Manufacturing of ordnance in United States early in World War 2 timeframe. M2A2 Twin Turret tanks (nicknamed "Mae West tanks) lined up at production floor in an ordnance factory. Tanks hoisted in a sling as they are lowered into the floor of the plant. Newly built M2A2 light tanks moving through the war production factory.
View of a Greyhound passenger bus with sign indicating destination of Jacksonville. Next, a different tourist bus with destination sign of Miami. Tourists in Florida travel south through Florida on the tourist bus. View of the City Gate of St. Augustine, Florida, and a horse carriage passes through the stone gate. Flags flying on the oldest house in the city, known as the Gonzalez-Alvarez House (later the Oldest House Museum) on St. Francis street. The flags flying include the American flag, the Confederate flag, and others.Tourist bus travels on a bridge. View of tourists inside the vintage 1940s bus. Silhouette of the bus driver, driving the bus, and view through the windshield of the road ahead as the bus drives along Route 1 and over the Overseas Highway toward Key West. View of the bridges and ocean beneath. Scenes in Miami Beach area. View of the beach in Miami Beach.
View of the Joan of Arc Junior High School building at 154 W 93rd Street, on the upper West side of Manhattan, New York City. children are seen entering the building. A larger, more modern school is also shown. Camera, in upper floor classroom window, pans from playground below to interior of the classroom. Students sit at a long table where ledger books are being handed out for students to work with. Scene shifts to school library, where students are studying. A boy day dreams about his future occupation. He imagines being a cowboy; or a speedboat driver; or launching into the air in his speedboat, which transforms into an airplane, in which he does a loop. The boy is seen with his parents at a conference with the school principal. He is seen at the blackboard in a math class, and later in a classroom full of students all opening personal copies of a newspaper. He uses a saw in a woodworking class, and works at a lathe, in a machine shop. He meets with a teacher who discusses his progress.
Automobile and pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Heavy northbound traffic on 5th Avenue, stops periodically to allow pedestrians to cross and 42nd Street traffic to enter. The New York Public Library Building in Midtown Manhattan is seen clearly, with lion statues on its steps and large American flag flying in front. Traffic includes horse-drawn as well as motorized vehicles. On Upper West Side, view of Columbus Circle, 8th Avenue, Broadway and 59th Street, with statue of Columbus visible. Street car seen .
A survey of physical damage of bomb blasts in Nagasaki, Japan after World War II. View of a bridge. Displacement of the bridge towards the north. The south side of the bridge shows displacement over concrete support. The displacement on the back side of the bridge measures 2 inches and on the west side measures 6 inches. The pressure side of the bridge shows pylon nearest to zero. The underside of the bridge shows displacement. Displacement of girders on the abutment. Major Dragnet and Major Fletcher of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) physical damage team show flash burns on roof tiles found in a stream bed.
A film titled 'Japan's West Point' of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine about the military cadets trained in Japan during World War II. An Imperial Japanese Army officer gives command. The military cadets march carrying a Japanese Army flag. The military cadets in prone position undergo training. The Emperor Hirohito of Japan stands at a balcony. The emperor is dressed in military uniform. The military cadets march in formation. Tanks move on ground and soldiers trained. A soldier on a horse raises his sword. Aerial view of the city of Imperial Japanese Army Academy or Rikugun Shikan GakkÅ in Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan. Youth enter the military academy. The military cadets march during training. A professor takes round as students appear for exam in an examination hall. An officer reviews the cadets. (World War II period).
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