The construction of the Golden Gate bridge spanning the Golden Gate in the United States. A spinning wheel on a cable over the bridge. Workers work on the bridge. Automobile traffic on the George Washington Bridge in New York and close view of its construction form. Then view returns to Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The spinning wheel carries three wire loops on cables in one trip. Bridge men place wires onto spinning wheels. The bridge men place the wires on clamps at an anchorage. A bridge man on the foot bridge near a wire. A wire operator operates a push button control. Other operators adjust the wires to clear obstructions. The workers replace the empty reel by another fresh wire reel on the spinning wheel. Aerial view of the bridge men at work. The cable wires at poles. A dispatcher works on a communication device to communicate with a bridge man. The spinning wheel at operation. An anemometer shows wind velocity. An dirigible airship over the bridge. Aerial point of view shot of the bridge from the airship. Animation depicts comparison between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. Suspenders are trolleyed up. They are trolled on cables. A rope on a spinning wheel. Workers stand on a huge cable. A worker places a rope in a groove.
The Sunset Limited passenger train enroute from New Orleans to San Francisco, in 1915. The railroad train running on the tracks.
City trains in New York, United States. A couple, both dressed in white, walks on a railway platform. A sign on the platform reads ' Lackawanna railroad'. A steam locomotive pulls a passenger train into the station. A conductor assists as the couple boards the train. They wave from the train. The conductor helps passengers, including the woman in white and her escort, to get off the train. The man in white tips the conductor.
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. Two officers of United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) physical damage team search for tiles. A tile in hands for examination. A medical team composed of Lieutenant Commander Nello Pace and Lt. Robert E. Smith takes readings of residual radiation in the area in front of the entrance to the Nagasaki Prison. A Geiger Mueller counter team reads the amount of radiation and plots the findings on a map. Robert E. Smith of USN operates the counter and another officer stands near holding a board with a map of Nagasaki. The officer adjusts the dial of the counter. The needles on the counter respond to the amount of residual radiation in the area. The officers move about and point the counter in a new position.
Bombardment of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Transports in a transport area. USS Minneapolis (CA-36), a New Orleans class heavy cruiser, under a bomb attack. Ships fire. Flak bursts in the air. A Fletcher class destroyer passes. Smoke columns rise from the ship and the island under bombardment.
Hollywood stars (members of the newly formed, Committee for the First Amendment) visit Washington D.C. to express their objections to the actions of the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC). Opening scene shows movie stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall on a sidewalk at Indendence Avenue in Washington, DC, Southeast of the Capitol building which is seen behind them. A police car is parked at the curb and an officer is standing in the street. Next, they are seen posing with Hollywood personalities, including Danny Kaye and June Havoc, among others. Views of the group from different angles, and from behind a group of photographers taking pictures. Then they begin to walk towards the location of the HUAC hearings, with Bogart and Bacall in the lead. They proceed up the steps of the building. Scene shifts to the hearing room inside, where Screen writer, John Howard Lawson, is being sworn in. He begins to testify. During his testimony, the Chairman, Representative John Parnell Thomas, of New Jersey, finds it neccessary to gavel for order and appears to berate the witness. Lawson leaves the witness chair and departs. Another view of the hearing room.
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