Will Rogers and Wiley Post pose for pictures taken just before boarding Post's self-modified float plane that crashed en route to Point Barrow, Alaska, killing both Rogers and Post. The floatplane takes off from water. Map shows route: Juneau to Dawson, Fairbanks, Alaska; to Anchorage, Alaska and then back to Fairbanks. The words, "Point Barrow" animate on map - line running to Point Barrow, where the plane crashed after an engine failure, while taking off from a lagoon just outside of Point Barrow. Aerial views of the Arctic areas.
The Greek ferry, 'Heraklion', en-route from Crete to Athen's Port, Piraeus, is sunk in the Aegean Sea during a fierce storm in which a truck reportedly broke loose and battered open her midship loading door, causing her to sink within 15 minutes. Search and rescue operations carried out from air and in water, the day after her sinking. . Rescue boats underway at the scene. Man wearing radio headset, looks from the window of a scout plane and throws out a flare to mark the location. Scattered debris on water. Sailors carry causalities on stretcher. Causalities put into ambulance. 235 passengers are reported dead or missing and only 49 managed to survive the tragedy. (Note : The USS Belknap (DLG-26) and the USS Columbus (CG-12) participated in the search for survivors but found none. The Belknap retrieved some remains that were transferred to Greek authorities, the next day.) (Additional note: Some music at start of this newsreel, but no other sound or narrative.)
Documentary titled "Norte America En Autobus" on sight seeing in North America. A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger touring bus moves along countryside. Point of view (POV) through front windshield of bus as it moves on a narrow mountain cliff roadway. The bus travels on a rural road. The bus driving in Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, passing by the Alamo Cenotaph monument "The Spirit of Sacrifice." The Gibbs Building is seen in background on one side, and the Post Office, Federal and Courthouse building on the other side. At a differen location, the bus stops outside a small depot building. View of the passengers inside the bus. A woman in a fur coat takes an open seat beside a man. A uniformed bus driver or conductor loads the luggage of a female tourist in bays under the bus. He checks tickets of a couple and lets them enter the bus. 'Greyhound Lines', is written on the bus.
The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Trucks aboard a Landing Craft Tank (LCTs) at Kuba. Men aboard LCT underway. They rest and engage in recreation activities as a soldier plays a guitar. Soldiers attached to the 519th Military Police Battalion and 321st Medical Aid Battalion en route to Yonabaru.
Opening slate announces 11 million Americans to bear arms (in World War 2.). U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George S. Marshall conversing with Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King. Next, Admiral King is seen standing with Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Lieutenant General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. Scene shifts to a graduating class of cadets from the United States Military Academy, at West Point. They are seen receiving their diplomas. West Point cadets are also seen cheering at an athletic event and in several views of them marching in formations on different occasions. Views of cadets from the U.S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland, on parade and at a graduation ceremony in Dahlgren Hall, where each receives a diploma and they toss their hats into the air at the end of the ceremony. Next, ordinary citizen soldiers (mostly draftees) are seen marching in formation They participate in calisthenics en masse. Heavyweight boxing champion, Gene Tunney, is seen leading an exercise session. Soldiers run over an obstacle. Next cadets are seen on parade in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, at Kings Point, New York. Some cadets are seen practicing escape from a burning vessel at sea. U.S. soldiers engage in field training that includes live weapons fire above their heads as they crawl under barbed wire on a training course. View of soldier firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun near the trainees. Another is firing a Browning M1919 air-cooled machine gun.
A United States Army officer briefing men aboard LST en route to Normandy before D-Day in World War II. The troops examine a map.
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