United States Vice President Richard Nixon and Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay visit Corregidor Island, Philippines. Nixon and Magsaysay exit from Jeeps. They inspect a 12-inch coastal defense gun mounted on a rotating barbette carriage. President Magsaysay and Nixon speaks to a military official. U.S. Vice President's wife Patricia Nixon is accompanied by President Magsaysay’s wife, First Lady Luz Magsaysay.
Fuel drum salvage operation by U.S. Navy CBs (Construction Battalions) after the capture of Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Large piles of 50 gallon drums. CBs cut the tops of the drums and weld the drums together to form pipelines. A pipeline made of drums is laid into a deep ditch and welding of large sections is completed.
Views from deck of the "El Aquario," supply ship supporting the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska flight project in 1934. The ship is passing through the Seymour Narrows, on Eastern edge of Vancouver Island, Canada. A steamship is seen approaching from the South, astern. It is a three funnel passenger ship that passes to port of the El Aquario. View from pilot house of waters at North end of the narrows. Dolphins swimming along with the ship are seen from the bow. Seagulls land on the deck and superstructure of the ship. Strong tidal currents are seen flooding in from the North.
A boat from the Whaler "Herman" delivers supplies for explorer Stefansson at his camp on Banks Island, Canada. His power Schooner "Mary Sachs" hauled up on the beach. Supply crates piled up on the beach.
Arctic cruise of the Whaler "Herman." Explorer Stefansson's camp at Banks Island, Canada. Two polar cubs of Captain P. Bernard play with a man. The cubs being fed as they eat from a container. The cubs with chains around their necks as they play.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a vacation on Campobello Island in Canada. President Roosevelt and his family aboard a boat underway at sea. President and others seated in a car as they drive past a cheering crowd. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt roasts meat in a field as the President and others look on. Heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis underway at sea. President Roosevelt comes aboard the ship. Sailors lined up on the deck as they shake hands with the President.
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