Fore peak's lower section being installed during construction of a Liberty ship at shipyards in California during World War 2. A crane lifts and transfers a part to be assembled onto the lower section of the Fore peak. A crane lifts and transfers the assembled lower section onto a trailer. A truck with boxes in the foreground. The trailer transfers the lower section close to the ship. A crane lifts and transfers the lower section onto the ship's hull. (Note: May include scenes from Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California as well as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.)
Boy Scout Jamboree get-together in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Views of boy scout jamboree with tents at Colorado Springs. Flags of different nations are raised. Boy Scouts from all over the world assemble for the BSA's 5th National jamboree and 50th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America scouting movement. Giant cake for the ceremony. Boy Scouts get patches from a box. Sign: 'Choccolocco Council, Troop 53'. Boys erect the tents. Views of Colorado Springs surrounding mountains with various flags. Mountains in the background.
Mount Whitney and other peaks of the High Sierra as seen from Mojave Desert. View of Mojave Desert as seen from an elevated position. View of other peaks and ravines adjacent to Mount Whitney and rocks of Alabama Hills (oldest geological formation in the United States). Huge boulders in hill formation in Mojave Desert can be seen.
History of fire fighting in forests in United States. United States President Theodore Roosevelt standing with several persons, including John Muir and Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Roosevelt on speaker's stand. Picture of Northern District Forester, William B. Greely and his staff, in Missoula, Montana. Scenes from 1910 during period of drought. A ranger checks a rain gauge. Picture of Smoke rising in a forest as a fire breaks out in Montana. Firefighters are recruited and head to Montana on horses and mules. Smoke rises as fire spreads across the forest. Firefighters work with hand tools and axes in attempt to control the fires. August 20, 1910, hurricane force winds create the "Big Blowup" fire storm starting in Elk City Idaho. Destruction in Wallace, Idaho. Scenes of aftermath, showing swaths of destroyed forest. Men in area filled with smoke, felling a large tree using axes. Forest Rangers standing on a mountain peak, scanning the horizon, with field glasses, for signs of fire. A Ranger on horseback. A Ranger approaches a fire, puts his backpack down and starts to clear brush. A fire warden standing on a peak looking for signs of fire.
Stream cuts its way down a steep and rocky mountain slope. Wooden footbridge over a canyon. Log pile with snow covered mountain peaks, in the background. 'Sierra Nevada Mountains 306'. Mountain lake with steep snow covered banks. Natural tunnel through a rocky mountain peak. View of a tunnel. View of valley and lake from a high-levelled point. Eroded rock formations, cliffs and canyons.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Aerial photo of President Herbert Hoover's residence in California taken by the 15th Photo Section. An aerial photograph of the Cascade Range taken from the vicinity of the Crater Lake National Park by Captain A.W. Stevens. Various peaks in the picture including Mt. Hood, Mount Saint Helens, Mt. Rainier, Diamond Peak.
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