Hamburg-American ocean liner, SS New York visits the port of Fort-de-France, in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Three Women passengers,in swimwear, lean against the ship's railing as other passengers sun themselves lying on deck chairs on the ship's deck. The Island of Martinique can be seen in the background. Another scene shows buildings in the town of Fort-de-France. Crew members lower a tender from the ship to carry passengers to the town. View from the tender underway with crew and passengers aboard, and the SS New York seen at anchor in the background. They pass a two-masted sail boat. View of local people carrying baskets of goods on the town pier. Fish and lobster in a basket. A woman carrying a keg and package on her head. Children walking along the pier with their mother. Local women buying and selling goods. Local people conversing in what the slate calls "a peculiar French patois." Two women and two girls (one holding a doll) conversing. The Fort-de-France Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France) built of wood except for its steel steeple. The park of La Savane, with statue of Josephine, Empress of France, wife of Napoleon,who was born in Martinique. Passengers returning to the SS New York,climb a gangway from their tender, as local boys in small boats wait nearby for the chance to dive for coins from the passengers aboard the ship.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. An enlisted man clicks a photograph of four enlisted men at a camp area. A road in the camp area and a trailer stationary on the road. An ocean in the background. A grove of palm trees across the camp area. Tents in between the palm trees. Officers come out and walk on a rocky path.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group, 36th Fighter Squadron on Morotai Island in Indonesia during World War II. A damaged gasoline trailer at a camp area. A bomb hole at the side the trailer. An ocean in the background. A United States Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft comes in for landing. A jeep and a truck drive past over a rough road. Enlisted men take showers in open air shower area. A sign on a tree reads '36th Fighter Squadron'. The camp area under the trees. Men unload gas drums from a truck. A dispensary tent. A medic bandages the wrist of an enlisted man. A Red Cross sign and 'Dispensary, 36th Ftr Sq.' written on the tent. Operations and Intelligence building. A man enters the building. Another man at work in the building. A foxhole in the tent area. The helmets of the enlisted men on the top of the foxhole. The men put on the helmets.
Closeup of early 1900s Ford Model T wheels turning while car is moving. Scene opens to newly built modern highways of 1953 with lots of mixed traffic. Views from roadways of industrial plants, sheep grazing, and farmer plowing his land with a tractor. Close up views of 1950s car tires running on highway at high speed. A woman carrying groceries from her station wagon to her house. People outdoors in front of garden apartments. Children leaving school and boarding buses. View from car of an oil field worker driving to work. Modern apartment buildings.Scenic views from car driving along near lakes, hills, and ocean. Modern car passing a Model T on the road.
German prisoners of war are transported from Britain to the United States during World War II. The prisoners at a dock in Britain. The prisoners on a transport ship. The ship starts sinking. The prisoners are rescued from the sinking ship. The prisoners on a rock. The ship sinks. A fleet of ships underway in an ocean towards the United States and prisoners on the ships. Buildings at a prison camp in the United States. The prisoners at work in the camp. The prisoners walk in a squad at the internment camp. Officers search the prisoners. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a podium. German civilians in a hall take an oath. Nazi insignia. The Germans walk with their hands up after a defeat.
A film depicts activities of the U.S. Navy personnel aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean. A tiny girl doing hula. The hula girl sitting around with sailors in the background. The sailors watch the girl dancing. A fleet underway in the extreme background.
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