U.S. Navy post-World War 1exercise in the Atlantic ocean. A U.S. destroyer billowing black smoke while underway. Sailor and Ensign on board spot target "enemy" warships through binoculars. Sailor reports information below decks by speaking into pipe on deck. Lieutenant Commander comes on deck to confirm sighting. Several vessels including battleships, destroyers and other warships spotted in the binoculars vision (image is shown cropped as if seen through binoculars). Crew members man the deck guns. Sailors gathered around a 5-inch gun. Sailors look at a warship underway at full steam, with heavy black smoke billowing from her stack. Water breaks over bow of ship. Guns fired from U.S. Navy battleship and other ships. Heavy smoke rises from the battleship after firing guns. Sailors along deck railings watch the action.
American battleships and destroyers underway in Atlantic on fleet maneuvers soon after World War I. Sailors mount gun on the stern section of a destroyer. A torpedo is launched from the ship deck. Battleships fire guns. Heavy smoke rises from the firing. Views of Battleships firing at target.
German Air Force's raid on the city of Dunkerque (also spelled Dunkirk) in northern France. German Luftwaffe fighter planes in formation, including Heinkel He-111 bombers and JU-87 Stuka dive bombers. German pilot inside the cockpit of a JU-87 Stuka. The plane dives and drops bombs on an airstrip. Bombed and burning buildings in the city of Dunkirk. Luftwaffe Stuka fighters bomb Allied vessels. Antiaircraft guns fired. A German plane crashes in water. View of the wrecked city of Dunkirk, with many fires burning and smoke. Large number of people in the streets. Aerial and ground views of a destroyed church (possibly the St. Eloi Church) with the roof gone and the interior completely destroyed. German parachute troops jump from transport planes descending on Dunkirk. (World War II period).
Armed U.S. Army Air Corps airmen march in formation. Dignitaries including retired General John J. Pershing review a demonstration of Army aircraft. Formation of BT-9 training aircraft. An officer briefs pilots in a briefing room. The officer points out locations on a map. Pilots inspect an aircraft machine gun and receive instruction. View of of 37mm ammunition for the Bell Aircraft P-39 T9 cannon. Crew loads the ammunition into a P-39 aircraft. View of P-39 nose as cannon is fired. Three P-39s fire at ground targets. A Curtis P-40 in flight. (World War II period).
Belle Bart, famous astrologer at desk in her office, New York, USA. She speaks on her predictions for the Year 1936. She reminds viewers of her predictions for the year 1935. She says that the period of prosperity will extend from 1936-1943. She further says that although war is imminent in the far East, and that some nations will become eclipsed during this period, the general trend through 1943 will be "happiness and prosperity for all."
Demonstration of the American Air Force against naval vessels of battleship class operate from temporary bases. American airmen prepare 1100 pound bombs. Men assemble tail section of a missile. Airmen check two 1100 pound bombs attached beneath an unidentified plane. Airmen attach a 2000 pound bomb to underside of an aircraft. General Mitchell and an airman crouched beneath the plane look at the 2000 pound bomb. Navy cutter type vessel, the San Mihiel, anchored in sea. Observers on the San Mihiel include General Pershing, Davis, Admiral Shoemaker Assistant Secretary of War and General Patrick Chief of Air Service. Four of them stand on the deck of the cutter vessel. Battleship USS New Jersey anchored. Bombs strike near ship. Bomber flying 175 miles from Langley Field score five direct hits with six 100 pound bombs from an altitude of 11,000 feet. Views of bomb strike on USS New Jersey. A smoke curtain is dropped by a bomber from an altitude of 1000 feet. An aircraft in flight in line with the New Jersey lays a smoke screen across the water. Smoke curtain obscures sight of the battleship. Bomb strikes near and upon the battleship USS Virginia. Direct hits scored by 1100 pound bombs on the deck of USS Virginia.
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