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Destruction in coastal northeast USA from the 1944 "Great Atlantic Hurricane" (First example of a named hurricane in the US)
Views of The Great Atlantic Hurricane lashing at northeast United States areas (after having already hit the North Carolina Outer Banks), and views of the aftermath and early cleanup following the storm. Regions shown include Atlantic City, Long Island (where it came ashore as a category 3 hurricane on September 15, 1944), New York City suburbs, and parts of New England. High surf flooding boardwalks and coastal cities. Trees bent over and snapped in high winds. People walking with difficulty in the high winds. Streets of towns submerged in water. Coastal docks destroyed and large boats scattered high onto shore areas. Trees, poles, and wires downed over roads and homes. Entire homes moved off of their foundations and placed down the street. The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" was the first example of a named hurricane by the Miami Hurricane Warning Office, which later became the National Hurricane Center. The name was meant to reflect the hurricane's size and intensity.
United States Army Air Corps winter mission before WW2.
United States Army Air Corps Douglas XC-32 military transport plane in flight after take off from Langley Field before WWII. Major General Frank Andrews and staff including Major George C. Kenny, inspecting a map onboard the XC-32. A radio operator in the XC-32 sends a message via morse code and voice. Ground radio operators in Concord, New Hampshire as command is heard on loudspeaker telling pilots to "simulate an air attack on the New York metropolitan area." View of a loudspeaker. Ground crewmen walking across snow-covered field in Concord New Hampshire with a Douglas YO-31A parked in background. Snow is falling on the airfield as crewmen uncover engine of a Martin B-10 bomber parked in a row with other bombers. A crewman in winter uniform carries a machine gun across snow-covered field toward a parked B-10. A gunner in a B-10 as nose turret turns. Crewmen looking in open bomb bay doors in the snow. Two crewmen turning propeller on a B-10 by hand while it is snowing. Two ground crewmen crank B-10 engine by hand to prime it in cold conditions. Engines on a B-10 are started. The snow is blown off wings of aircraft after the engine starts. Two ground crewmen pulling canvas covering off the wing of a B-10 in heavy snow. A Martin B-10 taxiing on snow-covered field. The B-10 taking off from snow-covered field. A Martin B-10 in flight.
Various scenes of daily life in Springfield, New Jersey during WW2
Opening title "The Old Home Town". A young woman opens the front door of a house with a Service Flag in the window during World War 2. Service Flag displayed in house window showing one star, meaning 1 person in the household is serving in the military. Camera pans inside living room, displaying photographs of relatives serving in the military. Woman writes a letter to her son. Hand writing out letter with pen. View of the First National Bank of Springfield on Main Street, Springfield New Jersey. Woman buying ticket at movie theater box office. Movie theater displays sign that reads “Buy War Bonds and Stamps Here”. A woman enters Hoffman Drugstore Luncheonette with her child. High School students drink soda while sitting at drugstore counter while soda clerk fills soda from soda fountain. View of downtown Springfield, New Jersey. Women out shopping and eating ice cream in downtown Springfield, New Jersey. Children exit the James Caldwell Elementary School at 36 Caldwell Pl, Springfield Township, NJ 07081 and line up in front of the police crossing guard. Mailman walking down residential street and delivering mail to a woman at a house. Smiling woman closes door with Service Flag displayed. Woman shares letter with neighbor. Women read a V-Mail from abroad. Paperboy riding bike throws evening newspaper to porch. Man gets newspaper from porch. Man reads newspaper while sitting in living chair. Wife and daughter read from behind the man reading newspaper. The family reads the newspaper together. A Lions Club Honor Roll signage containing every person fighting abroad in Springfield, New Jersey. View of Springfield Township military Honor Roll. A Lions Club member adds a star beside the name Howard Lott, a soldier who died fighting in the Mediterranean. Two Lions Club members look mournfully at sign. A “Handy-Man Association” meets together near the Lions Club Honor Roll signage. Old man sawing wood while wife watches. Old man fixes bureau drawer. Man cleans window while on ladder. Old man climbs ladder to remove window screen. Woman gives doorknob to a man and he re-attaches it to a door. Man paints a porch while a woman sweeps. Townspeople enter the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, New Jersey (37 Church Mall, Springfield Township, NJ 07081, United States). Townspeople attend church service. Pastor delivering his sermon. Women lower their heads in prayer during church service. View of bell tower of the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, New Jersey.
Various Allied Generals assume new commands in Italy during December, 1944, World War II.
On 12 December, 1944, at an airport in Naples, Italy, British General Sir Henry Nathan Wilson inspects an honor guard of American Military Policemen in formation. (Narrator states he is en route to replace the late Field Marshal Sir John Dill, in Washington, DC, USA) A contingent of British troops is also present as part of the honor guard, on the wet airport tarmac. (Narrator states that Wilson will head the British Joint Staff Mission and be personal military representative for Prime Minister Winston Churchill.) He approaches a line of U.S. military officers who salute him. Closeup of General Wilson With U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, next to U.S. Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt. Also with them (back to camera) is British Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet. Next, General Wilson and his party are seen boarding a British Avro York four-engine Heavy Transport aircraft. View from the ground, of the aircraft cockpit and the engines running as it taxis out for takeoff. Change of scene shows troops gathered in open air battlefield environment. General Mark Clark, now Commander-in-Chief of the Allied 15th Army Group, decorates some members of the 5th Army, as General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (new 5th Army Commander) stands by his side. General Clark says farewell to members of the 5th Army and shakes hands with many of them. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigns for the office of United States President.
A demonstration for United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower in New Hampshire. Supporters holding signs read “NEW HAMPSHIRE” and “LIKES IKE”. Other demonstrators holding signs reading, "Garden City Long Island We're Behind Ike!" and "Adelphi College Likes Ike." Men rolling out a poster that reads, “WE LIKE IKE”. Newspaper headline reads, "We Need Eisenhower." A woman covered in “I LIKE IKE” badges waves beside a sign that reads “AMERICA NEEDS EISENHOWER”. Eisenhower supporters holding signs that read “The Subway Circuit for Eisenhower” and “Hitch-IKERS.” Newspaper headlines read “Big Minn. Vote Spurs Ike Drive” and “IKE VOTE STUNS FOES”. General Eisenhower with Senator Cabot Lodge. Ike and Mamie Eisenhower shake hands with dignitaries in Europe. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie descend from an airplane. General Eisenhower walks past crowds. General Eisenhower saluting. General Eisenhower delivers his farewell to the armed forces as returns to civilian life, saying, "Comrades in arms and my friends. The Uniformed services of the United States are far too deeply embedded in my heart for me ever to say a final goodbye, I hope you will allow me to say "Until we meet again"”
Gar Wood sets a new salt water speed record with his "Miss America Tenth" boat in Miami, Florida.
Inventor and speedboat racer, Gar Wood, shakes hands with two men welcoming him at a boat slip in Biscayne Bay, Florida, in 1935. Scene shifts to Gar Wood and members of his racing team standing by his boat, "Miss America Tenth,"in a slip. Hoisting chains are suspended beside the boat's hull, and its engines are exposed with covers and exhausts removed. Wood talks with boat designer Nap Lissee, who is wearing a cap and white coveralls, with "Packard" written on its back. Lissee is pointing toward the engine compartment. Change of scene shows glimpse of Gar Wood and his mechanic, Orlin Johnson in their racing attire with goggles. Next the "Miss America Tenth" is viewed from a point overlooking Bicayne Bay, as the boat skims over the water at 118 miles per hour. View from an overflying airplane that shows the speeding boat moving faster than another airplane (a Stinson straight wing version) tracking it at lower altitude.
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