Mrs. Anna Van Skike swims 20 miles to celebrate her birthday. For her marathon distance swim she is garbed in a swimming costume or swimsuit which was popular in 1890. Her grand children and great grandchildren cheer her on.
Girls show hair stunts by trick photography in Venice, Los Angeles. Girls bathe under shower. Cameraman make bathing girls' hair stand by trick photography. Men hold legs of girls as they are up side down on a platform. The girls show hair stunts.
Hawaiian crowd gathered around Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States) in Honolulu for Hawaii's Statehood celebrations. Flag hoisted on Iolani Palace building. Flags atop long ladders. 25th Infantry Division plays band. Locals hold flags in hand. The Hula girls advance on stage to dance. Soldiers stand with cameras in hand.
New B-10 bombers taxi and take off. Under command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry (Hap) Arnold, a contingent of B-10s undertakes a long range mission from Washington, DC, to Fairbanks, Alaska. Aircraft and crews seen in heavy snow and cold in Alaska. Upon return to Washington, Arnold receives the MacKay trophy.
An American Army artillery crew sets up a heavy gun in high terrain. They repeat the process several times. American Army gun crews stand by their respective field artillery pieces in a long formation. They set elevations of each piece simultaneously.
Film opens showing the nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) moving underway, on the surface, in the Thames River, near Groton, Connecticut. Several crew members stand on the boat's deck, as it heads toward the Long Island Sound. Change of scene shows a cartoon representation of a nuclear reaction occuring inside a nuclear reactor. Next, the reactor is seen enclosed in a containment with a pump attached. To this a heat exchanger is then shown in combination with the reactor and pump. Finally, the cartoon schematic includes a turbine, drive, and a propeller. An arrow points to control and fuel rods atop the reactor containment, and fuel rods descend into the reactor. The next animated illustration shows the reactor and drive assembly through a cutaway in a sketch of the Nautilus submarine.
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