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United States Coast Guard protects ports and patrols the area off the coast of Saudi Arabia
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm. Coast Guards protect the ports in Persian Gulf with the help of a Boston Whaler. Men patrol the area off the coast off Saudi Arabia in patrol boats. BM1 Bob Fong explains the importance of patrolling. Coast Guards look for suspicious objects in the sea. BM2 Joe Gosh explains how patrolling party conducts a search on vessels underway at sea. A patrolling party checks the identity proofs of locals on board a private boat.
Abyssinian Border disputes and the beginning of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Start of the 2nd Italo-Ethiopian War (Second Italo-Abyssinian War).Map shows Red Sea, Arabian peninsula, and Africa, and highlighting Ethiopia and its capital, Addis Ababa, along with Djibouti and the regions of Erythree (Eritrea) and Somalie Italienne (Italian Somaliland). Following border controversies, Narrator states the matter came to a head when Italian and Ethiopian elements clashed at Welwel oasis (aka Walwal, or Ual-Ual).on November 26, and again, on December 4, 1934. Views of League of Nations council reviewing the situation. (They later concluded, on October 7, 1935, that Italy violated Article 12 of the League Covenant, by its invasion on October 3rd.) Crowds are seen demonstrating in Ethiopia. Italian forces are seen embarked on a ship as part of Italy's force buildup. Italian forces, including armor and infantry, are seen in their wholesale invasion from Eritrea, into Ethiopia, on October 3, 1935. With war declared, Ethopian troops muster in areas of the Capital, Addis Ababa. Ethopian tribesmen are seen answering the call to arms
A German antiaircraft gun downs attacking Russian aircraft and engineers detonate installations in the Kerch Peninsula.
German soldiers arrive in the Kerch Peninsula during the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula of World War II. Animated map shows Kerch, Stalino and other places. German ships arrive at the Kerch Peninsula after evacuating a Cuban bridgehead. A soldier looks at Russian aircraft in flight through binoculars. An antiaircraft gun downs attacking Russian aircraft. Bombs dropped from the aircraft. A convoy of ships at sea. German soldiers walk in columns. Soldiers load material in a truck. A railroad engine used to pull down a tower. German engineers detonate installations to cover their retreat.
Scenes of people going about their everyday activities in Arabian city of Dubai, and environs, in 1944
Arabian City of Dubai, and environs during period of British rule (before creation of United Arab Emirates). Waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in Dubai . (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.) Numerous boats and merchants clog the Dubai creek. Merchants unload their wares from boats. Trucks and businessmen line the wharf near the creek. Pottery is being carefully unloaded from a boat, one piece at a time and passed to a man who places them in a push cart. An oasis with palm trees A woman scoops a bucket of water.Two men are seen baking Arabian flat bread over fires. A boy washes himself in a pond.
A news anchor talks about Prince Sultan Salman bin Al Saud of Saudi Arabia becoming the first Saudi Arabian in space
Sultan Salman bin Al Saud becomes the first Saudi Arabian in space. A news anchor during a bulletin speaks about the importance of the STS-51 G mission and Prince Sultan Salman Al Saud, the first Saudi Arabian in space aboard space shuttle Discovery. Mission insignia.
An Arabian sail boat approaches, is towed,and ties up to USS Murphy in Suez Canal. Goat is butchered on fantail.
An Arabian sail boat with a lanteen sail approaches the Destroyer, which secures it with a line and takes it in tow. View of sailboat in tow with sail furled and secured. U.S. sailors on deck of the USS Murphy, check the tow line. A U.S. navy officer, with member of the Royal Party, discuss the tow line which is taut and visible several feet away from them over the water. Captain and officers of the USS Murphy gathered together on deck. The Arab sailing vessel tied up alongside the USS Murphy, dead in the water. Arabian butcher boards the USS Murphy and slaughters Goat and drains its blood into bucket on the fantail, near depth charge racks. Large group of U.S. sailors watch. The butcher trusses up the goat and dresses it. Views from receiving vessel of a U.S. Fleet Oiler replenishing operation, with fuel line evident.(Footage shot while King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, also called King Abdulaziz, was aboard the Destroyer USS Murphy (DD-603), underway in the Suez Canal for the Yalta Conference in World War 2.)
