German fire fighters in Berlin, Germany on Museum Island. On the Lustgarten parade area of Museum Island (Museumsinsel) the firemen demonstrate fire fighting techniques and equipment outside the Old Museum building (Altes Museum) and the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom). Fire brigade trucks move out from positions outside the Old Museum, toward the Berlin Cathedral. They stop in front of the Cathedral and in synchronized fashion they raise the ladders high into the air. A fireman operates a crank to turn on water, while standing in a small boat. Fire fighters standing in a line with hoses direct a flood of water from combine hoses southward from the Old Museum, high into the air, raining down into the Lustgarten in front of the Berlin Cathedral. Includes German narration and ambient background sound from the scene.
Natural disasters strike nations like Morocco, Chile, and Caribbean Islands in the year 1960. Moroccan rescue workers clear out pile of debris after the 1960 Agadir Earthquake. Demolished houses and broken roads in the city. Next scene shows aftermath of intense earthquakes in Chile that caused damage to property and loss of lives. An aircraft flies over a Chilean town damaged by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake. The bust sculpture of a Chilean leader is shown toppled and damaged by earthquake. A bridge road over water is shown buckled following an earthquake in Chile. Chileans attempt to cross the buckled bridge. Next seen shows Hurricane Donna striking shores of Caribbean Islands. Fast winds blowing palm trees and spraying tidal surf.
A training film about the Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. Photographs of Tarawa taken by reconnaissance aircraft before the Battle of Tarawa. Animated map of Betio island. Depiction of position of 8 inch and 140 mm guns. A map depicts the position of Japanese tank traps. Position of barbed wire fences around the island. Position of coconut barriers.
A training film about Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. Animated map of Betio island depicts the area where transports arrived at the island. An invasion convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. Aircraft in flight as they provide air cover. A coast being bombarded. Smoke rises from coastal installations.
Aerial views of the United States invasion convoy as it bombards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Many waves of landing crafts underway towards the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan. Island smoking as it is being bombarded. Destroyers and heavy cruiser bombard the coast and island in the background. Coastline of Iwo Jima as landing crafts approach the coast. The coastline under heavy bombardment as smoke rises. Landing crafts approach the coast. Mount Suribachi being bombarded as smoke rises.
U.S. Navy 7th fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Island structure aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) underway in South China Sea. Several Douglas A-3B Skywarrior twin jet bomber aircraft parked next to the island. Men load mail into U.S. Navy UH-2B helicopter on the flight deck.
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