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U.S. Army sentries silhouetted against the sky as they stand guard at a heavy gun emplacement in Hawaii.

U.S. Army sentries walking their respective posts near what appears to be a 16 inch gun pointed seaward. They and the gun are silhouetted against the sky. Views of a heavy gun zooming in on the front of the barrel where inscriptions read: "_ inch No.4 Ord. Dept. U.S.A. Mod of 1907 V" and "Waterford Arsenal 1910." U.S. Army artillerymen set up a heavy gun in hills of Hawaii. An armorer transports a shell to a heavy gun on a wheeled carrier. A gun crew loads and rams the shell into the gun. View from end of barrel as shell is loaded from the breech.

Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046028
Museum Photo portraits of American pioneer settlers of Hawaii, in the 1820s.

Photographic portraits,in a museum, showing with names and travel information about early American pioneer settlers in Hawaii. Includes photographs of the so-called "Pioneer Company" that arrived at Kailua, on the Brigantine Thaddeus, after 164 days at sea, from Boston, Massachusetts, landing at Monolala, April 19, 1820. Likewise, photos of settlers in the "Second Company" are shown. They arrived on the Schooner Aclife, from Tahiti, on February 4, 1823, and other who arrived on the Ship Thames, sailing 158 days from New Haven, Connecticut, arriving at Honolulu. Among pioneers identified are: Samuel Ruggles and his wife, Nancy; Artemas Bishop and Mrs Della (Stone) Bishop; and Mrs Clarissa Richards.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046030
Historic artifacts from the reign of native Hawaiian Royalty . Several portraits of Hawaiian Royalty.

Artifacts used by former Hawaiian Royalty. A pair of thrones. A royal cloak and headgear. Royal crowns. Portraits of Hawaiian King David Kalekaua (or Kalakaua) and Queen Kapiolani. Painting of conflict (Perhaps an artist's interpretation of armed Americans coming ashore from the USS Boston,in 1893? ) Painting of a modern ocean liner underway at sea.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046031
Glimpses into a book entitled "builders of Hawaii." Highlights in Hawaiian history. Portrait of Sanford Ballard Dole.

View of a book entitled "Builders of Hawaii." A hand opens it to several different places, revealing photos of persons who played roles in the early development of Hawaii. Also revealed are pages from the newspaper "Commercial Advertiser" reporting that flags changed as "Hawaii becomes the first outpost of Greater America" and "Old Glory is the new flag of the Hawaiian Islands." (This refers to the establishment of the Territory of Hawaii, under the U.S. Hawaiian Organic Act of 1900.) A portrait of Sanford Ballard Dole is shown. (He was the President of the Republic of Hawaii, 1894-1900, and its first Territorial Governor, 1900-1903.) Views of the Hawaiian State Archives Building, on the grounds of the Iolani Palace, in Honolulu. A plaque honoring Captain James Cook. Views of visitors inside an exhibit that includes a reproduction of an early Hawaiian cottage.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046032
A woman photographs four U.S. Destroyers underway in waters off Hawaii.

Views taken from a commercial vessel, of the U.S. 4-stack Wickes Class Destroyers, USS Montgomery (DD-121); USS Breese (DD-122); USS Gamble (DD-123); and the USS Ramsay (DD-124), as they steer parallel courses beside a ship, in waters off Hawaii. Woman photographer holding a camera is shown briefly. The four flushdeckers were all reclassified in 1930 upon re-commissioning as 'light minelayers' and each displays here the circular emblem of the navy's mine force next to its hull number.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046053
Views of Hawaiian mountains and beaches, including one of Diamond Head on Oahu.

Views of Hawaiian landscape, including mountains and beaches. In one, a man standing on edge of hill looks through binoculars. View of Diamond Head and beach on Oahu, as seen from a distance, across the bay.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046054