American MCB-10 Seabee soldier replaces bulb in deck runway light after examining it at Camp Shields in Chu Lai. Man puts in new bulb and then replaces cover plate. Blast fence for jet turn-up built by MCB-10 group. View of an old blast fence that was used for jet turn-up earlier. (Vietnam War period).
Construction yard for a United States "Victory Ship" during World War 2. View of hammer head cranes. Workers in the ship yard. Workers weld parts of victory ship. Cranes and machines. Cranes pull up a Part of ship. Different parts of the ship like giant fan of ship, nuts and bolts, copper wires, chains, ventilators, winches, large and small valves, ten ton anchor. A worker of ship talks about different ship parts built in different parts of the country and mining of minerals used to build a ship, in progress in various parts of the country. He tells about parts of the ship like engine and boiler brought to the shipyard. Launch of the ship SS Fred Morris from the shipyard. It slides down the ways into into the water. Recruitment of James Hacket of Colorado and other boys to States Maritime office of Commander Richmond, the superintendent. Emblem of United States Maritime. James Hacket goes to a queue outside medical examination room, talks to new recruits standing there and joins the queue. United States Maritime Service training station of the U.S. Coast Guard, where merchant marine seamen are trained, in Port Hueneme, California. United State Maritime training Station Band. Sailors march and officers salute to the flag at the training station.
Preparations before flight of Douglas World Cruiser in United States. Approximately 35 United States military personnel pose for a group shot in front of Douglas world cruiser. They stand in front of world cruiser and other men shake hands with them. Fliers examine the content box of cruiser
Men attach pontoons to Douglas World Cruiser in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Men give wreath to the pilot of world cruiser Lt Erik Nelson in New Orleans. Men examine pontoons. World cruiser stands on pier. Wreath placed on cruiser. Men lift aircraft tail and place barrels beneath it. Mechanics remove wheels and strut then attach pontoons. Major Martin Commander of the flight receives small United States flag. He unfolds it.
Work, lifestyle of citizens, and landmark places of the Levittown suburban housing community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. A dentist treats a boy reclined on a dental examination chair. A woman sits at waiting room of the clinic. Nurse holds the child and hands over her to the women. Men driving a Good Humor Ice Cream truck pass by and wave. People work at an office. Draftsmen and architects work on drawings of suburban homes and community buildings that are spread over the tables. Man points to places on Levittown's map on a wall. Man points to Levittown's map spread over the table. Man points at a front elevation and yard drawing of a 1950's suburb house. View of shopping mall areas at Levittown with walking promenade and planted greenery between the stores and shops of Levittown. 'Bucks County Playhouse' written on the wall. Board of 'Washington Crossing Thompson Neely House'. View of cost line with fleet of ships. Board of "Levittown station" at local railroad train station. Scene of the Levittown train station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Exterior view of the station and then view of passenger train arriving at the station and passengers emerging from train cars to station. Three women sit at drawing room of a home in the suburbs and talk. A woman brings drinks and serves to men on sofa. A boy sits on a chair and reads. Two boys sit at a table and play. Woman comes to the table and gives drinks to the children.
Russian air-cadets being trained at the Royal Flying Corps' No 1 School of Military Aeronautics, at Coley Park Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire, England, during World War 1. Cadets march with their officer to a tarpaulin covered hangar. Next they are seen inside the hangar, removing a double wing from a bi-wing aircraft. . They sit, wearing earphones, at a table outdoors, learning wireless telegraphy. They examine the parts of a Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine, and sit for a lecture about inline engines. The instructor holds up a bearing and connecting rods from the inline engine. They look at an aeronautical chart and take notes. Cadets climb aboard a canvas-covered army truck and stand in it. They wave as it drives away.
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