1939 Chillán earthquake in Chile, South America. Thousands of people are killed, and houses destroyed because of an earthquake. Destroyed houses and buildings in Chillán, south-central Chile. Soldiers walk through rubble. Smoke rise from pile of debris. Men view the destruction caused by the earthquake and walk through the debris.
Views from a biplane, aloft, of the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship as it flies Southward over Manhattan Island, New York City. Another plane flies past in the background. Skyscrapers of Manhattan are seen below. Hindenburg leaves Southern tip of Manhattan behind, as it heads South toward Lakehurst New Jersey.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. American planes approach Atsugi Air Base in Japan. Wrecked Japanese planes on airfield. Japanese labor works on airfield. C-54 aircraft lands in Atsugi. General Douglas MacArthur disembarks the plane. USS Missouri in Tokyo bay. Surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamoru Shegemitsu (with cane), General Yoshijiro Umezu, Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Katsuo Okazaki, Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi on deck of USS Missouri. Cameramen record event. General MacArthur speaks on mike. American officers surround General MacArthur. Surrender Instrument on table. Eleven men Japanese Delegation move ahead to sign the Surrender Instrument. Mamoru Shegemitsu signs Surrender Instrument. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army step forward with General MacArthur to sign Surrender Instrument. Map shows surrender locations like China, Manchuria, South West Pacific, Central Pacific, Japan, South Korea and Philippines.
African American workers picking cotton on a cotton farm in the American south, circa 1930. An African American young girl sits on the back of a cotton bag as it is pulled through the field by a worker. Workers loading cotton bales onto river steamboat. Steam whistle on steamship blows. Paddle wheel of stern wheeler river boat turning. The boat navigating the river in southern United States and view of wake at stern. Views of several different American rivers in various surroundings. Background audio is a choir singing songs "Deep River" and then "Shenandoah."
B-17 flying fortress bomber taxiing on Royal Australian Air Force Base at Laverton, near Melbourne, Australia during World War 2. Several other B-17s are parked in the background. Armorer crews loading bombs aboard B-17s. American Army Air Forces crews boarding B-17s. Closeup of Brigadier General Ralph Royce, Chief of U.S. Air Operations in the South Pacific, as he looks out from copilot's window in a B-17. View out left window in cabin ofthe B-17, on takeoff roll. View of two left engines from pilot's window at low altitude. View of crew members in cabin of B-17. Change of scene to cockpit of B-17 named "The Swoose," in flight, being piloted by Lieutenant General George H. Brett, Commander of all Allied Air Forces in the South Pacific. Closeup of General Brett. Glimpse of navigator charting position at his station. The plane's pilot and aircraft commander, Major Frank Kurtz, is occupying the copilot position and converses with General Brett. Waist gunners preparing for battle in the aircraft. View out gunner's opening.
Radioactive mineral springs are used to give healing baths at the Merano Spa (Terme Merano, Piazza Terme 9 I-39012 Merano/Meran South Tyrol) in Merano, South Tyrol, Italy. A man works on pipes in Merano. Invalids and convalescents at the health spa. A bartender serves a stylish woman a drink. A view of the building of the Merano Spa. Interiors of the building. Sign reads “Laboratorio di Geo-fisica”. People are seen in the building. People climbing the stairs and reading in reception area. Several beds are seen. Women bathing in a huge swimming pool.
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