People gathered around a new Brewster SB2A Buccaneer dive bomber parked on an airfield. Next, the engine starts, groundsmen pull the aircraft chocks, and it taxis out for takeoff. The aircraft takes off delaying gear retraction, somewhat. Then it is seen buzzing the airfield at low altitude, with landing gear up..
A new (unknown brand) 1941 car is displayed driving toward the camera in a park-like setting. It has a sloping hood and two large sized kidney shaped grills. it displays a Michigan manufacturer license plate number M 10 26. Extreme front closeup of the car's hood. Later, the car drives with its right side to the camera. It Appears to have a one-piece windshield and solid steel wheels. The rear of the vehicle is rounded. It also passes with its left side toward the camera. The car parked on a lawn, its white overall color silhouetted against the dark foliage background.
The Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan. Entrance to the Ford Rotunda. Bus and pedestrians in front of the building. Rotunda interior. People look at new cars. Large globe with display cases. A couple at an information desk. Men look at cars and a suspended motor. People at the entrance.
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.
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