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Film about the U.S. Navy Service School operated on land leased from the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan during World War II

American flag waving in a very stiff wind. Scene shifts to Silhouette of a sailor blowing a bugle as the American flag is raised. Montage of scenes from The United States Navy Service School in Dearborn, Michigan opened in early 1941, during World War 2. The school was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Sailors are seen marching at the school, with the Ford River Rouge plant in the background. Sailor students are seen inside a facility that a narrator calls "The world's greatest workshop." He describes the various matters taught including technical aspects of: aircraft and diesel engine manufacture. View of sailors looking at dynamos n the electrical department. Narrator mentions other shops in the school. Sailors assembled in a classroom where instructor is holding an armful of toothed gears.

Location: Dearborn Michigan USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031865
U.S. Mosquito boats maneuvering off the coast in Florida, United States during World War II.

Film opens showing logo of "mosquito boat." A flotilla of the boats is seen tied up at docks. They include PT boats (patrol torpedo boats) numbers PT 10, 11, 12, and 13. View from Florida shore as some ot these PT boats speed through the water. Aerial view of several of them racing over the surface of the water, leaving huge wakes behind them.Closeups of some approaching the aerial camera. View from another PT boat, of PT-17 riding close behind in the camera boat's wake. Extreme closeup of PT 17 bow. Other views of the PT boats generating large wakes as they pass the camera. Another aerial view of the boats running in parallel formation.

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031867
The new Brewster SB2A Buccaneer dive bomber enters the U.S. Arsenal at onset of World War II

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..

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031869
Using a schematic drawing, an engineer explains the working of an atomic reactor at Hanford Camp, in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. An engineer explains the working of an atomic reactor. He refers to a schematic drawing. He refers to notes and points out features of the atomic reactor.

Location: Richland Washington USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032067
The Scopes trial and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial in the U.S.

Court trials in the United States after World War I. Sketches: The Scopes trial. A science teacher John Thomas Scope. Picture of the evolution of man. Defense attorney, Clarence Seward Darrow supports the theory of evolution. Prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan bases his position on the Bible. A person with a poster. People gathered outside the court room for the trial. Sketches: the court room session. People protesting. In separate matter. Accused anarchists, Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian Americans, on trial in Massachusetts for the 1920 armed robbery and murder of two pay-clerks. People protest against the trial. Policemen bring in the accused, to be tried. A huge crowd gathered to protest against the trial.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032138
Various changes being brought about in U.S. in areas of sports, aviation and politics after World War I.

Leisure activities in the United States after World War I. A high rise skyscraper building in America. People enjoy thrilling sports. Flagpole sitting. New sports figures like George Herman Ruth (Babe Ruth), baseball player, and Jack Dempsey, a boxer. Charles Lindbergh, an American aviator is seen and gets into a plane. He addresses the people. People welcome the return of Lindbergh after a successful flight. A parade during the Presidential elections. Police men control the crowd. Sketch depicts Herbert Clark Hoover as one of the candidates for the Presidential election . Sketch of Herbert Clark Hoover with his wife. Sketches of the catholic candidate in the election Alfred Emanuel Smith. Sketches show people at coastal places, destruction of booze barrels during prohibition, and men drinking alcohol. Picture of Alphonse Gabriel Capone (Al Capone), a mafia gangster in America.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032139
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