Snow in Washington DC. Men shovel snow. U.S. Capitol building in the background. White House in the snow. Lincoln Memorial with horse drawn sleighs in foreground. Children slide down hill in front of Lincoln Memorial on sleds.
Disarmament of Heligoland (Helgoland) following World War 1. Fortress and harbor seen from a high point on the island. Obstacles at the shoreline to inhibit invasion. Views across the fortress from above showing control tower, ventilation ducts on roof, and pair of 30.5cm SK L/50 (12-inch) guns in a turret. A man sits on one of the gun barrels. Their muzzles are covered. In later view, the man sits near end of gun barrel. Scene shifts to men working to dismantle a gun turret. One is using an acetylene torch. Group of men loading small rail cars with shells and dismantled parts.
The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, September 1-7, 1914, in World War 1. Animated map shows maneuvering of German 8th Army forces under Paul von Hindenburg in East Prussia, against the Russian 1st Army under Paul von Rennenkampf. This is a German counter offensive following their victory against the German 2nd Army in the battle of Tannenberg, in August,. The animated map shows rapid movements of the German forces (reflecting their use of extensive rail networks in the area). Slate states that 350 thousand Russian prisoners were taken in this new quick German counterattack. Remainder of the sequence shows countless numbers of surrendered Russian First Army troops marching along a road.
A Native American adobe community in New Mexico. An alleyway between adobe homes. Wooden ladders against the buildings to provide access to roofs. A graveyard marked with dozens of crosses. A large structure stands in background beside a long tunnel-like structure. Out on the desert, bleached bones of animals are seen on the ground. A woman holds up an antler. Closeups of various bones held up for the camera. Views of artwork incorporating images as well as actual bones. Artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, in her studio. A closeup of one of her canvases. View of an artistic mobile suspended from a building beam. POV view from window in O'Keefe studio, of desert outside, as a car drives past. A small animal running across the ground. Goats in a pen. Panning views, from high rock formations, of desert below. A muddy creek beneath the hills, with simple bridge crossing it. The Rio Grande River running past a tree bent toward the water. Views of higher mountains (described by narrator as "mossy." Forests of various kinds in the mountains. Sheep grazing near a forest of aspen trees. Scenes of trees flowering in Spring. A fall of water from a mountain spring into a pool. Rivers and streams of water flowing into ever larger tributories toward the Rio Grande River. Diversion of water into irrigation ditches. Such a ditch circling a cultivated field, where two farmers are cutting a crop with a hand-held reaper. More views of landscape. A farmer uses a shovel to open path for water to flow into an irrigation ditch. The water seeping into field planted with crops. Closeups of various farm produce, including apples and various varieties of colored corn. Native American men, women, and children shucking corn. Irrigation water flowing into fields of crops. A man and woman hang peppers in the sun to dry. A wooden water wheel being turned by water. Worker inside small building housing a water-driven wheel in village of Barranca .He feeds grain into spout connected to grind stone.
Women and children collect vegetables. A man with eggs walks out of a barn with a young girl. Examples of recommended food servings and healthy diet for growing children, per Department of Foods and Nutrition of the New York State College of Home Economics. Milk poured in a glass. Orange squeezed for juice. Woman cuts cabbage, potatoes, vegetables in a vintage 1940's kitchen. Dry beans in glass bottles. Woman cuts meat into pieces, spreads butter on bread. Fruits in a plate. Woman prepares food and fries bacon. Teenage boys and girls in bathing suits walk along a dirt path. A young man throws a discus. Teenage boys and girls on tennis court play tennis. The girls wear tennis skirt outfits and the boys wear only shirts and are shirtless. Two teenage youth wrestle. Men shovel hay. U.S. Army Air Corps pilots confer and then board Curtiss P-36 Hawk military airplanes at airfield. They take off and fly the P-36 aircraft.
Demonstration of two new British guided missiles during the Cold War. The first is designed for anti-tank warfare. New British anti-tank missile is fired and its accuracy is proven as it goes through a small opening in a target cloth. Men at the controls. Next is seen a demonstration of Britain's new self-guided Thunderbird Missile, with 4 rocket boosters, used to attack other incoming missiles. Military personnel prepare and fire the missile during a demonstration.
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