Maiden flight of United States airship Akron. USS Akron in flight and aerial view of a large crowd gathered at the launching ceremony of Akron. Wife of President Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Louise Henry Hoover arrives at the ceremony to launch the airship. She speaks on the microphone during the ceremony. She pulls a long line to release a trap door and pigeons from Akron.
Maiden flight of United States airship Akron. C.E. Rosendahl along with the crew of Akron lined up with people in the background. USS Akron comes out of a hangar at Goodyear Zeppelin in Akron, Ohio on 23rd September, 1931. American flag at the nose of the airship. Airship lifts off and in flight. A sign on the ground reads ' Goodyear Zeppelin ' The airship returns after its trial flight.
United States submarine Nautilus O-12 (SS-73) in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. In the engine room of the submarine a man works on a shaft. Another man at the control panel.
United States submarine Nautilus in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. A diver moves down a ladder into the sea along the side of Nautilus in the Arctic region during a polar expedition. A man washes dishes inside the submarine. Food laid out on a table as a man serves. George Hubert Wilkins reads a book as he lies in a bunk bed. Men at the bow of the submarine. A man in the engine room works with wires. Men at the bow of the submarine.
Senate sub committee in Washington D.C., United States. A Senate investigations sub committee looks into rising crime in the country and the mafia (or "Cosa Nostra") at a hearing in Washington D.C. Arkansas Senator John McClellan, chair of the committee, is seen. Press and media photographers with cameras pointed at speakers. Attorney General Robert Kennedy presents a report about the activities of mafia including extortion, narcotics leading to increasing crime in the country. Large spectators gather as mafia gangster Joseph Valachi makes an appearance before the committee.
'China Crisis ' about Allied action against Japanese in China. A busty street in a city in China. People and vehicles on the street. A man looks into a microscope. Soldiers march at a parade. Carts loaded with grain bags move down a street in a town. People at a local market. Men work in a paddy field. Cattle plow a field. Men eat a meal. Allied aircraft in flight. United States Army Air Force planes land and taxi along the runway as they bring supplies. Bomb shells being unloaded from a trailer. Aerial view of a town. Allied jeeps lined up and other supplies piled up at a yard.
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