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Various means used to set off avalanches and the precautions to be taken in Alta, Utah.

A training film about the means of forecasting and controlling avalanches in Alta, Utah. A snow covered corner overhanging a ski run in Alta, Utah. A man walks along an area and drills holes in the snow. Another man prepares a charge package and put sticks in each of the holes. Charges placed along the corners detonate and an avalanche occurs. The corner being dislodged as snow slopes down. Skiers watch the avalanche. Various means of checking for avalanches include skiing in case of shallow snow condition. A man throws an explosive to detonate the area and set an avalanche in motion. A projectile fired along the slope to check for avalanche occurrence. The precautions to be taken while setting off an avalanche include checking the slops below for any skiers or vehicles. A man on a cliff looks down at the slope and signals with his hands. Explosion occurs and an avalanche is set in motion. A shell hits a slope and dislodges a major avalanche as it drifts down the slope.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 6 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059588
Artillery used to set off an intentional preemptive avalanche at Alta ski resort in Utah

A training film about the means of forecasting and controlling of avalanches in Alta, Utah. A man loads a shell into an artillery piece. Snow covered slopes of a mountain. Avalanche being set in motion as a result of artillery fire. A dust cloud being formed by the drifting snow. A secondary avalanche is triggered by the force and energy of the artillery-triggered avalanche. A man skis down a slope. Men ski down a snow covered slope. An artillery shell fired from a tower to set off an avalanche.

Location: Alta Utah USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059589
Railroad trains contribute to war efforts in the United States, during World War II.

Railroads in the United States during World War 2. Freight cars pulled by EMD FT ABBA diesel electric engine on railroad tracks. A steam engine pulls freight train through the mountainous countryside. A river flows at the bottom of a valley. An engineer at the throttle.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059610
U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal arrives by a C-54 aircraft in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A U.S. C-54 transport aircraft approaching Honolulu to land, with faint rainbow visible behind it. The aircraft lands and taxis in with outboard engines shut down, to the Military Air Transport Terminal on the airfield. An anchor and four stars on field of blue are displayed below the pilot's window. The aircraft parks and sailors quickly form an honor guard as the cabin door opens. Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, wearing a tropical pith helmet, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Rear Admiral John Towers and other officers. Secretary Forrestal is accompanied by Admiral Towers across the tarmac to a waiting car. He stops briefly to converse with Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, before he and Admiral Towers enter the car.

Location: Honolulu Hawaii USA
Date: 1945, March
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059734
Tennis champion, Bobbie Riggs, demonstrates, to a sailor, the correct way to hold a tennis racquet

Demonstration of how to grip a tennis racquet, on tennis court of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Tennis champion, Bobby Riggs,demonstrates the way to grip the tennis racket. A sailor watches and listens to his instructions. ( Note: Bobbie Riggs won the Wimbledon singles, doubles and mixed doubles championship in 1939.)

Location: Waikiki Hawaii USA
Date: 1945, August 29
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059779
United States Navy sailors at separation center as they demobilize after World War II, in California,United States.

United States sailors being demobilized in California, United States after World War II. Sailors gathered outside a building at Camp Shoemaker. Cars drive past them in the foreground. A sign reads 'Separation Center incoming draft'. Another sign reads 'incoming dischargees report here'. A bus arrives and sailors get off the bus. A sign reads ' Receipt section'. The sailors lined up at the counter.

Location: Shoemaker California USA
Date: 1945, October 19
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059792
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