Shot from Ellis Island looking out to Lower Manhattan and over to Liberty Island and its vicinity in New York City, United States. The recently completed World Trade Center Twin Towers. View of broken piers and debris in water near Ellis Island complex. The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
U.S. ships at Sao Miguel Island in the Azores Islands. Technician Mr. Fred New works on a teletype aboard USS Compass Island. The technician at work. A yellow paper in the machine in motion. Other technician aboard the ship. Two men in the background working on some equipment. The two men work on a plotting chart. The teletype is in direct communication with Tyros satellite. A technician hands over a teletype communication to navigator Paul Taylor and Dr. Chester L Buchanon who is a senior scientist. Both men are working on a plotting chart. A digital clock. The teletype in operation.
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) underway after departing for Okinawa operation. Bridge of LST rolls in heavy seas. Marine looks over side of ship at waves and breakers. LST pitch in heavy seas.
Ellis Island and its vicinity in New York, United States. View across harbor to World Trade Center Twin Towers recently completed. Broken piers in the water. The Statue of Liberty in the foreground. A helicopter in flight overhead beyond the Statue of Liberty. Buildings in the foreground.
The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. Two soldiers make a last minute weather observation on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Aerial cameras are taken inside a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber. Pilots make a final meeting. A pilot gets inside an aircraft. The aircraft take off one by one.
U.S. Military establishes military bases at Adak Island Aleutian Islands. Footage of U.S. Army forces landing n Adak Islands in 1942 for defensive actions against Japanese Forces occupying nearby islands. Director of MWR at NSGA (Naval Security of Group Activity) Bob Winckler talks about military bases at Adak Islands. Wartime relics and weathered fortifications from World War 2 are shown. U.S. war planes and submarine nets seen. Artillery seen. A board reads 'This submarine net is listed on the National Historic Register, please do not disturb'. PT torpedo boats and PBY planes Bases on Adak. PBY Catalina planes seen. Civilians seen.
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