Civilian climbs out of jeep and walks toward weather station in Ohio. Civilian checks recorders at weather station. Civilian releases balloon borne target and it rises high into the sky. Civilians operating weather recording instruments in a Quonset hut. Civilians release weather balloon containing weather recorders and it raises high into sky. Civilian marking weather recordings on charts. Civilians marking weather conditions on charts.
Views of various types of weather recording machines in Ohio. A man sees copy of weather map. Boards representing information about weather. A man drawing on a weather map. A machine indicates weather situation.
Actors George Murphy, Robert Montgomery, and Ronald Reagan pose for a photograph in Washington DC. Producer Sam Wood takes the stand to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that Hollywood is fighting to keep communism out of motion pictures. Adolphe Menjou addresses the people present.
View from Bridge as forward section of a U.S. Navy Battleship is being lashed by heavy seas and winds. Closeup of sailors bailing water out ot a gun emplacement on deck. Weather instruments being battered by the gale. A Vought OS2U Kingfisher blown partly off its catapult by the severe winds and weather. Complete change of scene. Aerial view of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Midway (CVB-41) in the Atlantic ocean. Closeup of technicians preparing a captured German V-2 rocket for launching from her deck, while she is moving, underway, during Operation Sandy. Closeups of Admiral William H.P. Blandy, Atlantic Fleet Commander, and Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, on deck of the Midway. A large liquid oxygen tank is brought up on an elevator from the hangar deck and the LOX fuel is piped into the V-2 rocket. View of firefighters standing nearby. View of the V-2 rocket standing upright on the Midway's deck. "Sandy"stenciled on the side of the V-2. View of the V-2 rocket being fired and launched from the Midway's flight deck. The Admirals and other officers observing the rocket launch. The rocket disappearing from view.
Soldiers blocking road because of woodland fires in Maine. Volunteers running. Houses on fire. People flee for their lives. People try to stop fire.
The Army Air Forces demonstrate a new method of towing gliders in Dayton Ohio. A tow-bar is used in place of the longer cable. A man attaching tow-bar to glider. Plane takes off towing the glider.
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