Shows Pitcairn PA-36 autogyro being tested at Washington D.C. Pitcairn PA-36 takes off. Aerial stunting of Pitcairn PA-36.
Shows President Franklin D Roosevelt making his 'Fire First' speech over the radio from the White House, after the German torpedo attack on the USS Greer. He speaks about preemptive strikes against Axis vessels for prevention of attack in waters. Further he says that American aircrafts and patrolling naval vessels will protect all American merchant ships and other ships from German submarines and surface raiders attack. (World War II period).
Several u.S. Army soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) stand near three French children, outside a church building in France, during World War 1. A large relief of Christ on crucifix is displayed on the wall behind them. One soldier kneels down next to the children and gives them some chocolates. He talks with them. Closeup of the children eating their candy. A boy wipes his hands on his sweater. The children make circles on their tummies, indicating that the food tasted good. New sequence shows American Army of occupation troops celebrating Christmas, 1918, at Montabaur, Germany. They are assembled at a hillside, around a platform holding a monument and statue. A large decorated Christmas tree is set up on one side of the monument, and an Army brass band stands on the other side. Captain William A. Turner, of the Salvation Army, dressed as Santa Claus, hands out gifts to some of the soldiers, assembled in the foreground. There also appear to be some local German people gathered to the far right, of the brass band. Next, "Santa Claus" is seen throwing gifts out to the gathered soldiers. Scene shifts, again, this time to several U.S. Navy dreadnought battleships that might be returning troops from Europe back to the United States. The first seen is a two-stacker, Florida-class; the second is the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the third is the two-stacker USS New York (BB-34). Final sequence shows U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, and Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, in top hats, stand on deck of a ship with with its Captain (a U.S. Navy Commander) to review U.S. Battleships returning from service with the British fleet in World War 1. The dim image of a battleship is seen in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
SM-62 Snark missile launched. Jupiter missile launched. Night view, Jupiter 'C' Explorer launched. Sparrow missile carried by F-3D plane releases, streaks through air and hits an aircraft B-17 in flight. B-17 explodes.
Washington Arms Conference (also called the Washington Disarmament Conference, or the Conference on Limitations of Armaments) in progress at Memorial Continental Hall (1776 D St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States) in Washington DC. Japanese delegates are seen outside the building with French Prime Minister Aristide Briand.
German crowd assembles in Lustgarten during World War 1 period. Scene shifts to Deutsches Stadion or "German Stadium" (Deutsches Stadion, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin) in Berlin, where marchers in traditional uniforms, carry flags of various German constituent territories, around the perimeter of the field. They pause to lower the flags in salute. Next, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, Chief of the German General Staff, and his deputy, General Erich Ludendorff, lead a procession of German officers and officials, from near the main building in the stands. One of their group carries a sign reading: "1.G.I.D."
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