Mortar carrier T-21 circles the field at Aberdeen proving ground. It moves over rough and level terrain. Soldiers open rear door revealing mortar. Soldier climbs into the carrier and inspects grenades and other equipment. (Note: The 4.2" M2 heavy mortar recoil was hard on the halftrack chassis so the T-21 was cancelled and never adopted.) (World War II period).
"Bombing Raid on Port Darwin". An animated map with Japanese writing shows course of Japanese Air Force bombing mission (probably from Poeloeti-Penfui Airfield, West Timor) against Port Darwin, Australia, during World War 2. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers taking off on the mission. Airmen on the field wave their hats at the departing planes. View from nose greenhouse of a bomber breaking ground on takeoff. Formation of G4Ms in flight. View inside, of pilots in cockpit. Pilot holding control yoke. Japanese writing on cloth fastened near right cockpit window.Crew members eating lunch en route in flight.
Parents take a newborn baby for a Miyamairi (literally "shrine visit") to pray for good health at a Shinto shrine in Japan, during World War II. A Japanese man writes his child’s name using a calligraphy pen. Man displays his child’s name in front of an altar. A Japanese couple takes their newborn child to a Shinto shrine. The couple and the child’s grandmother sit in front of a clerk. The grandmother holds the child as mother sits next to her. The Shinto priest recites a prayer and swings a tamagushi right and left. The priest gives holy sake to the mother for the child. She feeds sake (symbolically) to child and then she drinks it. Priest folds the paper of Japanese writing and gives it to the family.
USS Baltimore shells Makin Island and LCs head in for landing. USS Mississippi fires. Smoke arises. USS Baltimore fires 5 inches guns. Sailors in battle gear, including steel helmets. Artillery mounted on ship is fired. Large column of smoke and fire arise from island. Warships at sea. (World War II period).
U.S. ships at the Makin Island. Armor-piercing and landing crafts fire in the foreground. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb island. U.S. Navy SOC Seagulls in flight over island. USS BB and USS CA fire 5 inch guns. Landing Crafts and Island in background. Smoke column rises over island and planes pass over island. (World War II period).
Music Maestro, Arturo toscanini, is seen in the library at Wave Hill, the mansion in which he is living during World War 2. His grandson, Walfredo Toscanini, is relaxing on a sofa in the background. The Maestro, paces the floor, as he listens to a phonograph record. Toscanini family pictures are seen on a piano, where the maestro is seated playing from a musical score. He pauses to annotate the score.
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