Panoramic views of the Oregon Trail which was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory from 1841 to 1869. The Great Plains or so called a the time "Great American Desert" with high plains. Elk at a river bank. Bison or buffalo herd feeding and fighting on the plains. View of a covered wagon of the period seen on the plains. Wagon wheel ruts in limestone rock on ground showing old path the wagons followed. Independence Rock on the Oregon Trail, with carved names of pioneers who carved their names on its surface between 1841 and 1869. View of Sweetwater River. The Missouri River leading to the Oregon territory. An abandoned old wagon wheel on the plains.
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky visit Plei Me High School and review Montagnard troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Thieu and Vice President Ky walk past lined up schoolgirls. A Vietnamese band plays music at Pleiku airport. President Thieu reviews Montagnard troops. President Thieu, Vice President Ky and Commanding General Montagnard II Corps Lieutenant General Vinh Loc salute the troops standing in formation. President Thieu walks past crates of Japanese medical supplies. President Thieu and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam seated. The Japanese Ambassador makes a speech at a podium.
Captain Ben Pine and crew aboard Gertrude L. Thebaud schooner underway at sea off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. They are preparing for upcoming sailing boat races against Canadian schooner Bluenose from Nova Scotia, Canada. Crew hoisting sail aboard the Gertrude L. Thebaud. crew members aloft on the masts and in the rigging. Captain Ben Pine in white shirt with bow tie, wearing a cap, looks aloft toward crew member high above. One crew member slides rapidly down a rope line.
United States Navy Tambor-class submarine USS Trout (SS-202), returning from its second war patrol, unloads gold at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii during World War II. USS Trout (SS-202) comes alongside Omaha-class light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from Corregidor in the Philippines. Captain and crew members on the deck of USS Trout submarine tied up alongside USS Detroit cruiser. High ranking officers on the deck of the submarine. Crew members work in the background. The crew members on the submarine transfer 20 tons of gold bars and bags of silver pesos from the hold of the sub to the USS Detroit. Each gold bar was worth $23,000 and each sack contained 1,000 silver pesos. The total value was near 10 million dollars.
U.S. soldiers in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The soldiers taking shower. A tent area in the background. The shower is constructed of iron pipe with individual overhead chain pulls to release water. It is surrounded by a waist-high enclosure.
Developments in the field of aviation in the United States. Wilbur Wright flying at an altitude of 360 feet in his first successful airplane. In a later scene, high snow-capped mountains as seen from an airplane in flight years later.
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