Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Minesweeper, USS Falcon (AM-28) dispatched from New London, Connecticut, to rescue crew members from the sunken submarine USS Squalus. Closeup from beside the Falcon as crew members open a diving bell that was sent down 240 feet to the ocean floor for the rescue. Several rescued crew members from the submarine are helped out of the diving bell and climb aboard the Falcon. (A total of 33 crew were saved in four descents of the diving bell). Next, survivors reach a dock. A woman speaks with one of the rescued men as he steps into a car. Views of the Falcon and several support vessels. Scene shifts to 13 July 1939, when the first attempt is made to raise the Squalus. An officer officer manipulates valves to send compressed air down into the hull of the Squalus. Next, foam is generated in the water as the bow of the Squalus emerges clearly showing its number, 192. The submarine remains in that condition, with bow elevated and then sinks again. (Note: several more attempts were made in subsequent months to raise the Squalus, until, finally, on 13 September 1939, the boat was successfully raised and towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard for repairs. The submarine was renamed USS Sailfish and recommissioned in May 1940.)
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of buildings of the New York World's Fair of 1940. The Brooklyn Bridge. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Skyscrapers of New York City including the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. New York Harbor and ships in the harbor. View of the buildings of the New York Worlds Fair in the distance in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as seen from high in a skyscraper of New York City. The Fair's Trylon and Perisphere stand out. People walk along the sides of fountains and waterways at the fair. Crowds milling about, bands marching, dancers performing. Flags of many nations flying on the flag poles. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of George Washington, as the first President of the United States and a statue of George Washington. A bus moves on the street. Fountains and a small bridge near a waterway. Pavilions of nations of England, Japan, and Italy. The USA building and some of the buildings of U.S. States including Maine and Florida. Fountains and waterways of the fair. Woman and two girls eat ice cream cones. A Raymond Loewy - designed S1 experimental streamlined locomotive created for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pavilions of American Telephone & Telegraph and of United States Steel Corporation, also of Westinghouse, Goodrich, Chrysler, and General Motors.
Men speaking about a planned new nuclear power plant from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. They talk about safety and security of environment and other issues related to the plant. Model of the power plant is shown and color scheme of buildings in the Haddam Neck project is discussed. Map of United States showing location of power plant at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Next segment shows various potential uses of electric power that will be generated by the power plant: Skiers ride a chairlift at a Vermont ski area. Skiers at top of mountain put on skis and prepare to ski on the snow covered mountain. A farmer milking a cow with an electric milking machine. Students in a school classroom in New Hampshire, with a male teacher seen assisting a young student. A man seated in a red leather chair in front of a stone fireplace in a hunting lodge somewhere in New England. View of stadium lights and elevated wide view of Fenway Park baseball stadium in Massachusetts, home of the Boston Red Sox. View of colored stage lights at Jazz festival in Rhode Island and view of jazz musicians playing together at the festival (presumably Newport Jazz Festival), including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet. A trio plays bass, trumpet, and saxophone. Aerial view of lights illuminating runway and approach at an airport in Connecticut. View of workers in heavy industry and machine parts in factories. Exterior view of Sikorsky Aircraft headquarters building, with sign" Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of United Aircraft Corporation." A Sikorsky S-62 helicopter is seen lifting off from a landing site in front of the building.
A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger bus pasing through toll booth on highway between Boston and New York. Tourist bus arrives in New York, USA. View of tourists inside the bus. Buildings in New York City. View of the Statue of Liberty from a boat. Heavy traffic outside the New York Public Library. Tourist couples travels on busy streets sitting in open top level of a double decker bus. View of the Empire State building and Will's building. Tourist couple enjoys view of the city from rooftop of Empire State Building. A telescope on the rooftop. Wide, sweeping, elevated views of skyscrapers and buildings of Manhattan, New York City, as seen from atop the Empire State Building in the early 1940s.
The U.S. Capitol dome at night. Montage of U.S. Declaration of Independence with view of U.S. founding fathers at time of American Revolution. Reenacted depiction: 17th century immigrants or pilgrims arriving in the U.S. on large sailing ships. Group of men marching while carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" Gadsden flag. Depiction of Betsy Ross with U.S.A. flag. A covered wagon at sunset. 18th century men cutting down trees. 18th century men building a log cabin. Settlers arrive to the remains of their burned out cabin. A stage coach on the U.S. prairie. A covered wagon in the midwest. A stage coach traveling through grass lands. 18th century depiction of a western town in the United States. A white man and a Native American Indian man driving the last spike to complete a railroad as the steam locomotive starts. An 18th century steam locomotive passes by. Actual footage of external view of 1940s factory or production plant. Inside 1940s factory men are building engines. Wide shot of workers entering factory. New York City street scene. Los Angeles street scene. A rancher mends a barbed wire fence. Cowboys-ranchers on their horses. Fisherman pulling in nets on shore. Tobacco farming. Leather worker. Shirtless worker wielding a pick axe. Plant worker turning a large valve. A woman painter with a maritime village scene...perhaps Provincetown. A woman scientist in a laboratory. A 1940s family at the dinner table. Farm laborers harvesting melons. Man drives a tractor with woman riding behind him.
Newsreel opening slate reads: "Roosevelt Re-elected." President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen in the back seat of an open car, accompanied by his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt and The President's mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, as they arrive at the town Hall in Hyde Park, New York, to cast their ballots in the 1940 Presidential election. Inside the hall, the President signs a voter registration log and is then seen entering a voting booth. Closeup of him with his mother and wife smiling after casting their ballots. View shifts to the President's car with license plate number 101, as they drive away, with Secret Service agents riding the running boards. Scene changes to New York City, where uniformed policemen control a large crowd gathered around a car carrying Republican Presidential candidate, Wendell Wilkie. He acknowledges the crowd of fans and then enters a voting booth to cast his ballot. As he leaves the polling place he again acknowledges the cheers of his supporters. Another change of scene shows an unidentified politician exiting a polling place and waving to a crowd. This is followed by a view of former New York Governor, Al Smith, who supported Wendell Wilkie. He is seen on a street, waving his hat. His wife, Catherine Ann Dunn smith, stands behind him. Next, several people are seen lined up outside a polling place. Inside, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia is seen signing a registry of voters. Camera focuses again on Al Smith and his wife. He has a stogie (cigar) in his mouth and she wears a corsage and picture of Wendell Wilkie. Several views of unidentified political figures casting ballots. A room filled with reporters and photographers where election returns are being tabulated on a large board. Signs identify the news organizations, such as United Press and Associated Press. A group of persons occupying desks in an area with sign reading :"Tabulators." Closer view of the large board where returns from various voting precincts are being recorded in real time (1940 election). This the Republican Party headquarters. One side of the board has a picture of Wendell Wilkie and the other of his running mate, Charles L. McNary. People napping in some corners of the room as the night progresses. Final scenes show crowds in New York City's Times Square, celebrating the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. News in lights on the New York Times building first spell out: "Roosevelt Carries New York," followed by "Re election of President Roosevelt." Cheering crowd gathered outside the Roosevelt Springwood estate in Hyde Park, New York. The Roosevelt family gathered together in front of the family home. Closeup of the President waving to the crowd.
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