Scrap of damaged airplanes being used for manufacturing new aircraft at the Alameda Naval Air Station in California. An aircraft in a hoist. A heap of wrecked aircraft parts. Women look at an aircraft. Men pull out metal pieces from the scrap to be used for manufacturing new aircraft. Butch O'Hare's aircraft also being used for the purpose. Metal pieces being piled up at the air station.
United States 5th Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked ) pulls a field howitzer of G Battery to a new position. The field howitzer being placed in a position. A Marine carries a shell. Another Marine works with a shovel near the howitzer. The gun crew gathered around the new gun position. Mt. Suribachi in the background. The dead Marines lying on the field. A man removes the shell case with a knife. An officer and others study a field map and discuss.
Multiple scenes of groups of people in the United States gathered around radios, listening. Timing is conclusion of labor strike by Coal Miners in the United States. On December 7, 1946, United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis called an end to a walkout of 400,000 coal miners that he had called on November 20, 1946. First scene shows a family seated in a living room listening to the news on a large console radio. The men, young and old, share cigarettes and pipes and smoke while listening intently. Next scene is a bar or tavern and shows a group of men, presumably coal miners, gathered around a portable radio on the bar to listen to the news. Two large American flags hang in the bar. Several men are drinking beer. Next scene shows four men playing cards at a table while they listen to a portable radio on the table. Wall calendar page for December 1946 is on the wall behind them. Next scene shows three men gathered around a wood burning pot belly stove that is heating a room, as they listen to a portable radio. Final scene shows a man and a woman huddled close to a living room console radio as they listen.
New presiding Bishop at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC, United States. People gather in large number to witness the ceremonies at the cathedral. John E. Hines , the new presiding bishop for the cathedral. Men recite prayer.
New pilot training method in San Antonio,Texas. Army adopts new mechanical teacher to train future pilots. Man sits in the aircraft model. Model has movable wings and propeller. Model aircraft spins.
U.S. Defense Secretary McNamara addresses a news conference in the United States. United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara addresses a news conference and reports on Vietnam. He points at the bombed out supply routes from the North Vietnam. He shows the Chinese machine gun. He points at the charts showing the air raid damaged bridges. Reporters note down the points. The Defense Secretary states presence of the regular North Vietnamese troops in the South. (Vietnam War period).
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