Inside view of the cockpit and radar observer of a U.S. P-61 Black Widow in flight. Aerial views of three U.S. P-61s flying in formation at a high altitude above Colomiers in France.
Crew members prepare a U.S. P-61 black Widow for night mission in Colomiers, France. Crew members work on the engines of the P-61. A full-track stands beneath the wings of P-61.
Newsreel 'France torn by strikes'. Army guards and Police keeps vigil on labor strike in Lyon. Communists inspired striking workers at the Great Rail Center of Lyon. A train has been seen leaving. Empty trucks seen standing. Snowfall in Paris.
A newsreel titled, 'World focus on Palestine' shows aftermath of a bomb blast at the Labor department headquarters in Palestine that killed 3 British police. Injured being rescued from the wrecked building by soldiers as smoke rises from it. Tightened security as British soldiers search Jewish people thoroughly on the streets, beside razor wire in a street. Scene changes to the harbor in Dubuque, France, where 4500 Jewish refugees and displaced persons on board the ship "Runnymede Park," bound for Palestine, are seen looking outward from the ship deck while it remains at port awaiting orders. The ship refused docking in France, and is being supplied with food by small boat, and only the sick and injured on the ship are brought to shore for treatment. Views of sick or injured children, women, and men receiving assistance on shore.
Several curios in view. A stove in the shape of a snail. A woman and a child seen with a swan which can be used to bathe a baby of wash things. Knives seen upright. A woman seen smoking and with an umbrella cigarette lighter. A man seen with a gun which is actually a watch.
Major Phillipe who flew from Villacoubay to Eastchurch, England in three stops. De Moulinet who flew 1450 kilometers. Pegoud, pilot for the Bleriot firm, shown making flight tests with arresting gear. Scenes of first live parachute jump over France made by Adolphe Pegoud. Aerial maneuvers piloted by Pegoud in 1913. Views of jubilant crowd who watched the flight and race to meet Pegoud after landing, then carry him on shoulders and celebrate.