A film titled 'Invents model marine diver' shows a man with miniature model scuba diver with diving suit and air supplying apparatus for use in tank tests and demonstration in Washington D.C. Developed by Chief gunner's mate G.F. Boone at Navy yard. Two men put the diver attached with strings in water and pull it out in a while.
Newsreel "East -West Parley: U.S. and Red China confer in Geneva." Chinese delegation headed by Chinese Ambassador to Poland, Wang Bingnan, arrives for discussion with American representatives headed by Alexis Johnson, in Geneva. They discuss measures to ease tensions between the parties. The U.S. group agrees to seek a renunciation of the use of force in the settlement of Formosa (Taiwan), and the repatriation of civilian prisoners. Ambassador Wang announces the release of 11 American fliers. After the meeting, a Chinese interpreter reads out Wang's message to the press in English.
A film titled 'Thirty years of progress' shows how Ford started manufacturing cars and the progress made by the company over the years. First Ford quadricycle is seen. Company's first car manufacturing plant at Mack Avenue,Detroit and the Rouge plant of Dearborn are also seen.
American soldiers in fortified position firing 81mm mortar in support of U.S. infantry in Germany during final months of World War 2, in Europe. Early in February,1945, U.S. soldiers of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 313th Regiment, 79th Division, are seen supplementing their ammunition with captured German 80mm mortar shells. Closeup of the U.S. 81mm mortar shell next to a German 80mm shell. M Company soldiers firing the German shells from their 81mm mortars at German targets across the Mulde River. They are operating amongst homes in a residential area. Explosions in distance from the mortar shells.
A technician works on a bomb rack of an aircraft aboard aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in Pacific Ocean. Ordinance men work on bombs under wing of A-7E aircraft as a man push a cart carrying bomb. Pilot in the cockpit closes the canopy of the aircraft. A-7E is being rolled on the catapult and stabilizers being checked before it launches off. Men work underneath RA 5C. Nose wheel of the aircraft moves over the catapult.
Winston and Lady Churchill, accompanied by Bernard Baruch, walk down a corridor leading to a room decorated with murals of dancing cartoon animals on the walls
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