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Workers load tractors, diesel drums and engineering equipment onto barges for the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II. Graders, tractors and engineering equipment operating at a work site. Workers load tractors and equipment on to a barge. A number of newly constructed barges at a harbor. The workers turn the barges with the help of cranes. Men roll diesel drums. 'Fuel Diesel' written on the drums. A worker greasing runways.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064789
A tugboat hauls a loaded barge across a stream for the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II. A tugboat hauls an empty barge across a stream. Workers stand on the barge. They load the barge with engineering equipment. An engineering vehicle loaded on the barge. The loaded barge leaves the harbor.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064790
Workers weld a pipeline along a roadside and a road construction for the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II. Workers lay a pipeline along a highway. They weld the pipeline. A fleet of airplanes flies overhead. The workers work on a dirt road with bulldozers and tractors. Trucks dump dirt along the roadway and graders level the road.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064791
Workers operate bulldozers, tractors and graders to construct a road for the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II. Workers work on a dirt road with bulldozers and tractors. Engineers work with instruments. Trucks dump dirt along the roadway and graders level the road. A number of trucks move on the dirt road.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064792
Workers making engines and hulls for Patrol Torpedo Boats (PT Boats) in the United States.

The film 'Devil Boats' shows the construction of Patrol Torpedo Boats in the United States. A young woman stands on a small bridge. A Patrol Torpedo Boat in the background. Two patrol boats underway at sea. Naval officers stand in a line. Workers enter the ELCO Marine Division plant. Assembly of PT boat hull and wiring. A woman worker examines wiring. One of the oldest workers, Frederick Buckley, supervises. Scenes from the Packard factory in Detroit Michigan, where the engines for the PT Boats are made. Engineers and technicians work on building a boat. Ingots thrust into ladels and poured into iron cauldrons. Drop hammer at work on hot pieces. Aluminum crank case moving on assembly line and then anodized by dipping in anodizing solution. Welders weld jackets to cylinder heads on the engine. Engine block lowered into position and joined to completed crank case. Final assembly of engine for PT boat. A woman paints yellow color on a part of the boat. After completion the Patrol Torpedo Boat is lifted by a crane. Shows Bob Palmer who used to be a factory worker and is now in the Navy in the PT service. Naval officer shakes hands with Palmer who had been painting his ID on the engine block.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064945
Trained crew of U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats drop depth chargers on enemy submarine underway at sea in the Pacific Theater.

U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat training crew at sea in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The crew spots an enemy submarine and heads towards it. The crew speeds the Patrol Torpedo Boat towards the enemy submarine. The enemy submarine goes into water for a crash dive. Point of view shot from camera on submarine as it dives underwater. Above surface, a gunner fires at the enemy. The crew could not fire a torpedo hence they throw a depth charger in the direction of the submarine. Three depth chargers are dropped on the enemy submarine.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064953