Richman and Merrill land in Llandilo, Wales. Harry Richman and Dick Merrill pose against a Vultee VA1 after their trans Atlantic flight from New York. People gathered around the airplane on a pasture. The aircraft in flight. The airlane on its way to London as it flies over a stream.
A new unsinkable steel life raft being tested and demonstrated in the United States. A 3000 pound steel raft that floats on either side in a hoist. Concentrated ration boxes on the raft. A signaling mirror being shown by a merchant seaman. The raft in the hoist and being dropped into the water. Seamen jump into the sea. They man the raft and hoist the sail. A smoke signal being used. The raft sails in the water.
Birth of the Paricutin volcano in Michoacan, Mexico, which rose up from a corn field. Volcanic eruption seen in Mexico as the new volcano is formed. A farmer watches the eruption from a safe distance. Columns of smoke rises after the volcanic eruption. Explosions occur as smoke and lava rise from the crater of the volcano. Flaming lava erupts at night from volcán Paricutín.
German U boat U-234 after being captured by the United States in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Hampshire during World War II. U-234 underway on the surface of water with YT( tugboats ) alongside. Portsmouth Lighthouse in the background. The submarine surfaces and is flanked by the tugboats.
United States Navy Atlantic convoy activities during World War 2. A sailor aboard USS New York (BB-34) waves an orange caution flag at a Navy OS2U Kingfisher float plane waiting to be hoisted aboard the ship. The pilot receives a green flag signal and hoisting operations begin. After being hoisted aboard and secured, the pilot steps from the aircraft and disconnects the hoist sling. Sailors wash down the deck of the ship.
Allied Supreme Commander for South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur en route to Milne Bay, New Guinea during World War 2. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid and Rear Admiral Van Hook at Archerfield in Brisbane, Australia. They await the arrival of General MacArthur. A car arrives at the airfield and General MacArthur gets out of the car. The General being greeted by the Admirals. General MacArthur and the Admirals aboard MacArthur's personal B-17 Flying Fortress "Bataan" as they confer. Three officers aboard USS Phoenix underway in the Pacific Ocean. A convoy of Allied ship underway in far background with a sailor at a blinker in the foreground.
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