Mauna Loa volcanic eruption on the Island of Hawaii, United States. Views of eruption of the Mauna Loa. The lava flowing from the sides. Crevices caused by an accompanying earthquake. Lava formation and steam rising. Lava and other debris rising from the crater.
Animation depicts Private Snafu on a boat. He sings a song. A cartoon character depicts an Axis naval officer on a boat. Snafu singing song. They both land on the same Island. Private Snafu and naval officer sing a sing. The Axis naval officer attacks Private Snafu. They both fight. Private Snafu defeats the officer. (World War II period).
U.S. Marine Commander of Wake Island, James Devereux returns from Japan in Washington DC. Paddy son of Commander James wait at a railroad station to greet his father. A close up of Paddy. James Devereux gets off the train. His son greets him. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, head of marine corps greets Devereux at the station. James Devereux with his son Paddy poses. Under Secretary of Navy Artemus L. Gates awards him the Navy Cross. Men in the background take pictures. Gates shakes hands with James Devereux. Paddy looks at him. Paddy shakes hands with his father.
UN delegates are seen gathering for a meeting of the Security Council at the temporary United Nations headquarters in Lake success, Long Island, New York. One of the first to be seated is Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union. Another delegate stops to converse with him. Camera pans across delegates settling into their respective places at large curved table. Their nations are identified by placards at each place. Attention is focused on French Delegate Alexandre Parodi, who has apparently just been elected President of the Council for the month of May, 1948. At TC: 00:54, He is seen standing with Secretary General Trygve Lie. And at TC:01:19 he gently uses a gavel. At TC:01:28, another delegate holds the gavel with him as they laugh. After a while, the delegates settle down and begin to conduct business.
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle for the Marshall Islands in World War 2. A tractor towing a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft F6F Hellcat with wings folded, along carrier flight deck.. Two ordnance men pushing cart with a 500 pound bomb, along the deck. At dawn U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft take off in semidarkness. Fire from their engine exhausts visible. Clouds of smoke rising and a large explosion occurs as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. ships.. A gun crew at an anti aircraft gun on the deck. Japanese aircraft flying overhead, in flames. U.S. sailors firing at Japanese aircraft in flight. Another Japanese aircraft shot down by carrier's antiaircraft fire. It crashes into the sea. A large explosion occurs in the water. A Japanese aircraft in low flight drops a torpedoe. A Japanese aircraft is shot down. Another Japanese aircraft is shot down and crashes in carrier's wake. SBDs and F6F aircraft parked on the deck of the carrier.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) aircraft fly over bomb targets in Japan during World War II. The sun rising over the horizon. A pilot in the cockpit of a USAAF 497th Bombardment Group aircraft reading a magazine. The lead B-29 Superfortress aircraft. A pilot at the controls in the aircraft cockpit. The co-pilot takes over the controls. Two USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers in formation flight. The nose of an aircraft in view. Aerial view of Sofu Gan island. The aircraft in flight. Kanaya airfield and the assembly point for 73rd Bomb Wing at Omaozaki. Aerial views of Mount Fuji and Lake Shimoko. Several B-29s in formation flight. Views of Mount Fuji.
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