Bombing demonstration by U.S. Army Air Service DH4 aircraft under command of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. The target is Battleship USS Alabama, in September, 1921 in the Chesapeake Bay, United States. Army flier is seen checking security of a bomb under wing of aircraft. USS Alabama underway in the Chesapeake Bay. Aerial views from United States Army Air Service planes in flight over the battleship. USS Alabama is hit by a bomb. Later it is hit by a phosphorus poison gas bomb. Finally it is hit by 2000 pound bombs. The USS Alabama rolls over halfway, in shallow waters.
Side view of a U.S. Army 1st Provisional Air Brigade DH-4 single-engine bomber aircraft taking off from an Aircraft Carrier. 2,000 pound bombs are dropped on the USS Alabama, BB-8, an intentional practice target in the Chesapeake Bay. Huge explosions on the target. Dense cloud of smoke rises and tall masts come toppling down. The battleship rolls partially and sinks in shallow water.
A government official arrives by a plane and greeted by military officer during World War 2. Next scene is unrelated and shows Japanese General Hideki Tojo and an aide seated at a ceremony, with Imperial Japanese navy pilots seated behind and others including civilians in the audience. Next scene shows officers of Navy of Imperial Japan in conference as they examine a map on a ship deck. Scene shifts to another greeting of unnamed Allied officials meeting and greeting at an airstrip. Next scene shows a Pacific Island battlefield with both dead troops on beach area and live American troops walking nearby. Next scenes shows U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, as he arrives at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in a plane. Frank Knox and other officials leave. Various views of radio towers are seen in between scenes in the clip.
Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretory, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, visits United States and meets with U.S. President Richard Nixon. Leonid Brezhnev and President Nixon walk around Camp David grounds near President's resident Aspen House. The leaders talk to each other.
Cartoon drawing of used car lot with words "The Salvage Racket" A speeding 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. Car after crash with smoke and STOP sign. A smirking man takes down notes as wrecked1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe is towed to a junkyard. A policeman opens a file cabinet to retrieve a file and then says, "the car theft racket is one of major problems facing law enforcement today." A car pulls up near a parked 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. The man in passenger seat gets out of the car. Man using slim jim to break into car and open door. Man in car uses wires to go under dashboard to hot wire car. Stolen car drives away with another following. Garage door opens and cars drive in to garage. Man wearing gangster hat drives up to junkyard and gets out of car. Junkyard owner walks through junkyard with man looking at cars. The man pays the junkyard owner in cash for wrecked 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. Man uses pocket nice to cut car VIN trim tag off of car. Man opens car hood to get the car’s motor number. Close up of engine stamp pad containing number. The man closes hood and pulls out notebook and writes notes. The junkyard owner walks through piles of tires and gives the man sale paperwork. 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe in garage with hood open. Mechanic grinding off engine number of stolen car. Gangster throws smoking cigarette to ground and then rubs his hands together. Mechanic tears up and throw out identifying papers found in car, attaches replacement trim tag to door, and removes stickers. Mechanic throwing out papers found in car trunk. Gangster puts paperwork into his suit jacket pocket and watches mechanic work on car with arms akimbo. Police officer explains that "the doctored stolen car is now ready for market." Two cars drive on highway pass sign reading, "state line 1/2 mile". Cars parked with gangster standing by to sell stolen car.
A written introduction by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Aerial view of the 8200 block of Georgia Ave., Silver Spring MD. (Little Tavern at 8230 Georgia Avenue seen left side of street) Pedestrians with shopping bags walking outside the J.C. Penney Co. department store at 8650 Colesville Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20910. Two women typing documents at the offices of Capital Film Laboratories 470 E Street SW Washington, D.C. 20024 A short order cook at a restaurant kitchen window, rings bell after placing food on counter for the server. Waitress places a new order to line cook by placing check on rotating check-minder. A machinist shapes metal using a lathe at D. Ballauf Manufacturing Company ( 619 H Street, N.W. Washington D.C.) View of receipts next to lathe operator. Man picks up newspaper printed from printing machine. Newspaper printing press running, likely at the Washington Post or Washington Star. Mechanic working under the hood of a car. A receipt next mechanic reads, "replace fuel pump." Front end loader scoops soil in construction site. Surveyor looks through transit scope and takes notes at a construction site. A forklift operator moves a Gibson refrigerator, still in box, from a loading dock truck. Man signs a receipt at an appliance wholesaler. A United Airlines Douglas DC-8-11 passenger airlplane taxiing on a runway, likely Washington National Airport, before takeoff. A United Airlines officer checks his watch, takes down notes. A Metropolitan police officer stands behind a counter while listening to a woman as he fills out a missing person report .
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