Maquis guerrillas in France during World War II. Guerrillas in various types of dresses. They eat and construct camouflaged hut. They move into a forest area. Maquis shave and wash their faces. Two members of Maquis boil the water. Guerrilla gets his hair cut. Maquis stand in a group and pose outside the camouflaged hut, smoke rises in the background. Maquis fill their bucket with water. Free French flag is hoisted.
A film 'The Agriculture Story' showing various projects carried out by U.S. Department of Agriculture in the United States. Views of Capitol. Statue of Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Views of farm. Agriculture machinery plow field. Horse drawn plow, plows field. Machinery work in farms. Dust storm in the background of farm land. Car being driven on road. Damaged agriculture machinery on barren land. Fire blazes in forest. U.S. Department of Agriculture showing loss in agriculture in papers. Seal of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). It conducts programs including research, education, conservation, stabilization, regulatory functions, credit and marketing here and abroad.
Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.
Footage dealing with the Russian Revolution. Painting of Vladimir Llyich Lenin speaking to workers. photograph of hand-written speaking notes. Large crowd of Russians gathered and listening to a Bolshevik speaker at a public square. They hold banners and flags. The hide outs of Vladimir Llyich Lenin during exile period and painting of same. massive crowd of Russians raise and lower their hands. Citizens walk through the streets holding banners. Elevated view of Russian crowd of worker demonstrators that scatters and runs as shooting (presumably from Imperial Russian Army forces) begins and breaks up the protest. Debris left after the shooting. Identification papers used by Lenin, with an alias, showing him clean shaven and with a wig. Scenes of Finland where Lenin went, by way of Petrograd, on April 16,1917. Lake, hay stack, rough hay-covered shelter and fire pit with kettle hanging over it. A forest glen and rustic wooden house, with Lenin's office in a hay loft.
German soldiers (prisoners of war) walk with hands on their heads, past U.S. M18 Tank Destroyers of 771st Tank Destroyer Battalion, attached to the 84th Infantry Division, a month before the end of World War 2, in Europe. An M4 Sherman tank makes way slowly through mud in a forested area of Lubbeck (Lübbecke) Germany. Scene shifts to a knocked out U.S. tank. A U.S. Army Lieutenant points to holes blown in the tank ( most likely by German panzerfausts). View looking into the tank reveals a dead U.S. crewman. Group of German soldier prisoners moves quickly along side of a dirt road, under guard by U.S. soldiers from the 334th Infantry Regiment. Another group of POWs moves on sidewalk past a cottage.
The USA light aircraft Stinson L-5E Sentinel serial number 44-17676 in flight from Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas,United States. A sign reads "Air Rescue Service 62nd AAF BU". The American L-5E Sentinel liaison aircraft takes off on search and rescue training exercise. Snow along side of the runway. The L-5E aircraft flies over snow-covered terrain. The word 'Food' has been written in the snow in a clearing in the forest.