The Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah nearing its completion in the United States. At the shipyard, a full size mockup of the nuclear reactor for the NS Savannah, is being constructed to facilitate installation of the actual reactor in the ship and training of her crew. View from above of the Savannah under construction. Several engineers and scientists, invited to the shipyard, from other countries, are seen in orange coveralls of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation and hard hats showing their national flags and labeled "foreign observer." Below her hull are seen retractable stabilizers to dampen roll in heavy seas.
Launching of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship in the United States. View of her bow, with banner reading: "New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NS Savannah." Spectators seated while a brass band plays. Shipyard crews knock supports out from beneath the Savannah's hull. U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower, swings bottle of champagne to christen the NS Savannah, and the ship slides down the ways, sternfirst. View of the Savannah in the river.
United States soldiers during a rehearsal for the Invasion of Normandy. in World War 2. A lookout wearing closed-sided non-glare glasses as he scans the sky for aircraft. He turns a dial located on the nose bridge of the glasses to adjust the vision. Soldiers at the deck gun of a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) as it approaches the shore in the faint morning light. Side ramps are dropped on the LCI and soldiers move down ramps and onto beach area. Soldiers get off and run across the beach. Tanks unloaded from a Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and taken across the beach. Column of troops going down beach, heads toward Landing Crafts on beach. They make a left turn moving inward. Hill in the background. Landing Crafts on the beach.
War correspondents board crafts on the South England coast shortly before D-Day Invasion in World War II. The correspondents film United States 101st Airborne Division troops marching towards Landing Crafts at the docks. They carry grenades and bazookas. Soldiers board Landing Crafts. The heavy crafts have to be pushed off the docks by military trucks. The troops are taken to larger crafts and ships further into the water. Soldiers pose for the camera. A fleet of ships and Landing Crafts Infantry (LCI) in the water. The correspondents with Commander of the invasion group Lt. Patton and the Captain of the ship, LCI number 5. A correspondent shows his camera to an officer. War correspondent Wes Hanes trims his beard.
United States bomber aircraft during first day light raid on Berlin during World War II. Bombers leave condensation trails in the sky while flying in formation toward Berlin. Views of American soldiers in aircraft. Aircraft drop bombs. Smoke arises due to explosion. B-17 aircraft in flight. Return of damaged B-17 bomber. American soldiers stand on and around a B-17 bomber after the bombing run.
During World War 1, King George V and Queen Mary visit American officers club and are received by Mr Walter Hines Page, United States ambassador, and Vice Admiral William S Sims in England. Officials stand at the stairs. Car arrives at a building. Guard salutes. Flags at the balcony. King enters a door with the officials. Crowd gathers and a dignitary addresses them. King and the ambassador stand and pose.
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