The USS Nevada (BB-36) under repair at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She has been re-floated and a large complement of sailors and repair technicians are seen on deck. She flies a large American flag, celebrating her successful recovery. Cranes are seen on her deck. She is being removed from drydock #2 after repairs to topedo and bomb damage suffered Dec 7th, 1941. A tugboat takes her under tow with line attached to the stern. An admiral's barge cuts across the bow of the Nevada. (The USS Nevada entered the Navy's Drydock Number Two, at Pearl Harbor, on February 18, 1942.) (World War II period).
View from cockpit of a U.S. Navy PBY airplane circling to land at the Naval Air Station Kanoehe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. View from the land, as PBY taxis in toward beach after landing. A man stands by a white flag at beach front to guide the seaplane. A crewman seated on the wing of the seaplane. A man swims out to the PBY, as it approaches the beach. Several flights of Curtiss P-36 Hawk aircraft fly overhead in formation.
Celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buildings along the sides of a street. Buses passing on the street. A banner on a bus reads: 'Philadelphia congratulates David Dubinsky'. American labor leader David Dubinsky being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. People march on a street. They wear caps. Officials discuss amongst themselves. A large crowd gathers in a hall. Dignitaries arrive for the celebration. They greet David Dubinsky. Dignitaries and officials seated on chairs.
U.S. soldiers in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. A soldier holding a rifle stands at guard duty near a sea. Pali windward side of Oahu facing Kailua and Kaneohe Bay.
Damage in Johnston Pennsylvania due to a massive flood on March 17 and March 18, 1936, known as the Saint Patrick's Day Flood. Men crossing a pontoon bridge over the Conemaugh River or the Stony Creek River. A railroad near the flooded waterway. A train car on the railroad track. A wrecked car outside a building. The exterior of the Johnstown Station building for the Pennsylvania Railroad. People gather outside the building. The flooded streets in the area. Vehicles in water. Buildings along the sides of the flooded streets. People walking on the street. Wrecked cars and other vehicles in the area. The destroyed houses and rubble in the street.
Newly recruited U.S. soldiers completing their training for World War 1 service. Soldiers in uniform marching at an Army training camp. The soldiers, holding rifles in their hands, cross a bridge. A large number of soldiers seated in an open area in Rockford, Illinois, as they are addressed by Major General Thomas H. Barry near the end of their training period. The U.S. flag on the platform.
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