Athletes participate in a "Turkey Day" annual ten mile race walking competition to Coney Island in New York, coinciding with the Thanksgiving holiday in America. Forty six participating athletes start the speed walking race from amidst a crowd of spectators. The participants walk on roads and then cross the Washington Bridge. A participant slows down during the race. Winner of the race smiles after his victory.
Volcano 'Hibok-Hibok' erupts in the Camiguin island of Philippines and claims lives of approximately two thousand natives. The fuming volcano and rivers of magma as seen from a flying plane. Natives evacuated nearby villages move in trucks and by other means. Remains of a Nipa hut (Bahay Kubo) after it was destroyed by lava. A man pokes at molten ash. Burnt dead bodies of animals and humans. Medics treat the injured in Mahinog hospital.
More than hundred yachts compete in Bermuda Yacht Classic for a 635 miles race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda. Cannon fired to mark start of the race. 131 yachts race in fair breezes and light sea. A large number of spectators watch the sail boat race from seashore.
United States Marines advance during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. DUKWs advance towards sandy beaches as a fire in wooded area burns. Soldiers crawl through the wooded area. Amphibious vehicles keep arriving on the beach. The marines walk out of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVP) on the beach.
United States Navy offload material and equipment on a beach during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Marines hide in the grass on the beach. Some natives walk around the area. A group of natives taken prisoners and a U.S. soldiers guard them. Supplies off loaded from amphibious vehicles. Dead body of a man inspected by the soldiers. DUKW vehicles and soldiers after landing on the beach. Number of natives without any clothes walk towards the landing vehicles.
United States Navy off loads material and equipment on a beach during the invasion of an island in the Pacific during World War II. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) loaded with several soldiers at the beach. The LVT plows through one of the native huts. The hut is completely destroyed by the LVT. Soldiers firing with rifles, at Japanese bunker.
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