A stray simian wanders in a farm in Saint Charles, Illinois. The monkey sits onto a cow. Trees in the area. The cow moves in the farm. The monkey falls on the ground and runs away.
Football match played between Notre Dame and Drake in South Bend, Indiana. A large crowd gathers to watch the match. Match in progress. Notre Dame wins the match 21-0.
Circus tryout or auditions for animals in Mount Vernon, Missouri, for the Seils-Sterling Circus. An elephant pushes a bus. Horses in a fenced area. Building in the background. Men on horses as they try to control them. People watch the show. Elephants and horses in a fenced area.
Tests of incendiary bombing, before employing it against Japanese cities in World War 2. Planes in flight. Exterior of a building. A sign reads: 'Headquarters Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command'. Sign reads: 'Proof Department building no 8'. Hands open an envelope. U.S. Actor Lee J. Cobb, playing an Army Air Forces Captain, reads the document. The document contains information derived from tests of incendiary bombing, conducted at Eglin Field, Florida. He goes to chart and describes those tests. Scene shifts to the field where a set of Japanese-style houses has been erected. Typical fire-fighting means are shown: water tanks and sand buckets. Two types of incendiary bombs are shown. A bomber drops incendiary bombs on the Japanese-style houses. Crews on the ground attempt to extinguish the fires. But fire consumes the test village.
Tests before incendiary bombing of Japanese cities during World War 2. The tests being conducted at the Eglin air field in Florida. A plane in flight. The plane drops numerous small indendiary bombs on the huts in the test area. High altitude view of the bombing. Smoke arises due to the bombardment. A conflagration ensues. Air Force personnel put out the fires with hoses.
Tests to compare effects of conventional bombs to those of incendiaries,on wooden structures. Test conducted at Eglin Field, Florida, during World War 2. Actor Lee J. Cobb, portrays an Air Force Captain, seated at Project Officer's desk. He shows photographs of a wooden test house constructed similar to houses in Japan. View of wooden structure being ignited from within. The resultant fire is put out promptly. B-17 airplane in flight over the test area, drops conventional bombs, which destroy some of the test village houses. A second bombing using incendiary bombs that break apart and ignite many fires, produces greater destruction across the test village.
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