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Morrison-Knudsen construction company builds dams and irrigation canals in Afghanistan
Opening scene shows the Boghra diversion dam and associated irrigation canal built by Morrison-Knudsen Construction Company (MK) along the Helmand River in Afghanistan. Three MKA (Morrison-Knudsen-Afghanistan) engineers stand on the bank of the new irrigation canal of this project. Glimpse of a small power plant built on the canal. A man turns a large wheel releasing water from lateral canals into the main canal which would irrigate an experimental farming area. An MKA yellow truck,carrying three Afghans in the back, drives through an ancient gate to the headquarters for this experimental farm at an ancient caravan fortress named Nad-e Ali. Next, an Afghan is seen driving a tractor pulling a set of harrows to till the soil. A field where seed was planted. Scene shifts to later when the seeds have grown and an Afghan farmers are seen harvesting the new grain by hand. The next year, fields of alfalfa are seen from the first year's seeding. Another tractor is seen working at the edge of a field of crop. Afghan farmers use hand cultivators to tend the crops. View of large fields of crops. An Afghan boy stands on the bank of the Boghra canal. View of camels grazing in sparse desert area. Scene shifts to Afghan and MKA officials negotiating another contract. View of brass sign on the Export Import Bank in Washington, DC. Inside, officials of the Bank are seated around a table. (Narrator states the Bank provided a 22 million dollar loan for the new extended construction contract.) View of the Helmand River (and its deep canyon Northwest of Kandahar) and the Arghandab River, where large dams were to be constructed. Dump trucks are next seen commencing work at the Arghandab site, building a work road atop a dike along the side of the river. Camera pans across the broad sweep of the project underway. Construction equipment of all types seen moving along the work road and at work atop the dam. Afghan workers operating power shovels. Earth and stones moving on a conveyor belt. Wooden forms being built and steel reinforcing bars being installed. Afghans clearing areas for drilling operations. Afghan powder men ram charges into areas to be blasted. View of man pushing handle to ignite the charges. Explosion raises smoke, debris and dust. More views of construction equipment in operation Views of the dam at about the 200 foot height.
Interviews with eyewitnesses of UFO sighting and talks with scientists and military officials in Michigan.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) in Michigan, United States. Group of girls seated in the college premises. They talk about their experiences on sighting a UFO. Man inspects the site of UFO landing and speaks about his experience on seeing a UFO. Scientific advisor for Project Blue Book and astronomer Josef Allen Hynek speaks about the UFO sighting stating that the natives have spotted a 'Marsh Gas'. United States Marine Corps Major Donald Keough and Air Force Secretory Harold Brown give their opinions regarding UFO. Reporters take notes. Countryman Frank talks about his experience on sighting a UFO.
U.S. Army conducts exercise Desert Rock VI, as the "Apple 2" atomic explosive test shot is fired at the Nevada test site
U.S. Army troops silhouetted against sky at dawn as they step from trucks and then proceed to their protected positions in area of ground zero prior to the "Apple II" atomic explosive test shot, "Apple Two," associated with the Army exercise Desert Rock 6. They enter sand-bagged trenches. A briefing officer in a trench issues final instructions that are broadcast over a loudspeaker. View of desert dry lake bed, beyond which is ground zero (detonation site) about 5 miles away. Soldiers are seen foxholes and trenches. An M48 Patton tank, of Task Force Razor is seen, with a tank commander speaking to his group by radio. He instructs them to shut down engines, close all hatches and turn turrets to the rear. Views of tank crew members inside their tanks. The Commander goes down closing his hatch behind him. Other tank crews do likewise. Two Soldiers seen waiting in a trench. One smokes a cigarette. Others standing in their trench. At H-Hour minus two minutes, a siren blows and all begin taking protected positions deep within their trenches and foxholes, as instructed over the loudspeaker. Views of some soldiers in their positions. Glimpse of jeep and of B-45 bomber sitting unprotected on the desert. View of P-47 aircraft in protected positions. Several trees in a line. White flash fills screen as the atomic device is detonated. The explosion seen through camera filming through a porthole. A building flashes into flame and then is blown over by blast wave or shock wave. Interior of house containing mannequins seen, as windows burst in flames and then blast destroys it. Other buildings being swept away. A steel tower bending but remaining upright. Troops out of their trenches moving forward toward ground zero, as the mushroom cloud forms in the distance, and a helicopter flies overhead. Patton tanks of Task Force Razor move toward ground zero, "fighting" their way through obstacles. [Note: According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, from February 18 to May 15, 1955, the United States conducted Operation Teapot, a nuclear test series at Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site in the continental United States. During the test period 14 nuclear shots and 1 non-nuclear shot were detonated. Several thousand scientific, military (army, air force, navy, marines), and civilian contract personnel participated in the organization, planning, and execution of the test series. Military exercises undertaken during and following the shots took place under the name Desert Rock 6.]
Cars driving to the summit of Fall River Pass in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado USA, in late 1920s
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. A car drives on the zig-zag mountain road leading up to Fall River Canyon within the national park built by the State of Colorado. Conifer trees grow in the mountainside. A car moves up the snowy mountainside in July. A car driving down a road. The United States flag waves on a flagpole on the summit of Fall River Pass. Men and women having a snowball fight on the summit of Fall River Pass.
Tourists driving up Kingsbury Grade to Lake Tahoe, California
Tourists visit the town of Minden, Nevada and Lake Tahoe during a tour in the High Sierra region of the United States. A car turns in front of Minden Inn (1594 Esmeralda Ave, Minden, NV 89423, United States). Car drives up Kingsbury Grade, also known as Nevada State Route 207, connecting the western edge of Nevada to the Lake Tahoe region through the Carson Range. Car passes by coniferous trees. View of Eagle Lake at the foot of Mount Tallac, southwest of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. An island in Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay. A man and a woman get off from a Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage. View of Lake Tahoe.
New German soldier Volkssturm recruits and conscripts pledge allegiance to their country and Hitler, and receive their rifles.
A new German army unit in uniform is assembled in a large hall, late in World War 2 (January 1945), comprised of Volkssturm ("people's army") conscripts (mostly youth and elderly). Rifles are stacked in the foreground. A German officer at a podium gives a speech. The soldiers raise their hands and pledge allegiance to their country and leader (Hitler). The hand of a soldier on the German flag. The rifles are distributed to the individual Volkssturm soldiers.
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