United Airlines DC-3 Mainliner aircraft lands and taxis to the airfield ramp,at Oakland, California. U.S. military and civilian officials, and newsmen gather around the airplane as its doors open. A crowd of spectators and well-wishers fill an area at the airfield terminal. Closeup of three Soviet flyers, standing and waving from the top of stairs at the plane's door. They are Pilot Valery Chkalov; Co-pilot Georgy Baydukov and Navigator Alexander Belyakov. They left Moscow, Russia, June 18, 1937 in a single-engine Soviet Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft on a flight over the North Pole and finally landed after 63 hours and 25 minutes, at. the U.S. Army Pearson Field in Fort Vancouver Barracks (Washington State, USA). Scene shifts to Pearson Field, where their airplane is being prepared for shipment back to Russia. U.S. Army soldiers package up recording instruments preserving evidence of the flight necessary to document their accomplishment. They remove and package loose articles, such as parachutes. View of the airplane being completely covered in protective tarp wrappings.
Damage caused due to flood in Ohio Valley , United States. Newspaper headlines read: '80000 desert homes as Midwest streams rage to higher levels'. People engaged in the rescue and relief work. Men aboard small boats as they carry on rescue work in the steets of downtown Louisville Kentucky. Buildings along the flooded area. Flooded buildings in Evansville Indiana and Paducah Kentucky. Flooded farms and fields washed away. Marooned livestock atop a levy. A dog atop a car. A cat perched in a 2nd story window just atop flood waters. Aerial views of the flooded Ohio Valley heading toward the Mississippi River. View of the blasting of the so called "fuse plug" in the levy below Cairo Illinois (on the Missouri Side at the junction of the Ohio River and Mississippi River) to prevent the flood waters from destroying Cairo. An army of workmen building extensions on top of the levees near Cairo Illinois to protect it from the flood. Water lapping at the wall built by the workers.
Various landmarks in Hood Canal region in Washington, United States. Women on deck of the trim steamer ship S.S. Potlatch (active 1912-1917; scrapped 1937). View from ship of wooded shoreline areas in Hood Canal. Men and women aboard the ferry ship. Homes, dock areas are seen. Wooded shoreline in the background. Snow covered mountains of the Olympic Peninsula in the background, including Mount Olympus. A row boat approaches the ship. Views from ship as it heads northward through the Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands. Close views of the San Juan Islands shorelines seen from the moving S.S. Potlatch.
An aircraft manufacturing plant in Tennessee, United States, shortly before the entry of the United States into World War 2. Interior of the plant where aircraft for Lockheed, Martin, Northrop, Boeing and North American corporations are built. A sign :'US Army Process'. Training airplanes are build. Men work on a machine. Men work on aircraft. A man beside the propeller of an aircraft. Molten metal is processed. Machines and war production workers produce war material like engines and munitions shells. A tower and cable lines. A machine in operation. Steam boilers in operation. Men work with a welding machine. Seals are put on supplies before transporting them outside. Giant trucks carry the supplies out of the plant. The supplies are transported via railroad trains.
Cloth and shoe manufacturing in Tennessee, United States. Looms at a plant. The looms are in operation. Women work on the looms. Clothes roll on machines. Workers work on sewing machines. They sew clothes. Clothes are sealed and packed. The workers sew army uniforms. A worker pushes a trolley rack. Uniforms on the trolley rack. Workers work at machines. Shoes are manufactured. A woman packs shoes into boxes.
Mineral processing in Tennessee, United States. Phosphate rocks are moved by a crane to a plant. The crane drops phosphorus rocks in the plant. They move on a conveyor belt. Views of exterior of the plant. The plant produces fertilizers. Molten metal is poured into a bucket. Two men, wearing eye gear, push a rope. Towers for generating power. Machines are used to break manganese blocks into sheets and then into pieces. They are packed into a container and sealed. A sign on the seal: 'Electro Manganese 99.9%'. Signs: 'Danger, High Voltage' and 'Interchange Bank 154000 Volts, Oil Circuit Breaker'. Towers seen. Machines are used to make aluminum sheets. Aluminum is broken down to make bombs. Aluminum passes through machines. (World War II period).
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