View of a whiskey (moonshine) distillery deep in woods in the United States. Large barrels are lined up on the ground. A tall metal column and associated metal tanks are seen surrounded by trees. Closeup of the distillery apparatus. U.S. Federal Bureau of Prohibition agents stand in front of the still. A man pulls a tall tree branch out in front of the structure. View of the structure with many barrels lined up on the ground to one side of the still and many tin cans on the ground to the other side. Closer to the distillation apparatus, agents stand as a fire is started to destroy the site. Next, flames and smoke are seen as the fire consumes the wooden buildings and structures that support the distilling apparatus.
Seven brothers and their father in the U.S. Navy in the United States. A bus halts. A father (US Navy personnel) welcomes and greets his seven sons (all navy men) as they get off from the bus. The brothers and their father seated on a desk. The eighth brother swears to join the U.S. Navy. The brothers with their father pose near a big gun of a cruiser.
Assembly and transportation of tanks in the United States during World War II. A tank manufacturing plant. Tanks drives down a hilly terrain. Tanks roll off an assembly line. The tanks are assembled as parts are carried via an overhead crane. Equipment of steel, rubber, tin and aluminum to be used in assembly of the tanks. Men work on the tanks. The tanks are transported via trains and ships. Ships at sea. The tanks advance in a battle field.
Television in the United States in the early 1950s. A television screen. A corner of a living room. A man, his wife and a young boy, presumably their son, are watching TV; a typical suburban American family in the 1950s watching early television. The man smokes a cigarette.
Capabilities of a Minesweeping Boat (MSB)underway off the shore of the United States. The purpose of moored minesweeping is to contact and cut the mine moor and destroy it. Crewmen aboard the ship work with equipment. The ship is equipped with sweep gears, float, otter and cables of stainless steel sweep wires. Cutters are attached to inboard and sweep wires. Animation depicts: the mechanism of the sweep wires, float, otter, depressor and float pendent. A flag indicates the position of the float in the ocean.
Capabilities of a Minesweeping Boat (MSB)underway off the shore of the United States. The purpose of magnetic minesweeping is to produce a magnetic field stimulating the ship signature. The ship is equipped with gas driven generator in a generator room. Minesweeping control panel, monitoring instruments and a controller in the pilot house. Crewmen operate cable components handled by electrically driven magnetic cable reel. Animation depicts: the mechanism of generation of the magnetic field and demonstration of the jig sweep.
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