Close-up views of the destroyed Vemork hydroelectric power plant (adapted to produce heavy water) including exposed framework and large elevated pipelines. Damage caused by U.S. Army Air Force bombing following operation Gunnerside in World War 2. Scene changes to wide aerial views of Rjukan, taken from inside the Krossobanen aerial tramway as it ascends and descends the valley. Shots include the Måna river and Gaustatoppen mountain.
Broad views of the destroyed Vemork hydroelectric power plant which was adapted to produce heavy water. Damage caused by U.S. Army Air Force bombing in World War 2, conducted after operation Gunnerside. Steam rises next to a large building. An above shot of a rocky gorge. Large pipelines running up the side of the mountain near the power plant. A woman in a fur coat takes notes while speaking to a man wearing a double-breasted suit jacket, fedora, and round glasses. Close-up shots of the man's face as he speaks with the woman.
In May 1932, on the invitation of General Italo Balbo, Italy's Minister of the Air, over fifty transoceanic aviators convened in Rome, Italy, to discuss the future of transoceanic aviation. The event was hosted by the Italian Aero Club. A procession of motor cars in pairs carries famous aviators through the streets of Rome as crowds cheer. The crowd swarms around the cars. Scene changes to the motor cars unloading where Harold Gatty, Australian aviator and navigator, is escorted forward. The procession is paused as the aviators walk up the steps of the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II (Vittoriano) to pay homage to Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Tomba del Milite Ignoto). The large group descend the steps. A closer shot shows a small group of figures including Sir Hubert Wilkins, Australian aviation pioneer. Scene changes again to thousands of spectators cheering in the Piazza Colonna in Rome. Figures wave to the crowd from an elevated balcony.
420 midshipmen "middies" are rewarded diplomas at Dahlgreen Hall during annual U.S. Naval Academy exercises in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 2, 1932. Wide view of the decorated Dahlgreen Hall shows the graduating U.S. Navy class wearing white and a large crowd of underclassmen and attendees. A closer shot displays a small section of the crowd and graduating class. The midshipmen walk single file across the stage to receive their diplomas, shaking hands with a man at the front. Scene cuts to a wide view where underclassmen, seated on either side of the graduating class, raise their covers in unison toward the graduating class. The graduating midshipmen repeat the gesture, tossing their covers into the air. Scene moves outside to newly commissioned officer Richard S. Mandelkorn of Peoria, graduating with highest honors in his class. Mabel Dyer of Ruxton, Maryland, places his shoulder straps on his uniform, and the two shake hands. Close up of Mandelkorn as he adjusts and removes his cover. Large artillery barrels are visible in the background.
Luna Park in Coney Island, New York, opens to 5200 orphans from New York City. Children, many wearing white, walk in large groups on the park grounds. A vendor hands out ice cream cones at a counter. Children eat ice cream and other food. A large crowd sits in the stands of an arena, watching children on the dirt below attempt to ride a mule. One boy is knocked over by the animal, but another succeeds and climbs its back to ride. Boys and girls climb over a short fence. Scene changes to view from moving coaster known as the "Shoot the Chutes" as it speeds down an incline and splashes into water. Shots from and of a moving coaster as it goes up and down multiple hills. Older boys sit at the front. Man performing a human cannonball act climbs into the barrel of a large cannon, and a young boy licks an ice cream cone. Smoke puffs from the barrel of the cannon as the man is propelled from the cannon. He soars through the air, arms outstretched before tucking forward and landing on a taut net.
High aerial view of a railway marshalling yard (classification yard), many railroads extend outwards in all directions. Scnes taken from U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter aircraft. Scene changes to low aerial flight toward smoking train, aircraft strafes the German held railroad target. The aircraft makes multiple passes shelling the train. Another aircraft can be seen ahead, rising out of its low attack. Large black clouds of smoke rise from the destroyed train. From mounted gun camera footage of Lieutenant J. D. Riggs of the 357th Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command.
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