The construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed as the Hoover Dam. Exteriors of Babcock and Wilcox Mill near Boulder Dam construction site, Nevada. Steel sheets manufactured. Technicians and workers work with equipment. Pipe units are made from sheets after shaping the sheets. Worker welds sheets. Man work with equipment during laboratory tests. Men work with huge pipe units. High capacity cranes swinging pipe unit. Giant lathe used to join individual sections of pipe units. Pipe section ready for insulation. Tractor trailer carrying a giant pipe unit on road. Pipe unit on Canyon rim, exactly over the dam site. Pipe unit is maneuvered for loading into the Canyon. Man at control tower of the cable way on cliff. Pipe unit transferred through cable ways. Pipe lowers into the canyon. Pipe units taken into tunnel.
The construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed as the Hoover Dam. Structure of dam erected into canyon. Equipment in tunnels. Giant cranes in operation. Concrete arch-dam in the Black Canyon. Traffic moves on highway over dam. Boat in Colorado River. People sail in boats. Colorado River view. Four intake towers at Hoover Dam. Spillways at Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam power plant to general power. Man points to the map of United States. Electric power setup for the Hoover Dam shows various electric towers, power house and electric lines across desert. Hoover Dam controls water.
Sailor and worker push the plane together out of hangar at Douglas Aircraft Plant in El Segundo, California. Plane taxis. Commander and two Lieutenants on inspection and acceptance of SBD. Lieutenant inspects under the wing of plane. Sailors and workers at work.
SBD (Scout Bomber) Production Line at Douglas Aircraft Plant in El Segundo, California. Worker installs cartridge box in plane. Chinese boy at work on engine.
Post prohibition reenactments of Speakeasy days in Manhattan. Automobiles parked along West 52nd Street in New York City. Taxi and cars move along street. Federal agents present written warrant, and force their way into 21Club. Interiors of bar show men and women drinking. Beer sign in the background reads 'Guinness is Good for you'. Man shovels liquor bottles into trash bin. Several men dressed in suits, with boutonnieres in their lapels, drink and talk. The hand of a man at the door pushes a buzzer to alert others that Federal agents have arrived.
Post prohibition reenactment of speakeasy days, centered on 21 Club in New York City. Federal agent hands a warrant to employee, through grillwork of door. People drinking at bar. Men in suits talk to each other. Man guarding door presses hidden button to alert others to the presence of Federal agents. Speakeasy owners, wearing boutonnieres in their lapels, conduct business inside the club and toast to their deal. Liquor bottles being discarded and hidden in the process. Bartender totaling receipts.
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