Mummers parade in Philadelphia. Parade passes along Broad Street. Men in enormous fancy costumes. Men carry a baby in fancy dress. Behind them is a car with sign reading "Oregon NYA." Various decorative floats in the parade. Various groups perform. Men in drag and men dressed like women among the performers. Bands march and play. Numerous spectators watch the parade. Policemen on horseback patrol along the parade route.
People express their opinion that Mount Saint Helens in Washington will not erupt. A rescue worker refuses to leave the area despite threat to his life. Harry Truman, owner of the Mt. St. Helens lodge, refuses to evacuate. He listens to a player piano at his lodge, accompanied by his cats.
An aircraft flies over crater on Mount Saint Helens in Washington in United States as white steam puff rises from its sides after volcanic eruption. Horse shoe shaped crater is filled with ash.
Mount Saint Helens with an active stratovolcano in Washington in United States. Youngsters row and camp in the area at Camp Meehan. A series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur and scientists predict for a major eruption. People evacuate the area. A massive volcanic eruption takes place and an officer informs the press about the eruption and damage. Due to increased water level in Toutle river devastating floods hit the region. Ash covers the entire area. Rescue team brings back the survivors safely.
An aircraft flies over the crater on Mount Saint Helens in Washington in United States as thick smoke rises from it after volcanic eruption. Horse shoe shaped crater is filled with ash with white steam puff rising from its sides.
American troops and war correspondents in France, during World War 2. They visit Mont Saint Michel, a small rocky island at the mouth of Couesnon River in Normandy, separating Normandy and Brittany. View of the island with a monastery at the top. War correspondent Robert Capa (of Life and of Time Magazines) looks on and takes pictures. Military jeeps leave the island. Madam Poulard stands under a sign at her Hotel Poulard. Sign for the Hotel and its reputed omelette. Soldiers on the street. Shops and French flags. GIs at the Benedictine Abbey and steepled church. An old French man points. U.S. Soldiers take a tour of the monastery with a woman guide. Steeples, towers, arches and other architectural features of the abbey and monastery. War correspondents including Charles Collingwood, Chicago Daily News' Helen Kirkpatrick, New Yorker Magazine's Joe Liebling (Abbot Joseph Liebling) and Warden Becker. Helen and Charles pose for the camera. Ernest Hemingway, covering for Colliers Magazine, drinks and talks to Bill Walton. War correspondents including Bill Stringer seated and walking on the street. They visit the monastery and take pictures. Civilians on the streets. Tall sticks in sand placed by German forces around the island to prevent Allied planes from landing at low tide. Three war orphan brothers whose parents were killed at the battle of St Lo, play on the beach as their grandmother looks on. Views of the island and patterns on the sand around the island from the receding waters of low tide. St. Malo, Brittany: Field near Saint Malo. American soldiers bathe and swim in a lake. They fool around in the water, taking a break from battle.
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