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Japanese bombardment of Shanghai in 1932
Opening scene shows a book entitled, "The Tanaka Memorial, Japan's dream of world empire." Next, a hand checks off "Conquest of Manchuria" as Phase 1 of the plan being completed. Next is Phase II, the conquest of China. Animated map shows Japanese warships bombarding the city of Shanghai in 1932. Scenes of Japanese naval guns firing. A shell striking at the waterfront. Japanese Naval officer observing with binoculars from deck of ship close to the city. Shells or aerial bombs exploding and smoke rising in the city itself. Residents of the city running in panic seeking shelter from the bombardment. Japanese Type 13-1 carrier-borne attack biplane aircraft (B1M1) from the aircraft carriers Kaga and Hosho are seen in flight overhead. Bombs exploding in the heart of Shanghai. Local people jamming a bridge with vehicles and rickshaws evacuating the city. More views of Naval guns firing and bombers overhead. A large building in flames. People fleeing near the port. Two Japanese Navy Type 90 Carrier-based bi-wing aircraft (Nakajima A2N) maneuver above fleeing Chinese who look up at them. Next bomb explosions fill the screen. More naval guns firing and explosions on street in which victims lie where they fell. Dead civilians in the streets. A Chinese woman mourning in the midst of rubble. Bombs falling and explosions. A sign reading "Shanghai South." Two Mitsubishi B2M aircraft fly overhead. Scenes of dead and wounded Chinese victims, including and children. Japanese aircraft flying low over burning buildings, with smoke rising above its flight altitude. Japanese marines charge a Shanghai beach in an amphibious assault and enter the city. Several hit the ground in a defensive posture. Gunfire directed at a building window. Combat along the waterfront. Republic of China flag flying from a large building. Japanese forces firing at that building with field artillery. Truckloads of Japanese marines deploying in the city. A marine searching a Chinese man. Animated map shows Japanese shifting their offensive to the North in 1933 and annexing the province of Jehol as part of Manchuria. Japanese cavalry advancing along a road. Closeup of the Chinese national flag fluttering. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek leading a contingent of Chinese military and officials. A large group of Chinese men volunteering to join in defense. Chinese soldiers marching en masse along the Great Wall of China.
Various events at the 1930 National Women's Amateur Athletic Union track meet in Dallas, Texas.
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track race for women athletes held in July 1930, at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas. Hurdle race is shown on the track. Runners jump over the hurdles. Maybelle Gilliland and team wins the race setting a new world record in the 400 yard hurdle relay race in the National Women's AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) track meet. Maybelle Gilliland poses for a photo. Another race conducted on the track. Runners run at a fast pace. Broad jump event is shown. Contestant throws javelin during the javelin throw event. Closeup view of young woman athlete Babe Didrikson with javelin in hand.
Early nuclear power plants for peaceful generation of electrical energy in the United States
Animation of a family presenting the increasing power supply demand from1500 KW/Hr to 3000 KW/Hr in homes. Similar animation for factories. Animation of coal power plant dependent on coal supply. Animation of atomic power plant as a renewable source of energy. View of technician climbing atop the small U.S. Army SM-1 (2-megawatt ) nuclear reactor at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. More views of the reactor facility seen through woods. Change of scene to the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) nuclear facility, built by Southern California Edison and Atomics International, at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Simi hills near Moorpark, Ventura County California. Scene shifts again to the Vallecitos Nuclear Power Plant near Pleasanton, California, built jointly by PG&E and General Electric Company. (It is the first privately funded plant to supply power in megawatt amounts to the electric utility grid.) Inside the plant, a technician is seen in its control room. View of the reactor containment vessel. Film shifts to aerial view of the first full-scale PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) nuclear power plant in the United States, under construction at Shippingport, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Ohio river. The site is busy with construction activity. View from ground of a large container of fresh concrete being moved by a crane to be poured as workmen adjust its position, before releasing the contents. More views of the construction site, with cranes and numerous constructions workers engaged.
Importance of interstate highways in United States; Point of view shots of American highway system from a moving vehicle
Shining glass panels of a building on a road side. A road construction site. View of Interstate 91 (I-91) construction in Hartford Connecticut. Traffic moving on an interstate highway. A 36 story apartment in New York, above the Freeway leading from the George Washington Bridge. A highway with bridges. View of commuter bus terminal and George Washington bridge over the Hudson River in New York City. Many POV point of view shots of American highways as seen from a moving vehicle. Speaking about the new interstate highway system, narrator says, "Soon, traffic will flow smoothly, in, around, and between every major city and town in America. There will be no traffic tie-ups where the interstate goes. Driving time will become minutes for local trips, and city to city travel will be shorter by hours. The complete network will make it possible to drive coast to coast, city to city, without a stop light and without delays caused by heavy traffic." Many 1950s era cars and trucks are seen moving on the highway roads. View of interstate highway in Atlanta Georgia of southern United States, with exits to Interstate 75 and Interstate 85. Sign on interstate highway 580 near Hayward California. Traffic moving under a bridge. Road signs on highway for exit to Route 21 in North Carolina between Charlotte and Statesville. Cars moving on roads. Back of a truck moving on a highway. A restaurant on the side of a road. Children fishing in a body of water on the side of a road. A family sitting in shade enjoying a picnic during a road trip. People eating at a picnic table. Two young children drink from glasses.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen drill on Water Street in Wilmington, North Carolina and oversee liquor raid during prohibition
Coast Guardsmen wearing white uniforms perform drill maneuvers with their rifles along the Cape Fear Riverfront in Wilmington, North Carolina. They stand in place and move their rifles synchronously during the drill. A single Coast Guardsman performs drill maneuvers on the deck of a ship. Coast Guardsmen supervise and guard the site of a large liquor bust during Prohibition. The bust is at the corner of North Water Street and Market Street in Wilmington North Carolina, on the bank of the Cape Fear River. A Coast Guard ship moored at pier along Water Street. Hundreds of wooden boxes heaped along Water Street in front of what is today the Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, between Market and Princess streets. Workers destroy the boxes with axes and sledge hammers while Coast Guard look on. Illegal liquor flowing in the street. Men continue to remove more boxes from the building at the corner of Water and Market. Road is filled with smashed boxes. Crowd watches the activities from the end of Market Street. A truck arrives to pick up the smashed boxes. Boats and ships at the port by the street are shown. Smashed boxes are loaded on the truck. One nearby building is named the "Union Cafe". A book shop is in the same building. (Today, that building at 14 South Water Street is site of the Riverboat Landing Restaurant). The JW Brooks Wholesale Grocer building is also seen in the footage, with its sign painted on the Market Street side of its brick face.
Asian Peoples Anti-Communist's meeting in Seoul, Korea.
'Welcome Asian Peoples Anti-Communists Delegates to Seoul' written on a building in Seoul, Korea. A large crowd of participants gathered. Children wave and clap. A girl presents flowers to Madam Chiang Kai-Shek. Delegates around a stage. The crowd cheers. A military band plays. Flags of Nationalist China and South Korea are seen in the crowd.
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