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Anti aircraft guns fire during a maneuver in the desert of California, United States.
United States Anti Aircraft units operate guns in California desert. Anti aircraft units in vehicles advance across the California desert. Men at the M1 90mm anti aircraft gun. Guns being fired. 40mm Bofers Anti aircraft gun fires on tank as it is dragged in the desert. Tank destroyed by guns. At night search light being used to locate the aircraft and anti aircraft guns fire. Tracers seen in the night sky. (World War II period).
American civilian volunteers serve as aircraft spotters in World War II and practice during a drill in Arkansas, United States.
Opening scene shows soldiers standing near a searchlight and others by an array of sound direction finders for use in detecting movements of aircraft over the United States during World War 2. A large formation of single engine fighter aircraft is seen in flight. A formation of Navy PT boats speeds through the water. A trained volunteer airplane spotter looks through binoculars. A tall observation tower in a wooded area. Other volunteer airplane spotters, including two women, are shown in various cities. One spotter is in an agricultural area. Scene changes to students at a United Services Organization (USO) benefit dance in their high school. Camera pans upward to an airplane spotter on duty, above the school. He hears the sound of an airplane and looks through his binoculars. He annotates a Flash Message report with his observations, and picks up a telephone announcing "Army Flash" to the operator. A woman at a telephone switchboard takes his call and relays it to a woman at an Information Center. Film shows volunteer airplane spotters being trained by the U.S. Army to identify enemy aircraft using charts of their Silhouettes. Closeups of civilians ostensibly reporting their observations using "Army Flash" calls. Closeups of telephone operators giving priority to such calls. View of volunteers inside an information center, where aircraft movement are plotted on a large table map and their flight number, number of aircraft, number of engines they have and whether they are at high, medium, or low altitudes. Officers from Army Air Forces interceptor units observe from a balcony. In a drill, alerted pilots are seen scrambling and taking off in interceptor aircraft. A P-38 fighter plane takes off directly toward a camera. A formation of Curtis P-36 Hawk fighter aircraft are seen in flight. A large "V" formation of U.S. Army single engine airplanes is shown.
Engineers work on manufacture of Hoover Dam's final generator "N8" and parts of N8 are assembled in the United States.
Creation of hydro electric operations at Hoover Dam in the United States. Hydro electric units are built in power house. Creation of hydro electric operations that provide electricity to California, Nevada and Arizona. An engineer works during manufacture of generator N8. Manufacturing of Hoover generator. A man works on welding. Men carry steel plates. Views of turbine wheel and men working near the wheel. Rail car transports N8 parts. N8 parts are transfered from canyon to power house via cable ways. A man signals. Manned cable way operator operated during dam construction. The interior of Nevada wing power house. Technicians assemble the engines installed. The crewmen prepare N8 equipped for receiving generating unit. The men remove temporary slab from turbine. Steel lamination plates stacked around rotary frames. An overhead crane carries the N8 parts. N8 parts assembled. On December 1961, world's largest hydro electric plant is completed.
U.S. soldiers, officers and civilians pay honor to dead soldiers in New York, United States (WW2)
Americans remember the fallen soldiers of World War II in New York, United States. U.S. troops and civilians march parade to honor and pay homage to the nation's dead soldiers. Wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument (1 Wilson Ave, Fort Myer, VA 22211, United States) in Arlington National Cemetery. At Gettysburg, New York Governor Thomas Edmund Dewey honors the dead of the Empire State, who lie buried there. Children with miniature U.S. flags and flowers pay honor at the tomb of unknown soldiers. (World War II period).
American refugees aboard SS President Roosevelt arrive in New York, United States from Ireland.
Americans evacuating World War II in the United Kindgom are seen arriving in New York, United States from Galway, Ireland. Evacuees aboard SS President Roosevelt underway at sea as it nears port of New York City. Large sign identifies the ship name and "United States Lines" Some of the refugees standing at the deck of the ship wave. Artful point of view shot from behind a group of people, mostly children, as they cheer and wave hands at the Statue of Liberty seen through a ship window. A man and a partially veiled woman, holding a cigarette, talking aboard the ship. Children wave. A woman feeds her child. People meeting their loved ones, hugging and kissing happily on arrival in New York City.
U.S. soldiers float around in an icy pool to test a new cold-bar suit on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States.
United States soldiers on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. Quartermaster testing unit soldiers in new cold-bar suits while climbing the mountain. Weather thermometer on Mount Washington. They float around in an icy pool to test the suit. Soldiers taking off their wet suits.
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