Assorted views taken when the CNO visited and sailed aboard the new atomic powered submarine, USS Nautilus during sea trials. A sailor walks along the deck of the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) docked on the Thames river at Groton, Connecticut. It moves away from the dock. Next, Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations walks on the deck with Nautilus Captain, Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson. Admiral William Fechteler, former CNO, follows behind them. Crew of the boat is lined up on deck. A sailor raises Admiral's 4-star flag next to the American flag on the Nautilus flag pole. Pier, docks, and waterfront buildings are seen in the background. Sailors pick up lines from deck of the Nautilus and remove the American flag and flagpole from the deck. Admiral Carney descends from the deck through a hatch. Next, the Nautilus is seen, moving slowly away on the calm river. View from on deck looking aft, shows trailing wake as the Nautilus moves at higher speed. Views of sailors at duty stations inside the boat: one in a compartment, monitoring equipment; a lookout in cold weather gear, with binoculars; and a sailor below speaking on an interphone, as Admiral Carney sits next to him. The Admiral standing next to the sailor, conversing with him. Admiral Fechteler standing behind the helmsman as an officer briefs him. Glimpse of Admiral Carney through a hatch. Admiral Carney climbing interior stairway to another deck where he and Admiral Fechteler join Commander Wilkinson who briefs them. A sailor shows Admiral Carney a metal plaque on the wall citing the Nautilus as the sixth ship of the fleet to carry that name, and giving information about that. Glimpse of crew member taking a book from a cabinet. Admiral Carney ducking as he passes through a hatchway. Admiral Carney seated at a table having coffee and conversing with a sailor. Behind them on a wall, is a juke box. The Admirals standing near sailors on a break, playing cards. Admiral Carney looking over the juke box on the wall. Both Admirals signing a log book. The Admirals seated beside one another at the helmsman position.
Nationalist rebel forces organizing and training in Sevilla, Spain, early in Spanish Civil War. Troops riding through the city in open transport vehicles. Troops marching with rifles in in front of the equestrian Statue at the Plaza Nueva Sevilla. A group of soldiers trains with field artillery. New recruits are organized. Commanding General of Sevilla, Gonzalo Queipo de Llanol, meets with other rebel leaders.
Scenes from the time of the Liberation of Paris. French civilians listen to French Liberation news on radio. People read FFI (French Forces of the Interior) posters on a wall. A communist flag flutters on a window. A board reads 'Rue Des Batignolles'.
'Grey Count' wins the Inaugural Handicap Race at New Coast Track in Del Mar, California. Movie stars watch the race from a grandstand. Horses leave gates to run on a dirt track. A man looks through binoculars. Grey Count wins the race by a good lead.
Thousands of workers get back to work in the United States. A group of workers works on equipment inside a machine manufacturing plant in New Jersey. The workers welding inside the factory. Workers collect onions from fields in Kenton, Ohio. Workers increase the production of washing machine in Chicago.
Amelia Earhart seen in leather flight coat, dons leather helmet and goggles for a photograph. She poses with Pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic, Louis Gordon. At daybreak the adventurers row towards Fokker F. VII b-3 tri-motored seaplane, and board for their first leg of transatlantic flight (to Trespassey, New Foundland). Their seaplane, named "Friendship," takes off and buzzes the port as they depart from Boston, Massachusetts. (Note: the Fokker seaplane was initially built for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.)
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