A United States Army training film about chemical warfare service. United States soldiers in World War 1 fire Stokes Mortars after assembling them. Soldiers in arms-length line pass readied mortars forward and fire them in rapid succession. Explosions in the distance with smoke spreading and overcoming the area in smokescreen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Retired U.S. Army Major General Walter Campbell Short testifies before a Joint Congressional Committee investigating the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He talks about attack and defends himself. He says that he did not receive any information of the attack from the war department untill December 6, 1941 and all emphasis was on defending against sabotage. He makes a statement that he does not believe that he has made any mistake regarding this attack. Other officials seated around him listen to him.
Retired United States Army Major General Walter Campbell Short testifies before a Joint Congressional Committee investigating facts leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,December 7, 1941, and defends himself. Among the matters he mentions are the closely guarded secrets surrounding U.S. intelligence information concerning Japanese military and diplomatic communications (so-called "Magic"). At the end of his remarks, he gives thanks to the Committee for bringing out facts. Other officials seated around him listen to him. Some of those present applaud General Short, at the conclusion of his testimony. The officials stand after his testimony. (World War II period).
U.S. President Herbert Hoover and the First Lady Louise Henry Hoover arrive to meet disabled war veterans on the South lawn of the White House. They circulate among and speak to disabled war veterans seated in wheel chairs.The President and Mrs. Hoover speak with disabled veterans, many of whom had lost limbs, as nurses bring them forward in wheel chairs, to meet the President and First Lady. They meet a war veteran lying on a stretcher. A man with crutches meets the President and the First Lady.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife Louise Henry Hoover relaxing at Camp Rapidan, their retreat in the Shenandoah forest of Virginia. The President does some fly casting for trout. President Hoover and his wife seated in wicker chairs with their pet dog.. The President reads and his wife knits. A waterfall in the background.
Wives of the navy men aboard the USS aircraft carrier Yorktown in the United States. The wives greet and join their husbands for a day's cruise aboard the mighty floating aircraft. They take a meal together aboard the ship. One couple wears flight suit.
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