New York State Civil Defense Rescue Service School opens in United States. Volunteers learn trainings vital in case of natural disasters and atomic attacks. Volunteers learn how to rescue people from rubble and provide necessary emergency medical services.
Forest rangers and soldiers fight forest fire at Gila National Park in New Mexico. Planes drop supplies to fire fighters.
American men and women do sand-planing along the Atlantic coast in Southampton. Sand-planing is a combination of winter sledding and summer aqua-planing, with a mid sized board, reinforced with aluminum, dragged behind a jeep at 30 miles per hour. Ropes are tied to an Aluminum board at one end, and to a jeep at the other end. Jeep pulls the aluminum board on which a person stands and sand-planes. The boards in some views enter the shallows of the surf (early skim boarding or skimboard concept).
Bar association meeting at the office of War department special service division music section, at 42 west, 44th street, in New York. Dignitaries in meeting include the Music Sub Committee of Joint Army and Navy Recreational Activities Committee. Left to right Chief Petty Officer Richard Stabile, Chief Band Master In Charge of music, 3rd Naval District; Lieutenant Marie E Larson, Special Service Division, music section; Colonel David S Barry, Officer in charge, Special Service Division, U.S. marine corps; Harry Fox; Lieutenant Colonel Howard C Bronson, Officer in charge of music; Captain Harry Salters, Music Section, Special Services Division, War Department; Colonel J Burt Webster, Chief Chaplains Branch , 2nd Service Command, Colonel Bronson and Commander Sharpe. Dignitaries discuss, they see the pamphlet and exchange papers. They listen and look talk to each other. (World War II period)
Transportation of V-Discs by the United States Air Transport command, Army Air Forces at LaGuardia Field, Long Island, New York. Crew members load cartons of V-discs on transport plane, ground crewman notes. Elevator rises to plane with cartons of V-discs. Crewman stands on door of the plane, he carries the carton. 'Destination Australia', 'PSX02' and 'V- disc' written on the carton. Crew loads carton onto plane. V-disc record.
V disc records and albums displayed in New York. Albums of 'Musical America', 'Down Beat' etc. Albums and records displayed. Record No 93 Album and records display of Down Beat etc. Paper headline as 'Keyser, Others to Gives Records' etc. Albums displayed.
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