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| keywords: twa constellation, howard hughes, powdered eggs, mount vesuvius, volcano, lava flow |
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Synopsis: TWA Constellation Plane Breaks Speed Record, U.S. Missionary Adopts 20 Indian Children, Making Powdered Eggs In Canada, Mount Vesuvius Italy Erupts As Lava Flows... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 11 min BW |
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New Plane breaks speed record in first U.S. Flight. A TWA Constellation flies from California to Washington D.C. in less than seven (7) hours. Howard Hughes and Jack Fry the plane’s co-pilots are welcomed to the Capitol. Shows Army troops boarding a military version of the Constellation.
U.S. Missionary in Alaska adopts 20 Indian children. Family poses for the camera.
Millions of eggs for troops abroad are processed at a powered egg dehydrating plant in Canada. Industrial processing plant aids the war effort.
Mount Vesuvius, a volcano outside of Naples, Italy erupts. The lava flow reaches San Sebastiano as black ash rains down on Salerno 17 miles away. Shows huge cloud of smoke and ash from volcano. Villages are evacuated in the path of the lava flow. Close-up of the lava flow destroying everything in its path. Shows burning vineyards (orchards) and collapsing buildings. Shows religious processions. Allied troops clean up thick deposits of volcanic ash.
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