A parade during Pennsylvania Day on the National Pike in Washington, Pennsylvania. A crowd watches the parade in front of a county courthouse, an F.W. Woolworth Store, and a Keystone Stores Food Market. Floats and vehicles pass along the street, with displays of early road vehicles and wagons. Floats depictions include 'Claysville, PA' with a tollgate, 'U.S. 40...Old Indian Trail', 'One of the original Conestoga Wagons...Brownsville, PA', 'Centerville, PA', and 'Ben Reynolds and Company..established 1900...First effort to whitewash poles on national pike between Washington and Claysville. Made by this group in 1912..Ben Reynold, George Thompson, E.S. McLeod and others' Notables include U.S. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, Senator Frank J. Harris and State Treasurer General Edward Martin.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird visits General Printing Office exhibit at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. Melvin R. Laird visits GPO display in the concourse of the Pentagon and is greeted by members of the Printing Office and U.S. Marine Corp Commandant General Leonard F. Chapman and U.S. Air Force Director of Information Major General William C. Garland. Secretary Laird looks at Marine combat art. A sign reads 'Government Book Store'. Secretary Laird speaks to Major General Garland.
U.S. submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean. Gun being fired from the submarine. A lookout standing on the conning tower, looking through binoculars. Other man standing on the deck looks through binoculars. Sailors standing on the bow of the submarine. They break out line in preparation for tying up. United States Navy F4U Corsairs flying past submarine and coming into the port. (World War II period).
A large military honor guard is drawn up in formation at the waterfront in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to greet the USS Nautilus (SS-168) returning with U.S.marines of the 2nd Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) following their Makin Raid in World War 2. Next, the Nautilus is seen approaching the wharf, with the Marine Raiders standing on the deck.The honor guard troops render a salute in unison, while sailors throw a line from the Nautilus. Scene shifts to behind the honor guard, as the Nautilus glides into position, with the Raiders on deck and its Naval ensign flying in the breeze. Panning view of Carlson's Raiders with their gear at their feet,on the deck. Closeups of some of the men, on the deck and as they walk off on a gangplank. Lieutenant Commander William H. Brockman, Jr., Commanding Officer of the Nautilus is seen in glimpses, on deck, behind the departing Raiders. Sailors carry a wounded Raider off the boat on a litter. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, converses with an officer wearing a pith helmet. Another wounded Raider is raised vertically through a hatch in the deck.
View from a high point above, as the submarine, USS Nautilus, glides toward a wharf at Pearl Harbor,as it returns from the Makin Raid of World War 2. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, reception committee and host of well-wishers. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, and members of his unit are standing on deck. Scene shifts to post-docking, and Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen standing with Carlson's raiders on the deck, as other senior officers walk past Colonel Carlson, offering their congratulations on the success of the Makin Raid. Then as Admiral Nimitz speaks with Carlson, on of the senior officers shows him some Japanese war trophies the Raiders brought back with them. Nimitz holds a Samurai sword by the handle and discusses it with a young Raider officer standing next to him.
U.S. Army 88th Division in Bologna, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners march along road carrying their wounded on litters. Large 200 yard roadblock. Road is bound by a rock cliff on the left and Reno river on the right. Infantrymen marching on the highway. A bulldozer makes a ford in the river bed in the distant background. Infantrymen moving along the road near the roadblock. A Mack 6x6 7-yard/2-ton NO model truck tows a 155mm gun (Long Tom) across small Bailey bridge and over dusty road as a jeep follows. (Note: reportedly, the opening slate refers to Lt. Paul F. Long, 196th Signal Photo Company, who was cameraman for this film.).
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