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Pre-WWII - 1940, Defenses: Panama Canal Zone; Clipper Takes Off to Alaska; Japanese-Americans

Reel Number: 250085-20

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1940

Country: Panama,USA

Location: Alaska unseen,California,Juneau,Panama Canal Zone,San Francisco,Seattle,Washington

TC Begins: 00:23:23

TC Ends: 00:25:24

Duration: 00:02:01

Pre-WWII - 1940, Defenses: Panama Canal Zone; Clipper Takes Off to Alaska; Japanese-Americans 00:23:28 Pan of battleship & other navy ships off coast. 00:23:36 POV on board battleship w/ bow thru stormy water; CU from another ship; men on deck in breaking waves. 00:23:48 HA of fuel storage tanks near Panama Canal entrance; soldiers patrolling along edge of canal. Mines placed overboard. Coastal gun raised, fired; men drilling w/ rifles. 00:24:13 Fighter planes w/ motors running lined up on tarmac; overhead in formations. 00:24:18 Aircraft carrier in canal lock; others ships moving thru canal lake. 00:24:31 Title: Seattle, Wash. 00:24:33 Four-engine clipper plane w/ motors running; men boarding, mail loaded; plane takes off towards camera from Lake Washington for first regular passenger & mail flight to Juneau, Alaska. 00:24:56 Title: San Francisco, Calif. 00:24:58 Large crowd at Japan Day for Japanese-Americans at Golden Gate International Exposition. Japanese Ambassador w/ military general reviews troops. Japanese women in ethnic dress parade & ride floats thru crowds. Pre-WW2; Celebrations;

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