The USS Akron (ZRS-4) over Camp Kearny, near San Diego, California,docking to refuel. A large group of sailors hold on to cables lowered from the USS Akron. They are being dragged by the dirigible as they try to arrest it, unsuccessfully. All the sailors let go of the cables, except three, who are pulled into the air. One of the dangling sailore, Robert H. Edsall, falls to his death. Moments later, Sailor, Nigel M. Henton, also loses his grip and falls. The third sailor, Charles Cowart, ties himself to the cable and is seen being pulled close to the USS Akron.
Original footage and supplemental reenactment of event that took place about a week earlier when the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) attempted to dock for refueling at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. In clips from that actual event, spectators watch as a hundred Navy ground crew sailors attempt to hold down the dirigible. But one of the Akron cable rings breaks and the sailors are unable to hold her. All let go of the lines except for three sailors, two of whom fell to their deaths. Scenes are shown of the remaining sailor, Bud Cowart of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as he hangs on for more than an hour until the USS Akron crew pulls him through a port hole to safety aboard the air ship. Views shot about a week later show officers inside the Akron and Sailor Cowart aboard the airship.
GOP candidate Wendell Willkie arrives in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd gathers to greet and hear him. People cheering and applauding. Willkie arrives in a car amidst the crowd. Willkie addressing the large crowd at a coliseum. He speaks against President Roosevelt's administration.
U.S. Submarines being decommissioned in San Francisco, California. Us sailors at the San Francisco Navy yard clean and lubricate parts and equipment prior to storage. Bridge over a river. Submarines at a port. Honor flag being brought down during a ceremony. Flag being presented to submarine's oldest man. Sailor plays a trumpet. Seaman looks through a periscope. View of a blast through periscope. Vessel being retired. Submarine being painted to protect it against corrosion. Deck guns being covered with cocoon type plastic sheet. Engines, air compressor and other parts of submarine being cleaned, oiled and left in working a condition. Submarines parked at a port.
Ben Hogan plays in the Los Angeles open Golf Championship in Los Angeles, California. Professional golfers Ben Hogan and Sam Snead during play. Hogan poses and removes his hat. He walks on the golf course. Golf swings by Hogan and Snead are seen, along with putting on the green by each golfer. Hogan and Snead play as spectators walk across the course and watch the game.
Japanese-American internment center scenes, during World War 2. They are brought to an assembly center at the Tanforan race track in San Bruno California. A man cut a boy's hair in a barber shop at the Tanforan center (relocation or internment center for Japanese-American citizens during World War 2). The boy sits on a chair with a cloth wrapped over his shoulders. The barber cuts the hair with a machine.
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