U.S. Navy Alaska survey expedition. Plane ready for extended flights. Men aboard a vessel. 'Alaskan Survey Expedition' written on plane. Planes taxis on water. Planes take off. Mountains in the background.
A map shows American states colored in black and white. Black States carried by Warren Harding and White States carried by James Cox in the U.S. Presidential election of 1920. President-elect and Mrs. Warren G. Harding read congratulatory messages lying in front of them. The losing opponent, James Middleton Cox, stands with women supporters and shakes hands with one. Women wear fashionable hats.
United States Army 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives at the beach. American color guard on a beach in Vietnam. General William C Westmoreland, Commander General, U.S. Army, Vietnam, on the beach landing area. Major General Jonathan O Seaman, Commander General 1st Infantry Division, on beach. He converses with Brigadier General John "Jack" Norton, Commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and Colonel Curt Aronson of his Division. .A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) arrives carrying the first contingent of the 1st Infantry Division. As the troops disembark, General Westmoreland shakes hands with first two soldiers. The soldiers carry barrack bags. Remainder of the film shows troops offloading from the LCU and making their way across the sand past the Generals and the color guard.(Vietnam War period).
Electric power lines and insulators. A bridge across a river in United States. Cars pass on it in wintertime, with snow at edge of road on a cold morning. High voltage long distance electric transmission lines and towers. Statue of Liberty from behind, with helicopter flying past it. Series of very close-up views of appliances and conveniences that use electricity: Chicken roasting on electric powered rotisserie. Clock hands moving on electric powered clock. Person turns on electric desk lamp. Electric powered beaters spinning. Electric powered industrial machining operation. A couple dancing to music powered by electricity. Several kinds of electric transmission lines. Electricity in the 1960s office environment: Hand dialing a rotary dial telephone; adding machine; close-up views of typewriter in operation; punch card sorter for punch cards of early computer; early computer tape drive spinning; warning lights. Closeup views of fingers pressing keys and dialing. Night view of Times Square on Manhattan Island, New York City with many illuminated commercial signs and neon signs.
Inland Steel Company in Chicago. Steel production in open hearth furnace. Faster methods of steel production. A basic oxygen furnace. Animated diagram shows the working in basic oxygen furnace. Oxygen is blown and temperature is raised. Steel scrap and molten pig iron is added. Steel worker in denim jacket. Furnace moved to upright position. Graphs show the analysis after testing. Small sample of steel is taken. Furnace is tilted and the steel pours out. Diagram shows electric furnace. Highly refined steel is produced in it using electricity. Molten steel is poured in a mold inside and gases are evacuated.
U.S. Navy airships guard convoy in Atlantic in World War 2. Several K- type airships on ground at Lakehurst New Jersey. Bombs loaded aboard. Pilots get signal from control tower. The airships in flight. Airships keep a vigil. Navy airships patrol for German submarines. Coordination between Convoy Commander, escort vessels and planes. Bomb bay open and bombs dropping into ocean. . Convoy Vessels underway.
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