A film titled "The world's telephone workshop". Opening scene shows ceremony on March 10, 1916, with Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, unveiling a plaque at the invention site of the telephone in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The plaque, at 109 Court Street, states "Here the Telephone was Born, June 2, 1875" and it notes that it was placed by The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alexander Graham Bell tips his hat to the crowd as they celebrate the unveiling. View of Western Electric Company plant in Chicago as smoke emerges from chimneys. Turbines in coal power plant. Massive group of thousands of American workers gathered together, from all walks of life, who are employed in the telephone industry.
The National Air Races at Curtis-Reynolds Airport in Chicago, Illinois. People crowd at the airport. Foreign fliers are introduced to the crowd. Marshal Pietro Colombo of Italy stands beside the tail of an airplane. A close up of Captain Fritz Lohse of Germany. Captain Marcel Doret of France stands beside the tail of an airplane. Other airplanes stationary in the background. Lieutenant Commander R.L. Atcherley of England in a cockpit. Captain Doret perform stunts in an airplane. The crowd looks at the stunts performed by Doret. The airplane lands. Marshal Colombo perform stunts in an airplane. The airplane lands and people crowd at the airfield.
Secretory of Navy, Paul Nitze and other dignitaries attend commissioning of aircraft carrier, USS America (CV-66) at Norfolk Naval Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Naval officers step from a limousine on the pier near the ship. Motorcycle escort leads a limousine to the side of the ship. Governor Harrison of Virginia steps from the car and climbs aboard the USS America. Secretory of State Dean Rusk arrives by car and boards. Other dignitaries arrive and board the USS America. View from a height of the wide flight deck of the USS America at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
German submarine U-234 being captured by U.S. Forces in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during World War II. The submarine crew members stand on the dock while American sailors guard them with rifles. German Luftwafffe General der Flieger Ulrich Kessler and other officers exit a U.S. Coast Guard cutter via a gangway. The officers walk along a dock at Portsmouth. German prisoners walk along the dock. The prisoners carry their gear as they come onto the dock.
German submarine U-234 following its surrencder and capture by the U.S. Forces in Portsmouth, New Hampshire following Germany's surrender in World War 2. The submarine crew members carry their gear onto a dock. German prisoners stand on the dock while American sailors guard them with rifles. A naval gun aboard a vessel. The crew members exit a U.S. Coast Guard cutter via a gangway. They walk along the dock at Portsmouth. German prisoners walk along the dock. The prisoners carry their gear as they come onto the dock.
German U-boats surrender to United States Forces in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Wrecked submarines and ships at a ship yard. Prefabricated submarines at Raymond shipyard in Bremen, Germany. German submarine U-858 underway towards Cape May, New Jersey after its crew surrendered to United States officers in the Atlantic Ocean. Men on the deck of the U boat while underway at sea. Men at a dock. Another U boat U-805 being brought to Portsmouth, New Hampshire after it surrendered to the Americans. Crew of the U boat before being taken to the Portsmouth Naval Prison. The captain of the German U boat.
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