U.S. Tank Destroyer Corps undergo training at camp Hood, Texas. An officer instructs the corps seated on ground with rifles in hands. The troops practice hand to hand combat and house to house fighting. The troops fire at enemy taking cover behind houses. They shoot at target. (World War II period).
U.S. Tank Destroyer Corps undergo a training at camp Hood, Texas. An officer instructs corps seated on ground with rifles in hands. The troops lie down on an open field amongst heavy firing. They advance in crawling position. They get into trenches. The troops cross a small water stream and climb a steep hill with ropes. They jump walls and cross various obstacles in the way. (World War II period).
A ceremony aboard the light cruiser, USS Philadelphia, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Brazilian dignitary shakes hands with U.S. naval officers. The deck is completely filled with U.S. and Brazilian sailors and honored guests. A Catholic Priest blesses the newly commissioned ship. A U.S. Navy Admiral gives a speech. A sailor hoists the Brazilian flag on the mast of the former USS Philadelphia, now the Brazilian Barrosa (C-11) . The Brazilian official gives a speech. View from across the docks, of the Barrosa.
A soldier speaks over a mobile phone in Anchorage, Alaska. Soldiers patrol devastated areas of Anchorage, following an earthquake. Damaged buildings with debris on the ground. Soldiers stand on a street and a man point towards a building. Interior of destroyed houses. A clock and crockery on a wooden frame. An armed soldier walks on a road. Destroyed buildings and wreckage in the background.
A Lockheed Constellation passenger airliner taxis in and parks at LaGuardia airport, in New York City. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, accompanied by another man, descends the steps from the airplane and is greeted by officials and photographers. A group of uniformed New York City Policemen escort the Secretary General into the airport buliding.
A member of the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, presents a framed certificate, documenting the award of the club's Golden Medal of Achievement, to Clare Booth Luce, who stands holding the other side of the document.
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