United States servicemen with the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division rest before deployment in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Men sailing in long boat off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Diamond Head seen in the background. A group of men surfing on the beach. Surfers swimming. A couple looks at the beach together. Men running towards the water on the beach. Servicemen sunbathing. Sunbathing man reads a newspaper. Men and a woman paddle in their boat. United States servicemen and sailors watch a burlesque show in Honolulu. A serviceman uses binoculars to watch the burlesque performance. Man wolf-whistles at burlesque girl.
Delegates of Pan American Highway Commission relax in Atlantic City New Jersey near the end of a month long tour of the United States. Boardwalk and oceanside views and street views in Atlantic City. A woman stands on the boardwalk looking out at the beach and ocean, with a pier in the background. Group of young tourists in bathing suits gathered on the beach. Men launch a wooden rowboat from the beach out into the surf. A group of young people relax on the beach.
Postwar living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung) photographed by Indians visiting the country. The film highlights China's problems of industry, agriculture, and excess population. Advertisements and posters for the Mao Zedong led economic and social plan titled the 'Great Leap Forward' in 1958. Objectives of the plan. Agriculture, industry, and education in China, including brief shot of men, women, and children in classroom, possibly for re-education. Men and women work in factories and plants. A Russian sign reads 'Made in the Soviet Union'. Workers inside a huge automatic automotive plant set up and supplies by the Soviet Union (SU). A steel and iron company rebuilt and enlarged with the aid of Soviet Union. A seamless steel tube mill supplied and erected by the SU. A plant designed, equipped, and built by SU technicians. A bridge over a river. Women work in a high voltage testing laboratory equipped by the East German government. A fully automatic petroleum refinery built by the Japanese. A heavy gilding machine plant started by the Japanese in 1937. Various factories, plants, and industries in China. Rural farmland and irrigation. People work in backyard furnaces, factories, presses, rolling mills and automotive factories. Deserted city streets with few cars. Workers inside an automotive plant. Communist Party of China Chairman Mao Zedong signs a pact with the Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev. Newspaper headlines regarding the disagreements leading to rifts in the China-Soviet relations in 1960. The Soviet Union withdraws technicians and support from China resulting in closure of industries. Statistics highlight China's dropping industrial production in steel, coal, electricity, and petroleum compared to that of USA, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom.
View of long muzzle of 5 inch guns firing from Allied warships in Salerno, Italy. Two small landing craft heading towards the beach at Salerno. Smoke rising from the beach. Ships moving underway towards the beach. An explosion and smoke cloud rising from the beach. (World War II period).
To prevent sun-tan without sunburn blistered backs girls try out a new 'Beach-bag' which is transparent and serves as a partial sunscreen. Covered from foot to neck in transparent bags the girls take sun bath on the beach at Del Monte in California.
A sea lion named 'Flip' in the Francis Turner household in California. The sea lion found on beach is in a bathtub. He dines on the table with the family members. Francis Turner takes him to the beach and sets him free. A group of men stand and watch him. Flip refuses to leave and comes back at the doorstep of Turner's house.
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