A space capsule is recovered over the Pacific Ocean. Discoverer XVII Satellite is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The space capsule is released over the Pacific Ocean. It is snatched and recovered from the sky by a United States Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar. The C-119 Flying Boxcar lands and the airmen unload the space capsule.
Pre-Olympic skiing during the Hahnenkamm Races in Austria. Penny Pitou of New Hemisphere and Linda Meyers of California participate in the championship. In the men's events, Adrian Avillard becomes the first non Austrian to win the combined title on a challenging course. Spectators watch the championship.
Aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack. An animation shows a map of Japan as a fictional character Tojo makes a call from Tokyo to Nagasaki and other cities disseminating the news of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He rejoices at the attack. The United States Navy ship Arizona capsized. Wreckage of damaged ships like Nevada, West Virginia, California. Navy personnel along with civil technicians start the salvage of United States ships. Men work on the ships. Ships like California, Nevada and West Virginia underway after repair. Sailors and supplies aboard the ships. Military preparations in United States to counter the Japanese attack. (World War II period).
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Destroyer USS Shaw's forward magazines explode in a large fireball. USS California after oil fire drifts clear. USS Blue heads down a channel past burning oil fires for sea. Capsized USS Oglala sunken in the foreground. USS Shaw burns in the background. A Japanese aircraft overhead is fired on. Heavy flak in the air. A shrapnel falls in water just off 1010 dock. Battleships in the background. A row of battleships shows USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia and USS Arizona. USS California settling in water.
U.S. aviation pioneer General James Harold 'Jimmy' Doolittle sets a new air record for flying a passenger airplane from Burbank, California to Newark, New Jersey in twelve hours. Doolittle and his wife seen looking at a map. They both board the waiting aircraft, American Airlines’ Vultee V-1A Special NC13770. 'Shell' oil company symbol written on the airplane. The airplane taxis and takes off from Union Air Terminal, Burbank, California. Aerial view of the airplane in flight over mountains. The airplane in flight over the clouds. The airplane lands at Newark Airport and taxis on a runway. Hangars and a building in the background. Doolittle exits the airplane with his wife at and greets people waiting. They pose for pictures beside the airplane.
United States troops in formation march onto field carrying the American flag in North Africa. Hills in the background. Old buildings on a hill with trees in the foreground. View of ships and boats in a harbor and the adjacent area. A Landing Craft on a beach. Soldiers in the craft unloading vehicles. Soldiers get onto military motorcycles. Natives and children observe a half track being driven off craft. Transport ships off shore. (World War II period).
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