Manufacture of artillery at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during World War I. Two large steel castings removed from floor molds by crane and quenched in water. A very large rail gun type of barrel on plant floor is examined by an Army officer. A worker crawls through a fabricated steel cylinder, brushing debris from its interior. Water being sprayed over hot machinery and parts. A woman worker in the war effort, wearing hard hat and overalls, is seen operating an overhead crane to move heavy gun barrels . Men hand finish gun barrels. A crew of men use extremely long wrenches to bolt a gun barrel to a turret. Workers install gun barrels into artillery pieces.
U.S. Army intervention during rioting in Baltimore in wake of Martin Luther King assassination. Field grade Army officers discuss their mission in a command center after the military has been dispatched to restore and maintain order in Baltimore Maryland in the wake of riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, in 1968. Next, a major is seen communicating on a telephone. A soldier is also seen speaking on a telephone.
Activities of United States National Guard soldiers during the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland, that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Road signs seen: 'Wilson St.', 'Brunt St'., and 'One Way'. One soldier stands in a jeep and makes a call. A U.S. flag on a building. Soldiers in action on a street. Fire trucks move up to a burning building. Firemen try to put out the fire. A man takes photographs. Soldiers on guard.
Federal troops called up to restore order in Baltimore, Maryland, following assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, and subsequent riots and demonstrations. U.S. Army (or Federalized National Guard) in battle gear assemble in loose formation on a street in Baltimore, Maryland. A news photographer stands nearby. One soldier holds a bullhorn. A fire hose is laid out on the street. The troops take up a position near a Penn Optical store, as firemen prepare to discharge water from a hose. As they do so, smoke rises from an adjoining haberdashery store. Soon heavy smoke fills the scene.Camera focuses on dense white smoke coming from the Penn Optical store and Rodman's, nearby.
An anti-gambling campaign is launched by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in New York City. Mayor LaGuardia uses a sledgehammer to break and destroy slot machines. Views of a pile of smashed slot machines. People smash slot machines and carry them away. Mayor La Guardia and then others on a boat throw the smashed machines into the Long Island Sound. Part of a "25 years ago today" UN newsreel story issued September 24, 1959.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's plans for 1956 are still a secret after a press conference in Key West, Florida. President Eisenhower speaks at an informal press conference. Newsmen question him about his plans for 1956. The President parries newsmen 's questions and smiles.
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