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Technicians and physicists work on plutonium core nuclear device Gadget prior to Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico.

Activities the day before the Trinity nuclear test conducted at Alamogordo in New Mexico during World War II (part of the Manhattan Project). Technicians and physicists work inside a tent erected on the test tower platform in the Jornado del Muerto desert test site. The men perform final arming of the plutonium core nuclear implosion device nicknamed the "Gadget". White duct tape seen in use in places on and in the enclosure; as a adhesive since welding would be prohibitive. They attach the Gadget, the first atomic bomb in history, to a crane hook. Persons seen in the footage include Herbert Lehr and Louis Slotin. Also seen is Robert Oppenheimer at 0:38-0:40 wearing a soft brimmed hat, shirtsleeves rolled up to elbows, and ID badge at center of chest. Oppenheimer is seen again, no longer wearing hat (now holding it in his right hand), in blue collared shirt, standing behind the device from 1:13 to end of clip.

Location: Alamogordo New Mexico USA
Date: 1945, July 15
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072462
Birth of the new Paricutin volcano sends lava and smoke from a crater in Mexico.

Birth of the Paricutin volcano in Michoacan, Mexico, which rose up from a corn field. Volcanic eruption seen in Mexico as the new volcano is formed. A farmer watches the eruption from a safe distance. Columns of smoke rises after the volcanic eruption. Explosions occur as smoke and lava rise from the crater of the volcano. Flaming lava erupts at night from volcán Paricutín.

Location: Michoacan Mexico
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059299
New York Harbor, Liberty Island, and views of Manhattan Island, New York City in the United States

View of New York City skyline in the United States. Statue of Liberty situated on Liberty Island. Cruise ships, ferry boats and sail boats are seen moving near the statue and near lower Manhattan. Some of the scenes appear to be dawn or dusk with the city skyline more dark.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030573
A new rolling mill begins operation at the first Metallurgical Plant in Uzbekistan, USSR

Title slate reads,"the First Metallurgical Plant in Soviet Central Asia." Narrator says construction started 4-years ago during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War 2 (1942-43). Interior of the plant is shown from a vantage point high above the factory floor. Strips of hot steel are seen being extruded from a rolling mill. Closeup of the rolling mill in action and workers standing beside it. Closeup of the mill's rollers and hot steel blank passing through them. Workers handle the hot steel with long tools, as they move it back and forth to different sets of rollers. Narrator says the rolling mill has a capacity of 50 thousand tons per year. Closeup of two steel workers. Change of scene with view from above and then from below, as a furnace is tapped and molten steel flows into a crucible, emiting smoke and flames. Closeup of Uzbek steel workers employed at the steel plant. Next, workers are gathered in a ceremony marking the opening of the new rolling mill. A plant supervisor speaks before the gathering. A huge picture of Joseph stalin forms a backdrop. (Note: This is the The Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, aka V. I. Lenin Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, located in Bekabad, Tashkent Oblast,Uzbekistan. The 300-millimeter light rolling mill, seen here, began operating in October, 1946.)

Location: Bekabad Uzbekistan Soviet Union
Date: 1946, October
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054038
V-2 rocket moves on loading freight car during 'Operation Sandy' in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

V-2 rocket move on loading freight car during 'Operation Sandy' in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Men move around tracks. A loading freight car near them. Men fix V-2 rocket on the car. A loading freight car carries a V-2 rocket. It follows an army vehicle. It moves on road passing through town of Las Cruces. A sign board of 'Coca-Cola' appears. The car arrives at a place. A box car nears a truck. A crane lifts a V-2 rocket. The rocket is placed on a truck over the mounting racks. Men fasten the holds of the racks to secure the rocket.

Location: Las Cruces New Mexico USA
Date: 1950, August 7
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024333
Cowboys parade and display rodeo feats on the ground in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Cowboys on horses gather on a street outside a building in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Vehicles parked outside the building. Trees in the background. People watch them. Cowboys parade in the ground. Spectators watch them. Cowboys on horses stand in a line on the ground. They display rodeo feats in which they do bronco riding. Cowboys compete in a running race on foot. Cowboys dancing together, some in pairs and some by themselves.

Location: Las Vegas New Mexico USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028159
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