Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Herman's crew whales and processes its catch. A whale alongside the ship. It emerges from the water and dives back. A second boat comes from the ship to assist the first one. The boats return to the ship after whaling. A crew member looks at the catch. They hoist the whale boats up to the ship. Men scrape and wash whale bone (baleen). Captain Pedersen examines a whale bone. The whaler near an ice sheet. A man with a can. Ropes from the ship.
Two USAF F-80 Shooting Star aircraft in loose formation descending slowly over wintry terrain and seen, from another aircraft, as they fly above treetops.
United States Air Force and Army rescue operations during an avalanche in the Alaskan Mountain Ranges in the United States. United States Air Force personnel and civilians carry supply boxes and crates to a C-123 B aircraft. The crates are piled up on a field. They are loaded onto the plane. Men inside the aircraft check the crates.
Wiley Post hands a can of exposed film to a Pathe News representative while standing in front of his Winnie Mae airplane. Closeup of Pathe News logo with the words 'Winnie Mae Round the World Filght' on Wiley Post's airplane. Wiley Post waves to camera as he enters his plane. Wiley Post wears an early pressure suit fitted with a metal helmet.
View from aloft, aboard Coast Guard Cutter breaking through ice in Alaskan waters. View at bow, as icebreaker moves ahead and then backs up again. View of park benches and a baseball field on shore. An industrial complex on hill in distance is topped by large oil tank with "Sinclair" painted across it. Crew members lean over railing at bow to watch the ice being broken. View from aloft of the stern, as the Cutter moves into open waters. American flag seen briefly, aloft. A tug boat is seen making its way through ice in harbor. Heavy wake from the cutter is seen. The tug boat moves into channel created by the Cutter, very close to shore.
A sign board reads: 'Border Operations'. Sign board along the side of a road in Germany for an inner-Germany border at Ronshausen in the Rotenburg district. A U.S. Army jeep drives past on the street. Soldiers advance along supply lines to protect them. Soldiers in training during Cold War receive training in firing a Browning M1919A4 .30 caliber machine gun. Aerial view of snow covered arctic mountain region. A sign board reads: "Army Arctic Training Center, Big Delta, Alaska." U.S Army soldiers training in Alaska are seen on skis, firing rifles in prone position on the snow. Scene changes to a sign board that reads, "Organized Reserve Corps U.S. Army." An officer briefs U.S. Army Reserve soldiers (wearing civilian clothing) about ammunition and equipment in a briefing room. U.S. Army soldiers exercise for their physical fitness. They are seen doing synchronized callisthenic drills including pushups on a large field. Men in a radio room receiving a transmission. One of the men presses a button to ring an alarm bell. View of an alarm ringing. U.S. Army soldiers in a dining hall or mess hall hear the alarm and scramble and run to battle stations during a Cold War aerial attack drill. Soldiers running toward outdoor gun positions, past a rotating radar position. U.S. Army soldiers taking positions, with some entering communication vans and some that man an anti-aircraft gun. Soldier plotting positions on a clear, erasable wall board. Wide view of soldiers manning a 90-mm Anti-aircraft gun M1 on mount M1A1.
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