Slate is displayed (Title “HIRAN SITES”). A US Air Force RB-50 Superfortress (a reconnaissance version of the B-50 Superfortress) is parked at Naval Air Station Keflavikduring. A mechanic works on one of the aircraft’s engines. Mechanic tightening a bolt with a wrench. Two men working on the engine. An RB-50 Superfortress parked, one of its propellers slightly moving. Mechanics check the engine. Point of view POV of plane starting take off from runway. An RB-50 Superfortress reconnaissance plane takes off from the runway.
An airman fuels a US Air Force helicopter (Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw) during Operation HIRAN. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter takes off. The helicopter glides slightly above the ground. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter lands back in the same spot it took off.
Aerial view of Keflavik coast. A pilot, with headphones, flying the aircraft. An airman, with headphones, sits beside a window, he looks momentarily through the window. Aerial view of bay full of breaking ice can be seen. Aerial view of an RB-50 reconnaissance airplane from above. Aerial view Keflavik airport. View of the Keflavik coast. Ships are docked in Keflavik port.
Wide view of skyline of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Various scenes of activity in busy urban cities: A street crowded with pedestrians walking. View of pile driver in operation. Construction worker uses a jackhammer. Pedestrians on their way to work cross a street. A police traffic officer, wearing sunglasses, directs traffic. A wrecking ball hits a brick wall. Man pushes a clothes trolley as he crosses a street. Man operates a loader. A man buys a pie through an automat door. An African-American man eats a hotdog sandwich. A man, wearing glasses, finishes his drink and buys a newspaper. A front end loader scoops and unload rubble from demolished building. Men entering a building through a glass revolving door. Buses pass by near a train. San Francisco Cable Car climbing up the road. A wrecking ball hits a brick wall. Close up of a woman’s eye open. A woman’s vital signs being examined by a doctor to study her stress level. She has a cuff on her arm, possibly for measurement of blood pressure.
Intertitle saying “1914”. Soldiers marching to battle in Europe during World War I. Newly mobilized German soldiers marching. Soldier blows trumpet. Soldiers march in a German city during WWI. In a German train station, likely Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof, a sign says “Bahnsteig 1” (“Platform 1” in German) and a train with new German soldier recruits departs station. Railway gun in battlefield. Soldier climbs to hide in trench. Bomb explosions in battlefield. A Preparedness Parade in America, advocating for American entry into World War I. Men holding American flags march in parade. Crowds cheer on the Preparedness Parade by the Preparedness Movement. A huge Preparedness Parade in Manhattan, New York City.
Silhouette of train carrying New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) on the way to Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Mayor, Anton Cermak, honors Franklin Roosevelt in special dinner. Close up view of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak speaking. Mayor Anton Cermak passes a baseball to Franklin Roosevelt during the Baseball World Series Game 3 (New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs) at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Due to paralysis, Franklin Roosevelt stands upright with the assistance of his son, James Roosevelt. Crowds watching the Baseball World Series Game 3, the same game famous American baseball player, Babe Ruth, won for the New York Yankees over the Chicago Cubs. Franklin Roosevelt throws the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series. View of the Baseball World Series Game 3. View of locomotive train wheel moving.
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