Damage due to massive flood in March 1936 in Johnstown Pennsylvania, known as the Saint Patrick's Day Flood. People gather on the streets in the flood affected areas. The destroyed buildings in the area. Names visible on some shops and buildings including Hendler Hotel, Valley Drug Co., Exide, Alderman, Penn Traffic Co. The wrecked vehicles in the flooded street. People viewing the damage. The debris on the street. The streets submerged in water. Buildings along the sides of the streets. Mountains in the background. Men clearing rubble with shovels. People viewing debris while standing on the steps of a building. A stopped street car or trolley car with flood debris on top of it.
Activities of U.S. Army soldiers in training for service during World War 1. American soldiers marching on a field. The soldiers holding rifles in their hands stand in formation on the field. Elevated view of large group of Army soldiers as they exercise and practice calisthenics.
U.S. Army training camp for World War 1 service. Group of American soldiers demonstrates a charge and use of bayonet during a drill. Other soldiers stand in formation. Trees in the background.
Part of documentary by the U.S. Labor Department. Opening scene shows tractors pulling disc harrows to condition land at a construction site. The steel framework of a large sports complex under construction. Brick masons working on exterior of a large building. Two prize fighters in a ring being separated by referee as one is knocked to the canvas. Scenes of post-World War II labor strife in America. Police escorting persons to the safety of building entrance. Union protesters holding signs reading "Local 1173," (Machinists Union in California). Cars drive into a factory yard where workers are standing about. Narrator refers to busy schedule in history for the Labor Department Mediation Service. Workers crating completed washing machines for shipment. A parade in which a man on stilts represents high prices and another marching beside him representing low wages. A deserted commercial district in a small rural town, reflecting 1949 resurgence of unemployment problems. A mother and father with two small children, looking at baby carriages in a shop window. Men walking away from a factory office past a sign reading: "No Help Wanted." American soldiers engaged in combat during the Korean War. Narrator alludes to this bringing some relief to unemployment.
View of vehicles being loaded via rear loading ramp, on YC-97. Technicians configure the YC-97 for troops and passengers. (World War II period)
Opening scene shows a piece of fine wire as seen under a microscope. Holes that have been drilled in the wire are visible. Two technicians are hunched over a microscope examining a miniature metal part. Closeup of tiny precision machine tools being used in a grinding operation. Technician holds a small slab of metallic material and tests a tiny drill on it. Then he secures a thin piece of material with a frame, adjusts the precision lathe, and drills a hole. Next are several microscopic views showing fine wires threaded through holes in a slightly larger one. Views of the tiny object being fabricated. Technician holds it with tiny tweezers.
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