USS Nautilus (SS-168) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Marine Raiders of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion “Carlson’s Raiders” aboard the submarine. They stand near a deck gun. The marines do calisthenics physical fitness drills aboard the submarine. Marines stretching and raising their arms during exercise. The sub is en route to Makin island for the famous Makin Raid of August 17th and 18th, 1942.
German prisoners of war move through a trench on their way to an internment point. The are moved along, single-file under French military guard, past several French officers, and then marched along a dirt road, under guard by mounted French soldiers. A huge number of German prisoners enter a fenced open air enclosure. Several are seen being interogated by A French officer. They are formally registered and processed by French military administrative personnel. German prisoners receive food from cooks at an outdoor mess. A large gathering of prisoners rise en masse at a command. Closeup of prisoners looking well cleaned and fit. Closeup of prisoners trying to stay warm in their overcoats. A German prisoner wearing eyeglasses and contentedly chewing a large piece of bread, while holding his mess kit with the other hand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Passengers on deck wearing life vests during emergency drill aboard the USS George Washington en route to the Paris peace conference at end of World War 1. Sailors seen moving to their emergency stations at lifeboats, during the drill. Nautical flags raised aloft from the ship. Ship's occupants, in life vests, fill the USS George Washington's deck during the emergency drill. President Woodrow Wilson with his personal physician, Navy Rear Admiral Admiral, Dr. Cary Travers Grayson, stands on deck with several members of the press, some of his staff, and other passengers aboard the ship. He carries on extended conversations with his companions. Many closeups of the President in conversation. Dr. Grayson conversing with Army and Navy officers in background at end of sequence. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A group of former war correspondents from World War II departs Chicago for Europe to attend ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe. Traffic on streets and highways of Chicago. Dowtown Chicago street and traffic as seen from a moving bus. Point of view shots from a moving bus of Chicago freeways and highways clogged with 1960s era automobiles, on the way to O'Hare airport. Aircraft at O'Hare International Airport. A correspondent gets off a bus at the airport. Correspondents and wives pose around a Pan American Airways Boeing 707 aircraft. Men and women with luggage pose and talk. Correspondents board the aircraft. The aircraft taxis along the runway and moves past other aircraft and buildings at the airport. The aircraft takes off.
Soldiers ride the trucks of the 1919 U.S. Army Motor Transport convoy as they ascend the Blue Ridge mountains. An accompanying soldier on a motorcycle steers around the camera as he passes. Next, the convoy is seen driving down Market Street in the Village of East Palestine, Ohio, where welcoming flags and banners have been strung across the road, and local people watch from the sidewalks. Later the trucks are seen moving smoothly over a concrete section of the Lincoln Highway in Illinois. Telephone and power poles line the road on both sides.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh on an inspection tour of the new coast-to-coast express from Newark to Columbus. Interior of the airmail aircraft. Shadow of the air borne plane in fields. Lindbergh at the controls of the plane. Aerial views of buildings, fields and bridges in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania including Pennsylvania State Capitol building. Aerial views of city of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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