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Coast Guard Rescue Stations along the Eastern and Southern coasts of the United States
After extensive slate of historical information, this film shows U.S. Coast Guard personnel launching a large dory (life boat) from the U.S. Coast Guard Gloucester Station in Gloucester, Massachusetts (Old House Cove, westerly side Gloucester Harbor). They slide the boat down rails, launching it directly into the water. Coast Guardsmen in foul weather gear are seen rowing a large lifeboat in rough waters near rocky shores. Eight men row, sitting in four pairs side-by-side on fixed thwarts (benches) and one stands in the stern (a coxwain) steering with a 16’ oar. A powered life boat is seen briefly, in extremely rough waters. Remainder of the film shows an animated map of the East and South coasts of the United States with dots identifying Coast Guard Stations on those coasts. At this point, the film concentrates on Rescue Stations in the Boston Division. A beached two-masted sailing ship is shown. A large steamship emitting black smoke from her funnel, is seen beached and listing on a shore. Aerial view of Light House on Block Island, off Rhode Island. Aerial view of a freighter run aground just off shore. Aerial view of a Coast Guard Station with a highway running past it. Aerial view of another Coast Guard Station located where narrator says is a dangerous point.
The bombing of Rekata bay, near Munda in the South Pacific,on August 24th 1943.
Bombing of Rekata bay (near Munda and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific) during August 24th 1943. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers of the 13th Army Air Forces in flight at a high altitude over the bay. Bombers drop bombs on Japanese targets at Rekata bay. (World War II period).
Allied Leaders confer and plan during World War II
Opening slate reads: "Cairo and Teheran." A view of the world turning, accompanied by voice of President Franklin Roosevelt broadcasting a Christmas messeage to the Armed Forces in 1943, during World War 2. Glimpses of families and people abroad listening to the President on radio. Views of Moscow and the Kremlin in the Soviet Union. British, American, and Soviet flags on a desktop at the Moscow conference in October, 1942. Camera shows Foreign Ministers Vyacheslav Molotov, Anthony Eden and Cordell Hull signing documents and then shaking hands. View of great pyramid of Cheops and the Sphinx. Closeup of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek at the Cairo Conference. Wider view of them with their respective military Commanders standing behind them. A view showing Madam Chian Kai-Shek seated near and conversing with Winston Churchill. Animated map of China. Illustration of a book entitled: "The Tanaka Memorial." Warships firing their guns. U.S. Marines in Landing Vehicles Tracked on amphibious assault of a Pacific island. Marines ashore in combat. More views of U.S. Navy ships bombarding Japanese-held islands and of U.S. forces in amphious assaults. Glimpses of fighting in jungles. A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2S Privateer aircraft in flight. Bombs dropping from aircraft. Australian and New Zealand forces firing artillery in jungles. Dutch soldiers in a landing ship. British soldiers in a landing craft. Australian soldiers moving onto an island. At TC:03:38, a flight of three Flying Tiger P-40 airplanes are seen flying in fornation. Geralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek walks among Chinese soldiers. American Flying Tiger pilots walk toward their P-40 airplanes parked in line on a ramp. One taxiis out for takeoff. A B-17 bomber taking off from a foreign airfield. Closeup of General George Marshall with General Douglas MacArthur. Admiral Nimitz conversing with U.S. officers on a captured Japanese Island.
United States destroyers, heavy cruiser, and light cruiser bombard Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater
U.S. Navy World War II battleship, destroyers, heavy cruiser and light cruiser bombard the Island of Tarawa in Pacific Theater, in November 1943. Smoke rises from the beach. A 16" gun on board USS Maryland (BB-46) bombards Tarawa. Shells burst in air and island obscured by smoke. Depth charges explode in water as light cruiser continues to bombard the island. Ship at timecode 2:34 and 3:10 is a heavy cruiser of the Portland or Northhampton class, based on catapults with sea planes located at mid ship. Based on ship assignments and locations at that time, this would make it either the USS Chester (CA-27), the USS Portland (CA-33), or the USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
President Kennedy receives Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Ms. Indira Gandhi at Newport and in Washington.
U.S. President John F Kennedy receives Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Ms. Indira Gandhi at Newport airport, Rhode Island. American ambassador to India John Galbraith, Indian students from Brown University and the press are also present. Military honor guard holding flags stands with airport terminal in background. Scene changes to Washington DC. Daytime view of exterior of U.S. Capitol building under a bright blue sky. Wide view of Washington Monument and reflecting pool. Scene in a park with yellow and orange colored autumn leaves on trees and ground, and adults and children walking in the park, wearing typical early 1960s fashions. Wide view of tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial in the distance. Arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy accompany the visiting Prime Minister and his daughter on Air Force One aircraft as it arrives in Washington DC. Military honor guard holds flags and military band members play music, including the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets fanfare ensemble. The arriving officials are received by Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon B Johnson, Secretary of State and Mrs. Dean Rusk, and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks at a podium with microphone and welcomes the Prime Minister on his third visit to the U.S. Prime Minister Nehru then speaks and expresses gratitude for the welcome and for the friendship expressed by the President. View of Air Force helicopter taking off to fly the guests and the President to the White House after the ceremony.
An oil abatement product is thrown in water and a H-52 helicopter photographs a fire on the water offthe shore of Newport.
An oil abatement experiment aboard USS Compton (DD-705) off the shore of Newport, Rhode Island. A small civilian tanker laying oil on the surface of water for the experiment resulting in an oil slick on the surface of water. Officers and men on the deck of USS Compton. A United States Coast Guard (USCG) H-52 Seaguard helicopter hovers over the water in the background. Crewmen walk back and forth in the foreground carrying bags of an oil abatement product. The H-52 hovers close over USS Compton. A bag of the product is handed over to a man on the deck. The man walks off. A USCG patrol boat in the open sea. Oil slick on the surface of water off the side of the destroyer. A man stands looking down over a side in the foreground. The product being dumped over the side from the bags. Grayish powder on the surface of water. Empty bags float on the surface of water. A weather deck passageway. An officer runs down the passageway. Smoke over water on the starboard side of the ship. A fire burns off the starboard bow. Black smoke rises. Men on the weather deck. The smoke fills the area in the background. Men rush with a fire hose. A fire burning on the surface of water. Smoke rises from the fire. The H-52 circles to photograph the fire. It hovers some distance from the fire. A little bit of smoke drifts from the fire as it stops burning. The smoke hangs over the surface of water after the fire has burned out.
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