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Animated map of Canada and the United States, illustrating North American Air Defense system.
Actor Raymond Massey introducing the subject of North American Air Defense, which is a joint enterprise of Canada and the United States. A map of the United States, Canada and the Arctic. Animation shows radar sites comprising the Dew Line, Mid Canada Line and Pine Tree Line in Canada, as well as coastal and ship borne sites around the United States. Internal U.S. sites tied to the automated SAGE system (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) are shown. SAGE is a computerized control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bombers. The headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense) is shown, at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. Mr. Massey points out models of new antiaircraft missiles displayed on his desk. Animation shows how these can be fired from the ships at sea.
Involvement of the Tennessee Valley Authority during the Great Depression in the United States.
Recovery efforts from the Great Depression in the United States. (Footage largely from mid 1930's, produced in 1967). A farmer plows his field using oxen. Men and women work in fields. Price tags on food products. Officials of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in an office discuss reforms to solve farming over production and low demand. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. The White House building. Scenes of dilapidated farms and fields overcome by drought and dust bowl conditions. Farmers sit outside their houses fatigued and exhausted. Faces of tired, fatigued farmers. A town meeting of farmers in a small town. Franklin Roosevelt with cabinet and other officals in early days of his administration. Floods in Tennessee Valley washing away farmland. Farmland scarred by erosion lines and trenches. The Tennessee Valley Authority builds dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley and helps farmers reclaim and improve land. Farmers in a rural town listen to a Tennessee Valley Authority official present plans of development. Establishment of Rural Electrification Administration. Electric power lines set up in the rural areas of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt addressing the U.S. Congress in the Capitol. Scenes from voting centers and of a voting booth in an American town. Wendell Willkie addressing a crowd. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt converses with an African American official (possibly in connection with signing of Executive Order 8802, the Fair Employment Act). Eleanor Roosevelt behind him, and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. to her left. Eleanor Roosevelt speaking to group of African American children.
United States troops advance in an open field and practice procedures for mustard gas attack in World War 1
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare. United States troops train in the United States during World War 1 and simulate falling prey to German enemy gas shells. An explosion on the ground with smoke surrounding the area. U.S. soldiers fire rifles. The enemy fires mustard gas shells. The troops advance on a field in formation. A soldier passes through gassed underbrush and is affected by the poisonous gas. A topographic map is marked with the words "GAS" where the gas is present.
Celebrations and oath taking ceremonies surrounding the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
100th Birthday celebration of the Statue of Liberty in the United States. Fireworks around the newly renovated and re-lit Statue of Liberty in New York harbor on July 4, 1986. French President François Mitterrand approaches a podium and says "Happy Birthday United States and Happy Birthday Miss Liberty." U.S. President Ronald Reagan with First Lady Nancy Reagan smile and clap. President Reagan delivers a speech. Chief Justice Warren Burger leads an oath taking ceremony for new U.S. citizens on Ellis Island. Citizens nationwide at different locations take part in the ceremonies and say the Pledge of Allegiance together, including in San Francisco, Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Orange Bowl in Miami and Washington DC. View of tall sailing ships and other boats in New York Harbor. Celebration and fireworks near and around the Statue of Liberty.
NYA boys and girls in Public Health Service dietary kitchen and at an orthopedic school in the United States.
National Youth Administration in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service determines youths' fitness to work in the United States. NYA boys and girls live in NYA resident centers. A Public Health Service dietary kitchen: boys shelling peas; girls skinning onions; boys slicing deli meat. Girl removes cookies from oven. Meal tray loaded with food. African American children in a cafeteria. African American girls in maid or housekeeping dresses seen making beds. White girl brushes her hair. African American boys wash their hands. An examination of a African American girl by doctors in an orthopedic school. African American children are given cod liver oil by a nurse. Young Native American Indian Hopi tribe women with children in Arizona receiving health care training. An Orthopedic school entrance. A nurse removes a leg brace from a child polio victim and massages his leg. A teacher draws pictures of vegetables on a chalk board. African American and white children in an integrated class room practice penmanship. Two boy polio victims are pushed in wheel chairs by nurses. A boy in a body cast is pushed in a wheel chair by a nurse. NYA National Youth Administration children practice calisthenics. A girl hits a softball. A boy hits a baseball with a bat. Boys practice archery. White and African American young men boxing. Girls swim in lake water that is very clear. A girl swims to bottom of lake underwater. Young women leave the women's dormitory after school day. The insignia of U.S. Public Health Service. The flag of the United States.
An OA-4A flies in fog and pilot seated in the OA-4A talks into microphone with radio operator in the United States.
Coverage of U.S. military aviation progress shows flying through the fog in the United States. Fog-shrouded business buildings. An aircraft, resembles a U.S. Boeing 247, crashed on the side of a snow-covered hill. Several civilians standing around the wreckage. A partially destroyed house and remains of the aircraft which crashed into it. A Curtiss Condor (C-30) passenger plane showing where it crash-landed in the woods. A U.S. OA-4A in flight. Interior of OA-4A cabin with radio operator seated at controls. Pilot's hands on controls of an OA-4A. Pilot seated in cockpit of an OA-4A talks into microphone. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving instruments. An OA-4A in flight. Radio operator in an OA-4A. An OA-4A in flight, enters a fog bank. Pilot seated in cockpit of aircraft talking into microphone, while aircraft is in fog bank. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving equipment and turning on marker beacon. An OA-4A in flight in a fog bank. The aircraft lands, taxis, and parked.
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