A sign reads 'US Navy Sub Section Base' and insignia of PT Squadron is seen. (The mosquito insignia design was created by Disney animation studio artists for the "Mosquito Fleet" of PT boats -- squadron RON 3 stationed in the Philippines). U.S. Navy PT motor torpedo boat passing from repair dock. Man paints keel. A bridge and turret seen. United States flag seen. PT boat along the dock.
Late 20th century clip shows montage of still images from late 19th century dealing with borax. A view of Death Valley desert in United States. Deposits of borax found in the valley. Picture of San Francisco business man William T. Coleman. William Coleman invested in the borax. Mules seen carrying the cargo of borax. Twenty mule teams used to carry borax out of Death Valley, in operations by William Coleman's Company. Pictures showing the mule teams are seen.
Two hippopotamus enter a small pool made for them in San Diego in California. They came out from a huge wooden box. The box is raised up by a crane. Hippopotamus bathing in the pool. Crowd gathered to watch them. Crowd stands behind the railings. The hippopotamus come out of the pool and again return in the pool.
Firemen battle a blaze engulfing the California Building at the Golden Gate Fair in San Francisco, California. Firefighters extinguish fire with jets of water in front of the burning building. Flames break out in a section of the structure. Some firemen stand on the roof while they direct streams of water and smoke billows upward.
Japanese propaganda footage showing Japanese forces heading for attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Turrets of a Japanese battle ship being trained starboard. Japanese Navy flag flying. Bow of battleship and Imperial crest seen. Three Japanese crewmen use binoculars. Japanese fleet underway. Admiral Yamamoto on bridge. Scale ruler used on a navigation map. Japanese title slates seen at beginning of clip.
Japanese edited film footage chronicling the Japanese approach and attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Contains Japanese slates and narration. An arrow points from Japan to Hawaii and a dotted line going to United States on a map. Japanese officers on bridge of aircraft carrier. Two Japanese aircraft carrier ships, the Kaga and the Zuikaku underway in heavy seas. Flight quarters being held on carrier. Crew gets ready for attack on Pearl harbor. Japanese pilots being briefed on the mission while standing on the deck of Japanese aircraft carrier (possibly the flagship carrier, Akagi). Japanese pilots on flight deck scatter towards their planes. Single engined planes on flight deck. Japanese planes take off in formation. Map of Hawaiian Islands. Japanese bombers in flight. Bombing on Pearl Harbor. Fire and smoke seen due to explosions. Pictures of Japanese Navy officers who attacked Pearl Harbor in suicide submarines. (World War II period).
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