(A one-legged man with crutch on dirt road suddenly shows he has both legs, and runs away.) Two little girls carry food to a dog sitting on a railroad track. The move the dog off the track and sit beside the track to feed it. The parents, looking for the girls, see them and call out to them. The go to fetch the girls. The girls walk along the tracks with the dog. A steam locomotive pulling a train at high speed on the railroad. Passengers, seated on the rear platform of the train, converse. Views of the engineer in the locomotive cab. He sees the girls and blows his horn. The girls see the train. Smoke emitted from the engine. The girls look at the approaching train. They pull against each other trying to move with the dog, off the track. The train engineer applies the brakes and the train stops. He runs forward to the front of the train. Passengers climb down from the train to see what is wrong and run to the front of the train. They crowd around the girls and dog who are unhurt.
'Hoot Mon! A Scottish Combat', part 3 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations', depicts two actors dressed as Scots, in kilts, one lying dead or wounded. A third Scot arrives and seeing his companion on the ground, challenges his assailant to duel with swords and shields. He prevails over the slayer of his companion.
'Sons of the Ould Sod' , part 5 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' . Actors portray brawling Irish folks in a slapstick comedy sketch. A woman hangs clothes on line to dry. Neighbor sits below the line to read newpaper. Woman accidentally drops wet tablecloth on his head and he loses his temper. Womans husband pours bucket of water on him. He responds by squirting hose into man above. The woman stops him by breaking rain barrel over the neighbors head. The two men commence to brawl in the yard. Woman finally stops it by giving them each a beer.
'America, Land of the Free' , part 6 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' depicts a doorway decorated with American flags and symbols, through which, a succession of actors emerges in costumes of various nations. They all socialize amicably. They include one portraying a Native American Indian. The last to emerge and join the gathering is one dressed as Uncle Sam.
Historic use of rockets in wars in foreign countries Sketches and pictures depict arrows and rockets used by Chinese people to fight against the enemies. British troops using rockets to fight against the Americans during the Anglo-American War of 1812. Rockets used during the Mexican-American War in the year 1846. View of Dr. Robert H Goddard, who launched the first liquid fueled rocket in U.S. experiments. He is seen in his working laboratory standing next to a rocket he was developing for possible use in World War 1 .
U.S. Army firing battlefield missiles at test sites in the U.S.A. An Army Dart Missile is seen on launch stand as the film begins. It is fired and speeds low over the ground until it strikes a building target which it destroys in smoke filled explosion. Next, its later replacement, an SS-10 missile is seen on a simple launching pad in a field. It launches and flies swiftly to destroy a target tank. A Corporal missile (nuclear capable) is seen being trucked to a site at a test location. Soldier at a battlefield position remotely manipulates the Corporal missile, raising it upright to a launching position. View from a distance of the missile firing and disappearing in the clouds. View of a launching gantry, with a Sergeant missile standing upright in it. It fires and climbs out of sight.
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