Allied invasion of Lingayen, Philippines during World War II. LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) approach beach. Allied troops on beach. Allied soldiers marching Japanese prisoners toward beach. Group of civilians cheer. A native waves U.S. flag.
David Sarnoff of RCA makes predictions regarding telecommunications and consumer electronics during a filming in New York. Television crew at work. Boom moving microphone. Cameraman at work. Sarnoff speaks and says newspapers, mails, magazines and mails will be sent through air at lightning speed and reproduced at home (could be seen as foreshadowing or predicting facsimile use and the Internet). He speaks about pocket size radio instruments enabling people to communicate with anyone anywhere (possible early forecast of portable radio proliferation, and later cell phone, mobile phone, smartphone, and mobile device usage). Cameraman and boom operator at work. Close up view of motion picture camera front and camera lenses.
Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) conducted by the U.S. Army on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mushroom cloud rises after an aerial drop of an atomic bomb. Aerial views of a cloud of smoke and a target fleet in Bikini Island lagoon.
At start of film, Camera pans over a field of Manila Hemp plants in the Philippines during occupation by the Japanese in World War 2. Camera shows views along path in the fields with hemp plants towering on either side. Filipino workers use cutters on long poles to harvest the tall plants. They cut large ones at their bases and slice strips of their barks into long thin pieces. Glimpse of a Japanese soldier observing the work. Next, Filipino workers transport the hemp in a wagon to a processing shed. Filipino workers further process the hemp into longer thinner strands and place them on horizontal poles to dry. Closeup of a man separating strands of hemp. Next, workers are seen shaking the strands outside a building. View of workers moving bales of hemp on hand carts to a scale where they are weighed and labeled. Closeup of a labeled bale.
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) underway off shore. Small craft in water. LCTs (Landing Crafts, Tank) underway. Cutter passes LCT. LCT loaded with trucks, jeeps, bulldozer. Allied soldiers being briefed on deck of ship. Officer at map. Soldiers listen to officer speaking. Landing crafts loaded with troops head for beach. Smoking ships on beach. Soldiers wade ashore. U.S. soldiers laying mat on beach.
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. Congested beach of Normandy after Allied amphibious landings. Bulldozer moves up in the foreground. Soldiers clean rifles. Dukw (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) moves along road. A soldier with ammunition belt. A soldier reads French dictionary behind AA (antiaircraft) gun. Rolls on wire matting on it in France. Soldier in control tower waves. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighters coming in to land. Plane being painted with invasion stripes. Soldiers crowd around planes. They talk to pilots. Planes are refueled. Planes taxi and take off.
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