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Invention of an 'Amphirol', British Army six wheel carrier and a jalopy race in Europe.
A Dutch invention called the 'Amphitron' or the 'Amphirol'. Men seated on it. The vehicle driven on land and in quicksand. Tracks in wet mud. The driver at the controls. The amphitron taken into water. The British Armys new six wheel gun and personnel carrier zips uphill and downhill on steep slopes. A jalopy race underway at the Brands Hatch Track in England. British and American drivers participate. The cars flip, bump and bash into oil barrels on the tracks. A large crowd witnesses the event.
Views of Lexington Main Street and University of Kentucky on 'By Request' program for American soldiers.
Women's Army Corps (WAC) Sergeant in broadcasting studio for the Army Navy Screen Magazine feature called: "By Request." She holds a letter received from 43 American soldiers ("foxhole buddies") in New Guinea. They ask "By Request" to show them scenes from the University of Kentucky, where they trained, and some shots of Lexington, Kentucky. The program continues with motion pictures of the requested scenes, beginning with the Phoenix Hotel and a theater on the Lexington Main Street. Pedestrians on the side walk and cars parked by the roadside. Keith's Bar and Chop House. Bartenders and waitresses serve beer. A roller coaster, known as the Wildcat (after UK's mascot) at the Joyland amusement park, located on Paris Pike north of town. The University of Kentucky campus. GIs and women soldiers on campus. A sign for the University. Soldiers take pictures by the statue of James Patterson on campus. (Given the lack of foliage on the trees, this film was obviously taken sometime between November and March. ) (World War II period).
Construction begins on the Jicamarca Observatory site for the Scatter Radar antenna as staff families settle down in Peru.
Space research from the ground with a Scatter Radar. Scientists outside the Instituto Geofisico Del Peru, scientific research organization of the Peruvian government. A train of the Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) on its way to the Institute's observatory. It travels through the Rimac Valley in the Andes, including Ticlio at nearly 16,000 feet. It is the highest elevation railway junction in the world. View of a snow-covered mountain (possibly Yuraqqucha on border of the Lima and JunÃn regions). Llama graze and move about high up in the mountains. Huancayo (Wankayu) Village: Local Quechuan Indians trade in the weekly market. Shops in the street, street vendors with their goods. The Jicamarca Observatory, new National Bureau of Standards facility near Lima. Scientists work at scopes and other instruments. Aerial view of the Peruvian coastline. The valley 17 miles from Lima. Rocks on the arid coast. Green vegetable fields and broad flat plane in the arid valley. The site for the antenna. Bulldozers prepare the site for construction. A diversion dam constructed on the site. Gully in the valley floor. Peruvian workers lay wire to sound an alarm in case a mudflow should come. Men mark ground and align places for post holes, lay wood posts to support the antenna dipole. They assemble inserts, connect the antenna, and lay bricks. The workers collect their pay. Bureau of National Standards staff and their families in Chaclacayo community. The families gather with locals for a Anticuchos barbecue (Peruvian beef kabobs). The wives of the U.S. scientists shop for fruits and vegetables in the local market.
Japanese sailors and pilots prepare for, and execute the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2.
After a speech by an admiral, Japanese newspapermen are given the news of the declaration of war against the United States on 8 December 1941. A Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific. Sailors on the deck of a carrier. A captain looks through binoculars. Sailors prepare the dive bombers on the ship deck. Japanese pilots during a final briefing. A Japanese sailor erases a board, while another stands before a writing on the ship. Bombers on the carrier deck. Japanese Sailors watch as pilots board their planes and take off. The bombers in flight with bombs attached onto the belly. Japanese bombers drop bombs on U.S. ships in Pearl Harbor. U.S. Pearl Harbor Base under attack.
Montage of Adolf Hitler-related scenes from 1930s.
Film opens showing politician Adolf Hitler in civilian clothes, giving empassioned radio broadcast speech. Hitler in uniform speaking in different venues. In one he speaks to a huge crowd assembled outdoors. Adolf Hitler at ceremony for his appointment as Chancellor, is seen standing with German President Paul von Hindenburg and Vice-Chancellor, Franz von Papen, on January 30, 1933. Hitler speaking forcefully and animated, haranguing a crowd. Hitler, in uniform, speaking of the revolution and first year of the new German freedom to an audience of German officials including Joseph Goebbels in front row. He concludes by rendering the Nazi salute. (Note: an unrelated scene of Palestine, in the middle of the film sequence, shows momentary glimpse of a Muslim man far in the distance, praying on a parapet.)
Men and women at work in various factories and industries in Palestine.
Factories and industries in Palestine. Factories and industries in Palestine. A worker slides stockings onto display forms. Machinery shaking materials through fabric cylinders into trays in a factory. A worker inspects a new set of dentures. Women work in a telephone exchange. They wear headsets and operate a manual switchboard. Women tending machinery in a fabric factory. Grinding wheels creating flour. Women work on tiny articles at tables in a factory. A paper sorting machine in use.
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