The Canol construction project in Canada during World War II. Construction vehicles ferried across a river. African American soldiers of the 388th General Services Regiment relax aboard a ferry. Workers roll steel pipes onto a barge along the river. They lift heavy long pipes. Equipment on ferries. The workers roll the pipes on two parallel pipes on the ground. Piles of pipes in the background.
A picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. Footage of Pearl Harbor attack by Japan during World War 2. A reenactment shows landing of Operation Pastorius would-be saboteurs in Long Island, New York and presence of the FBI at the site collecting evidence the Germans had buried. Evidence of their plots to bomb various sites in the United States is collected by the FBI and presented to the United States Military. Views of some of their captured equipment and uniforms. Faces of the Operation Pastorius captured criminals (who included George John Dasch, Ernst Peter Burger, Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, Eddie Kerling, Herman Otto Neubauer, Richard Quirin, Werner Thiel) during their military tribunal hearing in July - August 1942.
Slate lists planned flight legs of U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft as: Washington DC to Edmonton, Alberta; Fairbanks Alaska to Seattle Washington; and Washington DC to San Diego California. Another slate explains that under command of Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Arnold,ten B-12 bombers demonstrate their capabilities in an 18,000 mile flight. Lt. Col Henry H. Arnold, U.S. Army Air Corps, stands in front of a large map on which planned flights are charted. Sign behind him identifies "Engineering Office," at Patterson Field. Arnold uses pointer to show the routings to another officer who has joined him. The next sequence shows Arnold describing the flight plans to more participants, using more charts. Camera pans across ten assembled Army personnel. Lt. Col. Arnold poses with 15 aviators in front of a YB-12 bomber (displaying air intake on port side of engine). Camera pans over eighteen mechanics and ground crewmen posed in front of the bomber. Symbol of eagle superimposed over map of alaska, is painted on side of forward fuselage. Arnold discussing the mission with Army officers and civilian officials, as they walk past a YB-10 (with air intakes atop the cowlings). Camera pans across Patterson field ramp, where officials, automobiles, YB-10 aircraft, and local civilian workers, including several women, are seen. Crew chief seen refueling a YB-10 with long hose from an underground fuel tank installed at edge of the ramp.
View of Midnight Sun from bow of the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, El Aquario, underway in Alaskan waters. Mountains are seen as she proceeds through Resurrection Bay, towards Seward, Alaska. Views of the harbor at Seward, where several ships are seen. The El Aquario, seen at the dock in seward. The camera pans the pier, which contains rails for cargo handling. Another ship is docked behind the El Aquario. Slopes in background are covered in evergreen trees. Railroad station and warehouses are seen. View from atop a railroad train, shows rail lines, bridge, buildings, a ship in the harbor, and mountain in background. Captain George Goddard, supply officer for the expedition, stands with another officer and points to chalk writing on an Alaska Railroad caboose car reading: "Capt. Goddard return back on." He and the other officer are then seen on rear platform of that car on a railroad train. Goddard lights a cigarette. View from that caboose platform as the train pulls out of the Seward train station. View from atop the caboose showing the last six cars, containing expedition supplies, preceded by other cars making up a long train. Views of snowy landscapes beside the tracks as the train proceeds. Picture of the Fairbanks railroad station as the train arrives.
Followup to the U.S. Army Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight. The U.S. Army Air Corps Photographic department processes and assembles the 60 rolls of film shot by the USAAC 1934 Alaska Flight during its aerial photo-mapping mission over 21 thousand square miles of Alaska territory. Photographic workers mount film onto large rolls and place them into developing solutions. Long strips of film are seen drying on rotating slatted drums.Oblique negatives placed in rectifying printer are transformed into vertical photographs. Workers develop the negatives. Developed single wing photographs. Composite five lens photographs ready for mapping.
Aircraft carrier USS America underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Russian PC-160 ship steaming off the starboard side of USS America. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter flies over the stern of the PC-160 ship. Another ship underway in the background. A crewman looks through a long glass on the wing of the flag bridge. He looks towards the Russian ship steaming in the background.
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