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Nevada United States 1936 stock footage and images
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Historical scenes in American History, from Independence through Westward expansion by pioneers
Reenactments and pictures of significant aspects of American history: First Congress in session, Signing of Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 during American Revolution. Wide landscape views of Western United States including sandstone monuments in Western United States. Native American Indian tribesmen dance and play music. Drawing of river with a Native American Indian paddling canoe and men at dock and houses in a village. Frontier settler family outside their log cabin, in snow. A commercial waterfront with established buildings, sailing vessels, and people engaged in conversation and work. Illustrations of people in ordinary pursuits outdoors, and of an early town. Moving images of wagon trains and covered wagons traversing the Western Plains of the United States. A statue of pioneer man and woman.
Various inventions of Thomas Edison are shown, including dynamo and lightbulbs
Invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in the United States. A dramatization: Actor portraying Thomas Edison looks at a series of bulbs hanging in a laboratory and blows out a kerosene lamp. View of General Electric company. Men sit around a table. Lamps and books on the table. A family sits in a parlor. A young girl approaches a Edison Disc Phonograph player, lifts the play arm, starts the disc and puts the arm stylus down on the disc to play the record. Closeup view of phonograph record playing. Cars being driven at night. Other examples of uses of the lightbulb: A brightly lit school building. A factory at night. Miners attach lamps to their caps. Night view of a fair and a city. View of the United States Capitol at night. Panorama of a park. Statue of Liberty and a flag of United States at night. Actual footage of Thomas Edison walking on the lawn at his home. He sits on a chair and reads a book.
An amphibious landing and bombers on a mission and troops battle on a Pacific Island.
Dramatization shows how one defective walkie-talkie can impair battle plans, United States. U.S. transporters including cruisers, destroyers and crew carrying ships underway in South Pacific on a mission to attack on Japanese installation and Island no. 6. A personnel plays whistle from the bridge of cruiser. Interior of manned radio operations room:Task Force officers sitting around table and discuss over battle plans. A personnel talks on radio device. American bombers in formation flight. Pilot and copilot in cockpit. American aircraft drop bombs on Japanese installation. Explosion and large column of smoke rise. Task Force officers look at map of Japanese island no. 6 in the radio room. Animated map shows Japanese Island no. 6 showing an amphibious landing and bombers on a mission. U.S. soldiers on landing crafts with walkie-talkies. Artillery fire on the Pacific island. Troops disembark from the landing craft and heads towards beach area. Soldiers move into action and fire artillery. (World War II period).
Major crop-damaging grasshopper species and their effects, 1951
From a United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine film on grasshopper plagues. Close up of brown grasshopper, mandibles moving. Side view shows developed hind legs, allowing strong leaping abilities. Grasshopper ravaging farm crops and shrubs. Swarm of grasshoppers. Narrator notes that just five species of grasshoppers are responsible for at least ninety percent of all damage done to cultivated crops. Overview and close ups of each of the five species: Migratory grasshopper, Differential grasshopper, Two-striped grasshopper, Red-legged grasshopper, and Clear-winged grasshopper. View of dry, dead crop field. Cattle are herded into a pen, narrator notes that grasshoppers also cause millions of dollars in damages to range and pasture. Graphic map of the United States, Gulf states highlighted. Man speaks about the grasshoppers. Grasshoppers eat farm crops in the fields of the Gulf states. Graphic map of U.S. shows northeast states highlighted. Grasshopper insects eat and destroy crops.
Young American men enlist as Naval Reserves and military forces advance in preparation for World War II.
The United States in preparation for World War II. Men stand in line for physical examination. Navy doctor checks lungs of each man with stethoscope. Young American men enlisting and new recruits being sworn in as Naval Reserves at the Naval Reserve Station in New York. Men working in war production factories to manufacture aircraft, ships, guns, and armament as part of the war production effort building war materiel. Large gun and artillery barrels are shown in production factories. Coastal guns fired. U.S. military tanks advance. Aircraft in flight. U.S. Army M2A2 or M2A3 twin-turret light tanks advance in training drills over land obstacles, including ramps that cause a tank to become briefly airborne. Lines of tanks in practice drill maneuvers at night. Machine gun emplacements firing tracers at night and hitting practice targets.
Parts of a Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bomb (WW2)
A video explaining the components of a Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bomb- a weapon launched by Japan to drop bombs on the United States during World War 2. A United States Navy personnel inspects the Fu-Go paper balloon on its ballast. Paper bags and sandbags tied to the ballast of the Fu-Go balloon bomb. Payload comprises of incendiaries and anti-personnel bombs. Inflated “Type B” Fu-Go balloon made of 5 ply “washi” rice paper. United States Navy personnel lets go of holding the ballast of balloon bomb. Man unfolds a piece of rice paper. Man ripping a piece of rice paper, demonstrating the durability of the material. Fu-Go bomb inflated with hydrogen gas. Man holding the escape valve of the Fu-Go balloon bomb. Escape valve is shown as made of pressed steel and has a rubber gasket. Pressure is exerted by the rubber ring the escape valve. Spider bracket of escape valve.
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