A Team Handball game in progress between the the United States(White) and Spain(Red) during the Summer Olympics of 1972 in Munich, Germany. Sequence opens showing the score ESP-USA, 3-3. The teams play hard moving back and forth across the court, and the scoreboard records as Spain makes 4th and 5th scores. After more play, the score shows ESP-USA, 7-4. Then the U.S. scores to make it 7-5. The U.S. team scores two more goals as the sequence ends. (Note: neither team did well in this sport overall. This was the sixteenth-place consolation round, and the U.S. won it 22 to 20, over Spain.)
The USS Seawolf (SSN-575)submarine cruises underwater for a record 60 days. It emerges from water near Connecticut carrying 100 men after a record 60 days submerged. Another ship seen in the background. A dirigible is also seen above the USS Seawolf.
A Mobil gas station in northern California (likely Palo Alto based on other clips on the same film reel). A car being driven on road past the gas station. Readings on "Mobilgas" pump as it dispenses gas. Pump readout shows the total sale and the total gallons of gas sold, reflecting a price of 34 cents per gallon. A man driving a black Ford Fairlane has his oil checked and gets fuel. Gas station attendant seen removing gas pump nozzle from rear of car when fueling completes. (Unconfirmed: Possibly Bob Coombes Mobil Station at the SW corner of Page Mill and El Camino.)
Contemporary suburban homes in northern California in the United States. (possibly Palo Alto region as prior clip and subsequent clip on same film reel include Palo Alto shots.) A lemon tree in the front yard of a house. A woman comes out of the house. A man outside his house. A women walks with an umbrella. Various typical modern postwar homes and garden in front of the houses. A car driven out of a garage from underneath a modern suburban home. A man gets into his car in front of the garage of his house. Girls ride bicycles along suburban streets.
School, office and bank in Hawaii in approximately 1941-1942 showing people of Japanese descent around the time that relocation centers for Japanese civilians were opened in the USA. A woman sits with a child. A woman shows cloth to other women. Man points to a diagram of building to other men. A Teacher in a school writes on a blackboard. Men in an office discuss. Man at bank counter gives a packet. A man and woman work in office. Exterior view of the Iolani Palace in Honolulu.
U.S. Army sentries walking their respective posts near what appears to be a 16 inch gun pointed seaward. They and the gun are silhouetted against the sky. Views of a heavy gun zooming in on the front of the barrel where inscriptions read: "_ inch No.4 Ord. Dept. U.S.A. Mod of 1907 V" and "Waterford Arsenal 1910." U.S. Army artillerymen set up a heavy gun in hills of Hawaii. An armorer transports a shell to a heavy gun on a wheeled carrier. A gun crew loads and rams the shell into the gun. View from end of barrel as shell is loaded from the breech.
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