Walker Hill Resort buildings and landscape. Riding horses and archery at Walker Hill Resort. Wide shot of pool at resort. Roulette wheel turning in casino. Dancing at night club. Woman playing a gayageum or kayagum stringed instrument while another accompanies with drum while people eat dinner with chop sticks at Walker Hill Resort. Korean show girls "rockettes" perform on stage. Three United States officers walk down a street and enter a building in Korea. Officers eating at restaurant while waitress brings beer. Close up hands having trouble using chopsticks. Tall temple at Jeju island in South Korea. Temple and bridge at Mt. Sorak in Seoraksan National Park. Crowd gathered at temple for ceremony.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing the people of Cuba during his tour after the end of World War II in Havana, Cuba. Winston Churchill thanks the Cuban President, Ramon Grau, and to the Cuban people for the kind welcome to him on his holiday. Winston Churchill describes Cuba as a “Beautiful island”, expressing the sentiment “¡Viva la Perla de las Antillas!”
Douglas C-47 Skytrain flying in fog. A radar mobile station with rotating radar dish. C-47 lands on airfield under low visibility conditions. A fighter landing on aircraft carrier deck of a United States Navy aircraft carrier. Large U.S. battleship at sea. Sailor wearing deck-communications helmet. Close up of interior ship siren sounding. United States sailors wake up and jump out of bunks while siren sounds. A radar dish rotating onboard a ship. Hands actuating fire control triggers on a battleship. Multiple U.S. naval ships firing guns night and day. Battleship hit by guns. Battleships firing artillery on enemy ships and shorelines of islands. Submarine underwater. A U-boat submarine periscope seen above water surface. A United States Navy crew operates radar gunnery control system in destroyer, tracking a nearby submarine. Navy captain with sailor at the helm on destroyer. Destroyer shoots depth charges into water. Depth charge flying in air and then detonating in the ocean shortly after its release. Explosions under water destroying the U-boat submarine. Consolidated PBY Catalina flying above a naval flotilla. United States ships navigate through fog. (World War II period)
The City of Portland holds the annual Portland Rose Festival with a patriotic flair in June 1940. Two United States flags are hanging from a building. The parade route is marked by banners that read "For You A Rose In Portland Grows." Parade floats made of roses in the 1940 Grand Floral Parade. Portland Rose Festival girls on a “Constitution” float wave at crowds as their float round the corner in front of the New Heathman Hotel (now the Heathman Hotel, 1001 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205, United States). Two men dressed as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln sit on the “Portland Dist. No. 2 Mantle Club” "America First" float, which features an Eagle on its front. Portland Rose Festival “queens” and “princesses” on a “Peacock” themed float wave at crowds. Boy scouts flank the “Peacock” float as passes the Alisky Building and the Harry Semler Dentist and Optical offices. A “Treasure Island Exposition 1940” float. Women and a man on the “Portland Realtors” float, traveling down SW Morrison St. The Portland Hotel is seen in the background at the corner of SW 6th Ave. and SW Morrison St. A “Pasadena” float with an effigy of the bald eagle and the United States flag made of roses is flanked by marching Boy Scouts.
Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bombs bound for the West Coast, USA during World War 2. A Japanese paper bomb balloon in flight. Fu-Go balloon pass by a small island as winds take the balloon toward the United States. A paper balloon bomb descending. A deflated paper balloon bomb. Animated map depicting the flight path and mechanism of the wind velocity of Japanese Fu-Go paper balloon bombs to the West Coast of the United States.
Tourists visit the town of Minden, Nevada and Lake Tahoe during a tour in the High Sierra region of the United States. A car turns in front of Minden Inn (1594 Esmeralda Ave, Minden, NV 89423, United States). Car drives up Kingsbury Grade, also known as Nevada State Route 207, connecting the western edge of Nevada to the Lake Tahoe region through the Carson Range. Car passes by coniferous trees. View of Eagle Lake at the foot of Mount Tallac, southwest of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. An island in Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay. A man and a woman get off from a Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage. View of Lake Tahoe.
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