Interior of a room, two men seated. The two men in conversation. Politicians making speeches, a man addressing a gathering. Views of various pre-election meetings.
Views of USAF (United States Air Force) airplanes parked at the airstrip of Langley Air Force Base. Lt. Col. Robert Olds standing in front of a B-17 airplane. A ground crew man gets into a rubber lifeboat and moves oars back and forth. Ground crewman pushing landing gear wheel of a B-17. B-17 taxiing and taking off from Langley airstrip. Aerial view of Langley field, nearby buildings and waterway as aircraft ascend. View inside B-17 of pilot and co-pilot in cockpit of the B-17. Airplanes in flight, aerial views of formation of B-17 aircraft in flight.
Wreckage of A-17 aircraft that crashed and burned on sidewalk and yard of a house at 1007 Scott Road, Burbank California, while attempting to land at the nearby Lockheed company airfield, on September 21, 1938. Army soldiers in uniform, and Local residents stand around the wreckage. Killed in the crash were: Major General Oscar Westover, Chief of the Army Air Corps, and Crew Chief, Staff Sergeant Samuel Hymes. There were no other casualties, but damage from fire can be seen on two of the nearby houses. People pick through the wreckage. Closeup of the propeller and engine cowling dug into the earth. Large group of spectators standing clear of the wreckage as several officials comb through it. An elderly man and woman, sit in their yard with a small child.
From a film named 'Ship Safety -- A Story of Seven Sailors' starts. Door of projection room in a theater. Movie starts, views of British heavy Cruiser, HMS Andromeda, crippled and burning as a result of enemy strikes at sea. British Naval officers and men seated in the projection room, viewing movie and an instructor standing. Crew members board the HMS Andromeda and settle into living and working routines. ship in sea. Men at work in engine room, man reads book. Crews operate 4 inch guns and antiaircraft "pom pom" guns. Ship under attack by German bombers. Crewmen fight back with ship's guns. But the 7 mistakes of crew members have fateful consequences. (World War II period).
General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General demonstrates sign for Chinamen, yellow man
General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General demonstrates sign for Tonkaway, the act of eating a man.
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