U.S. Reconnaissance Unit marines receiving underwater training at the U.S. Navy submarine school, New London, Groton, Connecticut. Inside the Buoyant Ascent, Submarine Escape Training Tower, marines equipped with breathing apparatus and flotation collars, are seen rising to the surface of the tank. Glimpse of a submarine on surface of water. Inside the submarine, marines in a platoon, assigned to a team, are briefed by an officer. Then the NCO in charge, carrying his swimming flippers, leads his team into the escape trunk, for their first training mission. View of the marines as water rises around them. Then they are seen making buoyant ascents from the submarine, with bubbles trailing as they rise. View at surface as the team members reach it. The team swims toward shore, pulling their equipment in waterproof bags. They land on a beach, and sweep away any landing marks in the sand. Inland, a team member removes a submachine gun from its waterproof bag. He gives the gun to another marine, fully dressed in camouflage fatigues,
Inauguration ceremony for a new blast furnace at the state-owned Ensidesa steel factory in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. Francisco Franco visits the factory. He converses with military officials. A dignitary arrives at the site and shakes hands with officials. A man instructs a team while they tour the blast furnace factory. Exterior and interior views of the factory. A board reads 'Ensidesa Horno Alto nº1: Carmen'. (The furnace was named "Carmen" in honor of Francisco Franco's wife.) Francisco Franco addresses the crowd during a banquet following the inaugural ceremony. People clap their hands. (The Ensidesa factory is now part of ArcelorMittal.)
The film 'Meet The Fleet' shows young recruits at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. Opening scenes show the U.S. battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38). A Marine bugler, in dress blues,blows a call. He is followed by a Navy bosun's Mate who pipes the call, for all hands on deck. Sailors run to assemble on deck and stand inspection by ship's officers. Scene then shifts to the flag pole at the Naval Training Station for recruits, at San Diego, California, where the American flag is being raised. Recruits in white uniform stand saluting in the background. New young recruits arrive in a military truck. They get down from the vehicle with their baggage. A dramatization shows recruits looking around. They follow an officer. Potter from Kansas, wealthy Benson (actor George Reeves), and poor Dan introduce each other.
A new spring collection being displayed in Paris, France. French models walk on a street. They display their dresses and footwear by famous French designers such as Pierre Balmain and Gilbert Orcel. Models strolling along the Bois de Boulogne. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background. A group of fashionable women walk by the Seine River near the Notre Dame Cathedral (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). A woman puts on her white gloves. Women browsing at a bookstall near the Notre Dame. Women feed pigeons on the sidewalk.
Marie of Edinburg, Queen of Romania, chats with ship's officer, as he pets her dog, aboard the deck of the United States Lines flagship, SS Leviathan, as it arrives in New York harbor. A welcoming party, including children dressed in Romanian traditional costumes, carrying welcome signs, and including a brass band, awaits Queen Marie's arrival. The band begins to play as Queen Marie comes down the gangplank to the pier.
Patrons at a crowded sidewalk cafe on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France. The Arc de Triomphe seen in background. Patrons dine, converse, and smoke cigarettes. Waiters serve the tables. On the sidewalks, a vendor sells "La Globe" newspaper; a boy wearing a "New York Herald" cap, sells papers; and another vendor sells "La Monde" papers. A large newsstand is also seen on the sidewalk.
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