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Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian islands during WWII
Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.
Scenes of American cities and workers in early 1900s and early motion picture film stars in America in the early 20th century
50th Anniversary of cinema, in 1944, recalls historic footage and movies from the early 1900s. Thomas Edison with Henry Ford together using a motion picture movie camera to create a movie. Mrs Edison displays Kinetoscope. Close-up view of Kinetoscope machine operating. View of vintage film images of lower Broadway in New York City in 1896 with busy traffic on streets of pedestrians, horses, and horse-drawn streetcar. Next scene shows Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry) in parade in New York City on return from Cuba after the Spanish-American War in 1898. Next is seen the inauguration parade for President Theodore Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in 1905. Next series of scenes shows American women early in the 20th century. Women workers punching time clock at a factory. Women in dresses emerging from a building perhaps after a work shift circa 1900. An early beauty pageant circa 1910. Famous star actress and singer Lillian Russell in a movie scene. Actor William S Hart appearing in an early movie. Two well dressed women sitting in an early automobile as a man starts it up and drives away. Busy scenes of car and pedestrian traffic, and horse-drawn streetcars on Market street in San Francisco, California circa 1910. Silent movie stars Clara Kimball Young and Sidney Drew together in a movie scene. Famous movie star actress Pearl White in a daring stunt scene, and Ruth Roland performing a stunt leaping from a moving railroad train onto a rope ladder suspended from an airplane, and then riding on a railroad car careening out of control down a mountain side in an early Hollywood movie.
Panorama of Galveston Power house in Galveston Texas, United States, following disastrous hurricane of September 8, 1900.
Panoramic view of Galveston Power house in Galveston Texas, United States, in aftermath of hurricane that struck on September 8, 1900. The destroyed structure is seen. Mass of twisted iron structure is seen. A man seen passing by. People near wreckage of the Power House on the roads of Galveston. Bent utility poles are seen.
Aftermath of hurricane that struck September 8, 1900. Views of severe damage to orphanage in Galveston, Texas,United States
Panorama of an Orphan's Home at Galveston,Texas, United States, in wake of disastrous hurricane that struck on September 8, 1900. Windows are missing, roof is damaged, and part of the building has collapsed. Several people seen in a street, nearby, where telephone poles are leaning and houses are collapsed or damaged.
Panorama of Tremont Hotel in Galveston Texas, United States, following disastrous hurricane of 1900.
Aftermath of hurricane that struck on September 8, 1900. Panorama of wreckage at and surrounding Tremont Hotel in Galveston,Texas, United States. Several wrecked buildings seen. People gathered on the site of destroyed buildings. Hotel Tremont seen with room rates displayed on the wall.
Early 20th century America footage; establishment and early circumstances of the U.S. Department of Labor
Film opens with view from a building overlooking President Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration Day parade along Pennsylvania Avenue, on March 4, 1913. A large contingent of U.S. Army West Point cadets march in forefront of the parade. Spectators line the sidewalks. Several stand atop buildings. Outgoing President, William Howard Taft is seen in his office signing a bill establishing the U.S. Department of Labor. Closeup of the bill and Taft signing it. Scenes of traffic and pedestrians in New York City. Some of the pedestrians appear to be wealthy class. Crowded early 20th century city streets filled with various horse drawn carriages together with bus traffic and early automobiles in chaotic confusion. A double decker bus with open top and sign "Fifth Avenue" and lower sign "To 22nd Street Only" operates in busy traffic on 5th Avenue beside horse drawn carriages and other motorized vehicles. Glimpses of women working in a factory; Men pouring molten metal into molds; Women punching time clocks as they leave a factory. Newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City circa 1910 or during first 10 years of the 1900 decade. View of the Statue of Liberty. Women working in a textile factory. Men tapping a furnace in a steel plant. Pushcarts and peddlers at market lining the curb in a Jewish neighborhood of New York City (possibly lower east side). Brief view of pioneer Labor leader Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor. He hold a walking stick and doffs his hat. Sketches illustrating scenes of labor-related violence. Department of Labor sign being affixed to its location. A horse and wagon, representing the first assets of the new Department. A group of persons illustrative of the employees in the Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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