The return of "Carlson's Raiders," to Pearl Harbor following their successful Makin Raid in World War 2. View from a high point overlooking a wharf at Pearl Harbor, as the USS Nautilus (SS-168) approaches. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, a reception committee of high ranking naval officers, and other well-wishers. (Unrelated sequence inserted, of a surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun and smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship in the distance.) Scene shifts back to Pearl Harbor, again. This time it shows the USS Argonaut (SS-166) docked, and Admiral Chester Nimitz boarding the submarine and shaking hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, its Commanding Officer. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, (President Roosevelt's son) who is Executive Officer of the Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. Scene shifts again, to deck of the USS Nautilus, where Admiral Nimitz, holding Japanese war trophies from the Makin Raid, discusses them with a young officer from the Second Raider Battalion. View of arms and equipment of the Marines on the submarine deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. Marine Raiders begin to leave the submarine and walk past a military honor guard with rifles at parade rest.
View of the St. Patrick's Day parade on wet streets of New York City. U.S. soldiers, bands, cavalry, Red Cross workers and Irish groups in the parade. Aerial view as they march past St Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). American flags hoisted on buildings. People gather in large numbers along the street. A World War II Red Cross float reads ' Red Cross War Fund of New York City'. Dignitaries seated on the dais review the parade. Children watching the parade. Majorettes and musicians with bagpipes marching on St. Patrick’s Day.
A function at the Madison Square Garden in New York City to raise funds towards the 1943 War Campaign of the Red Cross in World War II. Young girls exhibit a dance. Shows Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Princess Martha of Norway watching the show. Thousands of spectators present at the venue. Red Cross workers stage a play. Human formation symbolizing Red Cross flag.
The Otter, an amphibious cargo carrier for U.S. troops plunges into a river stream for a test drive in Michigan, United States. The Otter successfully crosses the stream and reaches the shore.
American ace fighter pilot, Colonel Francis Gabreski, returns home to California after shooting down a record number of enemy planes in Korea and World War II. Colonel Gabreski receives a heroic welcome on his arrival. (Korean War period.)
1952 Miss Universe contestants participate in a parade in Long Beach, California. The contestants ride floats of their respective countries. Miss South Africa Catherine Edwina Higgins waving at the crowd. Women on top of a Universal- International Pictures float. Miss Uruguay Gladys Rubio Fajardo, Miss Sweden Anne Marie Thistler, and Miss Finland Armi Kuusela, on small floats with large shell designs. A large crowd gathers and cheers. The Contestants line up for photo shoot and pose before the camera.
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