A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Saipan of World War II. The task force at anchor. APs (Transports), BBs (Battleships) and CLs (Light Cruisers) underway as the task force leaves Kwajalein and is en route to Saipan. Guard mail transferred from a DD (Destroyer) alongside. A formation of airplanes passes. An airplane lands aboard a CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier).
Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.
A celebration during the Cultural Revolution and the deification of Mao Zedong in Beijing, China. A large crowd of civilians gathered in a square during the celebration. Paper lanterns seen. Buildings in the background. The civilians cheer and celebrate, all waving their copies of Mao's Little Red Book (sometimes called the Mao bible). Dignitaries stand on a raised platform. Cho En Lai addresses the gathering. Mao Zedong stands nearby. Communist Chinese leaders lead the crowds in chants. A band plays and masses of Chinese march with flags and moving a gigantic image of Mao Zedong. The sky above Tiananmen Square is filled with balloons. A mass of Red Guard Chinese youth march with huge mural Poster depicting Chinese workers. Images of Marx, Lenin and Stalin are carried in the parade. Large crowds of Chinese people march in the Tiananmen Square, waving their copies of Mao's Little Red Book.
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge over Potomac River in Washington D.C., United States. Flower bed of red and yellow blooms alongside a street. Traffic moves on streets in the background. Auto approaches along Ohio Drive street. View of Theodore Roosevelt Bridge over Potomac River. Traffic moves on the bridge. Yellow flowers in large stone pots in median strip along Pennsylvania Avenue. Many large white flower pots and small trees seen on median strip. Autos approach from overpass. Orange flowers pots seen. Traffic en route from Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast towards area of Independence Avenue.
Civilians gathered to watch the President's motorcade in Tunis,Tunisia. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's motorcade underway toward La Marsa,Presidential Palace. Tunisians line along both side of a road. They look at the President's car in center of motorcade. Banner reads 'God Bless Eisenhower,Man of Peace'. Motorcade surrounds presidential car. Tunisians wave flags. Civilians loaded in truck en route on a road. Entrance to Palace. Civilians wave Tunisian and American flags. Motorcade continues down boulevard toward a palace. Military band plays. President Eisenhower and Bourguiba stand in rear of car and waves to crowd. Motorcade approach and enter palace. Tunisians lined up on either side beat drums and wave.
Francis Cardinal Spellman Alaska en route to the East to visit United States troops. Cardinal Spellman visits various Air Force bases including Ladd Army Airfield in Fairbanks, Alaska. United States soldiers greet and receive him. The Cardinal visits Alaskan school children to convey holiday greetings.
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