Wreckage in and around Ploesti (Ploiesti), following air raids by U.S. 15th Air Force bombers in World War 2. Sign hanging down from bombed out building reads, in Romanian: "Coafor. Frizer" (Hairdresser. Barber). Thick Plume of smoke rises in background. A car passes the camera.Men work to clean up debris inside steel skeleton of a wrecked hangar-like building. From a rooftop, camera pans over various damaged buildings. The Teleajen River is visible in the background. Heavy black smoke billows from bomb strikes on an industrial site. Rubble fills the foreground. A church building stands (apparently undamaged) in the midst of fire and smoke. Vehicles pass a massive cloud of smoke rising from inside a fenced enclave. Fire and smoke billow from some sort of storage tank. Fire hoses seen pouring water on the scene. Suddenly a large burst of fire and smoke rises and then the scene is engulfed in black smoke. Firefighters using hoses on fires in an industrial complex. Smoke stacks and oil derrick seen.
U.S. soldiers at Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Fort Sherman, Panama. A United States soldier stands alone. A field in the background. U.S. troops board a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). Buildings and trees in view. The troops aboard the landing craft cross a river. The troops stand and talk in groups. A jungle area in distance.
U.S. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd in Antarctica during an expedition. A Fokker plane being fueled. The plane taxis and flies. Several men gathered as the plane takes off. Doctor Gould and other men leave for Rockefeller mountains in the aircraft. Doctor Gould and other men stand on snow. A blizzard strikes them. The plane is torn from its moorings. The plane is torn and the exploring party is stranded. The blizzard strikes the camp area 'Little America'. A man operates a radio. A search party being organized for the stranded party. U.S. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd heads the search party. A Fairchild plane being warmed up and flies to the stranded party's rescue. Doctor Gould and other men ration the food and drink and eat. The rescue party reaches them and a radio message is flashed from the rescue aircraft to the camp area. Men in the radio room of the camp area. The giant aircraft being sheltered from blizzards. Hangar built from snow for the aircraft.
A German U-boat underway at sea. A sinking freighter. The crew of the U-boat fires a deck gun at the sinking freighter. Explosion in the sea and smoke rises up due to explosions. Repeated sinking of ships during World War 1. United States President Thomas Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war. United States Navy fleet joins British fleet. U.S. Navy ships underway at sea to join British. Sailors aboard ships. Smoke rises from smokestacks of ships. British King George V welcomes United States fleet. Men stand and salute as King George V arrives aboard a U.S. Navy vessel.
Planes in flight during Air Corps Demonstrations of Command Schools in United States. U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft taxis on field. Planes take off and in flight over targets. Curtiss P-1 Hawk planes in flight in formation. Us Army Air Corps Curtiss-Martin NBS-1 planes in flight. Bombardiers release bombs. Planes strike targets. Smoke rises up due to explosions.
A U.S. Senatorial group in North Africa during World War II. Senator James M. Mead and two other Senators go through chow line in a field mess. The workers in white uniform serve food to the Senators. Senator Mead holding a plate of food in one hand and a mug in another. U.S. Senator Richard Russell, Senator Owen Brewster and another Senator with two women Red Cross officials in swimming suits as they splash through surf. Buildings seen on the shore. Children play in the beach sand. Few men and women sun bathing. Senator Mead with other Senators board an aircraft. Two motor vehicles parked at a distance. The Senatorial group inspect a landing barge at pier. Senator Richard Russel shakes hands and talks with the soldiers from Georgia who stand in a line. A board with the letters 'Georgia' written on it.
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