The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) in Manhattan, New York City, viewed from street. Pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the street. Manhattan viewed from New Jersey, across the Hudson River. Empire State Building and other skyscrapers. Cargo stacked up on wharves. Tugboats assist large ships moving South on the Hudson River. A steam engine moves along the railroad tracks in railroad marshalling yards. Tugboat pushes barge North on Hudson River. Vessels underway at the sea.
NATO Naval maneuvers involving forces from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Great Britain, and Canada, with U.S. Naval and air units, in the Mediterranean area. American Lieutenant General Paul Kendall, Commander of Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe, and Admiral William Fechteler, USN, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, are seen with Turkish and Greek Commanders. They observe part of "Exercise Keystone," in which U.S. Marines make amphibious landings. U.S. marines (umpires, with white bands on their caps) hold up a large display showing disposition of naval forces engaged in the exercise. Brief view from hill, of landing craft heading toward the beach. Turkish and Greek planes fly low over the beachhead. U.S. Marines hit the beach in landing craft (Higgins Boats) from the U.S. Navy Attack Transports, USS Randall (APA-224) and USS Sarasota (APA-204). Some marines must wade ashore. U.S. Navy Landing Ship Utility LSU-971, is seen close to the beach. A dozer tank equipped with flotation gear is discharged from a landing craft onto the beach. Closeup of tank tracks in motion. Marine manning weapon in turret of the tank.The U.S. Marines fortify their positions before advancing inland. Closeup of tank plowing through sand. Observers watching in background. A DUKW amphibious landing craft drives ashore. Marines move inland and begin establishing defenses. Turkish infantry are seen charging across the area (possibly playing role of "enemy."
Loudspeakers visible in convention hall. United States President Calvin Coolidge accepts nomination at Republican convention. President Coolidge, with First Lady, Grace Coolidge, and sons,John, and Calvin Jr., pose for photographs at stair from South Portico of the White House. A large company of officials and political figures pose with them, filling the stairs to the Portico.
Clark Field, Manila, the Philippines, during World War 2. U.S. mechanics work on a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber, painted in U.S. markings by the U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Air Intelligence Unit for the South West Pacific Area (TAIU-SWPA)
Responsibilities and assets of NATO's SACLANT. View from cockpit of aircraft landing on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20). Scenes of Atlantic ocean during World War 2. Periscope of German submarine breaks surface. Point of view inside a submarine as seen through periscope looking at a target ship. American convoy underway during World War 2 in the Atlantic Ocean. Underwater shot as a submarine launches torpedo at Allied ship. Allied freighter ships being struck by torpedoes. Underwater view of submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking, with only its bow sticking up in the air and then sinking under the ocean. Views of empty German submarine pens in Brest or Lorient after end of World War 2. Next scene shows a Douglas DC-4 passenger airplane as it passes by the Empire State building, while in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Steamships in terminals on the Hudson River. Tug boats and barges in New York harbor. Ocean-going cargo ships pass by the Statue of Liberty. Vehicular traffic in the streets of Norfolk, Virginia. A sign reads 'US Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia'. View of ships and harbor at Norfolk Naval Station. Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT). NATO officers in the "great map room of SACLANT" at the Headquarters. World map placed on a wall. Scene from 1952: U.S. Navy Captain briefs Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and also SACLANT. Map shows areas of SACLANT responsibility extending around the Atlantic from Southern Europe around past Iceland to the maritime provinces of Canada and down to the U.S. coast.. Surfaced submarine launches Regulus missile. Scene from 1960: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) underway. Aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier. View of Naval Air Base at Oceana, Virginia. Douglas F4D flies above runway as another lands. Navy F8 aircraft parked on ramp. Canadian Naval Base at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with views of derricks, cranes, piers, and warships.
Antarctic Expedition of U.S. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. The vessel 'City of New York' anchored in the snow. The ship is sheathed with ice. Sled dogs and the men stand near the ship. Several men aboard the ship. The ship sails for New Zealand. Smoke rises from the smokestack. Forty-two men on the South Pole. Admiral Richard Byrd's second in command Doctor Laurence Gould stands on snow. Captain Ashley McKinley, third in Command. Whales swim in water near the camp. Men watch the whales. A man stands near a fissure as a seal peeps out.
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