Views of The Great Atlantic Hurricane lashing at northeast United States areas (after having already hit the North Carolina Outer Banks), and views of the aftermath and early cleanup following the storm. Regions shown include Atlantic City, Long Island (where it came ashore as a category 3 hurricane on September 15, 1944), New York City suburbs, and parts of New England. High surf flooding boardwalks and coastal cities. Trees bent over and snapped in high winds. People walking with difficulty in the high winds. Streets of towns submerged in water. Coastal docks destroyed and large boats scattered high onto shore areas. Trees, poles, and wires downed over roads and homes. Entire homes moved off of their foundations and placed down the street. The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" was the first example of a named hurricane by the Miami Hurricane Warning Office, which later became the National Hurricane Center. The name was meant to reflect the hurricane's size and intensity.
A man works on a plane in United States. Igor Sikorsky speaks about a passenger plane. He claims it to be the largest. Pan Am Clipper S-42.
Housatonic River at the base of a rocky hillside in United States. Sikorsky U.S. Army helicopter flies on an exhibition of flight control. A woman at grasslands. Helicopter flies under an over bridge.
Large crowd gathers at Coliseum in St. Louis for Democratic National Convention in 1916 in the United States. Al Smith of New York poses for picture. President and Mrs. Wilson in an open car. President Wilson accepts nomination for a second term. Crowd cheers and wave their hats. William Jennings Bryan poses for closeup picture and is then seen with other dignitaries on the back of a railroad train from which he shakes hands and waves to the crowd.
U.S. Army brass band leads American troops marching along a wide dirt road with high berms on either side. They raise dust as they march. The troops march with shouldered arms. Scene shifts to what might be the entrance of an Army Base, somewhere in the arid Western United States. An open wooden structure (possibly a guard post) is seen wrapped with American flags. Soldiers and some civilians are gathered near a Welcome Banner stretched across the road. The troops march under the Welcome Banner. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Rear Admiral Clark converses with other officers on the flight deck of USS Midway. Officers salute him. Marines Honor Guards stand at parade holding United States Marine Corps flag. Vice Admiral Kivette's flag raised on the halyards. View of stack of USS Midway.
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