A church in Panama, Republic of Panama. The Iglesia de San Francisco Church bell tower under construction. View of church yard. Pedestrian walks along a road. A public building in the background. The church tower and the church entrance.
Native people along a street in Panama, Republic of Panama. Traffic on a narrow, palm-tree lined street. Streetcars, horse-drawn coaches and automobiles move along the street. Two boy scuffling in a narrow ally. A group of native boys watches them. Native women and children.
The units of Pacific Battle fleet comes back home after victory and end of World War 2. Views in Diamond Head, Hawaii. U.S. Navy sailors aboard ships, returning home from war in the Pacific. Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey speaking to the press. People crowd pedestrian walkway of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to wave welcome to ships in the fleet arriving in San Francisco. Fog partially covers the area. Admiral Halsey on deck of aircraft carrier waving to crowds on bridge. Ships of the 3rd fleet arriving in San Francisco. U.S. Navy Fleet units passing through Panama Canal and stopping to indulge in recreational activities on land in Panama Canal Zone. Sailors on streets of Panama Canal Zone visiting souvenir shops, trying on hats, clowning around, and getting photographs taken. USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier leading the fleet and arriving in New York harbor. A view of Statue of Liberty. USS Enterprise at dock. Sailors disembark and walk down walkways to dock. Relatives and families smile and welcome the sailors. People hug each other.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh in Panama City, Panama. Horse cavalry and soldiers on foot prepare to welcome Lindbergh as his plane lands at Pina Field. A crowd gathered at the field. Lindbergh is led by military officers for a welcoming ceremony. President Rodolfo Chiari awards Lindbergh the Medal of Honor. Lindbergh wearing the Medal. People throng the streets for a glimpse of Lindbergh as his motorcade passes through the city. Lindbergh with the President in a car.
Floods strain the Panama Canal dams in Gatun, Panama. Water flows through the spillways of the dams. Various views of water rushing through the spillways.
The B-29 "Dave's Dream" returns to airfield in Marshall Islands, after dropping atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll, in Test Able of Operation Crossroads, on July 1st, 1946, during U.S. nuclear testing. The B-29 lands and taxis to a parking place on the ramp. The area around the aircraft is cordoned off and the crew is confined therein as they deplane. Navy photographers take photos. An interviewer talks to crew members. The crew walks away from the aircraft along a cordoned pathway between numerous military personnel on hand to greet them on this historic occasion. The aircraft, number 44-27354, was actually participating in its second atomic mission. It also served as a photographic platform for the mission to Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, when it was named "Big Stink.". Pilot for the Bikini mission was Major Woodrow Swancutt of Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The aircraft was renamed "Dave's Dream" in honor of Captain David Semple, a bombardier killed during the crash of another B-29 on March 7, 1946, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (World War II period).