Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Ground and air search operations for missing crewmen of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 aircraft of 99th Bomb Wing. The plane crashed against the side of Elephant Mountain, Maine. Brigadier General Alvan C Gillem II (Commander 57th Air Division, SAC), Major General James H Walsh (Deputy Commander, SAC, 8th Air Force ), doctor, medic and ambulance driver waiting for arrival of helicopter at Dow Air Force Base, Maine. CH-3B landing and taxiing to stop as directed. B-52 survivors, Captain Gerald Adler (navigator) and Lieutenant Colonel Dante Bulli (flight commander) transferred from aircraft, by Pararescueman TSgt Gene Slabinski, to field ambulance.
Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Washington, United States. Nuclear-powered missile submarine USS Ohio (SSBN-726) arrives at the Delta Pier of Bangor Naval Submarine Base. Fireboats spew jets of water in salute as the USS Ohio approaches. 'Navy Band' blows trumpets. A man directs the band. A woman takes photographs. A huge crowd gathered to welcome the submarine. Several women laugh and wave their hands. Children smile and laugh. A child carries a toy. Several old men raise their hands. The crowd cheers. A high ranking naval officer talks to people. Sailors aboard USS Ohio. 'Navy Band, Seattle' written on a drum. A man takes photographs. United States flag raised on the submarine.
17-year old Alice Bridges of Whitinsville, Massachusetts shatters world record in the 440-yard back stroke event during a swimming event held on Lake Maranacook in Maine. Spectators at the bank watch. Alice Bridges praised by an official.
Dignitaries and people gather at the NSDAR Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days in Lexington, Missouri. The memorial (one of 12 identical ones) was established by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and created by sculptor August Leimbach. Harry S. Truman, then Missouri's director for the Federal Re-Employment program (part of the Civil Works Administration), and President of the Old Trails Association, speaks to Mrs. John Trigg Moss, Chairman of the National Old Trails Committee. Mrs. Moss, in 1927, had designed the memorial that was sculpted by Leimbach, and dedicated in 1928. View of "Madonna of the Trail" inscribed on the main statue. Harry S. Truman, who later in 1934 was elected Senator of Missouri, holds up two miniature bookend models of the statue, which are being given to him as a gift for serving as President of the Old Trails Association. (Truman had also delivered the keynote address at the statue unveiling 6 years earlier). View from behind the statue with the Lexington Bridge, a seven-span truss bridge on Route 13, crossing over the Missouri River.
Nuclear-powered trident submarine USS Ohio (SSBN-726) arrives at the Submarine Base in Bangor, Washington, United States. A huge crowd gathered to welcome the submarine. People carry a banner. The banner reads 'Peace Through Trident....Ohio'. The submarine is docked at the Delta Pier of the submarine Base. United States flag raised on the submarine. A boat near the submarine at the port. Cameramen take photographs. A high ranking naval officer is followed by the crowd. Naval officers stand in formation. A banner on a woman's dress reads 'Peace Through Trident'.
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