Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. USS Oglala sunken on her side beside a dock. USS California as she settles lower in water. Other ships in the background. Barracks and headquarters of U.S. Pacific Fleet Battle Force on Ford Island. The U.S. flag flying in front of the building. The U.S. flag fluttering on the stern of USS Honolulu in a navy yard dock behind the main 1010 dock.
A new route links the United States and Alaska during World War II. Trucks parked on a highway. Men stand holding the U.S. flags. Canadian Mounted Police men stand in formation. The U.S. flag is raised up. The soldiers stand wearing woolen hats and coats. Officials cut a ribbon and pay tribute to the U.S. Army. The soldiers applaud. The Alaskan Highway Alaska is officially opened. A truck convoy rolls northward.
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt launches the new aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), successor to the earlier Yorktown (CV-5) lost in the battle of Midway during World War 2. The First Lady holds a bouquet and talks to an officer. People crowd at a shipyard for the launch and cheer. The ship begins to move down the ways prematurely, so Mrs. Roosevelt has to hurry with the Christening. View of the ship going down the ways and entering the water, at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia.
A film depicts activities of the U.S. Navy personnel aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean. A tiny girl doing hula. The hula girl sitting around with sailors in the background. The sailors watch the girl dancing. A fleet underway in the extreme background.
Volcanic eruption in Hawaii. Mauna Loa erupts. The lava flows down the slopes. Aerial view of the lava flowing along slopes.
U.S. fliers bomb Hawaii Mauna Loa volcano to divert lava in Hawaii, United States. Aerial view of diamond formation of three U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-3As bomber aircraft and two U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone LB-6A light bombers in flight over Hawaiian mountains. Eruption of Mauna Loa volcano. Lava flowing down its sides. The bombs exploding near river of lava to divert it from waterworks at Hilo, Hawaii. Three B-3As and two LB-6As in flight in line-a- step formation. The bombs exploding near river of flaming lava flowing down the sides of Mauna Loa volcano.
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