A radium mine in Slick Rock, Colorado. Interior of the mine. Drilling being done. Mine workers load a wheel cart with ore. A mine worker with a pick axe. Mine workers are wheeling wheel carts filled with vanadium and uranium ore. A worker uses a pick axe.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA ) champ Chuan-Kwang Yang sets mark in 10 events of decathlon at Walnut, California. Chuan-Kwang Yang smiles. He exercises. The decathlon events include the 1500 meter run, the 100 and 400 meter dashes, high hurdles, pole vault, javelin, discus, high jump, shotput and broad jump. Yang wins five events and adds other points with fine performances in the other five. He is greeted and receives trophy.
An Army-Navy football match in Philadelphia. Army cadet making touch down. Army kicking for point and missing. Navy team makes a touch down and gains extra points by a kick. Crowds jam the stands, and cheer for the Navy. Score board reads Navy 7, Army 12. Crowds come down from stands on the grounds. Middies sitting in stands. Army Band parading on the field, cadets follow. The band and cadets in the field. The Annapolis Middies seated in the stands.
Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.
American volunteers return to New York from action in the Spanish Civil War in Spain. American volunteers, who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain against General Francisco Franco's nationalist insurgents, aboard SS Paris. They all pose. Large crowds gather in streets to welcome them as they arrive. The Americans march along the streets of the city in a reception parade. They hold banners. A banner reads as 'American Youth welcomes veterans of Lincoln Brigade'.
Children of many nations send Christmas message to the world from Washington DC. Children of foreign ambassadors and officials standing in the U.S. Capitol. The children dressed in their native costumes attend the International Christmas Broadcast. A girl speaks into a microphones. All the children speak together for sending the Christmas message to the U.S. and other countries.
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