The United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42) commissioned in New York, United States. The United States ships Macon (CA-132), Helena(CA-75), Enterprise(CVS-6), and Midway(CVA-41) and other Navy vessels in Fleet Revies on Hudson River, New York. Planes in formation flight overhead as officers salute. A dirigible flies overhead and a sailor salutes. A ship with name 'Porter' painted on its side.. Guns firing salute from the USS Midway (CVA-41) as smoke rises. Ships underway in Hudson River with New York Skyscrapers in the background. (World War II period).
USS Honolulu (CL-48) and other Light Cruisers fire at Kolombangara Island in the Pacific. Baker's flag on the USS Honolulu CL-48. SOC Seagull aircraft catapulted from it. CL (Light Cruiser) underway in background. A sailor looks out of the turret. The sailor looks through binoculars. Signal flags on the CL. The SOC approaches. Sailors on deck of the USS Honolulu. View of the nearby USS Helena (CL-50) underway as part of the task force. Sailors on the deck of the USS Honolulu. One sailor gets a hair cut. A sailor operating a film movie camera on a tripod, positioned above the gun turret. (World War II period).
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. The bow of USS Argonne. A row of battleships underway including USS Maryland, capsized USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia. Burning USS Arizona, USS Vestal and USS Nevada. Smoke rises in the foreground. An attacking Japanese aircraft in flight and flak in the sky. USS Neosho starts to back clear of her moorings at the end of a row of battleships. USS Helena and USS Oglala being pulled clear of cruisers side. A Japanese airplane under anti aircraft fire. Battleship USS Nevada tries to reach open sea. The ship is heavily bombed forward. Her guns are firing back at her Japanese attackers. USS Oglala (CM-4) sinks in the foreground.
Couples are seen square dancing outdoors to celebrate United States 200th Anniversary in Montana. . Old and young couples square dancing in patriotic outfits to celebrate the 200th Anniversary. Children watch the dancers.Closeups of the dancers and the caller are shown. Some of the men wear vests with writing on the back. One reads "76-Montana." .
A snow covered farm at the Native American Indian Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. A cowboy wearing boots, a ten gallon hat, and a gunbelt with revolver leans against a fence, as Crow Indian men butcher a steer in the snow nearby. Young Indian boys stand on a fence to watch. An Indian man shows his revolver and fires it for the photographer. A man throws a steer to the ground and the cowboy gives him rope to tie its legs, as other steers run away. Men on horseback, ride through the snow. Uniform gravestones lined up in a snow-covered military cemetery marking the site of "Custer's last stand" at Little Big Horn, Crow Agency, Montana. Indians ride through snow in wagon drawn by pair of horses, A horse and four dogs accompany them on foot. The wagon displays an American flag.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Native American Indian chiefs at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in the 1930s. The Indian chieftains of various tribes assemble in front of tents for the council. U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joseph M. Dixon and Scott Leavitt meet the Indian chieftains. They all enter a Piegan council lodge which is the meeting place. General Scott and Indian chieftains seated inside the lodge for the council. General Scott opens the council and uses sign language to tell his objective. Dick Washakie of the Shoshone tribe speaks using the Indian sign language. General Scott translates stories simultaneously. A short face Piegan tribal speaks using sign language.