Men playing chess and billiards. They are discussing the use of electricity generated by atomic power plant. A player hits the billiard ball and cleans the ferrule of the cue stick. Animation of a table spoon full of uranium atoms and comparison of that potential energy to the work of millions of people or hundreds of thousands of tons of coal. Cartoon animation showing a boy scout making fire, that makes steam to turn a pinwheel (turbine), then a magnet is attached to the pinwheel, and invisible lines of magnetic force cut across the lines in a coil, generating electricity (shown as a lit lightbulb)o. Animation of a moving train and lighted buildings. Animation to compare the generation of power by steam, boilers and atomic reactors. Electric supply lines reaching a house.
Tourists visit the Xifengkou (Hsifenkow) Section of the Great Wall of China. A rail track among mountains. People and train move over tracks. Chinese troops march on road. Tourists on the Great Wall of China. Tourists climb on stone stairs in the Great Wall. Troops drill with their swords. Chinese soldiers on road. Soldiers eating while sitting on the ground.
A United States Army Marine Pilot stands on bridge of a tugboat. He has two walkie-talkies. He talks on them, one by one. A freighter approaches the tugboat. A worker is along with the pilot on the tugboat. The Pilot climbs stairs from tugboat to freighter. He greets the Captain of the ship and shakes hands. They converse as they look at the harbor. The pilot talks on walkie-talkie. Training and jobs of a Pilot at Cam Ranh Bay are described. (Vietnam War period).
Bingham canyon mine in Utah. A worker drills with a piston air drill. A crane moves drilled ore to a railroad car of 80 ton capacity. The rail cars are driven by oil-electric locomotive. The rail car moves in the mine. Blasting in mine results in smoke and dust. A train carries 45 rail cars to a 20 mile distant factory
Various classes of Georgia State College, a National Youth Administration Center in Atlanta. African American young women sewing clothes in a class. Girls learning cooking in kitchen. A girl hangs an apron. Slate indicates the young women and men are "training for domestic service." Young African American men arrange a table by keeping plates, cups and napkins on it.
Soldiers of British Army debark after Battle of Arras during World War I in France. 12 pound guns are lowered. Troops and horses are assembled at a place. New Zealand soldiers enter in a railroad train. Devonshire Infantry marches on road. Devonshire Cavalry also moves. Dust arises as horses move. Artillery is moved on horse carts. A Mark I tank moves on road along with soldiers.
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