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(Mostly reenactment) 1961 film showing advances in commerce, communication and transport in United States in mid 19th Century.

Mostly reenactment footage showing how post-civil war Industrialization leads to a market surplus in United States giving a boost to commerce. (Film made in 1961) Development of communication system, system of sending mails by horsemen. Telegraph poles and cables set up. Construction of Transcontinental railroad tracks to develop a vast transport network. Sketches of men laying telegraph cable across Atlantic to set up link between east and west. Expansion of petroleum industry: Dramatization of an oil well "gusher" as it gushes oil upward and excited well workers celebrate. Following scene is of actual oil wells gushing and a field of oil wells and derricks in place.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 4 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048133
Inventions lead to better living conditions in United States

Mix of dramatized and actual footage. Invention of telephone leads to an era of urbanization, industrialization, mass production, capitalism and more employment in United States. Dynamite explosion at a hillside making way for telephone wire network expansion in America. Workers employed in electric bulb and telephone manufacturing plants. Views of networks of telephone polls. Early telephone switchboard operators in an operations center. People in homes using early two piece telephones.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048138
Aircraft instruments checked at Wright engine plant in United States

Machine shop at Wright engine plant in United States. Men at the plant check aircraft instruments. Turn and bank indicators checked. Two men enter Bendix plant.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048145
Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose") during a test flight in United States

Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, in water at a port in California,United States Howard Hughes is seen on platform in top hatch of the flying boat, communicating by radio. Ship underway in the background.. A helicopter in flight overhead. View from inside through window shows engines starting , beginning with inboards and working outward until all 8 are running. Howard Hughes inside the cockpit at the controls. Engineers and technicians are also seen and a copilot in the right seat of the cockpit. Hughes speaks on radio and then removes his headset and looks around.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1947, November 2
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048181
Women at work in various factories, United States

'Behind the scene in machine age' Women work at a printing plant in United States along with male workers. Women also work in garment and shoe factories. They work in machine shops and produce finished goods. A woman working in a textile mill.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048203
Highlights the need to prevent human wastage at industries in United States

Emphasizes upon the need to prevent wastage of human effort at industries in United States. Need for governmental initiative to regulate the human wastage. Uncle Sam's animation to depict wastage of human effort.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048204
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