A 1946 Canadian-Made Awesome Precision Bow Chainsaw.
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This is an awesome Canadian-made precision bow chainsaw produced in 1946-48. This Montreal-made precision bow chainsaw of high quality is greatly different from the current bow chainsaw models used in today’s works.
This ancient beast is equipped with a scratcher chain, a kind of design that involves a series of teeth that in principle scratch the surface of a wood. Unlike the old chainsaws, the currently used ones are designed with chipper chains which are produced with several features to adjust the depth of the cut.
These kinds of things should be saved from the waster yards and should be restored.
1946 HD Video Footage of Atomic Bomb Destruction: Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
HD remastered version of “The Atom Strikes” produced in 1945 about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The movie is made up of three 10 minute 35mm reels.
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
Following a firebombing campaign that destroyed many Japanese cities, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of Japan. The war in Europe ended when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on May 8, 1945, but the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945, threatening “prompt and utter destruction”.
By August 1945, the Allied Manhattan Project had successfully tested an atomic device and had produced weapons based on two alternate designs. The 509th Composite Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces was equipped with a Silverplate Boeing B-29 Superfortress that could deliver them from Tinian in the Mariana Islands. A uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, followed by a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki on August 9. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizeable garrison.
On August 15, just days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union’s declaration of war, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. On September 2, it signed the instrument of surrender, ending World War II. The bombings’ role in Japan’s surrender and their ethical justification are still debated.
This menu from Alcatraz Prison for a week in September of 1946 doesn’t look that bad. There are three solid meals a day, mostly different from the day before.
This 1946 weekly menu from the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary list some surprisingly tasty-sounding options, including roast pork shoulder, layer cake, and breaded rock cod. The menu was posted by San Francisco Chronicle restaurant blog Inside Scoop SF. The San Francisco Hyatt Regency is currently hosting an exhibition about Alcatraz—“Alcatraz: Life on the Rock”—and is serving a special Alcatraz menu in the hotel restaurant until September 9, 2013, when the exhibition closes.
