Israel War Bond drive is launched in Tel Aviv by Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion. Prime Minister Gurion gets off from a car. He enters a building. People seated inside a hall. Emblem of Israel on the stage. Ben Gurion seated at a desk. The emblem of Israel. Ben Gurion speaks into microphone. He seeks for $22 million to meet cost of Israel's recent Sinai desert campaign. People seated in a hall applaud.
A training film titled 'Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Automatic Weapons' describes the M13, M15 and M16 half-tracks and demonstrates the activities of crews in the United States during World War II. A view of the field and buildings in the foreground. Shadows of the aircraft in flight. A convoy of half-tracks drives on a road. A U.S. soldier takes out his gun and fires in sky. The soldiers get off from a vehicle. Two soldiers firing anti aircraft (AA) gun mounted on half-track. The soldiers move in different areas. The soldiers fire with the AA guns on the aircraft in flight. A soldier hides behind a rock. The soldiers fire guns in the sky. A gun set on a truck. The truck drives on a dirt road and soldiers fire gun. Testing of twin 50 guns on half-track. A soldier testing the gun. The soldier firing gun mounted on M13 half-track. The soldiers firing gun mounted on M15 half-track. M16 half-track drives on a rough terrain. The soldiers on the M16 half-track. The half-track advancing on the rough terrain. The troops seated in the bucket. The troops fire AA gun mounted on M16 half-track. The troops firing gun in sky. The working of M13 half-track. AA gun mounted on M13 half-track. The troop seated at controls. He moves the handle back and forth. The guns move according to the movement on the handle. The hands of the soldier on the handle. He presses the trigger. A gas engine. The troop looks at the target with the eyepiece. The circle shows the target. The power turrets. The working of M15 half-track. The troops around the AA gun mounted on half-track. A troops operates the guns with hands. The gun moves as it is operated by the troop.
A training film shows half-tracks traveling on roads and over rough terrain. It also shows the assignment that half-tracks can perform well, such as guarding bivouac areas and bridges in the United States during World War II. The U.S. soldiers run and get into the half-track stationary on the field. A convoy of half-track rolls down on a dirt road. The convoy moves on a high way. The troops aboard the half truck rolls down the rough terrain. Insignia of the U.S. on the half-tracks. The half-tracks advance on the rough terrain. They move through mud and slush. The half-tracks drive on a road. They cross a bridge. A half-track stops. The troops look at the sky. Other moving in the background. The half-tracks advance. Another half-track stops and soldier fires anti aircraft (AA) gun mounted on half-track in air. The half-track advance. The half-tracks lined up and troops firing AA guns in the sky. The troops fire the guns. Several views explosions on the ground due to firing. An aircraft in flight. A gunners aims at the target. White circle shows the target. The troops fire AA gun mounted on M15 and M16 half-tracks. A view of the soldiers firing gun in the sky.
A film titled 'Hannibal Victory' depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. A small boat at the edge of the Mississippi River. A steamboat underway in the Mississippi River. A man stands at a deck of the steamboat. A man operates a navigation wheel. Horn of the steamboat blows. The man operating the navigation wheel. The steamboat underway in the river. A railway bridge across the Mississippi River. A train passes over the bridge. The statue of famous American Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain. Two women walk up steps. A plaque reads about Mark Twain. The statue of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Traffic on a street. People walk on a pathway. A railroad station. Smoke comes out from locomotives. Wheels of the freight cars. Men assembling the freight car wheels. A close up of the wheel with 'Hannibal' written on it. Animated map depicts the transport of freight car wheels from Hannibal to San Francisco. The wheels are hoisted and taken aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship in San Francisco. A man aboard the ship operate the controls. Several views of the wheels loaded aboard the ship. Ships at a port. War supplies are taken aboard a merchant ship. Two men seated in the foreground. A ship with a U.S. flag.
A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory, hull number 579, delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. SS Hannibal Victory leaves the dock. The ship underway in the San Francisco Bay. An U.S. officer and men aboard the ship. A ship underway in the background. A view of the city from the bay. The locomotives aboard the ship. The Golden Gate bridge ahead. Navy hospital ship USS Relief (AH-1) underway. A P-2 undereway, a large new type passenger ship, converted to carry troops when war broke out. The Golden Gate Bridge in the background. A man in the foreground. Two army corporals aboard the ship. A radio operator, with the army security office aboard the ship. A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from mast of the ship. The signal flags flutter in air. The pilots on the flying bridge with the skipper. A talker checks his telephones. Two men seated by the engine. A pilot boat approaches the ship to pick up the pilot. The pilot from SS Hannibal Victory boards the boat. An engineer opens the main throttle. The turbines turning smoothly. The ship underway in the Pacific. View of the Pacific Ocean. The steel cargo on the deck. The men aboard the ship fire guns in air. The men stand around the gun. The shells of the gun. A man loads the shells. They fire the gun.
Taiwanese people attend a Chinese New Year festival parade in Taipei, Formosa (present day Taipei, Taiwan) during Japanese colonial rule in World War II. A busy street. Crowds convene on the sidewalk to watch a festival. A Japanese ice cream shop behind crowds. A group of men perform a serpentine-like dragon dance. A man performs acrobatics in front of a group performing a lion dance. Man performs lion dance. A boy pushes an artillery gun. A man with a papier-mâché donkey costume. Signs and banners depicting Chinese products such as Tiger Balm ointment. Chinese women dressed in elaborate traditional costumes on top of floats. Men carry an intricate model of a pagoda. A float of a symbolic god. People performing dance in the parade. The Taiwanese people watch the parade. A policeman stands in the foreground. People on the streets and decorative floats in the parade.
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