AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 11-19-2024

e is for is I this I is is hello everybody this is Skip alimer welcome to the a Geeks lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16mm films from the 1970s about how to install a septic system on the side of a hill um so when we scan that film we used a scanner that didn't have a sound head so that's just visuals and I know you're clamoring to hear that soundtrack and so maybe we will hunt it down we will rescan it so that you can hear uh and and maybe this will answer the questions that you have about um why are they installing a septic system right near um that body of water what's going on with that ah so sometimes the films we show answer questions and sometimes they just bring up more questions but I'm happy that you're here and uh let's learn about nest eggs enjoy [Music] this is an egg and this is you it's also me in fact it's us it's all of us the story I want to tell you is about the egg and us what kind of an egg it is and why it's important to us this is a very special kind of egg it's a nest egg and a nest egg is a great thing to have around you put it away and when you need it there it is it has a way of hatching out into wonderful things like a trip abroad or a new home or a college education for the youngsters and there's a very special thing about this Nest Egg it's made up of United States savings bonds more than 40 million Americans own nest eggs like this 40 million Americans have chosen to put their money into US savings bonds because they have faith in them because they believe in the nation's future busy and prosperous with a growing Economy based solidly on a sound dollar and on competitive Enterprise free to make the most of the country's immense natural [Music] resources out of the mountains and streams the hills and plains and forests of our continent we are producing power and raw materials in such abundance as the world has never seen with these we have built an industrial establishment of tremendous and constantly increasing productivity we are turning out the biggest volume ever of goods and services we are continually adding to our productive capacity too more factories and more Machinery more people are at work today earning bigger take-home pay than ever before in our history family incomes have never been higher and what's more people are confident that this Prosperity is healthy and is going to continue they know that our economy has made its greatest gains in these last few years since inflation was checked and they have faith in the future theirs and the Nations they show it in many ways for example look at home building last year alone over 1 and A4 Mill million new housing units were built in this country people are having more children bigger families more youngsters born in recent years have been second third or fourth-born children especially among middle and upper income levels a reversal of an historic Trend finally and most importantly people are saving more the nation's nest egg is growing today people have over $235 billion put away in Bank deposits and sec ities and in currency savings are increasing because Americans know that the dollar is sound they are confident that they will be able to buy just as much with it tomorrow as they can buy today and these savings piling up because people believe in our country's future have the effect of making that future all the more secure here is a vast reservoir of purchasing power because of it people can afford to buy Goods as they need them they can plan ahead for homes for cars for many things this in turn means that industry can plan ahead knowing that there will be a continuing market for what it produces out of these savings furthermore comes the financing necessary to enable established Industries to expand or new ones to open for business as long as people put their Surplus money into savings or invest it so that it is producing more goods and services it helps keep the wheels of Industry turning and helps stabilize the economy it is when there is too much spending money around competing for too few goods that the price of everything goes up and the value of the dollar goes down that is why savings are of such vital importance to the nation and one kind in particular United States savings bonds US savings bonds are one of America's most important institutions they are not new during the war people like you and me bought and held some $30 billion worth of ebot these helped to pay for the planes and ships and Munitions that were the price of Victory they did a tremendous amount to absorb Surplus money at a time when consumer goods were scarce money was plentiful and inflation was a constant danger then came the end of the war the experts had figured out that with the end of the war most of us would stop buying bonds and cash in those we had instead people held on to most of those they owned and went right ahead buying more they had caught on to the nest EG idea and they liked it all this meant that of the $275 billion of national debt incurred largely as the cost of winning the war a healthy percentage could be placed with individuals on a long-term basis less needed to be concentrated in commercial Banks the effect was to promote economic stability today this is even more important because we must maintain great military strength currently we are spending for national fense about 2/3 of the government's operating budget and this is a tremendous figure we are constantly trying to buy more security for less money and to improve our outlook for peace through diplomacy nevertheless our military expenditures will continue High when this results in a deficit it adds to the size of our national debt when there is a surplus the national debt can be reduced meantime this national debt must be managed and managing the national debt is big business interest payments on it alone amount to $200 a second $12,000 a minute it is vital that a debt of this proportion be managed soundly so as not to upset the country's economy who owns the national debt has a lot to do with our economic stability the government naturally must get a great deal of what it needs from the nation's commercial Banks but for the dollars it borrow BS from the banks it must exchange its own Securities on these the banks can then make loans and extend credit under certain circumstances even up to five or six times the value of the Securities for all practical purposes the effect of this credit extension is to increase the country's supply of money and when the supply of money begins to outstrip our productive capacity look out for trouble so whenever it can the government borrows from other sources that are not inflationary by far the most important of these are you and me and about 165 million others like us individual citizens who are willing to lend some of their Surplus money on a long-term basis at excellent return out of a total national debt of $275 billion some 65 billion is owned by you and me and people like us and every penny of this is anti-inflationary helping to Main main the sound dollar the sound dollar which is the basic essential of a healthy economy a lot of other investors outside the banks corporations insurance companies foundations and so forth hold $70 billion more much of it on a long-term non-inflationary basis too another 50 billion is held in the government's own investment accounts such as Social Security and Veterans insurance that leaves some 65 billions that the banks own plus an additional 25 billions held by the Federal Reserve System it is important that this proportion of bank ownership be kept in line if the dollar is to remain sound the best way to do this is to sell more US savings bonds to more people that's why the United States savings bond program means so much to every man woman and child among us our present standards and our future security depend on it in larger degree than most of us realize but those trained in economic matters realize it and that's why so many of the nation's business labor and agricultural leaders including Bankers themselves are solidly behind the US savings bond program thousands of banks across the land are working actively to promote the government's Bond program they sell millions of savings bonds cheerfully because they know it's good for the nation in addition 40,000 companies large and small have adopted the payroll savings plan for their employees the roster of these companies is an honor Ro of the best in American Business and Industry through this plan millions of working men and women buying bonds regularly are piling up nest eggs ensuring their own security and peace of mind for tomorrow one among the 40,000 companies is the buroughs corporation its President John S Coleman is one of the sincerest Believers in the benefits of the savings bond program I am convinced that the United States savings bond program is one of the most important forces in our economy making for a sound dollar this sound dollar is the economic Bedrock our Enterprise stands on anything that helps keep it secure is greatly to our advantage with the sound dollar firmly maintained we in business can concentrate on our main tasks on making better products and competing in the nation's Marketplace we can go ahead with confidence developing new business expanding plant capacity planning for a future we can count on creating new jobs that will be stable and Lasting because the United States Savings Bond program is helping to maintain this indispensable condition for Prosperity We Stand completely behind it but beyond this there is another reason for our belief in it all business management has a direct interest in helping employees to save any man who has a nest egg put away is bound to have a certain peace of mind he feels easier about his family family and Freer of worries about the future he is a happier man at home and at work so it is a matter of great satisfaction to us at Burrows that 80% of our employees are systematically saving out of their pay through the UN savings bond plan I might single out one example at random of what the payroll plan can do for a man the person I'll take though I could have taken a dozen others is Norman Jensen he makes Precision parts for one of our new electronic Business Machines the bur series G highspeed Printing and punch card accounting machine I've been buying barns on a payroll plan for about 15 years now and I want to tell you what makes a big difference in my life to me and my family this is my family here that's my wife the picture of my daughter she's 13 now and my son nine and that this is kind of an old snapshot kids are a lot bigger now now about what the pay man has meant to us look this is our house it's over in St now we bought it about 8 years ago we wanted a place of our own I had the bonds ready to make the down payment and so we bought it then I used some more of my bonds to make improvements on the place just lately for instance I installed a new heating system I've got a nice property is wor a lot more than when I bought it I got it pretty well paid for by now but I'm still on a payroll plan and I'm going to stay on it the kids are growing up fast Ellen is 13 Peter is nine it won't be long before they be going to college age I intend to see that they get a good college education in both of them my savings bonds are going to pay for that the way they paid for so many other things in our family that we've enjoyed for the past 15 years a house Home Improvements education these are just a few of the meaningful advantages of the United States savings bond program by joining this program BS people like Mr Jensen and people everywhere are building Financial Security for themselves at the same time they're helping to promote the economic well-being of the country as a whole Business Leaders like Mr Coleman hundreds of them and influential places throughout the land have helped to make the United States savings bond program the economic asset of the nation that it is today but an even greater part has been played by the thousands of volunteer workers in every state and every community the men and women who in face-to-face selling in shops and Mills in Banks and schools in factories and offices have sold billions of dollars worth of savings bonds motivated purely by a sense of civic responsibility but for all that has been done by those who have given their time and their energy more remains to be done the United States savings bond program needs our help your help your recommendation to a fellow employee or a neighbor can mean a lot and in giving it you can be sure that you are recommending one of the best investments possible you will be helping to justify the confidence of all of us in the American future this confidence backed up by millions of individual nest eggs is perhaps the most dynamic single element in our economic life it is because we believe in the American future that our towns are growing and business is expanding it is why we are owning more and pleasanter homes and having larger families why more children are getting more and better education and why there is more and better opportunity day by day for those growing up with your help the United States savings bond program will continue making its vital contribution to the nation's economic progress helping to guarantee that our American Life shall long endure in peace in well-being and in Freedom so for the best things in your life be ready with United States savings bonds [Music] more people [Music] all right you get the point since it's not really divisible by uh 200 or 100 um I just showed it um uh thank you Kevin for the $2.34 uh that will go towards paying rent for storage units anyways uh yeah looking at my uh spreadsheet and I should I'll try to share this with you guys to kind of see let's see how can we do this some of you uh yeah so here's the spreadsheet uh that we've been keeping relatively um up to date um this is our 12 34th episode uh we've been doing since mid-march of 2020 I think is that right uh and this uh the egg and US was our 5, 770th um film we've watched five over 5,000 films that is phenomenal I mean there's been some duplic appliation in there and stuff that I you know some of my favorites that I reshow but man that's a lot of stuff and you guys have been there for us so thank you this is why we do what we do I mean certainly we we collect films and uh store them and pull them out occasionally for stock footage or for researchers but really showing them uh to you at lunch has been this unexpected wonderful thing so thank you so much for being there we could not have done this without you um let's learn about t Telegraph technology enjoy [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] even before the familiar Telegraph key came this first mors instrument whose spark Set Fire To The World of communication sure Western Union was boots and Saddles the golden spike in the railroad tie singing wires and The Growing Pains of a great nation but everybody knows that Commerce Union did a job the Telegraph Wire tied the cattle markets of Kansas to the tables of the East hitched the cotton Mills of New England to the southern plantations and the New York Cutting tables other methods of communication were slow and tedious the telegraph was the only means of Rapid communication it was direct it was fast it kept pace with the nation's expanding Frontiers [Music] all late what do you read why do you read all late they're all late what do you read what's your paper Mister Glo here you are hey what's this Joe what's what blank pages where's the news huh what do you know they're all blank sorry Joe a sorry Joe's customer it wouldn't have happened if we hadn't arranged it there's plenty of news today but it's still in the making all right Madam we'll send that out right away I don't mean to be personal sir but congratulations oh thanks did you mean to say whether these twins were boys or girls sir H how could I forget gotten that they're boys and you want this S as a regular telegram of course oh sure this is news well who else would like to get the good news well this goes to about eight different people I have a lot more writing to do here that won't be necessary you just put down your list of addresses and we'll see that they all get the message oh swell sure Fred Brown twins are news Western Union is about to make it official and while you think of all the people who should know about Alice and the twins hundreds of other telegrams are being sent and received in other ways in the 10 block business area around [Music] you high above the city a busy executive receives a telegram by desk fax a compact Telegraph machine that operates by faximile and brings message transmission right to his dek [Music] he places his reply on a cylinder and with a push of a button the reply goes direct to Western Union in his own handwriting an Ultra Modern Telegraph method that is close of magic 50 stories down Western Union serves another man whose job demands fast and accurate communication hello Western Union i' like to send a telegram Mr JL Roberts Tomkins structural steel company Templeton Ohio construction here ahead of schedule urgent you wire immediately earliest arrive structural steel while urgent words speed from an engineer to his home office a steady flow of words flashes to Western Union from the communications room of a large business firm a battery of teleprinters handles swiftly the mass of urgent detail behind the daily operations of a major business to save time to pack more hours into the day to get on Fast orderly record the many details of a busy Enterprise no less important is Telegraph service to the smaller business whose need for Rapid Communications is well served by The Familiar call box at the turn of the handle the summons arrives at the branch office recorded on tape the experience clerk knows at a glance where the call originated and dispatches a messenger to the customer who is telegraphing an order for a 20ton crane and all the while people come and go in the telegraph Hub of the neighborhood say how does this sound caught surprise Shor leave in Big Town caught short of cash 25 would help please Telegraph care of Western Union thanks love to all B great all right thank you very much and we will Rush these out right away good oh and uh good luck thanks okay let's send it it's a typical day at Western Union behind the counter the mechanical nerves of the system change words to holes on tape and the holes on tape to electrical impulses speeding over the wires here is the Urgent order for the 20 ton crane to the Western Union operator impartially and impersonally sending an almost endless flow of words the contrast between six PB babies and 20 ton cranes passes by almost without notice now the operator starts the stor gr a quick tap of the keyboard and another punch the key signals that will guide the message automatically to its destination now it's gone already arriving at Syracuse highspeed message center for the territory in which the telegram originated and a link in the chain of mechanized centers throughout the country good news travels fast and with a speed of light this good news now in Syracuse is automatically being flashed onward to St Louis message center for the delivery office guided only by the two key signals punched in New York swiftly accurately practically nonstop along with thousands of other telegrams coursing through these wires flashing through in Round the Clock succession and now over the high-speed transmitter the message appears before the operator in St Louis on both printed and perforated tape [Music] as it arrives she notes the destination and click with the push of a button the words are on their way to Cumberland Missouri [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] here they are arriving in printed form ready to be gummed down on the familiar yellow blank a happy group of words announcing a double blessing to waiting grandparents yes sir twins 6 lb each Alice doing fine think I'll recover love friended it seems to take longer to tell than it takes to do this passage of a message by Western Union and at the very same time we follow this message the order for the 20ton crane has reached its final destination Preston California thousands of miles farther away reached it and already delivered because distance means nothing when it's at the end of a telegraph circuit the sailor's request for Shore leave money from Dad gone off at the same time as the telegrams about six PB Twins and 20 ton cranes delivered in Basset Maryland by one of Western Union's newest developments t car a modern message center on Wheels which receives telegrams By Radio in faximile while cruising in outlying areas virtually a telegraph Center at the doorstep and in less time than Would Be Imagined the Sailor will have the money he wants through the speed magic of a telegraphic money order this is the network of interconnecting highspeed message centers linking together the vast Western Union system from coast to coast and from the great major message center spring a multitude of connecting circuits directly linking thousands of towns and cities large and small throughout our country with this vast ultramodern automatic Telegraph system the finest fastest in the world yes we call it Speedway for Words a Speedway extending far and wide within our Shores and even Beyond to and from any part of the globe meanwhile a typical day continues from babies to butter back in Cumberland the supermarket chain wants 500 cases of butter now at the market price now trained fingers fly over the keyboard the tape flows and instantly the order is fed into the great automatic Network in a matter of minutes the butter order is on the floor of a large produce exchange 70 million housewives are concerned with every move in this Marketplace for the price tags of the nation's grocery shelves are determined here 500 cases 95 the saale goes up on the big board and over the Western Union circuits the transaction flashes instantly to produce Growers and shippers across the land in every type of marketplace from butter to bonds Western Union records the nation's sense of values to provide service to as many as possible today's Western Union reaches the American people in different ways those in small communities may know Western Union Service through its agencies and Railway stations like this where a young lady sends a meet me telegram the busy housewife to send a greeting or congratulation message may call for telegraph service and simply say charge it to my phone please the hurried man who wants to talk away his Telegram and get going sends a reservation telegram from a convenient direct coin box cabinet the late traveler who finds his day too short for all his business telegraphs for a morning appointment calling on Western Union at his hotel to work for him while he rests and here the occasional user of telegrams who lives in communities away from the center of things knows the Dependable local drugstore as Western Union's representation to millions of sports fans Western Union is the answer to what's the score wherever the bat cracks against the ball wherever grid iron grates Collide wherever Big Time punches fly Western Union is as much a part of the sport scene as the umpires and referees whatever the news wherever it happens Western Union speeds the story to its national press centers serving the world's top newspapers with light in fast reports geared to press deadlines wherever disaster strikes Western Union is on the job to restore contact bring word to and from the stricken and martial relief of the hungry and homeless in scores of crises in the nation's history the copper wires of Western Union have been worth their weight in gold of all the many places where Western Union serves the American people it is perhaps here where Representatives speak and act for 150 million citizens that w W Union serves the greatest number in the Senate Press Room correspondents compiled the daily hard copy record of significant speeches ballots legislation and Committee Action almost as soon as it happens through on the spot facilities Western Union delivers this record to front pages in the Free World but there are more than outgoing stories Western Union in Washington is a funnel into which Americans pour their messages of support or protest to their leaders the opinions of grassroot Voters who rightly believe that the elected man is a public servant when great issues are at stake the people speak their minds in a flood of telegrams that may total tens of thousands in one 24-hour period through its highp speed centers and other facilities Western Union stands ready to carry far greater traffic than the nation demands one section of its system operates by microwave beam transmission from Towers like this in Washington more than 2,000 telegrams can be sent and received simultaneously on a single radio beam traveling with a speed of light through other Towers strategically located along the Route how else does this Western Union of today serve specially design private wire systems when there is a need for Communications in volume such as the private bank wire interconnecting 188 banks in 54 cities providing direct immediate and confident iial Communications for all banks on the network here is an outstanding example of modern telegraphy serving the nation's great Industries yes Western Union does more than serve the individual 24 hours a day 365 days a year at all times this battery of teleprinters presents a permanent record of the origin and destination of every message exchanged over the private wire system contracts cont informations instructions purchase orders Financial transactions not one detail has been left hanging in the air filed in memory or left a chance it's all in black and white in the Pentagon brain Center of America's military might the permanent aspect of telegraphic communication conforms to the traditional demand of the military for realistic records the Army and Air Force use private Telegraph systems to coordinate their vast organizations operated by specially trained service Personnel theirs are among the greatest communication centers ever designed and serviced by Western [Music] Union hey they're all here they're all late what do you read they're all here hey hey what do you read hi Joe hi yeah that's more like it Joe it's got news yeah I can't figure out why that last Edition was blind a break I guess it's all there now all right the things that happened to people and the things that people made to happen there's just one blank space in this edition of the paper but that will be filled in the next Edition because the story is happening right now a reporter is taking notes in the Research Center of Western Union and what he is looking at will make the story that will fill the last empty space in the newspaper the story is a familiar one to Western Union a new one to the reporter it's the story of an endless search for improved facilities to serve the communications needs of America the news Peg of the story is one of the fins of that search highspeed fact simile transmission and reception of both words and pictures in a matter of seconds 3500 words are sent and [Music] received here is a look into the future of communications a long way from the early key that clacked out Dot and dash messages here is modern telegraphy at work sending and receiving in faximile placing all of a vast system at the user's elbow here is graphy today hurtling millions of words across thousands of miles automatically guided and controlled by the magic brain of an almost infallible [Music] system speeding messages to destinations with just the push of a button to better serve America everywhere to bring distant friends and business customers within Arm's Reach through the swiftness of the yellow blank along away from the old hand to hand relay from point to point slow and at the mercy of human [Music] error here is the thin white ribbon of words unchangeable accurate moving the message it carries Lightning Fast visible transcript of the sender's thoughts actual record of what has been said here is telegraphy on Wheels roaming the streets of outlying districts to bring Telegraph service right to the front door the radio beam Tower and its amazing capacity of 2,000 teg at a time on a single radio beam that's a long way from the one telegram on one wire of a century ago from this Telegraph center of the world headquarters of Western Union in New York comes a telegram a telegram for America Union is proud of its record through the first 100 Years A record of service and Prof which in the needs of today and plans for tomorrow keeps Pace with the tempo of a fast moving age sorry I was chewing my sandwich I had a whole mouthful of a delicious uh panini sandwich that I made it is lunch after all I mean come on all right uh I have another film for you but it's uh do I have another film for you did I not count this out right okay uh uh there's this one it's uh newsreel it's 21 minutes long so it's going to go past our normal time but you know let's see what things are looking like in the 50s uh in March uh thanks to the news magazine of the screen enjoy [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] in the United Nations troops once again city of on the [Music] way time prev by the the United down the and Destroy better un units hurrying back Chinese counterattacks reach the Blasted Bridges along the vital Han River across from Soul for the fourth time since the war start the city of Soul comes under attack an enemy held radio tower is clearly visible through the artillery bombardment the offensive is backed up from bases in Japan where flying box cars of the combat cargo command take to the air to drop supplies just as though they were coming off a factory assembly [Music] [Applause] [Music] line supplies from the air are playing an increasingly large part as the battle in borea becomes a war of maneuver for as a result of the Strategic decision that it is more important to destroy the enemy than to take ground the Battlefront shifts rapidly and it's easier to supply a changing front from the air and from the ground where the enemy can't be destroyed from Land he's hit by sea the super dreadnut Missouri which has been off Korea since early in the campaign leads a night to Dawn Naval [Music] bombardment the Mighty Mo you H 16-in guns find their mark on the east coast of North [Music] Korea back on the ground United Nations troops pursue the enemy around the clock and in every kind of weather the Allies bring their heaviest guns and equipment to bear on the job at hand [Music] [Applause] in the assault launched right from the bwac areas GIS carry on normal duties almost under the mouths of the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] cannon to the front to see for himself the progress of the battle comes the United Nations commander and chief General Maur he congratulates Allied commanders including Ralph monclar leader of a French Battalion who demoted himself from Full General to Lieutenant Colonel to fight in borea watching the progress of the war of maneuver General MacArthur with Lieutenant General Ridgeway sees the United Nations achieve its best successes since red China intervened in Korea [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] BR Premier Rene pan who flew to New York arrives in Washington by train where with Ambassador arry Bonet he is greeted by President trumman and US cabinet members after 4 days of conferences on Mutual problems in the Far East and Europe American and French officials announced complete agreement and pran's Mission is a sweeping success in Tokyo a 200 man Honor Guard comes to attention for an important occasion General MacArthur's 71st birthday Mrs MacArthur watches as her husband in excellent Health despite the rigors of the occupation and the immense task of commanding UN forces in Korea inspects his Elite guard celebrating the day as usual by working MacArthur declares that America can never turned back in the fight against communism in Rio de janeu Julio Vargas Brazil's chief of state from 1930 to 1945 is hailed by his enthusiastic followers who have this time elected him president in an overwhelming victory at the free polls Ambassador Johnson with Nelson Rockefeller are among dignitaries of 52 Nations who see President Vargas signed the oath of office outgoing president General Dutra gives his successor the traditional sash of office as Brazil welcomes Vargas back to his old job [Music] [Applause] today in an hour of national me the American Red Cross is responding to the call on the field of battle and Korea whole blood and plasma collected by the Red Cross are saving countless lives in hundreds of Blood Centers like this one the Red Cross collects blood for emergency use in battle or in a disaster at home today most of it goes to Korea rushed by plane to the Armed Forces at home the Red Cross has another important job helping the staff of veterans hospitals carry out the tremendous work of rebuilding the strength and spirit of the Wounded the Red Cross recreational and Welfare programs now serve over 110,000 War [Music] veterans when disaster strikes in any us community Community the Red Cross is organized to provide immediate aid to the [Music] victims 11,000 mobile first aid units can be rushed anywhere to meet domestic emergencies a quarter of a million people receive such Red Cross help each [Music] year when a flood leaves thousands homeless train volunteers of the Red Cross move in months after such disasters are no longer news the Red Cross may still be on hand to help in the rehabilitation of individuals and families with the threat of an atomic or other attack the Red Cross takes over a huge responsibility in civil defense the government has asked the Red Cross to train 20 million people to meet any Peril to come in America cities Red Cross classes in every kind of disaster work or training Factory professional and business workers to care for themselves and others in an emergency and in small towns and rural areas Millions more are being trained in the nation's hospitals the Red Cross is training 100,000 nurses AIDS 3/4 of a million other women are being trained in home nursing for this young nurses aid as for all Americans the completion of Red Cross training is a moment of Pride United in Mercy through the Red Cross we Face a brighter Future No Matter What may [Music] [Applause] come what's this a flying Jeep no it's a submarine one at Marin Land Florida the Army's jack of all trades goes underwater and news magazine cameras go along with it the Jeep's motor breathes through a snorkel snorter extension ingenious valve system keeps water out but lets air in and releases the exhaust these tests have a practical purpose all new army jeeps will have waterproof engines and ignition systems to run through water up to their windshields trucks too go underwater at nearby Rainbow Springs Florida the new Army Ordinance truck the Rio eager Bieber takes to water like a duck the driver breathes with an underwater lung and the trucks motor like the Jeeps uses the same snorkel snorter arrangement to keep going under under water the 2 and 1/2 ton truck officially called the m34 has been designed for heavy duty work including submersion it can stay underwater for as long as 4 hours with the motor running it'll be especially useful in amphibious Landings and River Crossings as in [Music] Korea oops where' all that water come from 40 Years of Naval Aviation history are recalled at Lindberg Field San Diego this 1912 Curtis type Pusher B plane was built by oldtime Pilot Will D Parker who prepares to Hazard life and LM pilot Parker like oldtime Navy Flyers gets his report on wind conditions [Music] contact and he's off Parker dazzles attending Navy observers by hitting the remarkable speed of 70 mph while someday the Navy may fly the [Applause] [Music] oceans some railroads go from coast to coast but this one although it's in perfect operating order never gets away from home it's the union connecting railroad probably the largest Z gauge Model Railroad in the world the UCR is owned and operated by the New York Society of model Engineers the society includes doctors lawyers advertising men almost everybody except railroad men they've been working on the system for 25 years and they don't call it finished [Music] yet it takes 100 man hours of work for each foot of track the UCR on a scale of a quart of an inch to a foot duplicates actual railroad operations even to round taes and Hand cards part of our history and of our daily lives railroading has a powerful lore for most Americans President Truman comes to Philadelphia to dedicate the Chapel of the four chaplain inside Philadelphia's Baptist Temple a memorial to four heroic men of God two Protestant ministers a Catholic priest and a Jewish rabbi President Truman unveils the mural depicting their self-sacrifice 8 years ago when the troop ship Dorchester was torpedoed off Greenland all four Chaplin gave their life belt to others and went down with the ship 10,000 Americans contributed to the the chapel a revolving base has three altars this for Protestant Services commemorates chaplain George L Fox and Clark B polling this for Catholic Services commemorates Father John P Washington and this for Jewish Services commemorates Rabbi Alexander D good the Chapel of the four chaplain is truly a sanctuary for Brotherhood in Madison Square Garden America's best milers compete in the backer mile of the New York Athletic Club games the crowd's eyes are on 23-year-old Don Gman of Wisconsin Gman here moving up to first place has won 37 straight victories over his old rival FBI agent Fred Wilt and all other opponents in this grueling distance with four laps to go the race falls into the familiar but thrilling pattern of Gman first Wilt second now Wilt passes Gman and Don will really have to step to get out in front again Gman is famed for his last second winning kick that has made him one of the world's great Runners but can he catch Wilt this time it's neck and neck stride for stride down the last 20 yards to the tape then Gman edges ahead and it's Champion Don Gman by the margin of a single stride again the winner Don Gman sets America's Pace in the mile in the same meet Yale man Jim fukes already Olympic champion sets a new world record in his specialty the shot put Jim heaves the 16lb shot farther than it has ever been heed indoors before the judges set the Mark at 58 ft 3 and 1/2 in Jim fukes greatest shot footer in track and field history the Reverend Robert Richards an ordained minister of lever California has long aspired to be the second human being to pole vault past the magic height of 15 ft here a year ago he thought he had made it but by error the bar was half an inch short now in this year's milrose games Richards aims at 15 ft once again he's Over the Bar Quivers but stays put Richards successful after 2 years of tireless trying bounces into the air in [Music] [Applause] [Music] Triumph the 24-year-old Richards who alternates between the ppit and the pole vault follows all-time record holder Cornelius warmerdam in topping the 15t mark final measurement pegs his leap at 15 ft 1 in the Reverend Robert Richards joins the roster of America's track Champions with a great parade in Sydney the Commonwealth of Australia marks an anniversary 50 years of dramatic progress since a half dozen separate colonies joined together in 191 to form a new nation Captain Cook commemorated in this float claimed this continent for Britain in 1770 Australia has never stopped growing at home or in its worldwide influence on the side of Freedom Australia with a population today of 8 million is nearly 3 million square miles in area just slightly smaller than the continental United States Australia's first settlers Landing during the American Revolution found their new land full of surprises like the cudle coop bear now protected by the government and the destructive flying fox Australia's native alals had developed uniquely in the isolation of their continent almost a symbol of Australia is the kangaroo as big as a man it runs in leaps of up to 20 ft at 40 [Music] mph the Australian Countryside in many places rich and fertile has today become one of the world's great grazing grounds its huge herds of cattle make Australia a leading world producer of meat and dairy [Music] products enormous flux of sheep 120 million strong whose ancestors were imported from France Germany and the United States furnish one quarter of all the wool in the world some $500 million worth every year [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Sydney Australia's largest city a modern Metropolis of a million and a half is the site of what Australians call the greatest Fair on Earth and it might be with its million and a quarter visitors its vast exhibits its enthusiastic Junior Farmers like America's 4 groups and its magnificently bred animals of every kind democracy was threatened in two world wars Australia responded without hesitation Australians flock to the colors from all over their continent in 1939 to join Britain and France against Nazi Germany they distinguished themselves immeasurably in Africa in Europe and in the Pacific After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor seized the Philippines and Singapore Australia became a vast base for American troops as the two Nations joined forces to defeat the common enemy general Douglas MacArthur set up headquarters on Australian soil in March 1942 today Australian troops share in the Allied occupation of Japan when the war in Korea began Australia's prime minister menes flew to Washington to pledge Aid to the UN and the US aier squadrons went into action in Korea only a few days after americas's and were followed by Naval and ground units a great Australian air hero Wing Commander Spence was decorated by America's General statamire later he was killed in action in Korea Australia's capital is the new and beautiful city of canura like Washington DC it's a federal territory the city was designed by an American Walter Burley Griffin Australia's Parliament patterned after Britains and Americas is composed of senators and representatives elected by popular vote members of opposing parties sit on opposite sides of the chamber education in Australia is free and compulsory with private and religious schools supplementing public institutions as in our own country these are the children of a democracy their fathers are clerks storekeepers government workers Farmers businessmen of Australia they're a lot like us like American Youth they love sports Cricket rugby and Australia's own brand of football are their favorites Melbourne is Australia's Second City capital of the state of Victoria and until 1927 capital of the entire Commonwealth younger than most American cities it has an Old World Air the shrine of remembrance marks Australia's reverence for her men who have died for democracy Melbourne University has a normal enrollment of 4000 its student body has doubled since World War II under a veterans law much like our American GI Bill of Rights Melbourne's department stores and shops displaying native and American products are reminiscent also of Australia's sentimental and material ties to England only 50 years ago these self-reliant people became a and a stalwart friend and AE to other democracies 8,000 M away in the Pacific is America's Good Neighbor a great free country [Music] [Applause] Australia there you go lots of news um thanks again for tuning in today uh it was a special day our 1234 episode um but only if you really think that saying 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