German ground crews hand crank JU-87 Stuka dive bombers to start them, during World War 2. A flight of four fly over the camera, carrying a bomb under each wing. Scene shifts to German Bf-109 fighters being readied for takeoff. German ace, Captain Hans-Joachim Marseille, is being helped into cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf-109, by a crew chief. Camera focuses on the tail of his airplane displaying eagle atop a wreath encircling "100." An iron cross appears below the wreath. Ground crews crank start other Bf-109s, that taxi out and are seen, next, in formation flying above clouds. Closeup of two airborne Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers. View from the air of the harbor at Sevastopol, Crimea. Stukas dive bombing Sevastopol. German ground forces bombarding Sevastopol with heavy artillery. German soldiers advancing towards an area being shelled by German tanks. German soldiers gather near radio operator at base of a concrete building using radio to communicate. Stuka dive bombers overhead. Bombs exploding in the city. A Junkers 88 bomber in flight. Bombs dropping on Port below. View of pilot in cockpit of German bomber. View from air of bomb craters below. View from cockpit of a Ju-88 of another Ju-88 ahead. View from overflying German aircraft of silent Soviet Coastal guns atop Fort Maxim Gorky. (Note: Some scenes may be from unrelated times and places. For example, Hans-Joachim Marseille, was know primarily for his flying exploits in Africa.)
Shows simulated air raid drill in New York City area early in the World War 2 period. Shows aircraft spotting room and mapping control room with sighted aircraft positions, telephone switchboard activity, and P-40 aircraft taking off to intercept. U.S. Army soldiers with anti-aircraft guns in airfields and positioned beside bridges including the Williamsburg Bridge over the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Views of simulated raid at Fort Tilden by amphibious troops from the "invading" soldiers of the "Black army."
Montage of scenes related to European mobilization and preparations for World War I, from 1914 through 1919, plus brief views of Mark VIII tank maneuvers, circa 1924. Patriotic French citizens fill a street as France mobilizes for World War 1. Italian soldiers marching to war through a town. British King George V seen with Prime Minister David Lloyd George and other British officials. British First Lord of Admiralty, Winston Churchill poses and "mugs" for camera. British troops being transported along a country road on double-decker buses and slogging through the mud in France. Two French soldiers join the line of "tommies" to be photographed, and then step out of line to watch. King George V with Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, next to their automobiles in field, during the King's visit to his troops in 1916. The King and British officers observe tests of Mark IV tank, circa 1917. Scene shifts to August 10, 1916 showing the Prince of Wales and King George V, accompanied by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, observing the Battle of Pozières (in Battle of the Somme) from a safe distance, using a telescope. U.S. Army Mark VIII International Tanks in daytime and nighttime maneuvers (likely at Fort Meade, Maryland) circa 1924.
C-119 (Flying Boxcar) Aircraft takes off. Formation of C-119s in flight. Rear door of plane opens and pallet of supplies is dropped. Paratroopers jump from the planes. Paratroopers land. An army 2 1/2 ton truck moves at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A 100 ton tank is shown next to a normal size tank and it is shown operating in water.
A reproduction of a flying saucer is made at Army laboratory in Fort Belvoir Military Installation in Virginia. 'Engineer, Research and development Laboratories' seen written on the building. Physicist Noel Scott creates a reasonable facsimile of a flying saucer UFO.
A beer drinking offer for Schepps Beer at the Texan Hotel in Dallas, Texas, 1935. Sign out front of the building says "Look! All the Schepps beer you can drink. 60 cents per hour." . A man drinks beer at the bar where for 60 cents he may have as much beer as he can consume in 60 minutes. Several men use straws to drink beer from a pitcher at the same time. Men and women drink beer from huge mugs and salt their beer before drinking it. A group of men and women raise their mugs in toast as they congregate around a woman playing a piano. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960. (Note: Schepps Brewing Co. was founded in Dallas in 1934, and sold in 1935. In 1939, it became Time Brewing, Inc. and subsequently Dallas-Fort Worth Brewing Co. 1940-51.)