Achievements of American women in 1935. Eleanor Holm Jarrett in a Miami swim meet. She performs backstroke and breaks her own record. A close up of Jarrett. Next segment: Amelia Earhart conquers the Pacific in a historic flight from Hawaii to Oakland California. Earhart emerges from cockpit. People crowd around the plane. A close up of Amelia Earhart receiving flowers from crowd and later posing for photographers. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Oahu Railway and Land Company locomotive No. 76 departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with commuter train for Honolulu. Passenger cars with freight doors had been previously converted to "can cars" by the OR&L and returned to passenger service after the Dec. 7th 1941 attack. Style of blackout headlight indicates 1942. Cars and trucks on road stop near a railway crossing. Men pass the crossing. Palm leaves near a sea shore. (World War II period).
Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, Island of Oahu on December 7th, 1941 during World War II. Japanese aircraft take off from Japanese carriers in the Pacific. Formation of Japanese bombers bomb battleships anchored in Pearl Harbor. Smoke billows up from the explosion as the bombers bombard the U.S. ships.
Activities of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, as part of Project Discoverer. An airman stands fire guard, for an engine start (airplane not seen) on a ramp at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Airman seen pulling a chock from the wheels of a C-119J aircraft. Camera lense obscured by a human hand. View of a hangar door, partially open. Several airmen, carrying photographic equipment walk from the hangar. Pickup truck parked next to a C-119J of the 6593rd Squadron. A C-54 parked in background. Two Airmen with photographic equipment walk across a ramp toward parked C-119J aircraft of the 6593rd Test Squadron. A KC-135 tanker aircraft parked in background. One of the Airmen enters the first parked C-119J.
Official ceremony of the opening of Hawaii's Statehood celebrations outside Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Various dignitaries give speech at lectern. Two naval officers stand up and salute. Color Guards with American flag parade, in front of the building.
Hawaii's Statehood celebrations in Honolulu. Hawaiian people walk on street. Four old women hold newspaper in hand. Banner reads 'Hurray for our 50th State of Hawaii' in the background. Man holds newspaper next to a vehicle. Hawaiian boy sells newspaper headlined 'Statehood'. View of the Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States). Women walk in front of shops.
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