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Scenes from the 1942 AAU championship championship track and field games in New York City

The AAU championships at Randall's Island. Hal Davis, fastest man in the world, wins 100 meters. Bill Cummins wins 110 meters hurdles from Joe Batiste. Al Blozis wins the Shot, and Cornelius Warmerdam wins the Pole Vault . The winners seen. Huge crowd gathered to watch the event.

Date: 1942, June 20
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040841
Japanese footage of preparations and attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

Japanese edited film footage chronicling the Japanese approach and attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Contains Japanese slates and narration. An arrow points from Japan to Hawaii and a dotted line going to United States on a map. Japanese officers on bridge of aircraft carrier. Two Japanese aircraft carrier ships, the Kaga and the Zuikaku underway in heavy seas. Flight quarters being held on carrier. Crew gets ready for attack on Pearl harbor. Japanese pilots being briefed on the mission while standing on the deck of Japanese aircraft carrier (possibly the flagship carrier, Akagi). Japanese pilots on flight deck scatter towards their planes. Single engined planes on flight deck. Japanese planes take off in formation. Map of Hawaiian Islands. Japanese bombers in flight. Bombing on Pearl Harbor. Fire and smoke seen due to explosions. Pictures of Japanese Navy officers who attacked Pearl Harbor in suicide submarines. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 7 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675041050
Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York to claim the Orteig Prize as the first Allied aviator to fly non-stop beteen New York City and Paris

View from the ground at Mitchel Field, on Long Island Spirit as the Spirit of St. Louis is seen circling to land. A small group of people stand near a hangar. Lindbergh's plane lands on the grass field and taxis toward three army soldiers there to help him park. Lindbergh, in flying gear, steps from his airplane. Closeups of him standing near it. Scene shifts to Brooklyn New York, where Lindbergh, now dressed in business suit, and surrounded by a crowd, descends wooden steps to enter an open car. He sits prominently in the back of the car, accompanied by Raymond Orteig and officials. Mounted police escort the car. View from rear as motorcade drives along a festooned Brooklyn street with a "Welcome Lindy" banner stretched across the road. Motorcycle police escort the cars. Spectators crowd the sidewalks. The motorcade continues through leafy boulevards and open highways. Everywhere enthusiastic crowds line the way. American flags decorate the lead car. A group of Boy Scouts with massed American flags lines one side of the highway. Crowds, waving American flags, teeter on the edge of the sidewalks along a commercial section of town. View from a high location overlooking Prospect Park in Brooklyn, where people throng the sidewalks and park paths. Camera pans across the park. A motorcade (now grown to include numerous cars) circles to enter at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to the park. A slate reads: At Knights of Columbus Building for a luncheon in his honor." Then the motorcade stops at a building festooned with patriotic bunting and a banner reading: "U.S. Council 126 K of C." Later, Lindbergh enters the open car again with Raymond Orteig and they leave. Next, at the Brevoort Hotel (owned by Mr. Orgteig) an elaborate check for twenty five thousand dollars is shown. It is dated June 17, 1927 and signed by Raymond Orteig. Lindbergh and Orteig shake hands and chat amicably while attempting to pose for a photograph. Glimpse of U.S. Capitol building overlaid by a "Welcome Lindy" sign. Closeup of Lindbergh superimposed on top of that along with a waving American flag.

Date: 1927, June 17
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041074
Marines leave Pearl Harbor to invade Eniwetok Atoll (WWII)

United States Marines leave for Eniwetok Atoll from Pearl Harbor during World War II. travel to a dock by truck as they prepare to leave Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Trucks and Jeeps pass by Quonset huts. The Marines prepare for invasion of Eniwetok Atoll. Sailors pull netting away. United States Navy ships are docked on Pearl Harbor. A sailor watches a ship depart for Eniwetok Atoll. Marines crowd a ship deck. Ships and attack transport attack Pearl Harbor. Submarine netting. Marines on deck of transport. Gun crew practice firing with naval machine gun. Machine guns fired. Bullets shoot upwards. Tracers seen near the target. United States Commanders Admirals Harry W. Hill, John T. Walker and Thomas E. Watson deliberate on plans to capture Eniwetok onboard. Boatswain's Mate blowing whistle. Sailors repair rope ladder. Sailors and Marines play boardgames such as checkers onboard. Invasion leaders studying models. Marines receive their K rations. A Marine cleans his rifle. Naval bombardment at Eniwetok Atoll. United States ships firing at Japanese positions on the atoll. A group of aircraft in flight. Shells exploding on atoll. Barges and landing crafts approach the island. Marines and soldiers watch as the landing craft approach the atoll. Marines crouch after landing on the beach. A soldier digging a dugout. An amphibious truck lands at Eniwetok Atoll beach.

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 8 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041090
Many people die as storm sweeps Caribbean

Many people die as storm sweeps Caribbean. The wind lashes the trees on the Jamaican island. The storm sweeps in. Uprooted trees and damaged buildings are seen. Ships are also damaged. The walls of a hospital collapsed and killed several patients. Many killed in the storm. Wreckage seen.

Date: 1951, August 24
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041347
PBM Mariner aircraft involved in rescue operations

Air-Sea rescue by PBM Mariner aircraft. PBM planes land among ships lying off island. Smoke rises from an explosion on the beach. Men paddle in life raft. Line is thrown to him from PBM. Life raft pulled to PBM tail. Aviator in rubber life raft towed alongside PBM. The aviator climbs into plane head first. Empty life boat drifts freely. PBM taxis for take off. Tail of an aircraft. PMB towed to the stern of a vessel. Men watch aboard. Aviator floats in a rubber life raft. Rescued aviators and enlisted men in aircraft rearm boat. Officer interviews enlisted survivor and takes notes. Rearming boat gets underway and leaves.

Date: 1945, June 28
Duration: 7 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041670