CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) recruits attend a ceremony at a camp during the Great Depression in the United States. Man blows a bugle. CCC recruits rush toward the assembly area. The men line up on snowfield. The United States flag is lowered during the ceremony.
A U.S. cemetery on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Grave markers on crosses. Stars of David. A man prays.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
Rescue of Marine Corps pilot, Milton H. Vedder, who was shot down on April 25, 1943, in an aerial battle over Vangunu, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. View from a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat as it takes off and then flies low over islands and water. Two Marine F4U Corsairs are seen flying escort above the PBY. View from the PBY as it lands on the water and taxis past a native shack while approaching Segi Point shoreline. Crewman on PBY looks through binoculars. Native canoe approaches with Lieutenant Vedder. Native and beach observer in a boat. Man in hat is probably coast watcher Donald Kennedy. Rescued pilot Lieutenant Milton N. Vedder, in boat, smokes a cigarette. View from PBY as it takes off. Vedder and others conversing inside the PBY. Several views of the two U.S. Marine F4U Corsair fighter escort aircraft. Other F4Us are seen in distance. (Note: reportedly, the two escorting F4U Corsairs were flown, respectively, by Major Weissenberger, the Commanding Officer, and Major Leary, both from Lt. Vedder's squadron, VMF-213. )
Burial services for fallen U.S. servicemen on Midway Island after Battle of Midway in World War 2. Chaplain before flag draped caskets. Marines give 3-volley salute. U.S. Navy Captain, USMC (US Marine Corps) Colonel Harold Douglas Shannon, and USMCR (US Marine Corps Reserve) Major James Roosevelt salute. Boats on water for burial at sea. Formation of aircraft. A Marine looks through binoculars. Smoke and flame rise from burning building on Midway Island. A man crosses out signs with paint brush indicating lost Japanese aircraft and battleships in Battle of Midway.
A Japanese kimono fashion show in Japan. Two Japanese women wearing kimonos perform a traditional tea ceremony. A Japanese woman models a printed kimono. Two men remove an elaborate kimono from a kimono display rack. A woman goes onstage to demonstrate how to wear the kimono. Male attendants help the girl wear kimono. A man brings a bolt of fabric as a woman models the kimono. A woman stretches her arms as she demonstrates the long sleeves of her printed kimono. Three Japanese women model kimonos. Japanese woman poses as she models her kimono.
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