Sailors and people on United States Navy Ship Barrett (T-AP-196) in Staten Island, New York. Empty bunks in a troop compartment. Dependent women and children walk. Hostesses walk on a canopied gangplank. Some children are assisted by sailors. .
Allied flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. Pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) gather near a tent on Bougainville, Papua, New Guinea, during World War 2. Two drink cups of water from a canvas Lister bag. View of control tower silhouetted against light sky background with tents clustered on ground below. A P-40, with RNZAF markings, taxis past the camera and is then seen on the active runway. A ground crewman waves on three more RNZAF P-40s as they taxi.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Marshall, and another airman stand and smoke by the tail of the bullet-riddled F4U Corsair aircraft that he just landed on Torokina airfield. The aircraft, Corsair number 25 (BuNo 17736) is from Lieutenant Marshall's unit, VMF-216. They examine the damage on the aircraft. Lt. Marshall, who suffered head injury from cockpit shrapnel is being given first aid in an army tent. Views of damage to the aircraft, including tattered wing, flaps shot up, holes in the fuselage, and huge pieces shot out of the rudder. ( This mission took place on 19 Dec 1943. After flying cover for B-24 bombers over Rabaul, Three U.S. Marine Corps F4Us flown by Capt. Lawrence 'Cloudy" Faulkner, and First Lieutenants Marshal and Guv Kemper, were surprised and engaged by 20-30 Japanese Zekes (Zeros) diving from behind clouds . Lieutenant Marshal was the sole survivor of the encounter.)
Launching of first liquid fuel rocket on a Staten Island New York beach in 1933. U.S. rocket experimenters including George Edward Pendray launch the first liquid fuel missile. They prepare for launching of the rocket and fill fuel of rocket which is powered with gasoline and liquid oxygen. Missile being launched and its fuel tank explodes due to over heating. Rocket crashes down on beach. Experimenters stand with pieces of the broken rocket. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
United States Marines in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. Three Marines inspect a Japanese flag. A Marine attaches a bayonet to Japanese rifle and fires the rifle. Wounded marine on a stretcher being unloaded from a jeep. Marine being carried to a medical center. Another Marine lights up a cigarette for him. Landing area, lagoon and off shore islands. LVT-3 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) off shore as Marines unload a LCVT (Landing Craft Vehicle Tracked) in the foreground.
United States Marines in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. A Marine paints a white cross for a burial yard. A cross at the cemetery bearing a sign that reads' Cemetery no.1' A105 mm Howitzer in foreground on an island. A truck tows a 155 mm Howitzer on a carriage. Landing area and artillery dugout on the shore. Three anti aircraft gun and mount dug in off the shore. Three shell cases lying on ground. Cemetery as men dig graves. A M3A1 tank moves into a jungle. Turret of M3 Stuart tank.
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