A training documentary depicts the laying of signal communications field wire by U.S Army personnel in World War 2. A man puts a wire line in the combat area. A wire line team puts the line on a terrain. A communication officer gives instruction to the wire line team. The officer on a map outlines the general routes to be followed in laying the lines. The team members move towards the command post area from which the lines will be laid. The wires being laid and the end wire is given to the wire chief who ties it into the switch board. A member of the team puts the wire on the tree so that it is not damaged. The extra wire being tied with support and the truck moves. Another truck comes . The men on the command post follow the line to check its installation. A man ties a wire with a support and he ties a mark on it. Tags tied on the special construction points. The man after tying the tags gets in the truck. Men put the line inside of the curve. The reel of wire is exhausted and the men attach the end and a new reel being placed. The new reel being placed in the line. The wires are connected to the test telephone. A man checks the wire. Animation depicts the location of the wire and coils from the terminal. A hand holds C-114 Coil and shows the working.
A documentary depicts the laying of field wire. Field wire line placed under a bridge. Field wire team on a truck. A man gets off from the truck. He pulls a wire to make the crossing. The lines being cut and tagged. The line is taken to the other side of the road. A man tags the line. Another man puts the equipment in the truck. The line is completed. Men get in the truck and the truck moves on. A rail road crossing. Men tag the line and place it under the rail road track. A man digs a trench and the wire being placed in the trench. The trucks moves. The extra wire is tied to a tree. The extra wire is reeled off. Men dig a trench and the wire is placed in the trench. The team members check the wire lines. A man puts a tape on the wire. Another man tags the wires. A man bury the wire. Two team members climb up the tree and ties the wire line. They come down. A truck comes. The line men dig a trench on the road and put the wire. A wire tied on a tree. Two men work on the switch board. The lines are checked with the help of the telephone. The tag wire being attached to the switch board. Men in the end check all the wires.
A World War II documentary depicts the methods of decontamination after the usage of chemicals during a combat. A bridge with liquid agent . Men place a sign which reads 'Danger war Gas'. The men being given instructions about the procedure to be used. Men fill buckets with water. A concrete bridge is washed with water. The water changes into a white vesicant solid after it reacts with the chemical. Chlorinated lime being put in the water and is spread on the bridge. Men spray oil on the contaminated grass and then burnt. A man uses flame to burn the grass. Men use shovels during the burning. Lime paste being used to wash buildings. The troops march in decontaminated area.
America's first satellite, the Explorer I. It is seen on the launch pad atop the Redstone Juno I rocket that will carry it into orbit on January 31, 1958. The rocket engine fires and the Juno I speeds upward. Next an American Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile is seen being launched 0n 18 December 1958, to steer itself into orbit as a satellite, orbiting the Earth.
Hollywood film star Jeff Chandler appeals to Americans to buy Series E Bonds on the 15th anniversary of the bonds in the U.S. Jeff Chandler shows a Series E Bond. He speaks at a desk.
Movie stars on board a Lockheed Constellation plane landing at airport on cold winter day with wind blowing and ice on the ramps. Planes parked on a ramp. A crowd warmly dressed against the cold await arrival of the airplane. Lockheed TWA Constellation plane arrives & pulls up. Edward G. Robinson & others get off the plane. Words on side of plane read 'Star of California,Sky Chief'. Howard Hughes in the cockpit. Hughes leaves the airplane. Seen, seated, inside the aircraft, are Movie stars Veronica Lake, Cary Grant, Edward G. Robinson, Janet Blair, Walter Pigeon, William Powell, and Frank Morgan aboard the TWA Constellation flight piloted by Howard Hughes.
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