Farmers harvesting grain and corn with machinery on American farms with a narrow tractor harvester. Steel mills and heavy industry and cargo railroads in the United States. Industrial views with smokestacks releasing much smoke and smog (also pollution scenes). Scenes of New York City with busy streets filled with cars, buses, and truck traffic, together with pedestrians. Many varied 1940s and 1950s cars on the roads. Elevated and also aerial views of U.S. highway networks busy with 1940s and 1950s cars. Views of Jones Beach, on Long Island, New York. Scenes of destruction in Japan from the atomic bomb, with sweeping views of destroyed city in Hiroshima or Nagasaki circa 1945 or 1946. U.S. Army infantrymen engaged in house-to-house fighting in Europe during World War II, firing rifles and moving between points of cover in a city filled with rubble.
The Saturn rocket tested in the United States. Technicians make final adjustments to the Ranger 4 Capsule. U.S. Ranger sent atop aloft Atlas Agena B Capsule. The missile lifts away and lands on the moon. Test of U.S. Saturn Rocket. The Saturn Rocket used to launch Apollo Moon Capsule. German Rocket physicist, Wernher Von Braun converses with other officials. The Saturn Rocket being launched.
A United States Army Signal corps training film titled 'Defense Against Chemical Warfare'. Mobilization of new U.S. Army troops arriving by railroad trains for training following recruitment. New recruits undergo training. They assemble in their uniforms and salute their officer. Recruits are given gas masks and are given training about their care and use. A U.S. Army soldier demonstrates how to strap a gas mask. The recruits don gas masks. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
National Youth Administration in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service determines youths' fitness to work in the United States. An executive of Public Health Service reads a report of an NYA worker and puts it among rejected application. A seal on the report: Health Unsatisfactory. The NYA worker comes out the building. NYA workers at work. A group of NYA workers is sitting. Public Health Service administrators attend a conference. The insignia of U.S. Public Health Service. A sign: 'Office of Surgeon General, Dr. Parran, Dr. Draper'. Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, works in his office and he talks to Dr. Carl E. Wright. A nurse does a health examination. Chest measurement of an NYA worker is taken. A dentist examines the NYA worker.
National Youth Administration in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service determines youths' fitness to work in the United States. An optometrist does the eye check up of a young women. U.S. Public Health Service teacher explains dental decay by using teeth models. A dental examination of NYA workers by a dentist. An African American woman gets her teeth cleaned.
Colonel Charles Lindbergh addresses people in New York City, United States. Interior of the Manhattan Center during the America First Committee rally. People gather inside the building. Colonel Charles Lindberg at a microphone. He talks about the position of the United States during World War II underway in Europe. He speaks the protectionist and anti-war sentiment, stating, "When England asks us to enter this war, she is considering her own future, and that of her Empire. In making our reply, I believe we should consider the future of the United States and that of the Western Hemisphere." People cheer and applaud.
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