Fairbanks Alaska as photographed by cameraman with the U.S. Army 1934 Alaska Flight. Views of private float planes parked in the water along the banks of the Tanana river, in Fairbanks, Alaska. A small covered barge loaded with 55 gallon drums has "Damfino" written on its bow. It is being pushed by a tugboat. Glimpse of a bridge over the river. Scene shifts to commercial signs in downtown Fairbanks. One reads: "Palace Bath House Open Day and Night." Signs identify the Model Cafe, Cann Studio, and John F. Lonz Furnishings. Cars are parked along the street. A drug store is seen further along the street at the approach to a steel bridge. Closeup of sign on side of a truck,reading: "Natural Milk, Bentleys Dairy." Man riding in a horse-drawn wagon, labeled "Fairbanks Garden."
(Soon after passage of the Gold Reserve Act in the United States, establishing a much higher price for gold): Alaskan scenes photographed by cameraman with the U.S. Army Air Corps' 1934 Alaska Flight. Placer mining for gold, near Fairbanks, Alaska. Heavy stream of water directed at edge if a stream, to wash away loose dirt and expose more stable layers of gravel, where gold may be found. Views of channels cut from the high pressure hose. A giant dredge that operates 24 hours a day, digging up riverbed to depth of 30 feet, sifting out heavier material (gold) and discharging the tailings behind, as it moves along. Closeup of the dredge. Steel buckets connected to a conveyer, being raised in the process. A pet black bear cub playing in a tub of water and later, in a tree. Two Bear cubs playing in a tree.
A Patrol Torpedo Boat crew is ready for a battle against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War II. An officer hands out certificates to trainees on the graduation day. The trained crew arrives at an island to fight the enemy. The crew disembarks from a ship and gets on a Patrol Torpedo Boat. 'Waldorf Astoria' written on the door as a sailor shuts it. A gunner named Richard comes next to the man on the wheel. Richard removes a kitten from under his shirt. An officer looks through binoculars and spots an enemy tanker. The crew comes on the deck and prepares to battle. The gunner fires at the enemy ship. The crew fires a torpedo at the enemy ship.
Reconstruction of events from Gulf of Tonkin Incident that occurred August 2nd through 5th, 1964. USS Maddox underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A radar operator on a scope. The man makes markings on the radar scope and passes the information over a phone. A crewman mans the radar scope. Two men work at a chart table. Both men are wearing earphones. A man on the radar scope, passing word over his phones. The Chief Quartermaster looks out over an aviation chart. He traces the route of the ship through the Gulf of Tonkin. The chart shows a route to Maddox through the Gulf of Tonkin. The hand of the Chief Quartermaster points to positions on various days.
New York City street signs identify Wall street at Broadway and Wall Street at Nassau Street. Trinity church is seen at end of street. Federal Hall with statue of George Washington in front. Front view of the New York Stock Exchange building. Crowds of commuters fill the street and sidewalks as they emerge from subway during morning rush hour. Interior and trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange as trading day gets underway.
Family group at beach in Coney Island. Ladies well dressed in fashions of the day, sit on edge of boardwalk protected by beach umbrella and parasols. A very young child also fashionably dressed stands near them under the umbrella. A young man in suit and tie, wearing a straw hat, chats with one of the women. On the sand, several older children in swimming attire, of the period, play with one another. Surf can be seen in the background. (Edison Company, 1898)
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