'Mexico and Spain', part 1 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations', depicts a Mexican man who comes on stage with a large knife. He hides behind a wall. An actor cast as a Spaniard, comes on stage with a woman. The Mexican man comes out from behind the wall and attacks the Spaniard. The woman intervenes. They struggle and the Spaniard gets the knife. They struggle and the Spaniard threatens to kill the Mexican. But the woman intervenes again and pleads for his life. The Spaniard relents. The Mexican man leaves. The Spaniard and the woman resume their assignation. The man kisses the woman.
U.S. Federal provisions for the education of the North American Indians in the United States during the Great Depression era. Native American Indian students come out of Chemawa Indian School boarding school in Oregon. An elementary school in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Indian children on the grounds of Shiprock Reservation in New Mexico. Animated map depicts Indian schools in the United States. Cloth lines on the grounds of a school. A man walks out of a government school building.
A documentary in the United States on occurrence of tropical cyclones. A rubbled area after being hit by a tropical cyclone. Soldiers carrying a dead body on a stretcher. Cyclones are known by different names based on their geographical locations. Animation depicts names of cyclones in different areas with the help of a map. In the Western Pacific they are known as typhoons. They are known as Baguio in the Philippines. They are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. In Australia they are called Willy-Willy. A cyclone is called a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Characteristics of tropical cyclones. Counter clockwise wind flow at the time of a cyclone. The pressure when the tropical cyclone approaches. The eye of the tropical cyclone may be very small or very large in diameter. The strongest winds around an eye average from 90-150 knots. The storm is divided into semicircles for orientation. The right semicircle is considered to be the most dangerous semicircle because of its stronger wind. The left is considered to be relatively less dangerous because of somewhat weaker winds. A demonstration is done by considering ships stuck in both the parts. The ship stuck in the right semicircle revolving in the area. The ship stuck in the left one arrives towards the end and comes out of the storm. Ships underway at sea during a storm. Clouds in the sky. Rain begins to fall. A man checking a parametric center. Animation shows a ship arriving towards the storm center. The ship's radar used to locate the ship's location.
A documentary on occurrence of Hurricane Beulah in Texas. High water flooding in the Rio Grande River as it bursts its banks and reservoirs, flooding towns in South Texas and in Mexico. Houses and an area submerged in water. A man standing on the roof of a house. Aerial view of the flooded area. People standing on a pontoon bridge in an area submerged in water. A helicopter hovering over the area. People filling the town of Roma Texas and Rio Grande City, and seen inside a building. Children sleeping on a floor. A doctor treating the wounded. Another doctor talking about diseases and their treatment over a phone. Several doctors and nurses arrive to help the victims. They hold surgical instruments.
Flooding in aftermath of Hurricane Beulah in South Texas, United States. An area submerged in water. View of the Nueces River completely over its banks and flooding a massive area. Aerial view of flooded land under water. Officers discussing about the flooding. An officer talking over a phone. Aerial view of flood waters having broken through a dam and sending flood waters into Harlingen through the Arroyo Colorado. People laying sand bags to control flooding. Rescue work being carried on. People traveling in a motor boat to stranded residents in Harlingen Texas. U.S. Army helicopters hovering over the area to evacuate the Texas State Tuberculosis Hospital. The hospital patients being treated by doctors and nurses. Aerial view of the flooded area in Texas and in Mexico. Food and medical assistance being provided to the people by helicopter airlift. People lined up outside a building. The doctors and the nurses treating the wounded.
General John J. Pershing reviews United States Border Guard near the border with Mexico during World War 1. United States 5th Cavalry gallop, ride together in review for General Pershing. General Pershing and a United States Army official salute to the 5th Cavalry