Establishing a new Kibbutz in Israel. Men raise an Israeli flag on a partially constructed base of a tower in Israel. A family with two children prepares a flag identifying the new Community, which is then raised next to the Israeli flag on the tower base. Community members laying out the boundaries of parts of the Kibbutz and drive fence posts. Two men carry a barbed wire roll across the field. A woman stands in the field. Surveyor uses tape and sights to ascertain boundaries. Two young women unroll spool of barbed wire. Men work and build houses. Community members unload prefabricated roof trusses and other sections of a building. Many members work together to raise a prefabricated wall section of building on foundation of concrete blocks. A worker sets concrete blocks along prospective perimeter of the structure. Community members set up an adjoining wall section and continue to complete the outer perimeter walls. Kibbutz members are seen around large tents that are set up nearby. A quick view from atop the tower structure shows the partially completed construction and the encampment.
Activities of the U.S. 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Airplanes make shallow runs on Mount Suribachi. Smoke rises up from the base of Suribachi as shells burst at base. Landing craft underway at sea. Soldiers aboard a landing craft underway at sea in the background.
Activities of the United States Marine Corps at Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II Marines pinned down in foxholes near base of Mount Suribachi under bombing attack in the background. Field howitzers in pits on beach close to the base of Mount Suribachi. Marines fire field howitzers. Shells burst on the sides of mountain. Heavy columns of smoke arises from the bombardment.
Activities of United States Marine Corps in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Mount Suribachi in the background. U.S. Marines fire a field howitzer at Mount Suribachi. Explosions at the base. A destroyer ship near the shore fires at Mount Suribachi in the evening. Tracer fire in the foreground. Shells explode at the base of Mount Suribachi. Heavy columns of smoke rise from explosions.
Baseball great, Babe Ruth starting to trot around the bases after hitting a home run. An inverted stunt biplane, N57323 with "EM Avery" readable on fuselage while flying inverted. A wing walker is strapped under the airplane (on top wing, now underneath). The airplane rolls over into upright position, trailing white smoke to be more easily seen by spectators on the ground. A 1920s jazz band comprised of African American musicians playing in a night club. A couple and then four women, dancing the Charleston. Point of view (POV) from moving car driving along Broadway in New York City at night, surrounded by neon light signs including some like the Winter Garden Theatre and the Rivoli Theatre. A flagpole sitter atop structure behind an RKO Keith's Advertising sign. Closeup of the man on his perch. A room full of women sewing garments in a factory. Wealthy, formal dressed couples at a city supper club, where an orchestra is playing. Exhausted couples clinging to one another on dance floor during a marathon dance contest. Gangsters firing a machine gun from window of a moving car. Charles A. Lindbergh steps past a policeman, to board his Ryan monoplane, "Spirit of St.Louis,"at Roosevelt field, Long Island, New York, on May 20, 1927. View of takeoff roll. Registration number "NX-211," visible atop the right wing. Manhattan ticker tape parade welcoming Lindbergh back to New York City, following his successful solo transatlantic flight. Charles Lindbergh speaking at a microphone. Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange during era of frantic stock market speculation. Money counted out at bank teller window. Labor strife at the gates of a Massey-Harris Company plant, with workers being hit with clubs and fleeing attacks by men hired by the company. Boy workers pose for a photograph While narrator mentions Child labor Act declared unconstitutional (1922). A girl worker. Boys employed as coal miners. Workers installing body panels on cars and working on engines in automobile production and assembly lines. Partially completed vehicles driving out of an automobile factory. Babe Ruth rounding third base and coming to home plate after hitting a home run in a baseball game.
A baseball game being played at Navin Field, in Detroit, Michigan. Based on the uniforms, the size of the crowd, and the action seen in the clip, this is very likely the second game of a doubleheader played by the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox May 30, 1916, on the holiday then known as Decoration Day (now Memorial Day). Clip opens with shots of one White Sox player, two Tigers players hitting. Camera pans across packed stands. Tigers outfielder and Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (with split grip on bat) reaches out to get a hit. White Sox catcher Ray Schalk removes mask, gets ready for throw. Detroit player tries to score; Schalk receives the ball, applies the tag. Umpire's call is difficult to discern. Action shifts to an overhead view. Three White Sox players score on a hit, the last one sliding past an attempted tag by Detroit catcher Oscar Stanage. Detroit pitcher Harry Coveleski gets final out of the inning. Detroit player reaches first base on infield error. The next batter pokes a ball over first baseman for a single. Other Tigers players hit. The Tigers would win this game 9-8.
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