Movie portrayal of gangster activities during prohibition, in 1920s in the United States. Illicit liquor trade and gang warfare. Clandestine liquor manufacture. The illicit liquor is loaded onto a truck for transportation. Truck hijacking after truck carrying liquor smashes into a car blocking the road. Metal milk containers filled with liquor being machine gunned by a passing car. Two business establishments being bombed. Gangsters interrogating two men and threatening them while holding handguns. Faceless gangster in 1920s fashions (actor) fires revolver. A policeman with a gun firing at gangsters during a getaway.
A cowboy lassos a steer in the United States. Several cowboys ride up and surround the steer. When the steer starts to walk away, a cowboy holds fast to the lasso which pulls the steer's hind feet off the ground so it falls down. The cowboy dismounts and walks toward the steer. (Edison Company, 1898)
A black sow and her sucklings in a baarnyard in the United States. The white sucklings gather near their mother. The sow is busy eating. The suckings stay in a cluster behind her. (Edison Company, 1898).
A training film on causes and prevention of venereal diseases among soldiers in the United States. A diagram of human respiratory system and body. Soldiers seated in a theater watch a film. A study of the male anatomy. A diagram of the human body. An officer explains parts of the body and their positions. Examination of the organs. The organs may be contracted due to diseases like syphilis (pox), gonorrhea (clap) and chancroid (soft chancre). A diagram showing the probability of acquiring syphilis. (World War II period).
USS Enterprise underway at sea in the United States. A U.S. Navy AD Skyraider aircraft in flight over the aircraft carrier. The aircraft makes an arrested landing. The pilot folds the wings of the aircraft upon stopping. The arresting wire is released and the airplane taxis forward.
Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. An IBM computer with tape reels in motion. The tape deck with two reels in motion. A technician in front of a machine. A reel of black tape comes out of a hole of the machine and drops on the floor. Hands working on buttons and switches on the machine. Black tape comes out of the machine. Buttons on the console read: 'Selective Jumps, Stops, Register'. A weather machine draws out a weather map. A bar across lower bottom reads: 'Calcomp 565'. A weather map is being drawn by an automatic remote controlled instrument moving across two sliding bars.
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