Chinese Army airplanes in Burma during World War II. Commander of U.S. forces in China Joseph W. Stilwell directs U.S. trained Chinese soldiers in a jungle. Troops carry a raft and move towards a river. Chinese and U.S. troops swim across the river to take up new positions. General Stilwell with other officers. The troops advance through the jungle. A soldier looks through binoculars. U.S. and Chinese troops fire guns. A U.S. soldier looks through binoculars. A soldier loads shell in an anti aircraft gun and fires. The troops cross a bridge. Men carry a wounded on a stretcher. U.S. and Chinese nurses treat the wounded. Chinese troops in jeeps move through the jungles. U.S. 14th Air Force provides a cover to the advancing troops.
Fashion models try a new form of mud pack at the Floridian Cabana Sun Club at Miami Beach in Florida. The models stand in bathing suits and men apply mud pack on them. A man applies mud pack with a brush on a woman. Hands applying the pack on the face of a model. The women hang in a harnesses to dry their mud packs. A man checks the mud on the skin. A man sprays the women with water remove the mud packs. Later, the same models show off various clothing gowns as they descend steps outdoors. Older women seated around a table observe. A woman seated on a bench. A model in a black gown poses along with another model. The gowns all appear to be from the same designer, and feature intricate lace stitching.
The test flight of new Douglas DC-4 luxury airliner in Santa Monica, California. DC-4 taxis at an airfield. People around the airliner. The luxury airliner taxis and takes off. DC-4 in flight. Aerial view of the city. A wing of another aircraft in the foreground. The Douglas DC-4 in flight. The aircraft lands and taxis at the field.
American Power Boat Association (APBA)Gold Challenge Cup race on Lake Washington,Seattle,Washington, August 10th, 1957. Hydroplanes are seen traversing the 90 mile course in 30 mile heats at high speed. One hydroplane motionless in the water,after its engine quit. The winning boat is Miss Thriftway, driven by Bill Muncey, who is seen standing next to the large Gold Cup trophy. Change of scene to England, November 7, 1957, where a group of men stand on a pier next to the Bluebird II, jet-powered speedboat. Owner, Donald Malcolm Campbell, is seen getting into the boat. A man onshore sits at an electronic speed recording device. The Bluebird II, driven by Donald Campbell, is seen speeding across Coniston Water lake in Cumbria, England, where it achieved a new water speed record of 239 mph.
New U.S. Ambassador to Italy James D. Zellerbach receives word for his appointment in San Francisco, California. James D. Zellerbach seated with a dignitary in a hall. An official comes and gives him the appointment letter. James reads the letter. A close up of James D. Zellerbach. James holding a picture of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo attempts suicide in Japan. People walk outside a hospital. A sign board reads' U.S. 98th Evacuation Hospital'. Sergeant John Archinal donates blood to save Hideki Tojo. The doctors perform blood transfusion. A close view of Sergeant John Archinal. The gun from which Tojo shot himself. The troops look out from a window. The doctors treat Tojo in the hospital. A close up view of Tojo. Tojo on a bed in the 98th Field Evacuation Hospital. 1st Lt. Rebecca Schmidt, Hideki Tojo’s nurse, stands by his bedside. A view of the damaged buildings. U.S. Army troops in Tokyo look at the damaged Imperial Diet building 1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). Flashback scene shows Japanese Emperor Hirohito visiting the damaged city before the surrender in World War II. The emperor looks at a chart on a table. Subordinates and Japanese officials stand in the background. U.S. soldiers read a sign which reads "No Trespassing - The Emperors palace" outside the Imperial Palace. Japanese boys bowing in front of the Imperial Palace. Dismayed Japanese people read news bulletins. A woman distributes a one page newspaper on the street in Tokyo. People crowd outside a movie theater. Japanese people buy movie tickets from a box office booth. A Japanese elderly man walking. Japanese people wait for a tram or trolley or streetcar. They get in the tram. American troops riding inside the tram or streetcar. Admiral William “Bull” Halsey rides a white horse. Admiral Halsey stands beside the horse and smokes. He sits on horseback and rides the horse, having promised that he would ride a horse through the streets of Tokyo after the Japanese defeat in World War 2.
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