Battle of Leyte in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. A convoy of United States ships underway at sea in the Philippines. U.S. soldiers clean equipment aboard a Landing Ship Medium. The crew members clean weapons. A convoy of Landing Ship Medium underway at sea. An officer looks through binoculars.
Shells from U.S. Naval guns strike Fort Drum (also known as El Fraile Island) in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. Explosion and smoke on the battleship-shaped island. United States casualties being transferred to a large Navy ship from small boats.
Footage shot after United States battleships conclude bombardment of Japanese-held Fort Drum in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. Fortified Fort Drum is seen on El Fraile Island in Manila Bay, with large gun turrets clearly visible on its top. U.S. troops and engineers had gained access to air vents on the fort top deck, pumped in oil and gasoline, and set a timed fuse. Footage shows fused explosive detonating, followed by massive explosion and black smoke as the flammables ignite.
Women make use of electricity in houses in the United States. Electricity lightens the labor in the house. Woman operates an early washing machine. She sits and reads a newspaper. Woman washing clothes in a washtub outdoors. A girl carries a bucket of water for tub water. Woman irons clothes with an electric iron. Woman knits and rocks the chair while machine churns butter. An electric butter churner.
Farm scene. Man caries a pole on his shoulders. Officials and workers converse with each other on the field. Steam engine and threshing machine arrives on horse drawn wagon carriages. Steam engine operates a threshing pulley machine at barn. Workers put wheat into threshing machine using pitchforks.
Pistol movie camera used to trap criminals and record their movements in Los Angeles, California. Demonstration of a revolver fitted with a motion picture camera in it. Man points the pistol at would-be criminal and films the criminal attacker as he approaches the police man holding the combination handgun and camera. Police officer checks the film reel.
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