Opening slate reads: "Los Angeles, Calif.-Bicycle rider paced by car at 80-mile clip." View of men in movie star Tom Mix’s open Auburn speedster with a streamlined windscreen fastened to the rear, shielding bicycle racer, Frank Bartell, who pedals, hunched down behind it. Closeups of him on his bicycle, pedaling rapidly. Closeups of his pedals and sprocket and chain. Wider view of him and the protective pace car moving on the roadway. A man, standing by a striped pole, lowers a flag indicating the end of the run, as they pass his position at the side of the road. Closeup of Mr. Bartell, looking somewhat disheveled and tired, after setting a bicycle land speed record of more than 80 miles per hour.
Closeup of a man and woman listening intently in a group of persons taking citizenship oath. They (and others) raise their right hands and after listening, say "I do," and lower their hands. Successive closeups of a young woman and a man each doing the same.
Lockheed 8 Sirius aircraft for Charles Lindbergh passes testing trials in Burbank, California. The aircraft on a stand in a hangar, as the retractable landing gear is demonstrated. The aircraft piloted by Charles Augustus Lindbergh taxis and takes off from a field. The Sirius Model 8 in flight.
Film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Bombs being carried on tow dollies to load into RAF aircraft. Royal Air Force personnel load bombs in bomb bay of Avro Type 694 Lincoln bombers. Two bombs on a tow dolly. An officer studies a map. British High Commissioner in Malaya Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney disembarks an aircraft. He is greeted by officers. Aerial view of houses of Chinese people. A truck, loaded with soldiers, being driven. People leave their houses. A soldier gives food to children. People load belongings onto a truck. Trucks driven off. Men row a house boat. Houses in a farm. People build houses. Men make fences. Troops guard near fence. Farmers work on a field. A man instructs farmers. Men remove soil with a shovel. A sign reads 'Dispensary'. A nurse gives medicine to people. A doctor examines a child. A woman buys from a shop. Men cook food. People pick up containers. A man fills a container with food. He keeps container on a weighing machine. The dial on the scale shows the weight. A line of trucks being driven. People are being checked by policemen. A police woman checks women. A policeman checks boot (trunk) of a car. Troops venture through a jungle. Troops capture combatants. Troops capture ammunition and food materials. Prisoners sit on ground. Women are being checked. Officer at desk checks the identity cards.
Three crew members stand on deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier, anchored off Ulithi Atoll during World War 2. One holds an anemometer, with its buckets spinning. A TBF avenger aircraft on deck ready to be catapulted. It launches and is seen flying away above a variety of naval vessels at anchor. View from an aircraft flying fast and low, past Ulithi Atoll. A TBF avenger landing on the Ulithi airstrip. (Note: At TC 00:28 through 00:36, the Destroyer Tender, USS Prairie AD15, is seen with several destroyers tied to it. She rescued survivors from the sinking of the Oiler, USS Mississinewa, AO-59, by a Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine, on November 20, 1944.)
A quad 50 (4-50 caliber machine guns) mounted on a U.S. Army vehicle at the shore at Ulithi Atoll, during World War 2. A C-47 (Navy R4D) parked on airstrip with Seabees at work with trucks in background. A PBY Catalina amphibian plane being serviced. An F6F parked on sand in makeshift revetment. Another one coming in for a landing. The landing F6F on ground roll as a steam roller passes in foreground. Navy F6F aircraft arriving, from aircraft carriers, and being parked. Numerous Navy aircraft, including SB2C Helldivers and F6F Hellcats, parked with wings folded on the airstrip, while construction work continues. Men recover items from a crashed F6F, as smoke rises in background. They work to prevent fire around the crashed plane. Hoses are stretched around the plane and one man holds a pressure nozzle.
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