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The construction of Norris dam, Wheeler dam, houses for farmers and production of electricity in Tennessee, United States

The rehabilitation of the Tennessee valley in Tennessee, United States during the Great Depression. A crane picks the rubbles. A man operating a machine. Workers work during the construction of the Norris dam. A bucket filled with cement carried by crane. The water gushes through the gates of the dam. A worker operates a blasting machine. Explosions on mountains during the construction of the Wheeler dam. Activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) . The forest service people plant trees on hill side and on fields to restore the Tennessee valley. Animals graze on the land. Farm Security Administration (FSA) works at the construction of houses. Mules being used to plow fields. View of a dam. A man works on the power production machinery. He reads from the gauge. Gates of the dam opened and water starts flowing. An electrical tower and lines.

Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032227
USS Tennessee sails under Brooklyn Bridge in June 1920. Also seen: December 1918 Naval Review and Presidential Yacht, Mayflower

U.S. battleship, USS Tennessee, sails up East River to Brooklyn Naval Yard. Next scene shows her heading back out to sea for maneuvers with a fleet in the Atlantic Ocean. in both, the Tennessee sails under the Brooklyn Bridge. Woolworth Building in Manhattan visible. A tugboat follows.View,upward, to roadbed of the Brooklyn Bridge, from vessel passing underneath. Crew members aboard the ship look at the skyline of New York City. A large boat filled with sightseers passes on the river. A group of U.S. Navy officers poses near a gun turret of the ship. A group of sailors sits under a three-gun turret aboard the ship. Commercial vessels moving in the river. Sailors at railing, look at skyline of Manhattan, New York City, as the ship passes on the East River. Ferry boats pass. View of the Statue of Liberty, in mist, framed above, by three of the Ship's 14 inch guns. Two Admirals and the USS Tennessee's officers, pose on deck, under two turrets with three 14 inch guns, in each. Sailors of the crew pose on deck of the battleship. A different time: December 25, 1918, Crewman in foul weather gear stands at railing of official Photographers boat, with battleships in background, during the great Naval review. A motor launch flying a two-star admiral's ensign, passes at high speed, with the Presidential Yacht, Mayflower, in background. The launch circles and reverses course.

Date: 1920, June
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061038
Workers at the Y-12 Electro Magnetic Plant of the Tennessee Eastman Corporation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The Y-12 Electro Magnetic Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A board reads 'Tennessee Eastman Corporation', ' Employment Office' and other information. Vehicles drive past on a road. Workers leave the plant after the day's work. People walk and are searched by a guard. The workers sit in a bus. Buses leave a parking area.

Date: 1946, June
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046555
USS Tennessee (BB-43) launched and leaves Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York.

USS Tennessee (BB-43) at dock in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. A naval officer with a dog on the deck. Sailors with their belongings and supplies at the docks wait to embark. Sailors embark the USS Tennessee. USS Tennessee and a submarine chaser sail under the Brooklyn Bridge en route for maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Date: 1920
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049928
Scientists working with uranium at National Atomic Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Uranium enrichment by scientists to develop atomic bomb. Work carried out on a piece of uranium at Atomic Energy Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as part of the process in creating plutonium from uranium for atomic weapons. A worker in radiation protective clothing and mask working on a uranium block with a lathe machine. Grinding of the block and exhaust tube removing fumes. The block placed on the shaper and finishing provided to the block.

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035851
Kennedy elected President. Kennedy seen in pre-election parade procession and greeting Eisenhower following election win.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his wife are cheered at a New York ticker tape parade on October 19, 1960, during the 1960 Presidential campaign. A large crowd gathered in New York City during a ticker tape parade for Senator John F Kennedy on October 19, 1960 near the end of the campaign. John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy in an open roof car wave and smile at the crowd. Views of Republican candidate Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon campaigning. The scrolling text marquee on the New York Times building at One Times Square in New York flashes news of Kennedy taking lead in New Jersey on election night. Next scene shows United States President elect John F. Kennedy as he shakes hands with President Dwight Eisenhower on the steps of the White House.

Date: 1960, November
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056517