Damage at Munda Point, Solomon Islands after U.S. 13th Air Force bombardment during World War II. The damage is surveyed by U.S. officers. Wreckage of Japanese aircraft and installations. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers are removed by U.S. troops. Gun emplacements are made. Bulldozers level the ground. Heavy construction equipment is operated to level a hill. U.S. bomber aircraft on a flight line at a newly constructed U.S. airfield. A bomber takes off from an airstrip.
Two girls fight with pillow. Pillow is torn into pieces. Four girls in their night dresses engaged in the pillow fight. Feathers fly over their heads and about the room. (Edison Studio, 1897)
An old man in a straw hat sits on a chair. A younger woman wearing apron and large hat stands awkwardly beside him. They both talk to each other and laugh. The old man gets up and walks toward the woman and stands beside her. They get ready to kiss each other. The old man's hat slips off as the couple kisses comically with numerous short pecks . (Edison Studio, 1897)
Young people engage in a husking bee. Three women sit near a stable, putting corn into baskets. A girl and man join them, the man pushing a wheel barrel with the girl aboard. As the group husks the corn, a young man finds the "red ear" entitling him to kiss a girl, which he does. She protests and hits him with a corn cob. (Edison Studio, 1898)
Interior view from right side of an aircraft taking off from Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island, during World War 2. Numerous aircraft are seen parked near trees beside the runway, including U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsairs; P-38 Lightnings; RNZAF P-40s; and USAAF Piper L-4 Grasshoppers. F4U Corsairs are taxiing beside the runway. Aircraft interior backward view from the departing aircraft's tail, shows the runway below and behind, with water on two sides. Next, the narrow airstrip is seen as the camera airplane flies overhead, just offshore, parallel to the runway. The camera continues to focus on the airfield as the plane climbs to higher altitude. Aerial view of small islands below, with small boats leaving wakes as they speed across the water. Next is view at lower altitude as the camera plane flies offshore parallel to the airstrip runway, as if on a downwind leg for landing. Next scenes are from above nearby Piva Yoke fighter airstrip, and parallel Piva Uncle bomber airstrip, which appears to be under construction. It is cut out of jungle and no aircraft are seen on it. The camera airplane's right rear horizontal stabilizer is seen momentarily as it flies slowly over the site. Some smoke rises from the area. Views of mountain and a river, as the flight continues. The final view is from offshore, over the sea.
Slapstick skit performed by Vaudeville stars, Robetta and Doretto (AKA Phil Lauter). They were known in the Vaudeville circuit as the "Chinese Comiques." Here they portray a policeman chasing a Chinese laundryman ("Hop Lee"). Filmed at Edison's Black Maria studio.
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