Ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. USS Northampton (CLC-1) underway. Crew manning the rail. The U.S. President's flag on the ship. The Second Fleet in two columns pass in a review. One long column of ships underway. USS Forrestal (CVA-59) leads the column. USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) leads the second column in distant background. USS Northampton reviews the Second Fleet and passes on down between the two columns of ships. USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) underway in a column.
Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
A grove of pine trees seen in a deserted area, during preparations before an atomic bomb test. Military personnel seen in area of grove of trees during preparations before the test. Next scene shows nuclear blast explosion, and heat and blast wave envelope trees. Shock wave from atomic bomb hits trees and they bend and sway forward and back. Daylight reveals splintered and broken tree trunks damaged by atomic bomb blast testing.
A grain elevator burns in a fire near Chicago during the Great Depression. The complex of buildings in flames. A huge tower at the site, in flames, and falling into a river. Men demolish old derelict buildings that are fire hazards, under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois. Children play at a playground after demolition of old buildings. A group of boys playing baseball or softball at a newly cleared lot.
James Braddock punches a punching bag. Joe Louis practices for the championship match against Braddock. Max Schmeling arrives at Boxing Commission in New York. He enters building while crowd cheers. Schmeling stripped to waist stands on weighing scale. Tickets for boxing bout sold at counters. Men buy tickets. Overhead sign reads 'Advance Sale Reserved Seats'. Names of Braddock and Schmeling on tickets (the bout did not occur). Man eats banana in empty stands of a stadium. Traffic on road outside Comiskey Park in Chicago before Louis versus Braddock boxing match. Crowd lined up. Joe Louis during a boxing bout . Crowd of fans in Harlem cheering and celebrating on receiving news that Joe Louis, also known as the "Brown Bomber," had defeated Braddock as the first African American to regain the title since Jack Johnson. From a June 1962 newsreel depicting events 25 years earlier.
Reclamation projects in the United States. Colorado River forces its water into Lake Mead. Views of the Lake Mead. Automobile traffic across the top of the dam. Sail boats at the river. People enjoy their vacation by boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing at reclamation projects. Diversion tunnels of the dam. Animated diagram of Hoover hydroelectric power plant. Workings of transformers, towers and power units. The river flows along dam. Electricity is generated. Water flows from pump.
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