Congressional Medal of Honor being presented in Denver, Colorado. Corporal Robert Maxwell being presented the Congressional Medal of Honor at a ceremony. Parents of Private Elmer Fryar receive the posthumous Congressional Medal from an officer. A picture of Private Fryar. His mother looks at the medal.
Storms hit the United States and Japan. Hurricane Helene hits Carolina and Virginia Cape as strong winds blow at 140 miles per hour. An uprooted tree. High waves occur at sea. Damaged buildings as a result of the hurricane. Damaged roof of a house. Aftermaths of Typhoon Ida in Japan. Water clogged streets. Damaged houses as a result of the typhoon. Japanese soldiers carry on rescue work.
United States President Herbert Hoover at the American Legion Convention in Detroit, Michigan. President Hoover stands next to a woman as he waves. The President addresses a large gathering of war veterans at the convention at Olympia Hall. The President asks the veterans against over taxiing the government treasury. A large crowd gathered in the street as men in cars drive past them during an annual parade.
An orientation film about the American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A map of the South West Pacific area depicts islands of New Britain and New Ireland as the chief objectives of the Americans. By taking over these islands the Japanese would be isolated in the area. But a strong defense zone around these islands proves to be the main deterrent. U.S. officers including U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur discuss the strategy to attack and isolate the Japanese in the South West Pacific region. Animated map of the region depicts American plan to capture the Admiralty Island by attacking the island of Manus and Los Negros to be followed by an attack in Madang in New Guinea. This would result in isolation of New Britain and New Ireland and weaken apanese position in the region.
Air assault tactics being displayed during a maneuver in the United States. A glider in flight. It crashes as it lands. The wrecked glider after the crash. The glider being towed by an airplane. Military equipment. A jeep and soldiers get into a glider. The glider in flight. It lands on a rough terrain. Paratroopers drop and descend. The paratroopers land on a field. (World War II period).
United States Navy rockets being test fired in the United States. A boat underway at sea. A rocket launcher at land releases the rockets and explosions occur at sea. The rockets being test fired. A navy airplane fitted with a rocket rack and men load rockets into the rack. The aircraft in flight and rockets being dropped. The rockets hit the ground and billows of smoke rise up. (World War II period).
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