A Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper taxis in on two outboard engines, after a water landing. A DC-2 flies overhead. Passengers from the Clipper are ferried to an inclined pier and walk up towards shore. Several dozen people are seen boarding three buses parked on the inclined pier. An official at the microphones in a press conference. Wall-sized sectional drawing of Boeing 314 seaplane behind him, labeled "Giant Flying Clipper Ships of Pan American Airways." Igor Sikorsky comes to microphones and poses for photographs. A young couple appears at the microphones. Two gentlemen arrive at inclined ramp. One uses walkway to ramp, while the other hops up to the ramp. They are warmly greeted by a group of people and head up towards shore.
A factory site in United States. A crane lifts material and drops it in a railroad car. Pennsylvania Railroad car. A specialized vehicle moves up a slope. Workers load heavy motors on to a truck using a chain block and tackle device. Factory yard. automobiles parked. A worker moves a hand cart. A truck follows. Workers load paper packages on a cart and one moves the loaded cart away. Cylinders of pressurized gas stand by the loading dock. Smoke arises from stacks and vent pipes of various factories.
A V-2 rocket erected on a platform at a launch station in United States. Press ready to record the proceedings from a distance. U.S. military officers stand around rocket and discuss. A soldier is lifted up near the rocket. He ties guide wires to the rocket. Soldiers sit at control panels in the mission control area. The rocket is fired and leaves the launch pad area. Fire and smoke emitted from base of rocket.
German scientist, Doctor Friedrich Doblhoff, during "Operation Paperclip" at Wright Field in Ohio United States. He sits in his helicopter (type : WNF-342 version3) having jet-propelled rotor blades. A U.S airmen, in flight suit, stands outside the helicopter in the field. The blades of the helicopter rotate, speed up, slow down and speed up again during tests.
Draftsmen conferring over tables at the Redstone Arsenal office in Huntsville. Two draftsmen at a table draw using stencils. Another draftsman works at a table. A man and a woman mark on a figure. A lamp lights above their table.
USS Mount Baker (AE-4) supply ammunition to USS Mansfield (DD-728) during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. Men pulling short line look towards Mount Baker. Men handling small line extended to Mount Baker. A '140' written flag on the line. Ammunition being hi-lined from Mount Baker. The stack of shells sways back and forth on hi-line. Shells reach the Mansfield. Cable passes through steel sheave. Ammunition received on deck. Bravo flag flies with another flag on the Mansfield. Men roll over ammunition crate. A man cuts wire strap of the crate using tin snips. Men pass shells to lower deck for storage. Another crate of ammunition received at Mansfield.
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