Scenes of American people engaged in different occupations in the United States in the 1950s. African American surveyor looks through a survey transit instrument as they work on a construction project with Brooklyn Bridge of New York City in background. Men in suits examine blueprints at construction site of an interstate highway cloverleaf system. A man studies and works on the construction site of a bridge. Women nurses in a classroom take down notes. A redcap pulls baggage at a railway station. Men work on construction projects. Masons, carpenters work at construction site. Surgeons operate on patient in operating theater. Cowboys hold down a calf and brand it, A housewife prepares a meal. A man operates an automobile elevator parking lot and 1950's American automobiles are seen passing by his lift. A truck of the 'Sand and Gravel Corporation' at a construction site.
People engaged in different occupations in the United States. Policemen and women direct traffic on a street. A fireman rides in a firetruck. Cab drivers pick up fares. Men push dress racks on the streets of New York City in garment district. Women clerical workers or secretaries type on typewriters and use adding machines in an office.
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford inspect tunnel and power house in the Ford River Rouge plant in the United States. A group of men inside the Ford power plant. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and his son,Edsel Ford, inside the power plant. A group of men near a turbine inside the power plant. The men beside a new 1931 Ford cabriolet automobile. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with a few men in the car. Other men stand near the vehicle.
Telephone buildings in the past and the present in the United States. Pictures showing the Bell System telephone buildings in the past. A large number of present day buildings in which beauty and efficiency are maintained. View of telephone buildings in Cleveland, St.Louis, San Francisco and New York in 1926.
Jazz musician Louis Armstrong in the United States. Cover of "Downbeat" magazine, celebrating Louis Armstrong's 65th Birthday. The title reads 'down beat, Salute to Satch'. Views of special issues of musical publications published on Louis Armstrong's birthdays. Titles of books reading 'Satchmo' and 'Ma Nouvelle Orleans'. A book titled 'My life in New Orleans' by Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong singing during one of his performances. Musicians playing instruments in the background. The audience applauding. Louis Armstrong performing during several of his performances, including close-up of Armstrong singing Cabaret.
Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
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