Late 1930s and early 1940s life in Jerusalem, Palestine. Views from 1917 era as British military patrol under British Army General Edmund Allenby advances in military trucks up the plains from Gaza. Arab forces riding on camels. The Arabs move in support. Jerusalem is captured by the British in 1917. British men in the city. Jerusalem aerial view of late 1930s and approximately 1940 "new" Jerusalem contrasting the ancient and old parts of the city and new buildings. Narrator descriptions and visual portrayals of nationalism among Jewish and Arab residents in Jerusalem. Jewish men construct what the narrator terms as "a typical Zionist house just going up" Jewish civilians walking on the streets including one woman pushing a baby carriage. Cars move on a street and a view of a bus moving up Queen Mary Avenue. Jewish residents at a beach of Tel Aviv. They enjoy the water and dance the hora at the water's edge. A British man teaches an Arabic farmer the modern methods of agriculture. Men harvest food grains with a harvester. Arab boys in a class get a proper education "as in Europe." Palestinian girls in dresses play a game of basketball. The ex mayor of Jerusalem Hussein al-Khalidi in the center and other people around him.
Israeli tank rolls by as Army infantry drive across the Sinai Peninsula to the Suez Canal during the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Syria. Israeli soldier looks through binoculars. Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) man a foxhole with weapons ready. An Israeli puts up a sign in Hebrew covering a sign that says "Welcome to Gaza." Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan brief journalists. The Israeli forces break the Gulf of Aqaba blockade and take the old city of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. View of the damaged buildings. Israeli soldiers receive surrendering Arab prisoners of war. In New York: At United Nations Headquarters United States Ambassador Arthur Goldberg introduces the Peace Plan. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and representatives from 15 Nations come to a common decision. Resolution being adopted and Jordan and Egypt accepts the United Nations cease fire.
Views of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field and pierced steel planking (PSP) laid down by U.S. Army workers to quickly build landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina, supporting Camp Hoffman airfield (later renamed Camp Mackall in 1943). A C-47D aircraft landing on the new landing strip. This was the first use of the perforated steel planking, nicknamed "Marston Mats" (or sometimes misspelled "Marsden Mats"), which were widely employed by the U.S. Army in World War 2.
Gregory C. (Greg) Bell, a sophomore at Indiana University, is seen making his record-setting long jump of 26' 7", to win the national collegiate title on June 14, 1957, in Austin Texas. Bell sitting on the ground after his jump. Sequence shifts to the track where Don Bowden, of California, is running well ahead of favored Ron Delany, of Villanova, to win the 800 meter run in 1 minute and 47.2 seconds. (Note: Delany won the 1500 meter run in 4 minutes 6 and a half minutes.) The next day, on June 15, 1957, Bob Gutowski, of Occidental College,California, is seen breaking the World record in the pole vault at a height of 15 feet 9 3/4 inches. He poses momentarily afterwards.
A runway strip under construction by Seabees,during World War II, at Banika Island (part of the Russell Islands, in the Solomon Islands). Aerial view of the runway strip under construction on the site of a coconut plantation. (This is the South Strip. Another airfield was also built across the bay, on the north side of the island.)
An B-17 bomber of U.S. Air Force flies over runway strips and air field at Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, during World War II. The landing strips and parking areas for fighter planes at the Guadalcanal base. Number of B-17 bombers and other fighter planes at the airfield. The strips of the airfield. Taxis and houses for airmen and officials at the airfield. A ship at the shore near the airfield. Tail of a B-17 as seen from the inside while take off.