Engine failure forces a YB-10, of the 1934 U.S. Army Alaska Flight,to make a forced landing in Cook Inlet, two miles from Anchorage. View of the B-10 partly submerged in the water as men approach it in a small boat. The number 145 seen on the tail sticking out of the water. Boats moving near the stricken airplane and men wading in the water to assess ways of salvaging it. The aircraft on the beach after being pulled from the water. Men gathered around it starting repairs. A crane lifts a damaged propeller from the plane. Next, the crane lifts the right engine from the plane. View of the large crane with the engine suspended. A crewman walking under the nose of the repaired airplane. Another tapping a repair with a hammer.
Panning views of Honolulu, Hawaii, from the Punchbowl crater overlooking the city. The camera pans from the East, where Diamond Head can be seen in the distance, and moves toward the South, with the Pacific ocean in the background.The camera stops panning about where the Ilikai hotel on Waikaki Beach comes into view. This process is repeated, again. The camera then reverses, panning back to the East and Northeast. It also repeats this pan again. Finally, a more distant view is seen followed by several fragmentary spurious shots.
A message from United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Tyrone Power (prewar Hollywood movie star actor) in the United States. Tyrone Power delivering a message. (Clip includes opening musical intro but no sound thereafter). U.S. Marines marching in a formation. A large crowd watching sailors in the background. A number of women corps in uniforms march in formation. Several buildings in the background. USMC honor guard marching. The sailors standing in a formation at a side. The Marines firing deck guns. A woman officer speaking into a microphone. U.S. National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland (Bethesda Naval Hospital). A wounded Marine being attended by a nurse. Nurses attending to the wounded lying on beds in a hospital ward. Two Marines beside deck guns. Explosions occurring at sea. Several Marines at a beachhead. The Marines attending to the wounded on the beach. View of Lt. Tyrone Power delivering the speech. (World War II period).
A film titled 'Trends in Ordnance' about the importance of ordnance and military equipment. Various flashback scenes from the recently ended World War 2: U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft in flight. A bomb bay door opens and bombs drop out. The bombs explode and smoke rises. Trucks with soldiers and tanks advance. Artillery being fired. A technician in a laboratory conducting an experiment with chemicals as various beakers and tubes are nearby. A man works on a drafting table. Ammunition being tested on test grounds. Interiors of an ordnance factory. Battle tanks being built by war production workers on production floor. Bomber aircraft being assembled. Trucks lined up at a factory. A railroad train loaded with military supplies. Aircraft in flight and paratroopers aboard the airborne airplanes. The paratroopers jump and descend. Troops get off a Higgins boat at a beach. A DUKW (amphibious truck), trucks and movers in action.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 under project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. A communication tower. Operators speak on a microphone in the communication room. A screen tracks the path traveled by Friendship 7 . A technician writes on a control panel. Technicians communicate with each other. Mercury tracking of the spacecraft shows the path traveled and two circles stop glowing as the contact is lost. A communication tower and control room on a beach area. Mercury tracking system shows Friendship 7 departing from its path and altitude due to failure of the inter system. The equipment on tower to control the path of Mercury-Atlas 6 manually. Cattle walk past the control center at night.
A film titled 'Three Feet in Heaven' of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine about the war dogs being trained in the United States. A war dog in service during World War II. A certificate of a war dog for faithful service in the U.S. Army. A dog with master on a beach. A war dog in front of the U.S. flag. The dog is being weighed. Doctors check the mouth of the dog. A doctor injects a medicine to a dog. A dog jumps over hurdles during training. The dog walks from between a wire mesh. The master trains the dog to climb a ladder. Dogs bark as masters train them. The dogs watch a film on Adolf Hitler. A dog walks with the master. The dog watches as men load crates into a truck.
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