Coverage of the satellite, Sputnik I at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. The Project 'Cateye' being undertaken. The project is dealing with light amplification. Film shows the satellite moving slowly across the TV screen in a darkened room.
The 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron National Guard being trained in Springfield, Illinois. The squadron gets new six ton armored cars. They learn 'Blitzkrieg' method of war. Men aboard the cars advancing on a field. Aircraft in flight overhead. They aim anti-aircraft guns from the cars at the aircraft.
Documentary titled 'The Story of a Watch'. A train arrives at a railway station. Large crowd on the station. Engine driver of the train smokes a pipe. Pocket watch in his hand showing 4 O' Clock. Exteriors of the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Exteriors of the company's Astronomical Observatory and Wireless Station.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Workers work on machines. Parts of a pocket watch including its main plate. Main plate of a 'Bunn' special watch is drilled. Screw holes are threaded. The plate for barrel or the mainspring container is recessed.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Picture shows several jewels used inside the plate of watch. Women workers work in the Jewelling Department. A teaspoon contains approximately 36,500 jewels. Woman worker measures holes in ruby and sapphire jewels.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Women workers work in the Jewelling Department. The jewels are mounted in gold settings. A machine determines size of recess for each individual jewel. Ring jewel is hand picked by the worker and fitted to the pivot for which it acts as a bearing.
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