Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The eruption damages the town of San Sebastiano. A view of the buildings at the base of the volcano. The crater of the volcano. Huge billows of smoke filled with cinders and ash rise up in the sky. Smoke rises from mouth of the crater. Columns of boiling smoke and ash. Lava pours from the cone due to eruption of the volcano.
United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) enters Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea. The ship enters the Roosevelt Roads Harbor. Starboard beam of the ship in view. Smoke rises up from the smokestack. The USS Wasp (CVS-18) approaches the pier. A crane booms in foreground. A group of officers stands on the pier. A sign reads 'Bow Here'. USS Wasp (CVS-18) in background. View of tug boats off the port side. Men stand at quarters in various parts of the ship. Damage to the starboard side. The deck-edge elevator in view. Damaged fuel line and catwalk side of the ship. The edge of the number two elevator is damaged. Boat crane support is damaged. The base of the crane is damaged. Damaged parts hanging from the ship. Life nets of the damaged elevator hanging.
The Armistice Treaty marks the end of World War 1. United States soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division, AEF, celebrate, in a large group, at their base, in France. They cheer in unison. The soldiers talk and laugh. The soldiers receive their pay. A soldier keeps his payment in his pocket and takes out a document. The soldiers shake hands and bid farewell. They carry their belongings.
Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Fort Sherman, Panama. A soldier with a boa constrictor snake around his neck at United States Army base. The soldier holds the boa constrictor snake's head with his hand. A wall of a building in the background.
The Pan American Union Headquarters Building in Washington DC, United States. A garden around the Beaux Arts-style building. A circular drive at the Pan American Union Building (Organization of American States Building, 200 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006). People arrive by automobile and climb up the steps at the entrance. The vehicle drives away. A statue of a woman with a child at the building with the words 'South America' inscribed on the base. The garden from where part of the Washington Monument is visible. Another small building. A garden with walkways in front of the building. The United States flag sways, the flag of Panama hoisted on a pole and another flag.
U.S. Coast Guardsmen parade in dress whites, at pier in Gibralter harbor, and assemble in formation for ceremony to dedicate a memorial. The Coast Guard Ensign hangs over, and hides a memorial plaque on wall of building. Participants include British and American officers and British and American civilian officials, several dressed formally, with top hats. A number of ladies are seated for the event. After brief invocation by clergyman, A British military brass band plays, Coast guardsmen, with rifles, present arms, and the Coast Guard ensign is removed, unveiling the memorial plaque. The plaque honors those lost when the Cutter Tampa was torpedoed by an enemy submarine, in Bristol Channel, on September 26, 1918, with loss of all 115 souls on board. It also honors 11 officers and men of the Cutter Seneca, who volunteered, and were lost attempting to salvage the torpedoed British Steamer, Wellington, in the Bay of Biscay, September 17, 1918. The American flag is displayed above the new plaque, and Coast Guard officers place four wreaths at the base of the memorial. .
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