Aerial camera. A trolley loaded with an aerial camera pulls up near a plane and flight crew along with Lieutenant O S Reading lifts the cover off the camera. Camera loaded into the aircraft. An aerial picture taken from the camera covering 600 square miles at 25,000 feet.
First roundup trans-Atlantic flight to be attempted from the United States.. Pilot, Henry (Dick) Merill, Chief Test Pilot of Eastern Airlines and Co-Pilot, Harry Richman, millionaire singer, songwriter and part time pilot, prepare to depart on round-trip trans-Atlantic flight. They bid goodbye to friends and family. They board their Vultee V-1A named 'Lady Peace', start the engine, taxi out and takeoff. Crowd watches.
British actor and then soldier, the famous David Niven, on a crowded street in London, in military uniform, as people greet him after announcement of German surrender in World War II (VE Day in Europe). Citizens of London England gather to celebrate victory in Europe as word has arrived of the German surrender. Procession of Winston Churchill and members of parliament in the street, leaving Westminster Abbey. Man carries a scepter, followed by procession including Winston Churchill. A man on crutches walks in the procession. A large crowd gathers to watch the procession. Big Ben in London showing time of about 16:30.
Vietnamese refugees soon after arriving in the United States after the Vietnam War fall of Saigon. A Vietnamese girl seated next to a man using a radio to communicate. In the Refugee Center, a man writes names of refugees with their tent assignments. Air Force personnel and volunteers at work in the Center.
German Grand Prix motor race at the Nurburgring in Nürburg, Germany. German Grand Prix gets underway as drivers set off in their Formula One cars. F1 race cars turn around sharp turns and move on the race track. German driver Bernd Rosemeyer wins the race as he speeds to the finish line with a speed of 82 miles per hour.
Contribution of Signal Corps and army messengers during World War II. A map locates target areas. Telephone operators seated at a switchboard in the United States, at a Port of Embarkation. Men and women work in a room and pass messages to soldiers at a battlefield. The switchboard operator goes on break and places a call to her 10 year old boy at home using a pay phone booth. The woman picks up the phone and dials a number. She talks to her son and gets the information of the death of her eldest son, a Signal Corps soldier in combat. She puts the phone down and sits in her chair. Other women talk to her and suggest that she go home. She continues with her work.
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