Major General David William Hutchison visits to present Legion of Merit award. United States air force personnel stand aligned in hangar. Major General David William Hutchison stands and an officer comes forward with flag. Hutchison executes ceremony. He presents certificates to personnel at ceremony in hangar and then they talk.
Federal agents, also known as 'Dry agents' conduct a 'moonshine raid' in Dismal Swamp during Prohibition in the United States. They hold guns while searching for the still. Agents find a leg hold trap. African American men running the still raise their hands as agents surround and arrest them. Agents empty 180 gallons of alcohol in the still and 24 barrels of peach mash onto the ground.
Mount Vesuvius erupts. United States Army Air Force B-25 bomber planes covered with lava dust at Pompeii airfield, where aircraft of the 340th Bombardment Group and 321st Bombardment Group were stationed in World War II. Damaged wings of bombers from hot volcanic ash and brimstone. Two bombers buried in ash. Scraper clears airfield. Bomber in the foreground of still-smoking Mount Vesuvius.
Mount Vesuvius erupts in Naples, Italy. Horse drawn carts move through streets with house hold and people sit over it. United States truck parked with luggage on it and soldiers past it. Refugee center set up by Allied Military Government (AMG). A vehicle with AMG press poster pasted on its window parked. Soldiers distribute food items to civilians. Refugees stand in queue at town square to receive food supplies. (World War II period).
Mount Vesuvius erupts in Naples, Italy. Lava dust clouds blow from the cone of mountain. United States A20 aircrafts in flight
United States 2nd Infantry Division retreats from Wirtzfeld to Elsenborn, Belgium. Ambulances move on road. Snow covered field in the background. Troops of 2nd Division pack and load luggage on 2 ½ ton trucks and leave the town. M 10 motor carriage move towards front near Soldiers sit on trucks and jeeps. Artillery moves in town. Soldiers walk on road. Three soldiers walk on road. Snow in the background. Medics and Headquarter troops move to rear along road through snow covered fields. Soldiers of 1st Infantry Division rest besides road. (World War II period).
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