African American women sit in on porch of a simple wooden shack house near Tuskegee, Alabama, during time of poverty in the Great Depression. A girl holds a cat. Two small children climb up steps. Wide view of open land and farm land near the house. A child cleans their face in a wash bin. She smiles after washing her face. Close up views of a woman man with a hand-fashioned long hammer on shoulder. Children play with sand at a table. African American girl sweeps the ground.
Equestiran statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia (The Virginia Washington Monument). Various statues. People pass at roadside. The Virginia State Capitol building. A squirrel eats. Cars in lot in front of Old First Baptist Church (Greek Revival designed by Thomas Walter at northwest corner of 12th Street and East Broad Street. Note cupola over portico, which was later removed. The building later became the Hunton Student Center of Virginia Commonwealth University). New construction underway of another building beside the church. View down Broad Street. Cars pass at nearby intersection. A horse cart on a road with an African American driver, parked in front of the H. W. Rountree & Bro. Trunk and Bag Company located at 201 – 217 North Fourteenth Street. Scene changes to a long view down Broad Street. Next scene is sign that reads "White House of Confederacy Entrance on Clay Street". View of the back porch columns at the White House of the Confederacy. African American men on a horse cart pass by a parked streetcar or trolley. Another horse cart approaches, with two African American people on it. The cart is loaded with boxes. It passes by Triangle Service Station and then near a parked streetcar.
Exterior view of a building on an African American college campus in the United States. Various athletic programs of the African American college are shown as students exercise, perform gymnastics and practice boxing at the college. A student athlete competes in a long jump competition. Marching band and girls with flags march on an athletic field before a college football game. Two college football teams compete as African American college fans look on and cheer for their team, led by cheerleaders.
U.S. military technical report titled "Review of Guided Missiles-Guided Bomb GB-1". A GB-1 suspended for display. A B-17 Bomber of the U.S. Army Air Corps takes off with a GB-1 attached. Launching of GB-1. It follows a long aerial path and then hits the target. (World War II period).
A demonstration of the Aeronca GT-1 glide torpedo. Six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, of the U.S. Army Air Forces, fly in formation. Next, splashes from their guided bombs are shown in water below. A slate appears with illustration and title, "Preset Glide Torpedo Model GT-1." A GT-1 is shown rotating while hung from a chain in a manufacturing area. Another Aeronca GB-1 is on the floor in the background. Four airmen push a GT-1 on a wheeled dolly. They roll it and position it underneath the wing of a B-17. Closeup of them jacking up the dolley to position the GT-1. View of the torpedo secured under the aircraft. Gun camera footage shows a GT-1 on a long glide towards the water, after release from above. View from water surface of the GT-1 approaching the water. At the last moment, its paravane (wing) separates and the torpedo contacts the water. The paravane falls aside into the water. The camera pans over to a makeshift target. The process is repeated with a second GT-1 but it is not seen close to the water. A third demonstration is successful and the wake of the torpedo is tracked from an overflying aircraft.
A controllable Glide Bomb GB-8 takes a flight in sky towards its target. The bomb leaves behind a smoke trail. Bomb strikes its target a boat in the sea. Two Glide Bombs kept at a U.S. Army Air Corps base. Glide Bomb fastened to wings of a B-17 bomber of the United States Army Air Corps. It takes long aerial route leaving behind smoke trails. It explodes on land. (World War II period).
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