Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows U.S. Navy fleet in Antarctica. A group of emperor penguins. Antics of the penguins. Sailors anchor the ships with "dead men" (sunk pylons). Aircraft, vehicles and equipment including Weasels, trucks, bulldiozers, are unloaded from the ships up to "Little America." Huskies carry sailors on sledges and sleds. Demolition team plant charges and clears the way ahead. Men build an airstrip on the ice for the landings of U.S. DC-3 (R4D) aircraft. Tracked caterpillars and bulldozer level the surface. The expedition team starts to settle in Antarctica.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. American carrier ship USS Philippine Sea is radioed by the flag ship. Admiral Richard Byrd orders the DC-3s (also known as R4D) to take off from the deck. The DC-3s take off from the deck by means of jet propulsion devices. Admiral Byrd's plane lands on the Antarctic ice. He meets and greets the fellow officers. Expedition team is caught in heavy blizzard. Snow is cleared off aircraft, tents and equipment after the blizzard subsides. Admiral Byrd reviews his men and U.S. flag is raised.
U.S. Army 1st Division troops fire 1914 Hotchkiss heavy machine guns at the enemy at Exermont in France on October 4th,1918 during World War I. Soldier spots enemy's machine gun nest through his periscope binoculars.German machine gun nests are destroyed with hand grenades and rifle grenades.
U.S. 105th Field Artillery troops at Etraye (France), celebrate Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 marking the end of World War I. U.S. flag is raised. U.S. 4th Infantry, 3rd division troops march through Bacharach, Germany. The troops march through the center of town in formation. An armed U.S. Army guard patrols on the edge of the Rhine River in Bacharach as a boat towing wood passes down the river.
U.S. 105th Field Artillery troops at Etraye (France), celebrate the Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 marking the end of World War 1. U.S. flag is raised. U.S. 4th Infantry, 3rd division troop march through Bacharach, Germany. An armed guard patrols.
Infantry of the Australian 2nd Division return after being relieved by the 4th Division during fierce fighting at the front in the battle of Pozières, France, during World War I. Soldiers of the Australian 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, are seen marching back from the front, along a dirt road, as other Australian troops cheer them from an overlooking hill. Some of the returning troops ride bicycles.
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