Wounded soldiers of the United States Army arrive at LaGuardia Airport in New York from Europe during World War II. The wounded soldiers on stretchers are loaded aboard an aircraft in Europe. The aircraft in flight. It lands at LaGuardia Airport where the wounded soldiers are greeted by their relatives.
A bathing suit fashion parade at Bradley Beach, New Jersey, south of Asbury Park. Women parade along a street in bathing suits. African or possibly African American children wearing grass skirts carry a trophy and dance. A boy in a costume resembling a amplifier with horn speaker. Sign reads, "Our Loudspeaker" A girl wears a bushel basket with a sign on her back that reads "another one for the mayor to look into" Young women in bathing suits carry trophies. Some women have shorter hear in flapper style. One wears a sash that reads "Miss Asbury Park" Heavy film reticulation throughout clip.
A U.S. Army Jupiter C missile is launched from Cape Canavaral. View of nose cone being retrieved from sea, after having parachuted during missile testing. Sailors pull the cone into deck of their ship. Writing on wall of U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, identifying it as home of the Airborne. Sign of the United states Army Parachute Team, outside their office at Fort Bragg. A Team member rises on a tethered parachute during experimental testing. Paratroop members of the Army Parachute Team gathered on the tarmac next to a C-123 aircraft, for a briefing. Their Commander, Captain Perry, conducts the briefing. Team members packing their personal chutes. A Team member donning his backpack chute, and attaching a reserve chute in front. Two smoke grenades are attached to his left foot. The skydiver's altimeter and stop watch. A weather balloon being released and tracked by radar.
Damage due to a hurricane in Rhode Island, United States. Wrecked vehicles and equipment on streets. People gather on the streets. Rubbled houses and buildings. A wrecked car on a street.
Policemen destroy shacks of unemployed men in a shanty village in New York, United States during the Great Depression. A rubbled area being demolished by police and workers. The policemen watching the area. Other men and residents standing near the damaged shacks that are being removed.
A film on use of dynamite in the United States. The deepening of the Hell Gate Channel in New York by using gelatin dynamite. Men working and fixing dynamites. A splash in water due to an explosion. Mining of coal and metals is made possible by using dynamite.
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