Pre-WW2 U.S. Army training film shows step-by-step demonstrations and description to disarm an opponent attacking with an overhand knife attack. Closeups of training knife. Multiple camera angles of two soldiers demonstrating the movement slowly and at full speed. Filmed in a large field with training equipment and more soldiers walking in a line in the background. Soldiers grapple for the knife after falling to the ground.
1930s U.S. Army training film describes how to disarm an opponent attacking with an underhand knife attack. Closeups of training knife and late 1930s U.S. Army uniforms. Two soldiers practicing the move slowly and at full speed, before practicing both disarming moves at will, switching roles with each disarm. Narrator advises attacking in pairs of two over footage of soldiers practicing a two against one scenario. Large group of soldiers practicing with bayonets by performing long thrusts and withdrawals on suspended straw dummies. Narrator advises that soldiers should practice bayonet skills on straw dummies each day while training.
Aerial view of Capitol building in Washington, DC. The Mall and Washington monument viewed from the Capitol. Hundreds of 4H members, gather on lawn in front of the Washington Monument at start of 4-H club camp in Washington, DC. Included are more than a hundred European farm leaders who's trip was financed through the Marshall Plan. Farm youths from 13 European nations have arrived in America. Scenes of 4H activities: Young boy takes 4-h club oath. The symbol of the 4-H club on the wall. Boys and girls gather around a bull and watch it. A boy washing and brushing a bull. They apply their agricultural knowledge to the animals for livestock improvement. Woman looks at preserved food items. An outdoor meeting of the 4-H club members. Young American farmers at airport leaving for Europe. They bid good bye. The plane takes off.
Technician work on a Boeing XB-47 (Stratojet bomber) at an airbase at Moses Lake, in Washington. The plane takes off from the airbase. The bomber in flight. The bomber lands back successfully.
Water skiers ski in water. Slo MoShun IV wins Gold Cup for its owner Stanley Sayres and racking up a speed boat record mark of 185 mph on Lake Washington in Washington. Scene changes to speed boat racer John Cobb wearing a helmet as his boat "Crusader" is towed out to deeper water. A man talks on telephone. View of boat operated by John Cobb achieving 200 mile per hour speed record, but then the boat appears to explode or destruct completely at the end of the run, and John Cobb dies at Loch Ness, Scotland.
People express their opinion that Mount Saint Helens in Washington will not erupt. A rescue worker refuses to leave the area despite threat to his life. Harry Truman, owner of the Mt. St. Helens lodge, refuses to evacuate. He listens to a player piano at his lodge, accompanied by his cats.
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