Activities of the U.S. civil defense officials in El Paso, Texas. A civil defense official pulls down the handle of a Thunderbeam siren control boxes on a tower. A tower with insulators on top. A line of cars being driven on road including a school bus. Mountains in the background. A U.S. aircraft in flight above the cars. A civil defense flag in the background. A civil defense official speaks on microphone. Side of the car reads 'Texas department public safety'. Officials move around cars. A civil defense official talks to a woman, a red cross worker. An American red cross flag in the background. A line of cars leave. An official directs the cars.
Trucks of the U.S. Army 1919 motor transport convoy moving smoothly on well-paved road as they approach Sacramento, California. Next, they are seen driving in the streets of Sacramento, where American flags fly from buildings and crowds line sidewalks to welcome them. Scene shifts to the convoy moving along a road winding through the Montezuma Hills just west of the small delta town of Rio Vista, on their way to Oakland, California. Close view of trucks passing the camera, with hills and trees in background.
U.S. Army Air Corps B-2 aircraft in flight in Sacramento, California . U.S. Army Air Corps B-2 bomber aircraft in auto flight on April 24th, 1930. Pilot of the aircraft sitting with his arms crossed in the cockpit. Aircraft in flight as it returns from San Francisco. Aerial view of the Capitol in Sacramento, California.
George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser at the presentation of U.S. census around 1960. A slide of U.S. map appears on the screen. 1820 and population figures are marked on part of the map inhabited at that time. The reasons for the increase in the population are discussed by George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser. In the next slide census figures of 1830 appears. Concern for the handicapped lead to including of deaf, dumb and blind category in this census is shown. Dr Philip Hauser shows cartoons appearing in newspapers of that time to George Stone. In the next slide, census figures of 1850 and 7 classes of occupation of people are seen. A percentage representation of various occupations in the population is given in the next slide. The stress on accuracy of 1850 census is seen in the next slide. A comparison of number of occupations of males and females from 1840 to 1870 is shown in the next slide. Census of 1930 is mentioned in the next slide. 1931 is shown as a Special Unemployment Census. Newspaper headlines about stock market crash is seen. Around clip timecode 8:13 are images of Wall Street New York Stock Exchange floor near time of stock market crash. Wall Street region in New York City filled with people and views of lines or queues for homeless, unemployed, or food during the Great Depression.
General Hugh L. Scott of Smithsonian Institute, seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General Scott demonstrates signs for a mountain range, Antelope hills, Bear's Paw mountain, two signs for big horn mountain.
Work in progress at the famous mountain memorial, Mount Rushmore. Blasting takes place with emergence of large amount of smoke and dust. Face of George Washington appears on the mountain. Workers with safety ropes giving a finishing touch to the face. People at a distance discuss the progress of the work. Huts are seen over top of the mountain.
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