A walrus caught from the coasts of Alaska weighing 400 pounds in San Diego United States. Man with milk bottle milking walrus. Walrus crawls towards the shower to cool down its body temperature. Man showers water over walrus body with the help of a water shower.
Ten Martin B-10 bombers taxi and take off from Bolling Field, Washington, DC, for mapping flight to Alaska, and back. View of Army Air Corps Lieutenant Colonel Henry H. Arnold, who commands the operation. The ten Martin B-10 bombers in formation, flying overhead. Scene changes to their return, as B-10 bombers are seen flying over the Potomac River at Washington, DC. Colonel Arnold, standing with some of his pilots, accepts the MacKay Trophy from Secretary of War George Dern for their accomplishment.
Dedication Ceremony of the Alcan (Alaska Canadian) Highway. Shot of trucks waiting for official opening. Crowd at ceremony. Scene of American flag. Canadian mounted police at dedication ceremony. North West mounted at attention. In front of American and Canadian flags and sign "Soldier's Summit". Mounted police at attention. A girl at ceremony. Canadian and American holding respective flags. Inspector William Grennon, RCMP. Ribbon cutting ceremony. Audience applauding. Brigadier General O' Connor clapping. Sign on U.S. Army truck "First Convoy White Horse to Fairbanks November 20, 1942". Truck convoy on open highway. (World War II period).
Alaska survey expedition. Planes lined up before departure at the air base. Group of officers detailed to the expedition. The officers stand near it. 'US Navy Alaskan Survey Expedition' written on the plane. Group of officers pose for the photographs in front of the plane.
A sign reads 'Border Operations'. Other signs on area roads read: "Ronshausen; Kreis Rotenburg; Zonen- Grenzbezirk." U.S. Army soldiers seen guarding key installations and supply lines in Germany. American troops keeping ready with training, crawling under live machine gun fire. U.S.Army Arctic Training Center in Big Delta, Alaska. Army troops training in snow on skis. U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard units being trained to increase their readiness. Army troops in routine activities, eating, etc. stop everything, and respond to battle stations when an alarm sounds.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. A U.S. Navy Loening amphibian aircraft in flight over a water body during tests performed prior to a U.S. Navy three year expedition to Alaska. The aircraft lowers its landing gear. By folding the wheels the ship is converted into a hydroplane. The Loening aircraft in flight. It raises its landing gear. It lands on water, taxis and rolls out of the water onto a beach.
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