Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine film on grasshopper plagues in the United States. Farmer walking in golden farm field, picks up heads of grain on the ground which has been clipped off by grasshoppers. Young, newly hatched grasshopper feeding. Large group of grasshoppers feeding on a shrub. Close up of female grasshopper. Grasshopper eggs laid in the ground. Narrator describes life cycle of the insect. Group of newly hatched generation of grasshoppers. Scenes of various types of crops and locations preferred for laying eggs. Illustration details the egg laying process and number of eggs, as well as favorable and unfavorable weather conditions and their effect on grasshopper survival. Scenes of dead grasshoppers due to poor hatching conditions. Some of the dead hoppers are consumed by bacterial or fungal growth. cattle in a dry field. Closeup of dry, shriveled grasshopper egg due to drought conditions. Calendar animation shows optimal months for grasshopper survival.
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine film on grasshopper plagues in the United States. Hatching of infant grasshoppers, white translucent appearance. Young grasshoppers feeding, narrator details the maturity process of grasshopper insects. Scenes of larger, more mature grasshoppers. Close up of adult female grasshopper laying its eggs in the earth. Illustration shows the average number of eggs expected from a single female grasshopper. Close ups of various grasshopper predators including a spider and maggots of some insects, which eat the eggs of unborn grasshoppers. Brief scenes of birds which eat grasshoppers or their eggs. Scene changes to swarms of grasshoppers in the sky. Illustration details the conditions and "pyramiding" effect which can lead to a grasshopper outbreak that threatens farming and agriculture, as well as number of grasshoppers that may be expected in the years leading up to the outbreak.
Clip slate reads, "Iran votes to seize vast British oil fields" (during nationalization of the Iranian oil industry.) View of British oil fields in Iran. Air view of an oil refinery. Oil wells. Barren mountain country of Iran. Oil trucks drive on roads cut in mountains. An oil well tower. Machinery being handled by hands. Oil wells and mountains. Large pipes between mountains for piping oil to coast. Oil being pumped in ships. Several ships at a harbor.
A British ship off the coast of Iran during crisis in Iran as it sought to nationalize the Iranian oil industry. The ship underway in sea. British flag on the ship. A man on the deck of the ship. A small boat near the ship.
Spring offensive during the Korean War. An animated map of Korea shows the position of United Nation forces behind the 38th Parallel. Events and attack from 20th April, 1951 to May 20th 1951. Chinese forces launch a Spring offensive on 23rd April, 1951. Another Red offensive is launched around the Hwachon Reservoir area. United Nation forces are forced back and move towards south. Later they recover some ground around Seoul. Second phase of Spring offensive being launched around Chunchon in the Central sector of Korea. Later the UN forces strengthen their position in Central part of Korea.
United States politician W. Averell Harriman and Mrs. Harriman sit with Iranian officer. Harriman and Henry Grady with escorts. Harriman ascends steps into building followed by Grady. Iranian flag on the building. Harriman and Grady greet Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Harriman and Vernon Walters confer with Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran. Harriman and Grady walk by American flag flying from flagpole in garden.