Several American warships at anchor. U.S. flag on stern of one ship. Troops marshalled on dock and boarding a ship. Troops get off a truck. Troops line the railings aboard a ship at the pier. They wave as the troop ship pulls away. Seaside Navy recruiting station registers men with sign on a table reading: 'Recruiting to war strength'. Six American battleships steam away in a line.
During the great depression, a sign at a food grocery store reads, "Orange and Blue Food Stamps Redeemed Here, We are Helping American Farmers Move Surplus Crops." A woman at the produce stand with a baby in arms buys oranges from the food grocer. The woman pays for the oranges with stamps.
YH-16A turboshaft tactical transport helicopter (The Transporter). This aircraft, number 50-1270, is the second prototype produced. Two men board the huge aircraft. View from next to the pilot in the cockpit. A man guides the pilot from the ground. A C-124C Air Force aircraft taxiing in far background. The giant helicopter takes off. Views of the YH-16A Helicopter in flight.
Views of various sources of electric power generation in America, with emphasis on nuclear being cleaner and more efficient than other methods such as coal. Opening shot is a dam generating hydroelectric power, and its associated electric power substations. Coal fired power plant, with mountain of coal, railroad, and associated electrical switch yard. Spherical gas tanks holding fuel for power generation. Natural gas storage tanks and electric generator cables. Smoke, steam, and a mountain of coal, associated with electric power generation. Cranes off-loading coal from train cars onto conveyors feeding a power plant with smoke stacks emitting fumes. Cranes with clamshell buckets leaking coal as they offload it from barges in a river. Coal being transported on conveyor belts at a plant. Fire burning in the furnace of coal-fired power plant. Clean Control room of a power plant, with technician monitoring instruments and adjusting control settings.View of pristine turbine deck in a power plant, with several steam turbines visible. Contrasting view of coal-fired power plant exterior, with smoke seen near transmission lines and incredibly long trains filled with coal move on railroad. Nuclear fuel fabricators seen placing nuclear fuel rods into assemblies bearing Westinghouse name, covering them with plastic and preparing them for shipment in large steel containers. The containers of fuel rod assemblies are loaded into a truck.
An Italian journalist speaks in his office in New York City. A map of Manhattan on the wall in the background. Documents lay in front of him on the table. View of streets in San Francisco, California. The Golden Gate Bridge and The Presidio. Buses and street cars on road. Pedestrians cross the streets. People board Washington & Jackson Street tram of Municipal Railway of San Francisco, as it swings in circle to reverse course. Crabs being cooked in Italian market. Italian-American fisherman repairs nets at harbor in San Francisco. Statue of Paul Revere near the North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Fishing boats of Italian-American fishermen at the dock. Fishermen unloading their catches. Sea birds snatch pieces of fish on the wharf. Views of small fishing boats named "Salvatore" and "St. Angelo". Fishermen work on their nets. Cluster of fishing boats at the pier.
Aircraft Carrier Operations. U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) underway. Several aircraft land on flight deck of aircraft carrier. Men aboard USS Langley. 'USS Langley' marked on the planes. Pilot seated in the cockpit. Several planes lined on the flight deck. Smoke arises out of smoke stack in the background. Plane is catapulted from deck of USS Langley.
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