Ship building activities at shipyard in the United States during World War 1 period. Scaffolding surrounds hulls of wooden ships under construction. View of the wooden beams being shaped. Men work inside a wooden hull under construction. Worker uses pneumatic drill on a heavy timber. Shipyard workers ending a shift, walk through yard filled with wood parts. View from above, of machine shop where large lathes are used to machine parts in war production effort. Workers forge steel bars with a giant steam hammer. Machinists work on steel plates, machining and countersinking holes. Ships propellers being machined.
Ship launching at a shipyard in the United States during World War One. The launch is viewed from the waters edge. ship's stern and rudder visible above water. Ship has shallow draft and eases into water. It completes trip down the ways and bow enters water flying an ensign with white stars on dark field. Ship displays numerous signal flags on overhead line. "Hull 157" is painted on side of bow. Another ship of same type is seen in water, apparently also just launched.
Training of astronauts for Project Mercury in the United States. Astronauts Malcolm Scott Carpenter and Walter Marty Schirra and others selected for manned spaceflight program Project Mercury undergo a training. They learn skindiving techniques. They study navigation and engineering, as well as the physical problems faced in a spaceflight. They learn to withstand high temperature conditions and experience zero gravity.
An aircraft in flight in the United States. The aircraft taxis at an airfield and takes off. Mountains in the background. The aircraft circles and makes several airdrops of packages. Trees in the foreground. Shadow of the aircraft on the ground. The aircraft in flight over a car parked on the ground. The aircraft lands at an airstrip and taxis.
Paper print. Early motion picture made in the United States. Dramatization depicts: a girl and a boy stand outside a house. They communicate through a can string telephone. They rig it up to the hen house. Thief enters hen house. Children inform their parents about the thief. They and police catch the thief.
Paper print. Early motion picture made in the United States. Dramatization depicts: man drinks from a bottle and falls down drunk. A woman drinks from a small bucket and gets drunk. Numerous persons drink from containers and accidentally get drunk.
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