man fixes a cart wheel on the horse cart. Steam engine railroad train passes by a country house.
Young U.S. soldiers of World War I (during training) on separate teams look at a big ball. They charge the ball in a game to control it.. They compete in tug of war game. Building in background.
Training film with animated simulations illustrates a nuclear blast and its effects. Thermal radiation emitted from nuclear explosion can kill. Thermal radiation can cause serious burns to the human body from far away distances. Depiction of radiation that may result in nuclear fallout. View of sand blowing in desert, and of trees swaying.
Training film and simulations Illustrate how to protect against nuclear detonation. Two U.S. soldiers throw themselves in a ditch to protect themselves from thermal radiation and heat. A soldier takes cover of a tree log by lying flat next to it. A soldier lies flat on ground to protect himself from thermal radiation. A soldier is caught in thermal radiation as he runs for cover.
Training film and simulations demonstrate measures to be taken by soldiers for protection after nuclear blast. U.S. soldier tries to make contact on radio. Soldiers dig fox holes. Sergeant asks soldier to check radiation level. Soldier looks at watch and checks radiation level on radiometer. Sergeant walks over to dead soldier and takes his dog tag. Sergeant makes radio contact and checks information received. Soldier checks radiometer. All soldiers get inside their foxhole and cover them with canvas. Soldier checks radiation dosage with a pocket dosimeter.
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