A film titled 'Beginning of a skyscraper'. View of an excavation site in New York City. Workmen with pick-axe and shovels are seen digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen. Smoke seen rising up.
A film titled 'A Perilous Proceeding'. A group of men climb on the cable and bucket of a large crane at the top of a building under construction. The men are lifted over the site and gradually lowered to the ground..
American Army Air Forces mechanics repairing a Stinson L-5 airplane engine on a grassy airfield in Germany, at end of World War II in Europe. Their tools are neatly laid out on a cloth on the ground. They are lapping valves and installing cylinders on the engine. The propeller and engine cowling is removed from the airplane to facilitate their work.
General Joseph Warren Stilwell presents the Legion of Merit to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing (Chungking), China during World War II. Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling) is also present. Madame Chiang talks to news correspondents.
Under Secretary of State, Edward Stettinius returns back from London from a meet with the Allies. Edward Stettinius is accompanied by other officials. (World War II period).
Midshipmen stand in attention. Admiral John Beardall is decorated at the Naval Academy. Midshipmen then pass in review.
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