Views from moving train on Alaska railroad. Ice floating in water with snow covered hills in the background. View from the top of a glacier. Sun sets at the horizon with bay in the foreground. Full moon in sky over lake. Trees silhouetted.
Tests to compare effects of conventional bombs to those of incendiaries,on wooden structures. Test conducted at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portrays an Air Force Captain, seated at Project Officer's desk. He shows photographs of a wooden test house constructed similar to houses in Japan. View of wooden structure being ignited from within. The resultant fire is put out promptly. B-17 airplane in flight over the test area, drops conventional bombs, which destroy some of the test village houses. A second bombing using incendiary bombs that break apart and ignite many fires, produces greater destruction across the test village.
Activities aboard USS Ranger (CV-61). Digits '61' on island of the USS Ranger. Airmen converse on flight deck. Pilot in cockpit of aircraft F-14A on deck. Airman inspects lower section of F-14A. Man signals pilot from deck. Airman at landing gear of plane.
Activities aboard USS Ranger. Crew members on flight deck of USS Ranger. Crewmen preflight F-14 aircraft. Pilot in cockpit of F-14 helmet painted in Wolfpack design. A crewman passes under nose of the aircraft. He works under and on one side of the plane. Crewman near tail hook under plane. Crew and pilot prepare for take off.
Officials and men gathered at a plane parked. Man wears a back pack. Plane taxis on runway for take off. Men inside the plane assist astronaut with back pack. Astronaut floats in air after using jet propelled back pack.
Early period construction of Hoover Dam. Black Canyon shows river in deep valley between cliffs. Man and materials transferred on Catwalk Bridge. Rocks blasted to make ways. Tunnels excavated in mountains by men. Men bore holes in mountain. Man work on steel rods. Trucks loaded with rocks move up the road on mountain. Trucks dump rocks. Tunnels are aligned with concrete after excavation. Men work with equipment. Rocks on top of the cliffs blasted. Men engaged in drilling and handling explosives. Workers transported through cables suspended between cliffs. Men drill holes in Canyon walls. Holes are blasted. Men suspended from cliff-top. River is diverted toward tunnel. River flows into tunnel. Trucks dump rocks. Excavation vehicles used at construction site. Shovel excavator in operation. Dump trucks are driven. Roads carved in mountains to transport men and material. Rock surfaces prepared for the reception of concrete.
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