Inauguration of the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge -- known today as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge -- in Maryland, United States. A large number of people gathered for the opening of the world's third longest bridge, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A few policemen among the crowd. Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin and former Governor William Preston Lane, Jr. during the inauguration of the bridge. Several men and women around the officials. Governor McKeldin cuts tape declaring the bridge fit for travel. Cars passing through toll booths. Men beside the booths. A girl holding Francis, the Talking Mule, among the crowd. Starlet Jean Cambron during the inauguration. A motorcade passes across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A ferry moving on water making the last trip. A motorcade moving on the bridge.
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army OH-13 Sioux helicopter flying over the range. Machine guns fired from the helicopter. Explosions on the range as OH-13 Sioux helicopters fly by. A United States Army UH-1 Iroquois flies over the range firing its machine guns. Members of the American Ordnance Association in the stands.
A farmer driving a tractor sprayer in the United States. The farmer parks his tractor sprayer in front of a garden shed. The farmer inspects bottles of pesticide. Safety precaution written on a pesticide bottle carry a warning that reads “DO NOT USE WITHIN 10-DAYS OF HARVEST”. Various labels and safety instructions on pesticide containers. Photographs of scientists researching on pesticide development in laboratories. An entomologist holding an insect cage to inspect specimens. A chemist inspects a petri dish. United States agricultural officials and experts deliberate as part of a pesticide’s registration process. A farmer fills a sprayer with water. A woman feeds an infant with Gerber baby food. An Afghan Hound dog eats from pet bowl. Scientists and pesticide manufacturers talk inside a laboratory. A can of Compound 776. State scientists test Compound 776 inside a laboratory. Nozzle spraying pesticide. Plant specimens are sprayed with Compound 776 pesticide during testing. A scientist taking notes while inspecting crops during a fieldwork. Another scientist spraying Compound 776 onto plants. A man with a folder labeled “Labels Compound 776” and a data book “Pesticide Petition Compound 776”. A manufacturer submits pesticide registration petition to the Department of Agriculture or the USDA. The “Application for registration of economic poisons” document. USDA Pesticides Regulation Division official examines the pesticide registration of Compound 776. The official opens the data book of Compound 776. A scientist uses rabbits for animal testing. Scientist treats a rabbit’s shaved skin with chemicals. A man visits the United States Food and Drug Authority (FDA). Pesticide manufacturer submits a pesticide registration petition to the FDA in Washington DC. An FDA officer inspects the pesticide petition. FDA scientists probe the residue levels of Compound 776 inside a laboratory. A scientist points to a graph depicting the residue data plotted against time. FDA authorities study industry data on a pesticide. Bottles, jars, and containers stored in shelves of a laboratory. Laboratory rats inside cages react to pesticide. A chemist working in a laboratory. A Federal Register journal of the United States. Camera zooms to “Food and Drug Administration” in the front page of the Federal Register. A “Notice of Registration Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act” from the USDA. Printing press printing pesticide labels. A truck transporting pesticide enters Maryland state line border. Agricultural pesticides and a weighing scale displayed in shelf.
A man driving a 1917 Ford model T roadster along a severely rutted mud-filled street. A 1917 Ford Model T, one ton truck, trapped in mud. Frustrated driver gets out and kicks a rear tire. Road building crews at work with horse-drawn equipment. Road construction with large steam powered machinery. A 1917 model T roadster driving along a new smooth concrete road. Women making purchases at a sidewalk stand and placing them into their Ford Model T sedan. A doctor arrives at house of a patient, in a Ford Model T roadster. Americans driving Ford Model T cars in the National Parks circa 1920s. Cars driving past a giant redwood tree. Man in a Ford Model T stopped beside woods and feeding a bear in a National Park, as a Park Ranger stands nearby. Ford Model T driving through the tunnel cut in the "Wawona" giant sequoia tree, in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias at Yosemite National Park. A 1918 Ford Model T touring car parked at a picnic site, with family sitting at picnic table nearby. Families with Ford Model T cars, engaged in outdoor activities, picnicking, and gathering wild flowers. Two men making their Model T into a shelter for overnight camping. Family picnicking at a beach; their Model T parked on road above. A man in a 1920s era swim suit carries a basket for a picnic to others in his family seated near rocks. 1920s or 1930s boy and girl children playing on a beach; picking up seaweed; and wading in the surf, near large rocks.
International Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets Exchange Program in,Maryland, United States. Officer invites Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on podium. Dulles begins his talk with Civil Air Patrol Cadets. Gathering applauds.
A United States troop transport ship at sea during the first World War. U.S. Army troops (aka dough boys) aboard the ship. U.S. Army soldiers march in formation in a large city square area in Europe (likely France) holding rifles during World War 1. United States troop ships being loaded with American soldiers for World War I, and scenes of U.S. troops in WWI marching in the streets of a European city. Scenes from earlier during combat in the war. World War I allied soldiers on battle front in France. Soldiers run to a bomb crater area for shelter when crossing no man's land. Soldiers fire artillery. Artillery shells explode. Allied soldiers running across a battlefield as tanks run beside them toward the German enemy. People wave U.S. flags as First World War war ends with Armistice. Large crowd gathers in New York celebrating WWI armistice. Newspaper held high by a man with headline "Germany Surrenders". Views in the United States of hard times in American towns after World War I ended and war industries were no longer providing money. View of forests. Girl draws water from a well. Man and a boy operate a grindstone sharpening a saw. Farmers plowing fields with horse drawn plows during great depression era. People do agricultural works at fields. White farmer tilling a field. African American farmers working in fields and harvesting hay with help of a horse. African American farmers at cotton office. Cattle in field. Man and a woman milk cows with hands. Man pours milk in vessels. Milk processing before bottling including pouring milk through a cooling device. Men on tractor at fields. A board reads 'For the common defense'. Views of a factory. A man operates a switch on a switchboard for generating electricity. Views of a power generation plant. Narrator describes how America will prevent a slide into hard financial times again after World War 2 ends. From a 1942 production with footage from 1917 through 1942.
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