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Corner street signs, Madison Avenue and East 28th Street. Caption. When we get home, I call my neighbor, Max.

Still image from: Alma's Way: Lost in the Bronx / New Neighbors

Man in work clothes balances on a metal beam above sprawling cityscape. Caption. There's only one place to go, up.

Black and white photo of group of men with levers lay railroad track. Caption. He was laying better than a mile of track a day.

Bearded, turbaned man speaking with another man. Caption. We've been stranded here for awhile.

Wooden cart with 2 wheels in the back, 1 in the front center, and 1 extending out in front is on display in a museum. Behind it is a wooden bicycle prototype.

Automobile factory with an assembly line of cars surrounded by several robotic devices.

People stand in lines with luggage at airport gates.

Man wears a dark green zip-up jacket and glasses. His mouth is open in mid-speech as he looks away from the camera and to the side. He is in a mechanic's shop with commercial truck wheel drums hanging on stands behind him.

Man wearing a baseball cap and white collared shirt walks towards an open trunk of a truck carrying labeled boxes ready for delivery.

Man wearing a vintage costume suit and hat stands next to a steam engine train, facing towards camera and rubbing his hands together. Caption. Helped schools for the deaf to flourish.

Two people in hiking gear standing next to a sign showing destinations and distance. Caption: It says we're 32.1 miles from anywhere.

Woman in an aviator hat with goggles smiles at camera as she rests 1 hand on the propeller of a small plane.

Gently arching bridge over a large body of water. Caption: but the Skye Bridge spans the equivalent distance

Aerial shot of a diorama that shows ruins of several multi-level buildings. Caption. Some Native Americans who lived in the Southwest deserts.

A large jetliner flies above and very close to a smaller, angular space craft. Caption: There's no sign of a halt to the speed of progress.

An old car from the 1920's driving next to contemporary cars. Caption: The very first cars were powered by electricity.

Woman and man stand next to each other and face towards camera in a lab setting.

Gauge in a vehicle with a range of 0 to 8. The indicator is at 1 and the gauge is labeled RPMx1000. Caption: How do electric vehicles compare with other cars?

Tractor dumping material into a dump truck bed. Caption. We use it for loading dump trucks.

Cartoon. Bear holds a stack of books and clothing on top of its head while wading through a river. Caption. Henry hopped from rock to rock across the Sudbury River.

Queen Elizabeth II ship docking in a harbor. Caption. Nudging it over to Pier 90.

Illustration of a bird and a first-generation plane with ribbed wings. Caption: They become focused on flight.

Group of women walk across a city crosswalk with traffic lights and walk signs. Caption. That let the blind know they can cross.

Still image from: Lab Six: Bikes (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Boats (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Boats II (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: The Train (Spanish)

Statue of a man extending 1 arm backward as he does a wheelie on a motorcycle up an incline. Behind him are 2 large buildings connected by an enclosed bridge, with a Harley Davidson Motorcycles' sign on a tower above it.

2 trains face opposite directions on separate tracks. The train on the left is black and older, probably coal-powered, and the train on the right has thick tan and green horizontal stripes and is more modern.

We look from above into a fishbowl holding two spiky sea urchins with black and pink spines.

Man wearing a turban and robe stands across from a young boy near a hut. They are looking down at a white cloth with vegetables. Caption. You have to keep your eye on the women at all times.

Two children sit in a canoe, steered by a man standing on the back holding a stick, as they float among lily pads.

Drone-view of a cityscape showing multi-story buildings, high rises, tall trees, and other structures receding into the distance. In the foreground, a green courtyard surrounds a white steepled clocktower that towers over everything.

Color illustration of people waiting at a subway platform. Platform has gold chandeliers, colorful tile arches and skylights.

Aerial shot of a network of several overlapping roads and overpasses.

Side view of a large green and black city bus with decals explaining it is a hybrid and how the energy works. Spanish text on screen reads, "Imágenes Youtube." Spanish caption. Ya sea un bus full eléctrico a batería.

Multiple images of various angles of a futuristic looking white bus with large windows, bright headlights, and purple neon lights on the exterior. Spanish caption. Que está proyectado el 2020.

Person riding a motorcycle. Spanish captions.

View from the cockpit of a race car. Spanish captions.

Modern bullet trains passing each other on the tracks. Spanish captions.

Lava spewing from a crevasse while smoke and ash rises around it. Caption: how long the ash will linger and when the skies will be clear

Semi-trailer with large cylindrical tanks labelled as Hydrogen, Compressed. Caption:(narrator) Hydrogen is hailed as the fuel of the future --

A large ship with equipment and sensors on the deck. Caption: Fourteen years in the planning and construction stages,

Closeup on the mast of a ship with an American flag blowing in the breeze. Behind the ship, a bridge stretches across the water.

Black and white frame of submarine surfacing. Caption. But they all can operate under the water.

Wide shot of a moving passenger train with forests and mountains in the background. Caption. From a car, this is what our train would look like.

Black and white photo of 4 men sitting in a car with the top down. 2 wear flat caps and another is in uniform.

Man bends forward to work on an early model car. He is dressed in a vest and pants from the early 1900s. A large garage door is open to a grassy field and trees in the background.

Bird's eye view of a white mid-century car with chrome details.

Students and teacher from the magic school bus in an open cockpit airplane. Caption: I've got that "air moving past our wings" feeling, guys.

The caboose of a 3 car train, Southern Pacific painted on the side in large white block letters. Caption. Keep your eyes open, sometimes you'll see one roll by.

2 men inspect the wheel and engine of a Mack truck parked in a long line of trucks stretched back behind it.