First tests of Navy's experimental "pogo stick" designed to take off and land vertically in California. The radical plane is test flown in a huge dirigible hangar. First vertical take off is attempted. It is lifted off the ground while in the grip of a system of tether cables. It lands vertically.
Apollo 14 mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ). View from the Command Module, Kittyhawk, as it makes several attempts to dock with the Lunar Module, Antares, in outer space. (It required six tries.)
Views of the Command Service module, Kitty Hawk, as seen from the Lunar Module,Antares, approaching to dock, during the Apollo 14 mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ). The Command Service module, Kitty Hawk, rotates gently in outer space.
Trucking by rail in Illinois. Trucks with a big semi-trailer pass through an American highway. Inco Beverage Co. semi-trailer truck on the road. Rails beside a highway in Illinois. A General Motors (GM) flatcar moving in track. Newly devised flatcars and loading methods are shown. A trailer kingpin is lowered into a slot extension. It is hooked over a towing plate. A man locks the trailer kingpin into place. The plate is screwed in position. Then the trailers are transported.
Flood relief operations of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Flood relief operations by WPA and flood devastation becomes headlines of newspapers. Flood-damaged goods being shoveled out of stores in Sharpsburg. Debris and mud being cleaned from streets and dumped in the Allegheny River. Safety instructions being pasted on telephone poles in McKees Rocks. Water being distributed by tanker trucks to people who need fresh water. People standing in queue to receive water. Salvation Army units dispense food and hot drinks to WPA workers and to lines of affected homeless and unemployed citizens. Interrupted highway and roads due to flood water. Flood-battered furniture being removed from homes in the New Kensington area.
Flood relief operations of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Damaged buildings and houses submerged due to flood water. Flood waters stand in Johnstown streets. Ruins on street. An inclined railway carries citizens up a hill. Workers clean the debris. Wrecked vehicles and debris on streets. Sign: ' Have Faith In Johnstown'. Debris and mud being cleaned from streets. WPA workers rescue stranded citizens by canoes and rowboats in Harrisburg: Trucks are loaded with canoes and rowboats arrive at a flooded area. Workers unload boats. Boats being rowed in flooded water. WPA workers rescue stranded citizens. Posh area of Pennsylvania submerged in flooded water. Flood water devastates houses, buildings and factories.
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