Damage in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States due to the Japanese attack. An explosion on a battleship. A wrecked ship due to a bombardment at the sea. Building in the foreground. A wrecked airplane and ships. Men stand on the wrecked ships. (World War II period).
Damage in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States due to the Japanese attack. Mountains in the background. A wrecked ship. Men work on a wrecked plane. Men on rescue boats arrive towards an airplane. (World War II period).
Armed U.S. Marines exit from heavily sandbagged barracks to a waiting truck containing a pair of Browning M1919 .30 caliber medium machine guns on a Scarff Gun-Ring Mount. A Lewis gun is fastened to the inside of the truck. As they emerge, some look to the sky, while the rest board the truck. One sets up a radio on the pavement and another looks through binoculars. Two officers unfold a rolled up map and one salutes and runs to the cab of the truck, while the other crouches with the radio operator. The event is repeated in a second take, filmed at a slightly closer distance. Next is a closeup of Marines in the truck pointing their weapons skyward as the truck pulls away. Closeup of heavily sandbagged entrance of building as Marines exit in another repeat of the event. Repeat of the two officers (both Lieutenants) and the radio operator pointing at a spot on the map. In final scenes, several Marines are seen silhouetted against the sky as one rotates the Browning machine gun on its Scarff mount.
Activities in and around the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) station at Fylingdales in England. View of the radomes. Car passing on the street. Building of the BMEWS in the far background.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. People gather in a large number to watch the demonstration. Demonstration of rescue operations. A helicopter in flight. Men tie a sling attached from the helicopter around their waist. The helicopter in flight carries them with the sling. People watch the demonstration. Other men tie a sling around a dummy. A balloon in flight. The dummy being lifted and carried with the help of a special nose-yolk sling by an airplane in flight.
A bulldozer excavates a shelter trench in a public park in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the start of World War 2. A street and commercial buildings are in the background. The bulldozer digs the trench deeper. Shovel of the bulldozer lifts the dirt. Civilian workers dig trenches in another location in Honolulu, next to a street.
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