The U.S. Navy Department in Washington DC, United States. 'Secretary of the Navy' written on the door of an office. Vice Admiral John Henry Towers speaks to Captain Davison and Captain Ramsey in his office. Vice Admiral Towers explains about an aircraft with the help of a model aircraft.
Training exercise and demonstration by the Royal Scots Greys and 2nd Dragoons cavalry in the UK. Bugler sounds an alarm. The cavalry respond. They ride their horses on steep cliffs and over difficult terrain. They cross a 10 foot deep river with strong currents in which their mounts must swim. On the other side, they join with other elements riding through woods.
Nationalist rebel forces organizing and training in Sevilla, Spain, early in Spanish Civil War. Troops riding through the city in open transport vehicles. Troops marching with rifles in in front of the equestrian Statue at the Plaza Nueva Sevilla. A group of soldiers trains with field artillery. New recruits are organized. Commanding General of Sevilla, Gonzalo Queipo de Llanol, meets with other rebel leaders.
Spanish Anarchist leader Jose Buenaventura Durruti Dumange's funeral procession in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish people on the streets to accompany the cortège during its route to the Montjuïc Cemetery. Spanish soldiers carry Durruti's coffin. Women cry during the procession. It is estimated that some half a million mourners attended the funeral in Barcelona.
USS Monterey (CVL-26) leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard where she was outfitted for Operation Magic Carpet, to bring U.S. troops home from Europe after World War II. The USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) with her crew visible on deck, leaves the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a shakedown cruise. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt passes under the Brooklyn Bridge after departing from the yard. Sailors on the ship deck. Wide view of skyline of New York City buildings and skyscrapers. The ship on its way to the Caribbean.
Smoke rises from the palace known as the Grand Palais in Paris, France, during the Liberation of France. People watch from a bridge with bicycles parked in the foreground. Huge smoke cloud billows out of the building which was set fire by the remaining German occupation force. View of the Seine River. People on the street with Red Cross vans parked in the background. Views of the burning Grand Palais from various places in Paris. (World War II period).
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