Highlights of college football game between Southern Methodist University Mustangs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The film opens with a glimpse of a Southern Methodist band member leading several others as he runs across the field carrying a Confederate battle flag, just before the football game begins. Next, Mustang quarterback, Fred Benners (No.47) is seen throwing a long pass to Benton Musselwhite (No. 21) who runs for a touchdown. View of crowd cheering. Notre Dame is seen next in their "I" formation from which John Mazur (No.1) falls back before successfully passing to Bill Barrett (No. 37) for a gain. The Irish follow this with a play by running back Paul Reynolds (No.18) who takes the ball over the goal line to close the point gap. Notre Dame supporters cheer. Then, with SMU in possession, Quarterback Benners is rushed and gets off another pass, this time to Russell (No.24). On the next down, Benners and Russell repeat another pass to score and SMU leads 13 to 6 in the first period. SMU supporters cheer wildly. The next highlight shows a Notre Dame 4th down punt that results in a fumble recovered by Notre Dame. Next, Mazur of Notre Dame throws to Chet Ostrowski (No. 63) in the end zone to tie the score. The next highlight shows Benners throwing to Russell, again, for a 45 yard gain. He follows this with a pass to Ben White in the end zone to put SMU ahead 20 to 13 at the half. View of cheering crowd and the Notre Dame team standing on the sidelines. The next scene shows SMU executing a running play with Jerry Norton (No. 44) carrying the ball until he is tackled near the 40 yard line. Then, Norton carries again for another 20 yards. This is followed by another pass by Benners to White, to win the game, with final score SMU 27 to Notre Dame 20.
Defending national champions Army beats Penn in Philadelphia with a score of 61 to 0. Halfback Glenn Davis, number 41, is seen scoring three touchdowns. Doc Blanchard, number 35, is seen scoring a long touchdown run.
A film concerning railroad electrification in the United States. A westbound Boston and Maine Railroad steam train at East Portal, Hoosac Tunnel, where the railroad was electrified in 1911. An electric locomotive approaches the steam engine. ( Note the carbide headlamp on the electric locomotive--which were outlawed by the ICC circa 1918. ) The motor pulls the steam engine and its train West. Next: a 'cab ride' from North Adams, Massachusetts to West Portal and subsequently exits the East Portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel.
The film 'The Story of Coal' shows the process of mining of coal in the United States. Workers use a diamond drill to determine the depth of coal seams and their thickness. Workers move the drilling mechanism backward and hoist rods from a hole. Two workers hold a rod in hand. A tractor parked in the background. A collection of ten feet long cores.
American General Clarence Edwards in a meeting at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts speaking out against alcohol prohibition and calling it futile. Exterior view of Faneuil Hall. General Edwards addresses the members during the meeting. A group of men at the "Death of Liberty Memorial" event stand next to a board outside the hall that reads 'In Memoriam of the Death of Liberty'. Last part of clip shows an outdoor beer garden in Germany. Women filling large steins of beer from taps. A German man takes a long drink from a stein of beer.
Opening scene shows map of Borneo, with several locations marked. A group of Japanese soldiers stands on a boat moving away from a wharf, during World War 2. Across from them a group of others, dressed in white shorts, shirts, and white hats, along with several Japanese soldiers, stand on the wharf. They wave farewell to the Japanese soldiers, some by saluting, others by raising and tipping their hats. The next scenes are taken from the moving boat and show a river and surrounding forests. View into the boat, where soldiers are seated. Very long canoes carrying many local persons wearing large conical straw hats pass nearby at high speed. A canoe, with roofed structures, navigates past a rock jetty in fast moving river waters. Japanese soldiers in pith helmets disembark from docked canoes and make their way uphill toward a camp. Sign identifying the camp. View from above, of barracks buildings at the camp. Camera pans across a wide region of landscape. Natives standing on platform, built around a huge tree, are chopping the tree down, under supervision of Japanese soldiers nearby. Closeup of the men chopping the tree. Views of the tree falling. Local farmers working in an irrigated rice paddy. Camera pans across a number of paddies. Buildings near the rice paddies.
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