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American Lumberjacks cut trees in Crossville,Tennessee

Lumberjacks cut timber with axe and saw near Crossville, Tennessee. Men load logs onto horse drawn wagon. At saw mill, logs are removed from a truck.. Sign on side of the pickup truck reads, "Owen Wilbanks, Crossville" Workers cut, plain, and process wood logs at the mill in Cross Ville. View of finished lumber stacked high.

Location: Crossville Tennessee USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025572
American men build a house in Crossville, Tennessee.

Life in the southern mountainous areas of Kentucky and Tennessee. Men build a house. Man saws a wooden plank. Men try to fit a wood block into the house structure. Young boy looks on. Men nail wood blocks and boards on to the roof.

Location: Crossville Tennessee USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025573
Workers work at machines to manufacture clothes and shoes in Tennessee, United States.

Cloth and shoe manufacturing in Tennessee, United States. Looms at a plant. The looms are in operation. Women work on the looms. Clothes roll on machines. Workers work on sewing machines. They sew clothes. Clothes are sealed and packed. The workers sew army uniforms. A worker pushes a trolley rack. Uniforms on the trolley rack. Workers work at machines. Shoes are manufactured. A woman packs shoes into boxes.

Location: Tennessee United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058128
Phosphate mining, manganese processing and aluminum processing in Tennessee, United States.

Mineral processing in Tennessee, United States. Phosphate rocks are moved by a crane to a plant. The crane drops phosphorus rocks in the plant. They move on a conveyor belt. Views of exterior of the plant. The plant produces fertilizers. Molten metal is poured into a bucket. Two men, wearing eye gear, push a rope. Towers for generating power. Machines are used to break manganese blocks into sheets and then into pieces. They are packed into a container and sealed. A sign on the seal: 'Electro Manganese 99.9%'. Signs: 'Danger, High Voltage' and 'Interchange Bank 154000 Volts, Oil Circuit Breaker'. Towers seen. Machines are used to make aluminum sheets. Aluminum is broken down to make bombs. Aluminum passes through machines. (World War II period).

Location: Tennessee United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058129
Production workers build airplanes and munitions for war defense, which are then transported in Tennessee, United States.

An aircraft manufacturing plant in Tennessee, United States, shortly before the entry of the United States into World War 2. Interior of the plant where aircraft for Lockheed, Martin, Northrop, Boeing and North American corporations are built. A sign :'US Army Process'. Training airplanes are build. Men work on a machine. Men work on aircraft. A man beside the propeller of an aircraft. Molten metal is processed. Machines and war production workers produce war material like engines and munitions shells. A tower and cable lines. A machine in operation. Steam boilers in operation. Men work with a welding machine. Seals are put on supplies before transporting them outside. Giant trucks carry the supplies out of the plant. The supplies are transported via railroad trains.

Location: Tennessee United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058130
Workers break rocks at Norris Dam site in Tennessee, United States.

Workers break rock slabs with hammer and chisel at Norris Dam site in Tennessee, United States. Chisels placed between two layers of rocks are hammered by the workers.

Location: Tennessee United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050018
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