Air and Naval gunfire attacks by American Task Force against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. A Destroyer in the background fires its main battery. Battleship underway fires to the starboard. Fighter aircraft take off from carrier deck. Group of U.S. SB2Cs (Helldiver) in formation. Two U.S. Grumman F6F hellcats in flight. TBM Avengers in flight. Mount Fujiyama seen above cloud cover. Japanese installations on ground being struck. Noticeable absence of Japanese defensive actions.
Scenes from the wedding of American shipping magnate John Jacob Astor VI to socialite Ellen Tuck French at the Trinity Church (1 Queen Anne Square, Newport, RI 02840, United States) in Newport, Rhode Island. People gather in large number at the ceremony. The married couples pose for the crowd.
Transpacific ships lie idle at a port in San Fransisco, California. Longshoremen (dock workers) meet to force recognition of their union demands.
Shows the National Marble Championship held at Ocean City in New Jersey, United States. Contestants from round the country take part. Match played on hexagonal rings. Cliff Seaver of Springfield, Massachusetts wins the title. The crowned champion poses for the camera
Aftermath of the June 27, 1934 explosion that occurred at the J.A. Denn Powder Company in the Hawks Prairie region of Lacey, Washington (8 miles east of Olympia, Washington). Thurston County authorities survey the wreckage of the destroyed factory. Rubble and debris strewn at the site. Smoke rising from some of the debris. Officials examine a shoe with its sole torn away.
Robert (Slim) Jones buried alive at a grave during a show in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Rescue party digs him out of his grave when an accident occurred due to the seepage of water in his coffin.
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