The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War I. Soldiers of the U.S. 103rd Engineer Battalion, together with French Army engineers, cut and sharpen logs on the bank of the River Marne, in France, during World War 1. A city (Chateau-Thierry?) is visible across the river in the background, where the river seems to take a sharp bend. Next, a French and an American soldier are seen wielding large mallets to drive the newly cut poles into the river embankment at the water's edge. French officers are supervising the work. A line is stretched outward from the river bank. Change of scene shows French and American engineers working on a pontoon bridge across a different river. Troops are walking on the opposite side. Final scenes show American soldiers of the 103rd Engineers standing on and near an elaborate log-reinforced bridge, complete with metal railing. Other soldiers are guiding a horse as it pulls a two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. The Engineers examine the bridge deck and side reinforcements as the horse and caisson move past.
The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on search and destroy mission, Operation Hump in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. American soldiers on jeeps,trucks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier on road and pass through a city.
Hurricane Hunters track storm in the United States. Scenes of city during hurricane. People wade through water. In Texas:Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets evacuate the victims. Members of the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group board U.S. Air Force WB-50 Superfortress aircraft at the Kindley Air Force Base (ABF) ,Bermuda on a storm tracking mission. Aircraft takes off and in flight. Aircraft crew at controls as they fly into storm. View of the storm eye. Weather watchers record data and transmit information by wireless key to the Hurricane Weather Center in Miami. A teletype being operated. Woman goes through the damaged house.
Airman Phillip Clark is honored in Texas,United States. Base Commander Major General Robert Stillman honors Airman Phillip Clark as the top trainee. Fellow airmen march past during parade at the Lackland Air Force Base (AFB). Commander Stillman and Airman Clark on the reviewing stand. Airman Clark gets in the U.S. Air Force T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the Kelly AFB. Airman Clark is greeted as guest of honor at the Rotary luncheon. Clark visits the City Hall. He takes his seat as the honorary mayor of San Antonio,Texas.
Development of the railroad transportation in the United States. Development of the railroad operating navigation from Highball signal to Semaphore signal to the automatic precession light signal. Iron railroads replaced by the steel railroads. Train moves under tunnel. Large crowd of passengers gathered at the Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station New York City). Exterior and interior views of Penn Station in Manhattan. Train moves across arch rail bridge known as the Hell Gate Bridge in New York. Raw materials and finished products are loaded in railroad trains at steel plants, foundries, oil towers, and mills. Farmers load their agriculture products in wagons.
Arriving immigrants being processed at Ellis Island, New York City on 9 May, 1906. Men, women, and children immigrants holding their luggage stream out of the processing building and, guided by immigration officials, enter ferries to take them to the Battery on Manhattan Island.
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