United States President Woodrow Wilson and his party enter a car and leaves the White House in Washington DC for his Summer White House (or "Summer Capitol"), Shadow Lawn, in Long Branch New Jersey. Well-wishers at the White House stand and wave as the car departs the dirt road driveway of the White House, and a 2nd car with a security detail follows. View of Shadow Lawn, the estate of Joseph Benedict Greenhut. (The estate shown here was originally built in 1903 by John A. McCall of New York Life Insurance Company. He sold it to Greenhut. It was later destroyed by fire, and a mansion belonging to F.W. Woolworth President Hubert T. Parsons was built on the site. That estate is now part of Monmouth College). Large group of people gathered on the front lawn of Shadow Lawn to hear President Wilson speak at a 1916 campaign event. He is introduced and then approaches the podium as people cheer. The estate and podium area at the front of a soaring exterior portico is decorated with many American flags and swags.
Return to the United States of Marines from 2nd Raider Battalion, known as "Carlson's Raiders" (led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson). They arrive at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the submarine, USS Argonaut (SS-166) after completing their famous Makin Island raid in August,1942, during World War 2. Inserted view of surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun. Distant smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship. Scene shifts back, to Hawaii, again, as the Argonaut arrives at a pier in Pearl Harbor. Admiral Chester Nimitz boards the submarine and shakes hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, Commanding Officer of the Argonaut. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, Executive Officer, Second Raider Battalion (the President's son) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. View of stacked arms and equipment of the Marines on the boat's deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. The rest of the marines begin to step from the Argonaut, to the pier, and walk past a military honor guard with rifles, at parade rest.
The USS Argonaut (SS-166) arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the Makin Raid, by Carlson's Raiders, of the U.S. Marine Corps, in World War 2. Admiral Chester Nimitz boards the USS Argonaut (SS-166) and shakes hands with its Commander, Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, as Major James Roosevelt (the President' son) salutes. Admiral Nimitz then shakes hands with him. (Roosevelt is Executive Officer of the U.S. Marine's Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders). Closeup of Roosevelt mingling with others on the boat deck. Raiders mingling on the deck. Closeup of Roosevelt conversing with Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, who had arrived at Pearl Harbor on the USS Nautilus a little earlier. Carlson conversing with other Marine officers. Raiders starting to leave the boat. Sailors transporting a wounded sailor on a litter. Carlson and Roosevelt conversing with other officers.
The first Nike-Hercules missile service in Taiwan. U.S. Army Sergeant Gordon A. Cotner talks to members of Chinese assembly team during break period. Chinese mechanics eat as they talk to the Sergeant. Various U.S. Army officers and Chinese mechanics. Nike-Hercules missile being readied for flight test by Chinese assembly team. U.S. advisors watch and evaluate the work. Chief Warrant Officer Michael F. Feehley and John K. Langford Jr. discuss the results. Sergeant Fu looks on. CWO Langford checks out testing progress with Republic of China Army 1st Lieutenant Wang Mu-Shan and Sergeant First Class Chih Meng-Ping. Chief of Guided Missile Advisory team Lieutenant Colonel William H. Deadwyler discusses problems with 1st Lieutenant Wang.
Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket research aircraft, built for the U.S. Navy, is seen taking off from Muroc Army Airfield (AKA Edwards Air Force Base). in first test flight, piloted by Douglas test pilot, John F. Martin. It makes gradual ascent passing low over the camera. In this first flight it is powered by a Westinghouse J34-40 turbojet engine. (After early flights with the jet engine, it would re-powered by a rocket engine.)
A stream and culvert under a road in France. View from a hill of river below. An open staff car displaying one star on its windshield, carrying Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, Commander of the 54th Infantry Brigade. The car is stopped as he confers with Allied officers, during the 2nd Battle of the Somme in World War 1. Scene shifts to Chateau de Raincheval, U.S. Army Headquarters in Piccardy, France, where General Pierce stands in a gateway conversing with Major General John F. O'Ryan, Commander of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, AEF. Several other officers accompany them. Senior Allied officers outside a bunker labeled "Commanding General." They converse and look at documents.
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