Film begins showing map of Coast Guard Stations along the coasts of Long Island, and New Jersey to deal with storms that affect the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. Narrator notes that, accordingly, the number of Stations in this region are increased. View of Long Island South coast from low flying airplane, showing sand bars. Aerial view of Jersey shores showing a ship run aground and listing. Aerial view of the resort towns and recreational beaches on the Jersey coast. Closeup of a beach filled with people enjoying the sand and water. Aerial views of beaches teeming with visitors. Aerial view of harbor filled with small pleasure boats. A sailing regatta.
Animation shows the process of formation of crude oil inside the earth's crust. Migration of oil toward underground reservoirs inside sedimentary and porous rocks. Geologists and scientists conduct surveys for possible oil fields. Soil samples being collected for oil-search. Helicopters and marsh buggies provide reconnaissance for search of new oil fields. Scientists use gravity meters, magnetometers and seismographs for searching new oil fields. Geo-forms being lowered in water for oil discovery.
'Letter from Buna'. A U.S. Army soldier writes a letter during World War II, while seated under a tarp in rain in a jungle area. U.S. Army and Army troops from Australia on the Buna campaign in New Guinea. Troops assemble at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A corduroy road is constructed in jungles. Supplies dropped from the air. Dense forests in the background. Firing on Japanese from beach positions during Battle of Buna-Gona. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers on beach and in trench positions that were overrun by allies. Thin and emaciated Japanese POWs (Prisoners Of War) sit on the ground. Native people carry injured men on stretchers to native huts. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur seen speaking with Australian General Thomas Blamey.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in New Guinea Island during World War 2. Animated map highlights New Guinea and shows limit of Japanese defenses. U.S. troops board U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Formation of C-47s in sky. C-47 lands. Troops getting off the C-47 and running for cover. Australian troops getting equipment moving armament. Wounded soldier being placed aboard C-47. U.S. Army Air Forces C-56 Loadstar buzzing airfield. American troops making a runway. U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft takes off. Shutter of a B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft. Bombs exploding on Japanese targets. B-25s bomb Japanese ships. B-25s strafing Japanese planes on ground. Parafrog bombs being dropped by B-25s. Shells exploding. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. View at Wewak Island. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and P-38s in flight.
View of railroad workmen working on track for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The new Black Diamond Express railroad train from New York City, through Pennsylvanis, to Buffalo, New York. Locomotive seen emitting smoke and rounding a curve at a distance. Workers move off the track as train comes. Work crew supervisor waves two large white kerchiefs as the train approaches and passes. Trainman on board waves back with a kerchief.
Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Several city buildings. People entering and leaving train station and taxicabs operating by Penn Station in midtown Manhattan.
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