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Crewmen put out fire on flight deck; tracers and blasts from naval guns from the USS Saratoga during a night attack (WW2)
Japanese aircraft shot down in the Pacific Ocean as seen from the USS Saratoga (CV-3) during World War II. Black smoke seen in the water. Tracers are also found. Thick black smoke rises over the water. A Navy officer removes his hat. Crewmen put out fire on edge of flight deck. Pilots watch the smoke from a burning aircraft on deck. The sky aft gunnery station after it fired at Japanese planes. Aircraft above a gun director. A ship firing from a distance. Tracers firing and some blasts from Mark 12 5"/38 caliber dual purpose naval guns at night. Wild sound from the narration of Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, as he recounts his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese planes.
Scenes of American workers and families; actors depicting racial theories used by the Nazi party to attain ruling power in Germany.
From a U.S. Army training film. Actor portrayals for a number of the scenes. African American porter or waiter on moving railroad train carrying drinks on a tray. Story line depicts a young man named Mike traveling in a railroad train. He looks at the countryside through the windows of a moving train passing by open areas of American countryside. Quick views of farms and factories, city skyscrapers, many workers outside a factory at shift change, farmer reaping wheat harvest with reaper pulled by team of horses; smoke from factory chimneys and smokestacks; miners working in underground mine (likely coal mine). Pedestrians on busy city streets. African American family entering a church door and being greeted by clergy. Racially integrated group of children of mixed races including African American, Asian American, and white boys playing baseball. View of a cowboy rounding up livestock on a ranch; various church signs and church buildings of different religions; fishermen at work. Mike walking along a street listens to a man giving a provoking speech to a street crowd. The man talks of separation among American citizens on the basis of religion, color and origin. An African American man in the crowd shakes his head in disgust listening to the speech. Another man from among the street crowd discusses with Mike the similarity between the provoking man and the Nazis. A Nazi official delivers a provocative speech to the crowd consisting of people from all sections of society in Germany. The speaker speaks about segregation of the minorities like Jews, Catholics, Free Masons and outsiders from Germans. A Nazi German soldier dresses up, his family suffering from lack of food. Actors portraying the Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and others. Large troops of Nazi Germans soldiers provoked by Nazi leaders. Actual footage of a nazi rally at the Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. Actors portraying the smashing of political parties other than Nazis. The country was divided into number of minority groups. People of groups other than Germans being tortured. Jews and Catholics beaten by Nazi soldiers. (World War II period).
Willie Hoppe, Three Cushion Billiard Champion gives exhibition at servicemen center.
Willie Hoppe, Three Cushion Billiard Champion during an exhibition. Officers and dignitaries at a billiards table with cue sticks in hand. Willie Hoppe in the center. Willie Hoppe takes his first shot. People watch him play. He teaches a lady officer. Another woman takes a shot. Officers and dignitaries clap. Billiard Champion exhibits his performance. Officers and dignitaries keep their caps on the table and the champion plays his game.
Views of women WAC personnel, and quiz question on Greek goddess Pallas Athene (WW2)
General Mark Wayne Clark greets and pins an award on a woman from the Women's Army Corps or "WAC" during World War II. Ground Infantry quiz question on Greek goddess Pallas Athene, seen on the WAC insignia. Views of WAC women in various jobs and roles during the war, including marching, mail sorting, and radio broadcasting.
Ground Infantry quiz question in World War 2 on boxers (Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey), tanks, and rockets.
Boxers Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy compete in a boxing match on June 20, 1940 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City. Louis knocks out Godoy in 8th round. Ground Infantry (GI) quiz ask a question about boxers and the answer is Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey. Views of Jack Dempsey while in the Coast Guard, demonstrating physical prowess. Multiple scenes from boxing match of Jack Dempsey versus Luis Ángel Firpo on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Multiple knock-downs of the boxers are shown, including one where Firpo knocks Dempsey completely out of the ring. GI quiz question on tanks. Picture of Sherman tanks knocking down trees. Picture of Leonardo Da Vinci. View of the Mona Lisa painting. Animations of various concept designs credited to Da Vinci including tanks, aircraft, parachutes, and submarines. GI quiz question on rockets. View of battery of rockets being fired from ground positions in World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. Army aircraft firing rockets at target. View of German V-1 flying bomb (early cruise missile) in flight toward a target. Animation showing future use of a rocket launched across the globe and reaching New York City (with artist's view of Statue of Liberty in foreground) as narrator says, "Scientists are convinced that the next war, if there is one, will be fought with giant remote-controlled atomic rocket bombs, capable of traveling thousands of miles in a few minutes, to completely destroy any target, anywhere, anytime."
GI quiz question on what uses water more, a bath of shower or an ordinary one.
Woman in a bathroom. Woman draws water to take a bath. In a separate scene a different woman is seen adjusting controls of a shower and taking a shower. GI quiz question on what consumes water more, a bath or a shower. Narrator says it is the bath.