U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville in Rhode Island, United States. Trainees undergo squadron maneuvers. A number of Patrol Torpedo Boats underway. One of the Patrol Torpedo Boat takes a sharp turn in front of other boats advancing in a line. A trainee named Smith operates a gun on a boat and shoots a target in the air. (World War 2 period.)
U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat crew in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Patrol Torpedo Boats underway at sea. Japanese aircraft strafing overhead. A torpedo boat gunner fires at the Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airman in the cockpit. A bullet chain placed on a stand as the gunner fires. The hit Japanese aircraft falls into water. A fleet of United States bombers in flight. They drop bombs over Japanese ships. Fire and explosions on the ships. A torpedo boat crew fires a torpedo at a Japanese ship. Another torpedo is fired which hits the enemy ship.
A porpoise in Marineland, Florida. A water pool is seen. Flippy the bottlenose dolphin rolls over in the pool of Marineland Dolphin Adventure (9600 N Ocean Shore Blvd, St. Augustine, FL 32080, United States). It jumps through a hoop in the water. A trainer stands nearby and instructs a porpoise. The porpoise in water. The trainer pets the porpoise.
The finals of the Eastern Golden Gloves Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York, United States. A large crowd seated around a boxing ring. People cheer and applaud. Amateur boxers fight in the ring. Floyd Patterson defeats John Gibson of Syracuse, New York in the middleweight division. Michael May versus Don Lee in the heavyweight division. May defeats Lee.
Cornerstone laying ceremony of the District of Columbia Chapter House of the Red Cross in Washington, United States. People gather in a large number for the ceremony. U.S. President Harry Truman officiates at the ceremony. He lays the cornerstone of the building.
Theater Square and other places in Moscow, Russia. The view of Moscow at night. Brightly lit buildings and neon signs of Theater Square, including a lit Soviet hammer and sickle symbol. Audience in a theatre building. A woman dances. Men play musical instruments. Other people also perform. A group of men dances traditional Russian dances. An international dance representing different countries is performed, including a dancer dressed like Uncle Sam to represent the United States. Views of Club houses for workers. Interior of a clubhouse. Men play chess. Men and women dining and dancing in the club houses. A man playing accordion. Close-up views of hands of a man playing piano. People dance in the night club. Next scene shows a symphony orchestra playing in a large hall during a concert. Next is scene of traffic on a street including streetcars, horse carriages, and pedestrians. Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's house known as Yasnaya Polyana, and the surrounding park area near Tula, Russia. Avenue of Birch trees leading to the house. Exterior and interior views of the house. A picture of Tolstoy. Elevated, sweeping views of countryside near Tolstoy's Yasnaya Polyana home.
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