U.S. Army M-4 tank and half tracks fire in Gemunden, Germany. M-4 tank and half tracks move to new positions in open field and begin to fire. U.S. soldiers move along road and head toward town. Soldier shoots lock off gate of POW camp. Soldiers enter into camp area. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in London during their first flight around the world. In Brough, England airmen work on one of the world cruiser at a rapid pace preparing for a hop to the Orkney Islands and first lap across the Atlantic. A world cruiser maintenance man cleans the aircraft. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, pilot of the world cruiser, superintends unpacking of a new engine for his airplane. Several views of the engine changeover. The engines start. Ground crew members push pontoons. Several views of the replacing of wheels on pontoons.
Inauguration of a theater in Cleveland, Ohio. Universal Newreel talking reporter and narrator, Graham McNamee, seated at a desk, congratulates the City of Cleveland for its new Telenews theater, devoted to movie newsreels.
Inauguration ceremony to open railroad link Southward, from Soviet Trans-Siberian Railroad, at Naushki, to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and thence to Jining (Tsining), China. Men connecting the two rail lines. They use levers and a screw jack device. Men push a rolling measuring device to check accuracy of rail track width. Mountains in the background. A railway station with pictures of Soviet leaders. A large crowd of local people gathered for the festivities. They carry flags and pictures of Chinese, Mongolian, and Soviet leaders, including Mao Zedong, Dashiin Damba, Voroshilov, Lenin, and Stalin. A large reviewing stand holding several dignitaries, and displaying pictures of Dashiin Damba, Voroshilov, and Mao. Several Soviet officers were seen. Chinese and Soviet spokesmen make short speeches, after which the Chinese spokesman cuts a ribbon to officially open the railroad link Behind him, in the background, is seen a map of the railroad connection going South, from the Soviet Union, toward Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. A woman railroader waves a flag and gives a signal. A train decorated with pictures of Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Dashiyn Damba, Mao Zedong, and the Soviet, Mongolian, and Chinese flags, moves over the tracks. Soviet rail line construction in snow: A crane places something into a truck. Field engineers refer to a map. A bulldozer levels the ground. A crane places a section of prefabricated track on the new roadbed. View of newly laid track.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192)off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. Men prepare to rig pontoon and they attach hoses. Men unrig the "flowerpot". Lowering line is attached to "flowerpot" and depth measuring line to pontoon. Temporary mooring line is cast off from pontoon. Men tighten up hose connections. They unrig "flowerpot" and attach cable clamp to tails of sling. They close the vents. Pontoon raises up from water. Pontoon is blown dry and made ready to leave the U.S. Navy ship Falcon (ASR-2) submarine rescue vessel. Diagrammatic representation of the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) raised by the slings and pontoons.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. USS Sacramento (PG-19) underway off the coast of Isles of Shoals. Small district craft LHT Hibiscus and the U.S. Navy fleet tug boat Wandank (AT-26) underway to rescue U.S. Navy submarine Squalus. Air hose is attach to U.S. Navy submarine Sculpin (SS-191). Many buoys floats on water support the tails of pontoon slings. Air hoses men work with dials. Pontoons are blown dry. Stern of pontoon surfaces up and cause gushing of water. Men secure pontoon. Bow of U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) is raised to surface. Pontoon and sling slip off and bow settles back into water. Diagrammatic representation of the slipping off the sling and bow of pontoon.
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