A demonstration about engineered armored vehicles and accessories as they clear beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 106 and 128 Engineering armored vehicles and accessories '. A converted medium tank loaded with explosives and crew at a beach. Combat engineers get onto the tank to which dozer blades are attached. Soldiers with guns loaded onto an armored car. An explosive rack attached to the car. A soldier places C-2 explosives on the rack. Wires of the explosives are attached to the tank. The wires detach and an explosion occurs. A pillar of smoke rises up. A T 76 single tube rocket launcher mounted on a tank. The rocket launcher is elevated and fired at a pill box on the shore. A man puts a seal on a sign ' engineered vehicles ' on a paper that reads '100 % completed ' and a seal on the accessories reads ' 30% completed ' . (World War II period).
A film on the life of sailors aboard U.S. Navy ships. The U.S. Navy sailors arrive at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. They debark from the ship wearing dress white uniforms. They arrive at Waikiki Beach for a holiday. They swim and run and enjoy the beach. Hula girls perform in front of the sailors. The sailors board USS Macon (CA-132) and the ship gets underway. They clean guns and scrub decks aboard the USS macon. A navigator plots course on direction from ship's Captain.
85-year-old wealthy business magnate and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller, playing golf in his private golf course (The Casements 25 Riverside Drive Ormond Beach, FL 32176) Ormond Beach, Florida. Rockefeller walks with two men with a golf club. Another man places a golf ball on tee. Rockefeller, wearing sunglasses, newsboy cap and white gloves, assumes position near the golf ball. Rockefeller swings golf club. Golf ball shoots after Rockefeller swings his club. The elderly man swings his golf club after finding the spot where the ball landed. Rockefeller demonstrate his golf swinging. Elderly Mr. Rockefeller, wearing a thick black coat and white wool scarf, standing.
Swedish Army unveils its newest nuclear-capable field artillery piece in Sweden. It is a mobile nuclear-capable long range artillery piece with a range of 16 miles and a self-contained nuclear fallout shelter. The camouflaged artillery in field. Soldiers direct it into position. The tracked artillery piece moves over rough terrain. Swedish dignitaries and military officials watch the unveiling. The weapon prepared for a demonstration. The barrel brought into position and the cannon is fired using conventional shells. Numerous explosions of the shells are seen in distant hills.
Czech Legion train in Siberia, Russia, during Russian Civil War and World War 1. An armed guard stands in front of a locomotive on a siding, and watches as another locomotive comes past on a parallel main track. Steam from the passing locomotive combines with snow to obscure the scene until the locomotive has past and cars in its train are seen. They consist of an assortment of rail cars, ending with open flat cars holding snow-covered cargoes. Several men stand nearby as the train proceeds. They are dressed in parkas and similar winter clothing. Scene shifts to view from atop rail cars, from where the railroad tracks are seen to be bordered by deep snow berms. Closeup of the locomotive funnel viewed from atop the train. The landscape is barren. But some local people are seen watching the train from near fences along the right of way. View backwards from atop the front of the train, which is very long, showing most its cars as it proceeds around a wide curve. View backwards as the train passes between tall show-covered hills.
120 mm long heavy field artillery in a field in France during World War I. Several such artillery pieces in a field. French soldier standing near the artillery. Scene changes to a French 140 mm artillery gun on railroad tracks. French soldiers stand near the artillery.
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