Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis and takes off from an airfield in California. Douglas C-1 transport aircraft in flight. C-1 aircraft lowers a hose to refuel the C-2A in mid air. Hose attached to the aircraft as oil, food and gasoline are being supplied to C-2A aircraft. C-1 refueled C-2A Question Mark during the 150 hour long endurance flight.
A training film about the means of forecasting avalanches in Alta, Utah. A Ram Penetrometer being used by a ranger to observe and study the behavior of snow cover. It measures the hardness of snow. A ranger digs a pit alongside the penetrometer with a shovel. Snow temperature being recorded with the help of a dial thermometer in the dugout. Layering of snow being recorded by the ranger to detect an avalanche. About half meter long sample tubes being inserted in different layers of snow. Sample tubes being removed and weighed to determine the water content and stability. Similar tests being conducted along a fracture line. A ranger with a penetrometer at the fracture line. Snow layers being observed and recorded at the fracture line. Ram resistance and slope angles being measured and recorded at the fracture point to make a profile of the fracture line.
A U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. submarine on surface. A U.S. Navy officer speaks to a man on the bridge of the submarine. An officer looks through a long glass and steps back on the bridge. Crew members aboard the submarine. Two officers converse on the bridge of the submarine. Crew member speaks. A man wearing a baseball cap backwards as he talks to another man. An officer wearing a visored cap. A bearded crew member.
A U.S. submarine patrol in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A crew member on the watch bridge with a long glass to the man's right. USS Springer underway on the surface at sunset. Red sky and a man with binoculars silhouetted in the foreground. A crew member stands behind a small gun and looks out over water as sun sets in the background. The submarine underway on the surface during sun set.
Aftermath of Allied bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. Bombed out outskirts of Tokyo. An American jeep drives past the debris. Two civilians push a hand cart in the foreground. A bombed out house and a sign on a post reads ' Tokyo'. In Tokyo, streetcars pass an intact building. A guard outside the Sakashita-mon gate on the grounds of the Imperial Palace. A man with a long beard in white clothes. Young Japanese womend in the middle of a street bow towards Sakashita-mon and the Emperor's residence.
Russian Commandant-General of the 107th Infantry Division General Bogdonov decorates U.S. officers in Protivin. Soldiers present arms as officers arrive. Orchestra plays music. Bushes in the background. General Bogdonov decorates U.S. officers attending banquet. U.S. Commandant-General of 5th Division Major General Albert E. Brown in turn decorates some of the Russian officers. Sign reads 'Long Live the American Army'. (World War II period).
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