Improvement in housing facilities in post war era in United States. A planned housing community in the United States with various facilities like children's parks, baseball fields, a Liggett's drug store, a movie theater and a laundromat laundry facility. The theater marquee advertises Allan Ladd and Loretta Young, "And Now Tomorrow", and "Our hearts were young and gay" with Gail Russell and Diana Lynn. Woman loading clothes into an early model laundromat washing machine. Children play about in the area around the houses and run down from a pedestrian bridge that crosses a road. Ice cream man pushes an ice cream cart with an Eskimo Pie advertisement on the cart. The man rings a bell as children run to the ice cream cart. A woman inside a well ventilated and well lit up house. Men and a woman conduct research about improving housing facilities in United States.
Improvement in housing facilities in post war era in the United States, using building materials and techniques developed during the war effort. Men and women in a testing lab as they conduct research for construction of better houses. Various housing material like plywood, shatter proof bricks, roofing material being put to test and analyzed by men and women standing at various machines. Plexiglass gun turrets from World War 2 shown during fabrication in a war materials plant, but then shown in a home bathroom being used for a shower surround and as base for a seating chair. A woman sits in front of the vanity mirror in her pre-fabricated house. Views of several different modern prefabricated houses in large and smaller sizes. Various parts of a pre fabricated houses being made and assembled. A man arrives home from work and greets his family with wife and two children outside a prefabricated suburban house. Sheep graze at a farm with a prefabricated farm house in the background. A modified quonset hut barn is shown. Cattle are seen inside the quonset hut barn house, and a calf is shown being placed in a mobile stall cage that can moved on wheels to save space. Another type of house includes pre assembled mass produced houses. A woman relaxes on a lawn outside such a house. Interiors of a pre fabricated house with all types of labor saving devices. Housewife or homemaker works in the kitchen of such a house. She opens a lid in the counter top to reveal a sink. She opens a waffle iron that has been integrated into a counter or oven, that also features food storage bins and a toaster. She sets a chicken to roast on a rotisserie. Views of models of many new, futuristic, modern home designs, and also planned community housing projects. A construction site with a steam shovel digging dirt. Ground level view as bucket of steam shovel filled with dirt approaches camera. Bricks being unloaded from a dump truck. Sign at a construction site says "Here is now being erected a home for Edward J. Strahm, World War II veteran, under priority #44-012-003005, Veterans Administration G.I. Bill of Rights." Men at the construction site building the home. A bricklayer working. A construction worker uses a circular saw. A worker hammers nails into floor boards. Electricians at work and tooling machines. Men work with a cement mixer. Bricklayers at work. A tall apartment building under construction. Aerial views of planned communities situated away from industrial areas.
Animation about the activities of United States sailors on board a ship. Private Snafu introduces seaman Tarfu as he displays the uniform of an American sailor. Tarfu removes the jumper and the shirt with much difficulty. He rides on a scooter around the deck. Seaman Tarfu cleans the deck of the ship. A bird enters the interiors of the ship and moves out. A ceremony of piping an Admiral aboard the ship. Sailors lined up on the deck as an Admiral is put on the deck by a crane. Bearded sailors as they flout the rule to have well trimmed beard. Tarfu gets a tattoo made on his chest. Weather room of the ship as a sailor predicts a storm. Tarfu looks through binoculars and views a girl back home. A Japanese man on a sinking ship speaks about the fighting abilities of American sailors. (World War II period).
Documentary featuring Lead Belly, an American folk and blues musician in United States. Lead Belly also known Huddie William Ledbetter as he sings a song 'Irene Goodnight' and plays guitar as his wife Martha Ledbetter sits in a chair and others stand during a get together. Men and women enjoy drinks and socialize at the gathering.
Documentary featuring Lead Belly, an American folk and blues musician in United States. Lead Belly also known Huddie William Ledbetter as he sings a song 'Irene Goodnight' and plays guitar as his wife Martha Ledbetter sits in a chair and others stand during a get together. He plays a guitar and hums along.
Documentary featuring Lead Belly, an American folk and blues musician in United States. Lead Belly also known Huddie William Ledbetter as sings a song 'Irene Goodnight' and plays guitar as his wife Martha Ledbetter sits in a chair and others stand during a get together. He plays a guitar and hums along.
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