Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested by war production workers. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.
1936: Dignitaries paying tribute to movie pioneer Carl Laemmle Sr at Universal City in California. Carl addresses dignitaries present. Dignitaries include Rupert Hughes, Edward Arnold, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Hobart Bosworth, Cecil B DeMille, Jesse Lasky, May Robson, King Baggot, Binnie Barnes and Charlie Murray during a dinner party.
Amphibious invasion of Incheon, Korea by U.S. 1st Marine Division during the Korean War. A radar on the bridge of a U.S. ship. U.S. destroyer USS DeHaven (DD-727), Ships head for the beach of Incheon. The importance of securing a beachhead is explained. U.S. battleships fire at coastal targets. Smoke billows up from explosions. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. Mariens head for the beach. Amphibious vehicles loaded with troops are driven on the beach. The marines advance inland. Men of the North Korean People's Army surrender before U.S. Marines. U.S. Navy USS Mahoning County (Landing Ship, Tank-914) embarks units and equipment of 1st Marine Division on beaches.
Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 16th Coast Artillery Regiment. practice operating a 14-inch disappearing rifle in Shore Battery Randolph at Ft. DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. They load the gun and then raise its carriage bringing it into firing position above the battery's shielding parapet. In change of scene Infantrymen of the 298th Regiment. work on pillboxes along a Hawaiian beach. Soldiers set up a 37mm gun on a portable mount. The barrel of a .50-caliber machine gun shows from a pillbox firing slit.
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet and Pacific Fleet, (center), confers with his Chief of Staff, Captain William W. Smith, (right), and his Operations Officer and Assistant Chief of Staff, Captain Walter S. DeLany (left), at Pearl Harbor, in 1941. Closeup view of Admiral Kimmel. View of two U.S. Navy submarines and several ships docked at Pearl Harbor, and crew men working on some of the ships. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is seen at dock. Dock crane removing a 5 inch gun from USS San Francisco (CA-38) in the beginning stages of a refit. She would still be getting refitted when the attack on Dec. 7th occurred. Covered Lighter barge YF-240 is also seen. This is the barge that was next to USS Nevada during the attack. This was filmed before the December attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. (World War II period).
Exterior view of White House in Washington DC with a light covering of snow on the ground. Interior view of White House with U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson as he signs a letter to legislators urging quick passage of the Voting Rights Bill in Washington DC. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and U.S. Attorney General Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach seated at a desk. The Attorney General briefs the press about the bill. Journalists take notes about the proposed bill. Scenes from the third Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March, beginning on March 21, 1965. African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists, including John Lewis seen marching arm-in-arm at different parts of the parade route, including past the state house in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. prepares to address marchers in Montgomery regarding a meeting he had to plan future marches. John Lewis also on the scene.
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