Oregon State University (OSU) Department of Oceanography's 80-foot research vessel, R/V Acona, seen in waters off Newport, Oregon, United States. Using a boom on the foredeck, the crew lowers a container, takes a water sample and retrieves it. (Note: Reportedly, one of the two persons seen near the end of the footage may be Hugh Dobson, a technician from BC Canada, who worked for OSU Professor Kilho Park.) One of the two persons near the end of the footage looks like Hugh Dobson who was a technician from BC Canada who came to OSU to work for Professor Kilho Park (this insert provided by Iver Duedall, OSU graduate student 1963-66; spent time on Acona on cruises--most of the time I was seasick)
Exterior views of the Police Department and jail in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Several cars parked on the street. Patches of snow on the ground. Group of press photographers waits at the entrance. Police officer assists two women who depart in a car, and several men, who depart in a van, over a snow-covered road. Men from the van are escorted by Police officer, as they walk on the grounds of the prison, past an inscription reading:'Jail Office' on the building. Inside the prison compound, Police officers escort three women from a portal with "Gaol Office" inscribed above it. One woman hides her face. They emerge near a building marked "77." A police Sergeant assists them into the back of a waiting car, and opens the front door for a senior police officer.
The Royal Canadian Air Force pilots train at Camp Borden in Ontario, Canada. RCAF pilots rush towards and board all-metal fuselage NA-64 Yale training aircraft at Camp Borden. The aircraft engines have already been started by ground crews, to save the time of manual starting. The aircraft take off for a mock attack. The aircraft in formations. They make interception attacks on approaching Avro Ansons. Explosions during the mock bombing raid. Simulated dog fights. the aircraft fly low during the fight. Pilots in the cockpits. The aircraft return to the Camp after the exercise.
Flight test of Avrocar (Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar) in Toronto, Ontario. Avrocar hovers close to ground and moves over ramp.
Film begins showing two men alone, walking gingerly on snow covered frozen river. Next, the Upper Steel Arch Bridge is seen (also known as the Honeymoon Bridge) spanning the Niagara River between New York, U.S.A. and Ontario, Canada, at Niagara Falls. Mist rises all along the river and obscures the view at times. Some large industrial buildings, emitting smoke from their stacks, are visible high on a cliff overlooking the river. Film concludes as Camera focuses on Niagara Horseshoe falls with plumes of water and mist rising dramatically.
'Niagara Falls' shows the Niagara Falls in Canada and America. An animated diagram of the terrain from Lake Eire to Lake Ontario through the Niagara Falls. View of a wide river. View of fast moving rapids. The tourists on an island in the river. They walk along a path. The fall in the background. View of the falls from the river. The water falls and a bridge in background. Tourists stand at the lookout point near the edge of the falls. View of water flowing over the edge.