The Northern Pacific Railroad Overland Express arrives at Helena, Montana. A number of persons are waiting on the station platform, and a baggage wagon is seen. Behind the steam locomotive of the arriving train are four express cars, and behind them seven coaches and Pullmans. Passengers get on and off, and baggage and articles are loaded and unloaded. ( Edison Company film, copyrighted April 4,1900, but believed to be actually filmed about July 1897, when much attention was focused on the Klondike Gold Rush and capabilities of railroads in the Northwestern U.S.)
Earthquake in the city of Helena, Montana. Devastated buildings after earthquake. Roof and walls collapsing during the 1935 Helena Earthquake. Damaged buildings falling to the ground. Citizens view demolished buildings. People take injured person on bed. A damaged children’s orphanage in Helena, Montana. Snow falling outside orphanage. Change to aerial view of New York City on Manhattan Island which also felt minor earthquake tremor activity. View of a crack in a building caused by tremor. From UN newsreel 25-year retrospective, dated October 27, 1960.
Earthquake in Helena, Montana. Number of tremors shakes Helena, Montana. Buildings destroyed with debris all around. Homeless children take shelter under a roof. Three children sleep on bed.
Models wearing dresses by Helena Barbieri in New York City. The models display evening gowns designed by Miss Helena Barbieri in New York. A model wears a fur stole and a white evening dress. A model takes off her autumn haze capelet and shows off an elegant, pleated evening dress. Blond model removes her jasmine mink capelet to show her laced evening dress and smiles. The evening gowns are designed according to the Dresden Figurine look. “Gentlemen, bring money!” the narrator said.
The USS Helena (CL-50) and the USS St. Louis (CL-49) in the South West Pacific Theater of World War II. The USS Helena and the USS St. Louis underway, both firing guns. Crew load and fire 1.1" quadruple mount AA (antiaircraft gun). A sailor sleeps on the deck. Formation of aircraft in sky. CLs (Light Cruisers) underway.
Views in semi-darkness of U.S. Navy sailor survivors in life boats, from the USS Wasp (CV-7), approaching the Cruiser, USS Helena (CL-50) during World War 2. Smoke rising from the USS Wasp (CV-7) as viewed from the Helena. As night falls, the fires aboard the USS Wasp are all that is visible.