Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Destroyer USS Shaw's forward magazines explode in a large fireball. USS California after oil fire drifts clear. USS Blue heads down a channel past burning oil fires for sea. Capsized USS Oglala sunken in the foreground. USS Shaw burns in the background. A Japanese aircraft overhead is fired on. Heavy flak in the air. A shrapnel falls in water just off 1010 dock. Battleships in the background. A row of battleships shows USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia and USS Arizona. USS California settling in water.
The Kentucky Derby horse race in Kentucky, United States. A fire on the ground before the race. Smokes rises due to the fire. Spectators in the stands. Traffic on streets. Eleven horses at a gate. The horse race starts. The spectators watch the race. A woman looks through binoculars. The horses run on the track. People in the stands cheer. Lucky Debonair wins the race. The results on a board. The winner horse in the center and people around the horse.
An oil pipe line from Texas to Illinois is laid in Arkansas, United States. An oil pumping station. Oil tanks in the background. Oil is pumped out using an oil pump. The tanks filled directly from a well. Engineers use different machines to dig a trench for laying the oil pipeline from Texas to Illinois. An engineer welds a pipeline. The engineers wrap the pipe with a protective covering. The pipe is laid in the trench using machines. Mud is put in the trench.
Christening ceremony of 6 cargo ships and 2 U.S. Navy Destroyers at a shipyard in Maine, United States, during World War 2. A sign reads '48 days' representing a new record achieved in building a ship in only 48 days. People gathered for the christening ceremony. Women stand holding flowers. The crowd gathered at the shipyard cheers. Men and women open champagne bottles. Various ships slide down ways into the water during launch.
Filipino soldiers (U.S. Army soldiers of Philippines descent) are trained in California, United States during World War II. Filipino soldiers march in a squad. The soldiers stand in formation. Cars parked in the foreground. The soldiers advance. They learn tactics of modern warfare. Aircraft in flight. The soldiers come out from foxholes and advance. The soldiers move on a grass field. Buildings in the background.
A battle fleet of the U.S. Navy near the Golden Gate Bridge, then under construction, in San Francisco. Cables have been completed for the bridge but roadway is not yet built. The battle fleet steaming out to sea.
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