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Personnel transfer from one ship to another using High Line Method described in the United States.

A U.S. Navy training film about replenishing in sea. The transfer of personnel described. A one carrier Pipe frame chair is used for transferring personnel. High line method is used for this purpose. In Haul line and Back Haul line described. Back haul line is always supported. In haul line is supported by sailors at the time of personnel transfer. Special chairs used to transfer disabled persons. High lines are kept elevated and lowered by men power when required.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046360
Transfer process of cargo and personnels from one ship to another described in the United States.

A training film of U.S. Navy about replenishing in sea. Petty officer signals winch man when to strain or lift. During lifting workers work at In Haul Line. When cargo reaches the receiving ship it is lowered at landing place. Exchange of movie rolls, provisions and mail. Personnels are delivered only by high line and heavy cargo is delivered by Burtoning method.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046361
Scenes from foundation stone ceremony during reconstruction of British House of Commons, following World War 2

The House of Commons in London England. Damaged and roofless areas of the building, with standing water on floors. The ruined buildings after the German bombardment in 1941 during World War 2. The debris on the ground. A man standing nearby. View of Big Ben clock tower. Officials gather outside the House of Commons, including Prime Minister Winston Churchill. They step up onto a stage with construction scaffolding nearby. Official on podium with Churchill standing behind.

Date: 1948, May 26
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063099
New York Harbor, Liberty Island, and views of Manhattan Island, New York City in the United States

View of New York City skyline in the United States. Statue of Liberty situated on Liberty Island. Cruise ships, ferry boats and sail boats are seen moving near the statue and near lower Manhattan. Some of the scenes appear to be dawn or dusk with the city skyline more dark.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030573
Views of Manhattan and the United Nations Headquarters Building under construction in New York City

Manhattan skyline in New York City, United States. Ship moving in New York Harbor and the East River. The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) and Chrysler Building (405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10174, United States) skyscrapers are seen. Brief aerial views above Manhattan Island. New York City skyline views. View of United Nations Headquarters building (405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, United States) under construction, as seen from the East River.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030574
Views of Statue of Liberty and New York harbor, United States. Festivities in New York harbor. Exercises in Ebbets Field.

Views of the Statue of Liberty and New York harbor. An aircraft carrier moving slowly in New York harbor, past lower Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty, with many visitors walking across Liberty Island, is at base of the statue. An ocean liner billowing smoke in the distance. Passengers on deck of an excursion boat headed toward the Statue of Liberty. They are wearing warm coats. Two girls are eating ice cream cones. Views from the pilot house of the boat. Another view of passengers on the boat, with Statue of Liberty in background. Woman holds her hat against the wind. Views from stern of rapidly moving boat in the harbor. Navy boats and U.S. H-5 helicopters maneuver all around Liberty Island. New York City fire boats shooting torrents of water into the air in salute. Unrelated -- Near end of clip there is a brief view of men in white athletic clothes, possibly sailors or soldiers, performing bayonet drill exercise activities using rifles with fixed bayonets, at Ebbets Field (55 Sullivan Place; Brooklyn, New York) in Brooklyn, New York (home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team). Spectators are in the stadium. Advertisements posted on the baseball field fences, including one for Abe Stark's clothing store.

Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030575