Officials of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Border Patrol during their routine patrol. Patrolling car in dry desert along the border. The officers observe impressions of the wheels of a unknown vehicle in the sands. The commander and his subordinate walk along the track of impression and observe keenly for any clue. Close up views of the officers, uniforms, badges.
B-17E bomber in flight. Close aerial views of aircraft flying in skies and clouds, soon after its introduction for use by British RAF and the U.S., early in World War 2
Shovels handling ceremony in Holland during occupation of the Netherlands by German forces in World War 2. Newly recruited or conscripted Dutch young menstand in a formation during a ceremony as they become members of the Dutch Workers Service, as required by the German occupation. They receive shovels as symbols of their commitment to work for Holland. The uniformed Dutch workers shoulder their shovels and parade.
Pilots test fly a P-40 airplane at a Curtiss Company facility at Buffalo, NY (the Buffalo municipal airport) during World War II. Curtiss company employees giving a final cleanup and polish to a shiny P-40 airplane. parked on the ramp. Two pilots are suited up to fly: H. Lloyd Child, Curtiss’ chief test pilot (at left), and a U.S. Army Air Force major (at right), are dressed in flight suits, helmets, goggles, and wearing seat-pack parachutes. They stand beside a well-worn P-40 airplane that has a pilot/technician in its cockpit, checking controls. H. Lloyd Child (at left), points to a clipboard on his leg with information on it and discusses it with another pilot (the USAAF major). Next, a pilot is seen taxiing the shiny P-40 at fairly high speed, with the canopy open. He taxis past parked aircraft in front of a hangar, including a Curtiss SBC Helldiver; a Stinson Gullwing; and a Spartan Executive airplane. The P-40 taxis out to the runway where the pilot makes a long takeoff roll before breaking ground. Then he pulls the P-40 into a fairly steep climb, leveling off at about traffic pattern altitude, without retracting his landing gear.
Ground personnel moving the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) rigid airship across a field. The words “U.S. Navy” is written on the dirigible. The airship from stern to bow is moored to mast. The crew is seen standing underneath the airship. The USS Los Angeles airship’s back shows one of the engines. Navy men in uniform moving the stern wheel of the dirigible. A group of Navy men push the dirigible’s stern wheel around the field. View of the handling gear and control car of the USS Los Angeles Zeppelin.
Activities following accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania. Technicians completing work inside radiation areas of the plant return to dressing area to remove contaminated protective gear. Another team of technicians dons protective gear in preparation for entering the restricted areas. Technicians are assisted by health physics personnel.
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