Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Trainees visit Calico, a ghost town, in Mojave, California during an armored combat training. The trainees read the inscriptions on a wall. Civilians on horses. Some civilians on mules. Mountains in the background. The trainees are greeted by a civilian. The trainees visit the town on a mule pulled wagon.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall narrates film and is shown several times speaking seated at a desk. Marshall praises the Pacific Forces. Close up view of several U.S. military officers including General MacArthur (with a bandage over his right ear). Scene of U.S. Marines in combat on a Pacific Island during World War 2. U.S. marines advancing under fire. An enemy soldier is fallen in the distance, followed by a group of Japanese soldiers running for cover. Gun camera footage of a strafing attack by a U.S. aircraft on a Japanese ship, followed by strafing of parked Japanese airplanes at an airfield. Mid air dogfight scene is shown as a U.S. warplane hits and downs a Japanese aircraft. View on deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ship as a Japanese kamikaze aircraft bears down toward the ship, is hit by ship's guns, loses a wing, and, in flames, crashes into the ocean just off the ship. Scenes at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack in 1941, as medics care for wounded U.S. sailors in stretchers. Japanese soldiers seizing control in Bataan, with U.S. soldiers holding their hands up in surrender. Also U.S. soldiers in Corregidor standing by as they are addressed by Japanese captors. Scenes of Japanese soldiers in drills and training. Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horse back during a military parade. Scenes of dead Japanese soldiers laying on battle fields after battle. View of industrial smoke stacks of a factory in Japan. Japanese workers producing steel and munitions for war effort. Japanese soldiers cheering at a military rally. George Marshall speaks urging commitment by every American citizen in the war effort. Caricature image of Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini with "X" marks over them, beside a non-marked image of Japanese General Hideki Tojo. Clip closes with several scenes of American flags being raised on flagpoles of military bases all over the world, as soldiers, sailors, marines, women WACS soldiers, and airmen salute the American flag.
Soviet research involving dogs being trained for high altitude and orbital missions in the Soviet Union. A researcher enters a room with two dogs on leashes. Weighing soviet space dog on a scale, dressing in harness and placing into a space cabin. Two other researchers place the space cabin into the nose of a rocket where another dog is already in place in her space cabin. The men close the door of the rocket. This video features space dog Kozyavka.
Soviet research conducted on dogs trained for high altitude and orbital missions in the Soviet Union. A rocket being launched. A dog inside the spacecraft. A loose nut is seen floating in the capsule. A cabin carrying the dog attached to a parachute on the ground. Soviet researchers arrive in a jeep. The dog is taken out of the space cabin. She shows no ill effects..
Soviet Space dogs Mushka, Laika,and Albina, are held on leashes by a researcher. They wear special harnesses equipped to capture vital signs. The dog Albina had already been on two sub-orbital space flights. But Laika was deemed better suited for this mission. Her space cabin is displayed. Either side of the space cabin are shown plates that generate oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Containers of water and food are shown. Laika is shown in the cabin in which she had been trained. Closeup of Laika.
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