Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Old Chief of a village at Point Barrow invites the crew to a native dance. Esquimau men dance and play an instrument. The village people and crew watch. Esquimau women dance. A blond Esquimau similar to those discovered by explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Esquimaux eating whale skin. Dog nearby. Trading on the ship deck.
Men using huge machines to construct new buildings and demolish old ones in New York City. Men saw planks at the city harbor. Trucks at construction site. Man operates crane. An excavator digs and removes mud. A construction worker. Buildings in the city. Water at the site. Huge glass windows on a building. A crane lifts material. Hook on a crane. Reflection in glass windows. Worker welds, sparks fly. View of the city through the unfinished building. Building under construction. Man climbs up a support beam.
Men using huge machines construct new buildings and demolish old ones. Rubble lying around as machines demolish a building. Men erect a fallen pillar. They pull down a structure. Burning of old material. A man tries to put out the fire. Demolition of old buildings. New buildings in the background. Pigeons on an old building. Buildings under construction. Cranes at the site. Smoke stacks in the background. Machines at the site.
President Woodrow Wilson reviews Army units at Fort Myer. Officers on horses. Troops ready for inspection. The President and other officials arrive for the ceremony. The President along with Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker on stage. They inspect the troops. Soldiers approach the stage, greet the President and salute. A photographer takes pictures. People watch the event.
A gathering in Kansas City to welcome General Dwight Eisenhower back to the United States after World War 2. Officers and soldiers seated during the ceremony. General Eisenhower addresses the gathering.
Footage of nuclear explosion in the U.S. Trinity test of the first successful nuclear explosive device, in Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project. A mushroom cloud on the horizon. The smoke rises up into the air. Flames and black smoke from the atomic bomb explosion. Sun rays filter through the clouds. Explosion seen from a few different camera angles. (World War II period).
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