Well laid out dining table. A smaller table laid out for four during a Congressional tour of inspection. Secretary of War, John W Weeks and General Wells review Puerto Rican troops of the U.S. Army 65th Infantry Regiment in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Congressmen review a parade as an Army band plays. The Secretary meets 65th Infantry Regiment officers and guests at the Hotel Vanderbilt.
A harbor in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Location of Puerto Rico on a map. Ships and boats at the harbor. A shoreline in the background. Various buildings in San Juan.
USS Intrepid (CV-11) aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, near the Ryuku Islands, in support of operations on Okinawa. U.S. Navy sailors on the deck of the aircraft carrier with fire hoses. Sailors work to extinguish fire after a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashed into the ship. Smoke rises from the carrier. Men clear wreckage of the aircraft. Intrepid's 20 mm guns fire at enemy planes.
The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001, United States) in New York City. Views of the Empire State Building in 1970. Views of the Empire State Building under construction in 1930 and 1931. A blimp passing near the Empire State building in the 1930s. People gathered in front of the Empire State Building for its grand opening in May 1931. Next scene shows the 79th floor of the Empire State Building engulfed in flames after a B-25 aircraft crashed into the building in 1945. Views of the fire from the ground and from the 79th floor areas as firemen extinguish flames. The final scene is street levels views of the Empire State building from a moving vehicle, again in 1970.
Insular Police Headquarters building in San Juan, Puerto Rico. American flag flies over the building. Vehicles parked in courtyard of a building. Governor Luis Munoz Marin, dressed in tropical suit and tie, examines pile of papers. Woman brings him some more. Later, he is seen, on a bench, in a garden, with tie removed and shirt collar opened, reviewing papers.
USS Gamble, destroyer / mine layer, DD-123/DM-15, being scuttled off Guam, after decommissioning, due to extreme damage from Japanese bombs off Iwo Jima. Witnessed by Admiral Chester Nimitz and staff.
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