Two United States soldiers slice a giant oversized baguette bread in half during World War 1.
View of Apollo astronaut (probably Gene Cernan) bunny hopping on the moon while Apollo 17 astronaut Dr. Harrison Schmitt sings a few bars of "The Fountain in the Park" but with alternate words "I Was Strolling on the Moon One Day" as Gene Cernan joins in. On April 23, 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke approach a house rock at the edge of North Ray crater. Charlie Duke exclaims, "Look at the size of that rock!" Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt holds a moon rock while Gene Cernan says, “We hope that this will be a symbol of what our feelings are, what the feelings of the Apollo Program are, and a symbol of mankind; that we can live in peace and harmony in the future.” Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard and Ed Mitchell setting up the United States flag on the moon. View of the earth from space, on the the moon, as astronaut Harrison Schmitt comments, "This glow represented to all of us, I think, not only home but a very fragile place that we have come back and felt that needed not only protection but understanding"
Civilian use of radar in the United States post World War 2. View of New York Municipal Airport, later La Guardia, control tower and terminal. A TWA Lockheed C-69 Constellation taxiing as another plane descends. Ships sailing in harbor. Speeding train pulled by Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1 electric locomotive. A circular crt display showing radar activity and approaching storm front. A hurricane in America. Scientists study radar in Evans Signal Laboratory, located in Camp Evans, New Jersey. Entrance of the Evans Signal Laboratory. A large radar antenna. Radar oscilloscope display shows signal received from the moon.
Views of well maintained farmland throughout the United States. Narrator emphasizes the importance of "conservation farming" to protect land.
United States Army Air Corps Douglas XC-32 military transport plane in flight after take off from Langley Field before WWII. Major General Frank Andrews and staff including Major George C. Kenny, inspecting a map onboard the XC-32. A radio operator in the XC-32 sends a message via morse code and voice. Ground radio operators in Concord, New Hampshire as command is heard on loudspeaker telling pilots to "simulate an air attack on the New York metropolitan area." View of a loudspeaker. Ground crewmen walking across snow-covered field in Concord New Hampshire with a Douglas YO-31A parked in background. Snow is falling on the airfield as crewmen uncover engine of a Martin B-10 bomber parked in a row with other bombers. A crewman in winter uniform carries a machine gun across snow-covered field toward a parked B-10. A gunner in a B-10 as nose turret turns. Crewmen looking in open bomb bay doors in the snow. Two crewmen turning propeller on a B-10 by hand while it is snowing. Two ground crewmen crank B-10 engine by hand to prime it in cold conditions. Engines on a B-10 are started. The snow is blown off wings of aircraft after the engine starts. Two ground crewmen pulling canvas covering off the wing of a B-10 in heavy snow. A Martin B-10 taxiing on snow-covered field. The B-10 taking off from snow-covered field. A Martin B-10 in flight.
Slate reads “He who leaves the beaten track in search of knowledge oft comes unexpected to his goal.”. A photo of a sunrise with word “Light”. Diagram enumerates the types of light- torch, candle, kerosene, gas and electric- and their level of relative efficiency. A drawing featuring different types of lights. Animation depicts a man hand pedaling to pull a block and tackle. Animations show a moving horse and engines that operate on steam, gasoline, and electricity, operate similar machines, pulling block and tackle faster than man. Lights illuminate Times Square in New York City at night. Giant turbines operate at a power plant in the United States.
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