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British worker and his American counterpart in labor exchange program visit the Lockheed aircraft plant in Los Angeles, Calfornia
A British guest on labor exchange program visit to the U.S. leaves the home of his counterpart American host in Los Angeles, California. They leave in the American's car and drive a considerable distance to the Lockheed Aircraft Company facility. View of Honor Roll listing 15, 174 Lockheed affiliated members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The British-American pair walk past a Lockheed Ventura airplane under construction. View of a room filled with P-38 Lightning fighter planes completing final construction, outside the plant. A film clip of the maiden flight of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft (Later designated C-121 by the Army Air Corps) is inserted at this point. It shows the Constellation taking off from the factory airstrip in 1943, and climbing without raising its landing gear. View of aircraft fuselage under construction, where the British worker is inquiring about the manner of its assembly. Next he is seen observing a turntable press operation being run by men and women workers. View of workers using pneumatic hand tools to remove wrinkles from edges of pressed products. A woman punch operator is seen with safety straps on her hands that pull them away each time the punch comes down. Another woman worker demonstrates an electric spot welder. (The observing visitors are required to wear safety goggles in case sparks are created by the process.) Closeup of the aircraft part being spot welded. More workers operating similar machines in the plant, including an African American man and woman. Workers placing a large sheet of aluminum into a machine that fabricates wings for the P-38 fighter plane. Closeup of the British worker and his American counterpart on a balcony overlooking the production line for the Lightning aircraft. View across the production line floor. The two look into the factory first aid station available to workers and also see the transportation section where worker carpools can be formed. Employees are seen obtaining ration books and driver licenses from government clerks working in the plant itself. Employees are seen eating outdoors under foliage camouflage and others gather at an indoor eating site. Next, a section of a B-17 flying fortress wing, is seen moving out of a manufacturing jig. New components are immediately placed into the empty jig for construction. View of final installation area for B-17s, An overhead crane moves a finished wing, including engines, to be mated with its fuselage. Glimpse of numerous B-17s being assembled. A finished B-17 bomber being towed out of the factory.
Documentary titled "The Secret Land" on the U.S. polar expedition,Operation High Jump.
Documentary titled "The Secret Land" on the U.S. polar expedition,Operation High Jump. Clip opens with aerial and elevated views of landmark buildings and sites in Washington DC, including U.S. Capitol, White House,and the National Mall area. Elevated view looking back toward Virginia, with Potomac River and Key Bridge in the distance. U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal makes a speech explaining the purpose of the polar expedition. Chief of U.S. Naval operations Chester W. Nimitz talks to U.S. Navy officers in his office. The Norfolk Naval base in Virginia. U.S. Navy officers and personnel aboard a vessel. Sailors prepare huskies (sledge dogs) in New Hampshire, for the polar expedition. Convoy of U.S. ships and several other vessels leave the naval base and head for the expedition. Animated map shows designated landing zone in Antarctica. Helicopters and planes will serve as scouts and transportation medium for the expedition.
U.S. Army 6th Field Artillery batteries hold position under heavy German shelling near Exermont, Ardennes, France.
World War I: U.S. Army 6th Field Artillery batteries fire at German enemy positions in Exermont, Ardennes, France, across a wide field and valley. U.S. Army artillery being fired, and explosions across the field as shells impact. American doughboys hold position under heavy German shelling. View of additional artillery and horse and foot traffic on the road below in the valley, beneath the shelling. U.S. Artillery guns are rolled down the hill and moved to new positions. World War 1 U.S. Army soldiers carry wounded soldier on a stretcher, moving on a road around the bodies of two dead combatants, dead horses, and a tipped horse carriage.
British troops load and fire an Allied 8 inch artillery battery and other heavy guns in France during World War I Grand Offensive
An Allied 8 inch artillery battery in France during World War 1 Grand Offensive. British troops load shell into the gun. Commanding officer writes a message on the shell before it is loaded: "From Times Square New York." Allied howitzers are fired at the enemy. A British 6 inch heavy gun is seen firing at enemy positions.
U.S. Philippine Department Air Force activity at Nichols Field in the Philippines prior to World War II in Pacific.
U.S. Philippine Department Air Force personnel assembling new Seversky P-35A pursuit planes at Nichols Field in the Philippines prior to World War II in the Pacific. These have Swedish roundel markings with 3 yellow crowns on a blue circle background, identifying them as J 9 aircraft for the Swedish Air Force. They were initially sold to Sweden as Republic EP-106 aircraft and redesignated as P-35A by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Because of imbargoes in place due to World War 2, in Europe, these aircraft were diverted to the U.S. Army. Mechanics push a Seversky P-35A (J 9) fuselage on the tarmac outside a hangar. Mechanics work on P-35 engine in the hangar. A sign reads 'Headquarters 17th Pursuit Squadron' at a tent bivouac area. Airmen talk outside a tent. Views from a car driving through nearby residential neighborhood of Ramaville. Two men in white suits with a woman on porch of a house Several P-35A airplanes flying low over the area. Airmen loading a car with baggage.
Renewed tourism in Western Europe five years after World War II
Transworld Airways Lockheed Constellation passenger airplane arriving from New York City and Shannon,Ireland. It taxis to parking ramp at Orly Airport, Paris, France. Closeup of another airliner shutting down on the ramp. Passengers walk across the ramp and under the tail of an Air France plane, on their way to the terminal building. They are greeted by a band of men in red huntsmen uniforms playing hunting horns. A railroad train in a picturesque setting. Patrons relaxing on a cafe terrace, at an Italian train station, as an electrified train pulls in. An excursion boat draws near to Chillon Castle On Lake Geneva Switzerland. More views of the castle, from its footpath. Ancient Greek ruins near the Mediterranean Sea. Saint Mark’s Basilica on St. Mark’s Square in the city of Venice, Italy. Many visitors walking in the square, and a flock of pigeons taking flight. The Palace of Versailles, viewed from behind statues in the garden. Chartes Cathedral, Chartres, France. St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. Views of Copenhagen, Denmark, including the Little Mermaid statue. A man rowing a boat on a lake in the Alps Mountains. Snow-covered mountains. Trains running in the mountains. Border guards of Italy and Switzerland on their respective sides of their mutual border at a train station. A train transiting the border. A Volkswagen Type 1 (Beetle) car and other vehicles being processed at a German border crossing.
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