African American farmers in the southern United States. An African American man plays piano and sings a song. African American farmers and a woman sit on chairs and a sofa, and listen. Some of them sing the spiritual gospel music. Closer views of the African American man singing and playing the piano.
Recruitment advertisement for the United States Navy within the U.S. military. Teenage boy exits diner and sweeps stoop of diner with broom. Aerial view of Grumman F9 Cougar jet aircraft flying in formation. Mechanics on aircraft carrier examine Grumman F9 jet. Sailors in Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Sailor typing message on typewriter while wearing headphones. Flight director in aircraft carrier guiding Grumman F9 aircraft. Nurse and doctor confer with patient in bed in hospital. Sailor operates signal light. Grumman F9 Panther jets taking off from aircraft carrier. Narrator urges viewer to "see your Navy recruiter today."
Oath taking ceremony of Stanley Woodward for the U.S. ambassador to Canada in the United States. Stanley Woodward takes oath and is greeted by another official and his wife. Photographers take photos and cameramen record the event.
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) make preparation for operations in the United States during the Vietnam War. General Bruce K. Holloway, Commander-in-Chief of the SAC, comes out from a building of 'Young Tiger Operations' and gets into a car for his annual visit. The General inspects the equipment. Tankers and fuel mechanized tank drive on a road. An officer enters into the van, and operates the remote control and monitoring instruments. Recovery team works on an aircraft. USAF aircraft take off. The pilot and copilot in the cockpit, operate the control panel. Views of the aircraft in flight, enroute to Vietnam.
Construction of the Hoover Dam in the United States. Civil engineers at the dam site. Views of dam site, and reclamation engineers rush towards the dam site for investigation. Engineers remove rock by placing dynamite. The construction underway. Explosions rise. Views of four diversion tunnels, two on each side (the Nevada side and Arizona side). Front end loader remove dirt and load onto dump truck. Engineers wok in the tunnel. Engineers climb rope suspended from the canyon wall. In November 1932, the Colorado river is diverted. Trucks carry construction material and engineers at work during construction of the dam. Clip is from a production narrated in 1962.
Construction of Hoover Dam in the United States. Construction equipment work on the construction site. A train transports raw material. Construction material including sand and gravel transfered on conveyor belt. Sand and gravel mixed with cement to concrete the dam structure. Concrete transfered via cables. Views of the construction site as the dam takes shape. Engineers shovel the mud. Views of U-shaped power plant, support buildings and intake towers. Views of the dam showing its architecture.
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