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Nevada United States 1936 stock footage and images

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USS Tennessee struck by Kamikaze , off Okinawa, during World War II

A United States Navy New Mexico class battleship (believed to be the USS Idaho) is seen underway off Okinawa in World War 2. Heavy flak (antiaircraft gun fire) in the sky. Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber aircraft) in the skies under heavy flak fire. Kamikaze dives and strikes a battleship that appears to be the USS Tennessee (BB-43) throwing up a ball of flame. In the background is a smoking Destroyer, probably the USS Zellars (DD-777) which was already hit by one or two Kamikazes. The Zellars and Tennessee were a short distance ahead of the Idaho during the attack. The USS Zellars was dead in the water as the USS Idaho passed it.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, April 12
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029816
Wedding of John Jacob Astor VI to Ellen Tuck French at the Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

Scenes from the wedding of American shipping magnate John Jacob Astor VI to socialite Ellen Tuck French at the Trinity Church (1 Queen Anne Square, Newport, RI 02840, United States) in Newport, Rhode Island. People gather in large number at the ceremony. The married couples pose for the crowd.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1934, July 2
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029826
Ford Motor Company promotional film showing Niagara Falls and Ford Motor car plant in Dearborn, Michigan

Animated sequence shows wheel of a Ford car traversing map from Manhattan, New York, to the Niagara Falls on the Canadian border. Extensive views of the falls. A honeymooning couple sitting in a Ford convertible auto with top down. The woman doesn't appreciate Niagara Falls. Guided by their "V8" hood ornament (where the "8" in the "V8" transformed into an animated Ford character, that narrates the activities) they motor across Canada and back into the United States, to the Ford Motor Company Rouge Works in Dearborn, Michigan. Views of the sprawling Ford Motor Company factories at the Rouge Works. Contrasting view of the original Ford shop where he made his first automobile. Mr. Henry Ford steps out of the shop and looks at that first Ford car. He doffs his hat, examines a tire, and walks past the camera while waving his hand. Suddenly a new 1935 Ford car appears where the original first car stood. Narrator comments that a million of these could not be built in the humble first Ford shop. Accordingly, scene shifts to views of the vast Ford Rouge plant. Numerous buildings, bridges,conveyer systems, pipes, and smoke stacks are seen (a cluster of 8 appear in one view). Molten steel being poured into crucibles, as the honeymoon couple watch from their car. Glowing hot ingots slide in troughs into a rolling mill, where they are reduced. Parts being forged by a power hammer. Engine blocks moving on a conveyer. Molten iron being poured into a mold to form an engine block.Coking ovens discharging their product. Ford ships in a port. Iron ore being unloaded from ships.

Location: Dearborn Michigan USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029868
America's amateur divers dive at a pool in Palm Springs, California; also Aquazanies perform.

America's amateur divers dive at a pool in Palm Springs, California, United States, in preparation for upcoming Olympic trials. Somersaults, flips and twist dives performed by the athletes. Champion Garry Tobias gets injured as he slips off the end of the platform while performing a dive. Narrator notes that Tobias required 15 stitches in his leg from the incident. Several other amateur divers dive from a high platform into the pool. Comedy diving group from New York called the Aquazanies demonstrates funny group dives during a show.

Location: Palm Springs California USA
Date: 1956, May 21
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029894
German General Albert Kesselring detained following surrender, and U.S. General Maxwell Taylor in Berchtesgaden, Germany (WW2)

The capture of German General Albert Kesselring in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. General Kesselring and two aides enter the terrace of the Berchtesgadener Hof hotel (present location is now the Haus der Berge, Hanielstraße 7, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany) in Berchtesgaden, Germany, where U.S. General Maxwell D. Taylor had arranged for them to stay following surrender at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They sit together at a table and review documents. United States Army General Maxwell D. Taylor and Colonel Ned D. Moore of the 101st Airborne Division leave a building with a 101st Airborne emblem on the doorway and meet Colonel Charles H. Chase.

Location: Berchtesgaden Germany
Date: 1945, May
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029908
San Juan City view in Puerto Rico.

Tropical waters and shore areas with palm trees in Puerto Rico. U.S. defenses in Puerto Rico, early in World War II period. United States destroyer patrols at San Juan harbor, the El Moro fortress, and Governor's Palace. San Juan street scenes. The Capitol of Puerto Rico Building (1 Plaza de la Democracia, San Juan, PR, 00901). The Antigua Escuela de Medicina Tropical or School of Tropical Medicine (Av. de la Constitución, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico) in San Juan. The Casa de España building (9 Av. de la Constitución, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico). The fountain at Casa de España.

Location: San Juan Puerto Rico
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029921
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